Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
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 And 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.

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.