Castrol raceway may 31, 13 - who went?

[Darkane]

Good turnout. Lots of muscle

I ran [email protected]

1.74 60ft.

Turned into a bad day for a few vettes when I showed up.


Is anyone starting a fastest alberta import drag time thread this year?

[NoMoreG35]

What do u drive?

[Darkane]

Originally posted by NoMoreG35
What do u drive?

GTR. Was another gunmetal black edition there too but I didn't see him run.

[gpomp]

What mods? That's quick

[Darkane]

Originally posted by gpomp
What mods? That's quick

Bone stock. 2014 MY.

Honestly the car has 11.1 in it easy. I filled up in leduc. That's 100lbs extra gas. I had the tire pressure at 31psi hot. I could of lowered that to 20 gotten my 1.6 60 ft.

And DA was 3300 ft @9pm.

All in all car makes tremendous power stock. Don't think a stock Zr1 can take a GTR at our altitudes.

[Inzane]

Originally posted by Darkane
I ran [email protected]

Is anyone starting a fastest alberta import drag time thread this year?

Is there really any point, when the list will just end up looking like this?

1. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123
2. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123
3. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123
4. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123
5. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123
6. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123
7. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123
8. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123
9. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123
10. Nissan GTR, 11.3-11.4 @ 122-123


My sarcasm is based partly on two other local data points I've seen here in Edmonton, in addition to yours:
11.407 @ 122
11.37 @ 123

These cars are nothing if not consistent it seems.

[Darkane]

^ interesting. Were those other cars stock? GTR is mr. Consistent that's for sure.

[rage2]

haha I was about to say. GTR's are so consistent and so fast at this altitude, nobody has a chance without a lot of $$$. And when they finally beat the stock GTR's they'll be raped by a GTR with some basic mods!

[Inzane]

Originally posted by Darkane
^ interesting. Were those other cars stock?

The first one I listed was a 2013 black edition which was definitely stock. The 2nd one is member B-Town from 780. I'm not sure if he's modded at all or not.

[Darkane]

Originally posted by Inzane


The first one I listed was a 2013 black edition which was definitely stock. The 2nd one is member B-Town from 780. I'm not sure if he's modded at all or not.

Any chance you could get 60ft times? Maybe 1/8 mile mph also? I wouldn't mind seeing if my car is actually making anymore top end power vs a stock '13.

Apparently it does with new injectors. Fatter curve.

[blackpeople]

Originally posted by rage2
haha I was about to say. GTR's are so consistent and so fast at this altitude, nobody has a chance without a lot of $$$. And when they finally beat the stock GTR's they'll be raped by a GTR with some basic mods!

I have had a couple modded GTR's try to roll on me before. They didnt like the outcome.

[Cody D]

My buddy was there with his white C6 Vette and his friend had the grey ZR1, my buddy ran 11.5 @ 126 mph and his friend ran 11.2 @ 133. You can definitely see how your low 60 foot times are helping versus the lower trap speed, no highway races against Vettes for you, haha. With my 911 turbo I was running 11.7 @ 123mph, with my modified Elise I was running 12.7 @ 114mph and with my Viper I'm running 12.6 @ 120 mph (2.0 60 foot) can't launch.

11.3 is so amazing for a stock vehicle, crazy to me.

[Inzane]

Originally posted by Cody D
my 911 turbo
my modified Elise
my Viper

Jesus... what do you do for a living?

[Cody D]

Originally posted by Inzane
Jesus... what do you do for a living?

I didn't own them at the same time, definitely not a beyond.ca baller.

[Redlyne_jr]

Originally posted by Cody D


I didn't own them at the same time, definitely not a beyond.ca baller.

beg to differ..

[LOLzilla]

Remember the days when Calgary had a race track? Yea....

[Cody D]

Hey Darkane, my buddy just posted up a video of your 11.39 run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpQGmHPiyYI&sns=em

[Darkane]

Neat. That was the 11.5 run vs the rx7.

Stock is so quiet. Must fix that lol.

[bourge73]

Jebus that's quick. And quiet hee hee

[speedog]

Originally posted by LOLzilla
Remember the days when Calgary had a race track? Yea....

Does Edmonton actually have a race track or are all of the ones up there that people refer to actually not in Edmonton? Just wondering?

Edmonton International Raceway - located in Wetaskiwin County very close to Wetaskiwin.

Castrol Raceway - located in Leduc county very close to Nisku and Leduc.

Stratotech Park - located in Sturgeon County right next to Fort Saskatchewan.

At least when Calgary had a race track, it was within city limits - the days are long gone when we will ever see a motor sports facility within a reasonably close distance to Calgary. Too many NIMBY's that own their little ranches (call them acreages) around Calgary and even the surrounding bedroom communities and even farther out - hell, even the now defunct little dirt oval the was located somewhat near Aldersyde had vocal NIMBY opponents.

As a final note, Calgary's late race track (Race City) was not officially in Calgary when it opened back in 1985 - it only really became "Calgary's" race track in 1989 when the city of Calgary annexed the land upon which it was situated. In reality, Calgary International Raceway was probably the last race track that started operations within Calgary's city limits - of note, here's an interesting web page (link) with lots of historical stuff on the Shepherd track (which became Calgary International) - do remember going to the races there such a long time ago. Hard to believe they used to run stuff like this - things sure have changed...


Where Calgary International used to be (link )...


Remember when they had the turn at the end of the drag strip and one jet dragster that didn't make the turn and went through the fence.