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DontStopMe
08-11-2009, 09:49 AM
Lets give this another try. I really want to get the strip at least once this year. Fri Aug 21st at WIR in Kaukauna. Test and tune & high school night 4-10pm. $20. Who's coming with me?
turbo chick
08-11-2009, 09:51 AM
I can't make it. I work 7:15 am to 9pm. Wish I could though...
DSM Girl
08-11-2009, 09:53 AM
I'm in the same boat. Would really like to get my car there at least once this year, but work on Friday nights =(
DontStopMe
08-11-2009, 10:04 AM
You work at the same place, on person should be able to cover for the other! :)
LinkinParkChick
08-11-2009, 10:15 AM
I love WIR...how often do you guys usually go?
turbo chick
08-11-2009, 10:21 AM
You work at the same place, on person should be able to cover for the other! :)

DSM Girl works at the Distribution Center on Friday nights and I work at the store....
krazyk
08-11-2009, 11:01 AM
can probably count me in on that depending on the way money sits this next week
EVILUTION
08-11-2009, 12:38 PM
Why don't you plan a trip to Rock Falls? WIR is the slowest track in the MidWest.

To top it off, the workers are oblivious to their surroundings, the owner refuses to entertain even the most simple customer request, and the facility is more like a gravel pit than paddock. I won't even get started on how uncoordinated the events are run.

My strongest recommendation is that you avoid that place at all cost.

Better of to go to GLD or Rock Falls and be treated like a paying customer instead of an abused foster child.

http://www.wisconsinstreetdominators.com/forum/showpost.php?p=111804&postcount=53
Deadly_Evolution
08-11-2009, 12:42 PM
I'd be down for going to any of the said tracks if I can get a tune on my car first. I'm not ready to tackle it myself yet though.
TomKat
08-11-2009, 12:43 PM
Rock Falls. Worth the trip.
Dizmm
08-11-2009, 12:44 PM
I like rock falls.
DontStopMe
08-11-2009, 01:19 PM
Why don't you plan a trip to Rock Falls?
Go ahead and plan one. I may come if I have all day off. Till then i'll drive 1 hour to my local track.
VPT
08-11-2009, 04:39 PM
The slippery rock? lol
mrslysly
08-11-2009, 04:56 PM
I love WIR...how often do you guys usually go?

Its a split crowd. One in the group condemns that place to fiery pits of hell. Never been then so I can't say myself. I prefer corners to straight lines so not a fan of the 1/4 mile.
VPT
08-11-2009, 04:59 PM
I prefer corners to straight lines so not a fan of the 1/4 mile.



Thats what all the slow car guys say.
TomKat
08-11-2009, 06:16 PM
Rock Falls is not so slippery. Paul H. set his best '60 time at the slippery rock.
Deadly_Evolution
08-12-2009, 06:47 AM
I've been to WIR a few times and GLD a few times. Honestly GLD while a nicer track itself left a questionable impression in my mind. They give the same special treatment to the select few just as WIR does. I was there for 7 hours and got 7 runs in the whole day. While other people got double that amount in. GLD was also a lot more expensive to get in the door both times I went.
stpdk
08-12-2009, 06:52 AM
Its a split crowd. One in the group condemns that place to fiery pits of hell. Never been then so I can't say myself. I prefer corners to straight lines so not a fan of the 1/4 mile.

i only go to wir to watch so not sure what the track is like other then watching the cars take off from the line but i trust evil on his opionion there. ive never really heard "good" things about wir from anyone unless they made a great run there or something then they like it.
devlish
08-12-2009, 08:34 AM
last time i went to GLD, it was cold, but also empty. could run as much as you wanted for like $20 if i remember correctly. I saw Evil run an 11.9 on his nearly stock car. GSW put down something like 11.6, and i ran a 13.0 in a slightly modded GSX, with the stock SMIC. then dizmm and i drove some 14hours the next day to pick up DV2!! long weekend.
VPT
08-12-2009, 09:03 AM
Rock Falls is not so slippery. Paul H. set his best '60 time at the slippery rock.

In a awd?
BLAQK
08-12-2009, 09:10 AM
Never been to GLD or WIR but Rock Falls last fall was a blast and I for one would definately love to go this year too.
JDL1527
08-12-2009, 12:34 PM
I think Ill bring the Silvia, its not going to be fast or anything but it would be nice to see what it will do in the quarter, plus the track is in my backyard.
TomKat
08-12-2009, 12:41 PM
In a awd?


2WD Camaro.
3ftcivic
08-12-2009, 12:59 PM
Can't Make it to this event. I planned a camping trip in haward WI for the 20th - 24th.

I want to 1/4 mile my car really bad, I just keep missing all the chances.
DontStopMe
08-12-2009, 01:41 PM
Can't Make it to this event. I planned a camping trip in haward WI for the 20th - 24th.

