TNT Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Sunday is going to be a fun day for me. I'm going to Road America for the SRT experence put on by the Ricard Petty driving school. I get to go beat on all the Mopar SRT models. 8) I'm looking forward to beating on the Viper, Charger and the Grand Cherokee. All of them will be a blast. :brows: Drive them like I stole them is my plan. I'm pumped and can't wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhardzj Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 might as well steal the viper and dump the engine and tranny into the jeep :D then put the jeep engine and tranny into the viper and get rid of it on eGay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 niccceeee man.... wish i could go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 i got to do the exact same thing except it was at Camp Jeep last year and Elkhart Lake. They had the magnum, charger, crossfire, and cherokee. i liked the cherokee the best. it was hitting around 130 on the long straightaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 That's sweet, I'd like to get behind the wheel of one of them. Oh, BTW, I have the 2wd front axle off for ya, Pat's just gotta pick it up unless you wanted to come all the way out to Marshall for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 I'm jealous, but a bit less than I'd normally be. A friend of mine is going out of town for a week starting Tuesday and leaving me with his stickshift Crossfire. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Stickshift Crossfire eh? From what I understand they have a version of the NSG 370 in that...you should, uh, "accidently" trade transmissions with him :brows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 I just got back a little while ago. Man it was fawkin awesome The first module was autocross in the SRT-8 Jeep. I ran a 30.74 second time which was the fastest time. It was clean with no cones down and was .48 seconds faster then the instuctor. 8) Next up was advanced driving skills in a SRT-10 Viper on a larger autocross course. We had to practice controlling understeer and oversteer. I was drifting the Viper on my first lap of the six laps we got. I just kept spending more time sideways every lamp and only blew threw one corner and almost spun it. The hotlaps with the instructor driving was wild. :brows: After that we drag raced on a 1/8 mile track with the SRT-6 Crossfire and the SRT-8 Jeep, Charger, Magnum and the 300M. They had 2 of each model to race against each other. It was sweet. I red lighted once, won six races and lose three. After that we got about 10 more runs racing the different models against each other. The Jeep was the fastest one. :D Then it was track time. We got to use the Crossfire, Charger, Magnum and the 300M. I got to do 16 laps and hit 140 on the back straight. Too bad the pace car wouldn't go faster... I couldn't fit in the Crossfire with a helmet on thou... :roll: It was pretty wild. Nothing compared to the hot laps with the pro drivers. I got 2 rides in the Viper with a top speed of about 165mph. The turns were just insane. ;) I got one hot lap in the Jeep and all I can say is WOW. :chillin: At the closing meeting we review the day, found out we will be getting a DVD of the day including in car and forward facing cameras and gauge readings for the track laps. To bad I only got one car with the cameras in it. Then the awards were given out. For running the fastest autocross time I won a Richard Petty ride along in a Nascar That was a surpise that is wayyy cool!!! It was a fawking blast!!! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I couldn't fit in the Crossfire with a helmet on thou. Stupid tiny car. :D If it wasn't so much fun to drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 I went alone and without a camera.... :roll: When I get the DVD I'll have to find somewhere to host it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Dude, at least upgrade your cell phone then! :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 My cellphone takes pictures, but I must have broke it when I dropped it. Now the screen inside doesn't work so I can't navagate. I'm getting a new one later this week. I got a bussiness card from Russ who was taking pictures and said I can get copies. I'll send him an e-mail in a a couple of days to get them. He flew out from New York because this was the track he wanted to run. It's a wild 4 mile road course that is rated as one of the best. I'm still pumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Besides that no cellphones were supposed to be turned on according to the rules. :roll: I will say this day was very hard on my neck thou. I have a 4 level fusion done on my neck and I'm hurting pretty bad right now. And thats after the pain pills I took when I got home... I'm almost thinking about not doing the Petty ride along unless they have collars or a hans device the use. I know I need to wear a complete fire suit and was told if they know about my neck I can't go. If I do go my neck won't be mentioned. At least I go to see my back doctor in the morning and get X-rays of my neck for my 2 year check-up. He also wants to find out how my other degenerated discs are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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