Why was the passenger of the black bimmer wearing gloves?
Why was the passenger of the black bimmer wearing gloves?
99 Infinti G20t w/ Primera Parts and a few other small things
cause thats how he rollsOriginally Posted by .gauge.
Best answer of the day.
Having lived at the end of the dragon for a couple years, there are usually no cops up there at night. Very few cars up there as well. The only thing you have to contend with up there at night is the wildlife and the crazy rednecks that party up there. When SEDA had our event up there, we encountered truck loads full of them, doing burnouts in the middle of the road and weilding chainsaws. They would fire them up in the middle of the night and rev em up then shut em down. Weirdness.
Around 9:30 or 10:00 the cops will descend on the place and stay there till around 5:00 or so, then start thinning out. The best time to go there is in the early part of winter. November or so. That's when we did our high speed runs and when most people run it for times to try and beat the record. 8 min 53 seconds in a car and 8 mins 47 seconds on a bike last time I kept up with it. Same guy holds both. The run is from the bridge on the tennessee side to the state line. 10.6 miles I think it is.
Last edited by Glides; 08-28-2007 at 07:33 AM.
Garage-Sixgun
If you're gonna do it, overdo it.
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Mmmm...i've been wanting a GPS data logger to run it with: http://www.trackmateracing.com/ End result would be a 3D model of the run with speed and braking shownAnd of course official recorded times
I prefer night runs anyways: it's much more calm, no traffic, and with a relatively loud car you don't have to worry about animals...it's normally only you and the sound of your exhaust echoing off the rock walls
The only problem with night runs is that if the Dragon bites you, you are screwed til the next day. In the daytime if you go over the side, there are folks all over you within seconds. At night, nobody.Mmmm...i've been wanting a GPS data logger to run it with: http://www.trackmateracing.com/ End result would be a 3D model of the run with speed and braking shown
I prefer night runs anyways: it's much more calm, no traffic, and with a relatively loud car you don't have to worry about animals...it's normally only you and the sound of your exhaust echoing off the rock walls
Here's what happens when the Dragon bites back. I post these every time the Dragon topic comes up because this is a superb example of how badly the Dragon can bite you. This guy wasn't tearing it up, wasn't flying through the corners and was taking it easy. Early morning dew on the painted lines in themiddle of the road got him good. We were all in a line going up the mountain at about 7:45 a.m. He came into the corner, braked and caught the slick line. Locked up brakes took him right over the side of the mountain.
Where he went over.
The tree he hit 4 feet in the air.
The car.
If that would have happened at night, ouch. Alone he would have had to walk back down the mountain. If he didn't get creamed by a car, attacked by a bear or some other nasty creature or assaulted by the locals, he would have had a 14 mile trip to the first inhabited household.
Couple of my old Tail cars.
Long post. I love the Tail, super sweet place to go if you go at the right time, pay attention and follow the golden rule. Don't cross the Streams.
Garage-Sixgun
If you're gonna do it, overdo it.
Dirty Octopus Photography. Magic with a shutter!
I did the same thing, about 10pm coming down Hwy. 60 from Suches around 9 years ago, ugh it was that long agoanyways, throttle stuck for some reason in my first gen integra and while playing around with that the turn kinda snuck up on me...instead of taking it with balls i gently applied the brakes instantly locked up the front left on the paint and off i went head first into the guardrail. Just enough time for me to say to myself, "this is gonna hurt" haha. Luckily the guardrail was there or i'd still be picking pine needles out of my hair
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