I want to 1/4 mile my car really bad, I just keep missing all the chances.

there is a T&T at WIR this friday too. I gotta work all day though.
ZXTUNER
08-12-2009, 02:56 PM
im in for the rock
DontStopMe
08-12-2009, 08:39 PM
there is a T&T at WIR this friday too. I gotta work all day though.

I lied, its the friday after.. aug 28th.
SgtRauksauff
08-13-2009, 10:55 AM
Can't Make it to this event. I planned a camping trip in haward WI for the 20th - 24th.

Hayward, eh?

I was just up at a cabin in Earl over the first weekend of this month with my college buddies. Stupid weather... overcast, cold, and rainy. Just played some marathon games of Asshole and Pass-Out. Drank a LOT of beer.

--sarge
IROC
08-13-2009, 11:01 PM
Tom and I have been talking about this since my son and I got back from Rock Falls a couple of weeks ago. We have raced at WIR for about 10 years and at Rock Falls for about 5 years. We are planning two more test sessions at RF before the end of the years and Tom suggested September 12th and October 3rd and 4th as tenative dates. The 12th is a test and tune day and also RF first "All Car Club Day". The weekend we were there we got in 17 passes and 4 races and the highlight of the trip was a 17 sec Focus putting a 10 sec car on the trailer in a bracket race. LOL RF has 7 Sport Compact "ONLY" race dates scheduled for this year so you know they appricate those racers.

RF hasn't been too slippery for us giving us our best ever 60 ft. and ET.
We would be willing to provide power, compressed air, shade, some tools, and Tom and I are working on bringing a additional trailer should someone breakdown. We spent about an hour taking to the track manager (Jennifer Anderson) in our trailer so if there are any questions I can give her a call.

Paul Holicek, Jr
Holicek Motorsports
Stevens Point, WI
DontStopMe
08-18-2009, 09:46 AM
So, 40% chance of morning rain in kaukauna = 95% chance of cancellation at WIR? :( I really want a damn timeslip with the evo.
EVILUTION
08-18-2009, 11:30 AM
WIR = 100% chance that things are fucked up!
DontStopMe
08-18-2009, 11:48 AM
WIR = 100% chance that things are fucked up!

c'mon guy, couldn't even work in the 80/20 rule?
Deadly_Evolution
08-18-2009, 12:52 PM
Evil.. is there more to the story then you tell about your bad experiences at WIR.. maybe something like...............

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/PulpFictionMedieval.jpg
cashsaudio
08-18-2009, 04:23 PM
WIR = 100% chance that things are fucked up!

Yep had the s2000 there one year and nope I couldn't run because I didn't have a "roll bar" even the factory doesn't count. But Great lakes fine with it.
EVILUTION
08-18-2009, 05:44 PM
Welcome to WIR!
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff198/vongoloid/deliverance.jpg
DontStopMe
08-21-2009, 01:09 PM
I'm gonna try to sneak some runs in tonight....anyone coming with me?
Dizmm
08-21-2009, 01:17 PM
good luck man.
devlish
08-21-2009, 01:22 PM
hope you get some good slips.
BadAss88GT
08-21-2009, 01:22 PM
Isnt it like $60 to run at Slippery Rock on a T&T night?
DontStopMe
08-21-2009, 09:13 PM
12.8@108 spinning out of the hole and still getting1.79 60'. woot woot! 23psi, 3gallons of 91octane+3 gallons of 110. Exhaust, intake and LICP pipe.

Getting there early is key, got 3 run in the first half hour. 1 after that. left by 8pm.

my second run was a 1.76 60' but im pretty sure i short shifted into 3rd. still ran a 13.0220 @ 106
DirtyBird
08-21-2009, 09:45 PM
nice time paul- ready for that rematch??
that time is really making me wonder what i can put down at the track..
EVILUTION
08-22-2009, 12:41 AM
Nice job! Told you it would be an easy 12. You could have gone to 26psi no problem.
DontStopMe
08-23-2009, 12:52 PM
trapped by trailers!!
http://www.paulelertson.com/images//wir_traped.jpg

video coming mid week hopefully.
DontStopMe
08-23-2009, 01:35 PM
nice time paul- ready for that rematch??
that time is really making me wonder what i can put down at the track..

You should get to the track then. Don't forget some stickies though, or you will probably be disappointed.

I'm ready for a rematch, you gotta start making it to TT's.
Posihead
08-24-2009, 01:04 AM
12.8@108 spinning out of the hole and still getting1.79 60'. woot woot! 23psi, 3gallons of 91octane+3 gallons of 110. Exhaust, intake and LICP pipe.

Getting there early is key, got 3 run in the first half hour. 1 after that. left by 8pm.

my second run was a 1.76 60' but im pretty sure i short shifted into 3rd. still ran a 13.0220 @ 106

Lil faster than my old 1G DSM at WIR, good job!
My best was a 12.9 @ 109 with a 1.87 60ft.

Too bad I don't have that car anymore, it'd be a GREAT race!