I tamed the "Monster Mile" today.......

[Dave Rifkin]

This past December my wife bought me a great birthday present; 10 laps around Dover Downs raceway in Dover, DE. Today was the big day and I must say that I have never had so much fun. The day started out by driving around the track for the "driver's meeting" in the passenger van. Here we were instructed on the do's and don'ts of driving around the track. Then we got into our driver's suits and we did the ride along portion for those people that signed up for that option. Here we went 4 laps with a driver; this guy was going around 130 which was pretty damn fast for this little track (at least it seemed pretty fast to me). Following that session we were assigned cars and we headed out to the track. There was one instructor car and two customer cars in a line. The instructor would speed up until we couldn't keep up anymore; by the end of the 10 laps I felt like I could have gone faster than the instructor was allowing.
Anyway, I just wanted to share with you my great experience and encourage anyone who has had the urge to try something like this to get out there and do it!!! I had the time of my life and would do it again in a heartbeat.
Plus I gained a whole new appreciation for what those NASCAR guys do each week. It was fun for me with the cars all in a row going 130 tops. Those guys go 180 on this same track, with 42 other cars all trying to get to the front.

[Mr. Chevy]

Very Cool Dave..

My Wife and I did that down at Disney's track on our honeymoon. We only did the ride along.. The car went about 130 mph, was a total blast!!

Rich

[mockingbird812]

Cool Dave. Sounds way fun! Got any pix?

[Dave Rifkin]

Just a few of me getting into the car; I did buy the video though. Each car has an in car camera and you can purchase a DVD of your time around the track. I should have that in 2 weeks.
Still can't get the smile off of my face.

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....... Still can't get the smile off of my face.

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There is something about 3 digit speeds that causes excessive smiling!!!

[1969l78]

Very cool

[Dog427435]

I Tamed the Monster a few years ago - it was so cool we went back and did it again the next year.
The format was a little different then, they would put out 4 cars at once. It was OK if you didn't get a slow
poke in the mix. If you did they would come back in the pits and shuffle the slower car to the back. It sounds
much better with only 2 cars at once.
I lucked out being the lead car both times I drove, and there were no Sunday drivers in the mix.
The second year we were turning laps in the 29 second range. The closer I would get to the lead car,
the faster he would go. That small block would be wound up 7000+ coming down the back stretch,
then the momentum would push you up under the starters stand when you came out of the 4th turn.
What a RUSH!
Experiencing this I can't imagine what it's like with 40+ cars pushing and banging turning times 5+ seconds faster.

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