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Ford Racing Invitational: We finally hit the track!
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As the skies finally cleared this morning, us hacks finally managed to get in a single practice run here at Milan Dragway for the Ford Racing Invitational. Ford invited some media out to race race some Mustangs as part of the NMRA Ford Nationals weekend. In my first-ever run on a dragstrip, I managed to not embarrass myself and get decent time in my Shelby GT500. My reaction time was a bit on the slow side at 0.6149s as I was seeing the tree for the first time. Once I hooked up, the car flew down the strip before I backed off just a bit too soon, not knowing where the finish line was. I still ended up with 12.8692 ET at 106.56. At the 1,000 ft mark I was at 103.70mph and 10.875 sec. Now that I know where I'm going hopefully I can do a little better this afternoon. Oh, the guy in the orange convertible? Ehh, not so fast, better luck next time.
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Caroftheday.org 12:41PM (6/14/2008)
What were your 60ft times?
I'm looking to get my new ride into the 12 second club soon.
http://www.caroftheday.org/2008/06/13/the-gto-is-the-car-of-the-day/
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Stuka 1:09PM (6/14/2008)
Best friend has an '06 GTO. Its putting down 383HP at the wheels with an assortment of mods (stock is 330-340). He getting close to the 12 second club. I think he needs to look into better tires. Nice ride though :)
Esprit bird 2:06PM (6/14/2008)
I have seen a 06 GTO 6 speed hit like 13.1 and 13.2 and thats with nothing but a K&N, it should not be too hard man! good luck.
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KT 4:12PM (6/15/2008)
So how did the one guy get to try the KR?
Does everyone get a chance behind the wheel of the KR?
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MJK 8:26AM (6/16/2008)
call me picky, but is it not PRACTICE?
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