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Pat
Pat Reader
12/18/10 11:28 a.m.

Yes, it's early. Yes, I'm jumping the gun a bit. Yes, I'm very excited about it.

The first ECTA event at Maxton is on April 2nd and 3rd. It seems early to start getting ready, but it's only 4 months away. GRM guys will love this stuff...lots of creativity, home grown hot rods, new cars, old cars, fast cars, slow cars, etc. It's a very cool event.

So, other than myself and the Nelson clan (who I'm sure will be there), who else is in?

triumph5
triumph5 Dork
12/18/10 11:37 a.m.

Maxton, where?

Platinum90
Platinum90 SuperDork
12/18/10 12:12 p.m.

I may show up. Should be fun.

triumph5
triumph5 Dork
12/18/10 12:36 p.m.

Got the answer from google

Pat
Pat Reader
12/18/10 12:36 p.m.
triumph5 wrote: Maxton, where?

Sorry...Maxton, NC.

More info at www.ecta-lsr.com and www.landracing.com/forum/

DavidinDurango
DavidinDurango New Reader
12/18/10 2:19 p.m.

If you are a motorhead and can get there, you should go.

I classify cars this way: ho-hum peppy hot rod brutal.
Since my trip to the Texas Mile in october (where I saw hats with this on it) I now have another category: "Stupid fast"

My V8 Miata is "peppy" - "stupid fast" is about 100 mph faster in a mile. One hundred miles an hour faster. Here is a stupid fast car with a fancy dismount: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1NU6xjTSY the fun starts at about 238mph!

If you can get to Maxton, don't miss it!

DavidinDurango
DavidinDurango New Reader
12/18/10 2:21 p.m.

PS, the driver did not die, as far as I know.

In reply to DavidinDurango:

Zomby woof
Zomby woof Dork
12/18/10 3:19 p.m.

I plan to hit Maxton this year with a small bore bike, but probably won't be ready that early.

Still waiting for the rule book before I get in too deep.

wheels777
wheels777 Dork
12/19/10 10:32 a.m.
Pat wrote: So, other than myself and the Nelson clan (who I'm sure will be there), who else is in?

Yes we're planning on it. Currently building our car. We have a ton of small projects to make this happen for Maxton in April.

Not to highjack the thread, but we need some help finding some parts. We need a set of 3.08 gears for a Firebird, Camaro, S-10 type 10 bolts 7.5". I have a set of 3.73s if that would help someone.

wheels777
wheels777 Dork
3/29/11 3:48 a.m.

Fire in the pipes Sunday. Calvin's first engine. Loading tonight.

M2Pilot
M2Pilot Reader
3/29/11 8:46 p.m.

I'll be there Sunday with a couple of friends. May ride down Sat. by myself.

M2Pilot
M2Pilot Reader
3/29/11 10:31 p.m.

In reply to jonusb2:

WTF?

Maroon92
Maroon92 SuperDork
3/29/11 10:51 p.m.

That, my friends, is the rare and decidedly unnecessary CANOEis-unwantedis.

ncjay
ncjay Reader
3/30/11 7:35 a.m.

I usually try to go to Maxton at least once a year and have a car being built for that place. I'm not sure how many people know it, but Maxton will be off limits to racing in 2012. News at http://www.ecta-lsr.com/ Maxton is a very fun event to attend with all kinds of cool and crazy cars. Weather this weekend is supposed to cooperate.

Pat
Pat Reader
3/30/11 9:51 p.m.
wheels777 wrote: Fire in the pipes Sunday. Calvin's first engine. Loading tonight.

As mentioned earlier, that's great. Good work Calvin!

I'm very disappointed I can't be down there also. Have a great time...take pictures for us!

Pat

wheels777
wheels777 Dork
3/31/11 11:59 a.m.

Pulling out now. Last item in truck is the team uniforms. One guess what that is

Pat
Pat Reader
3/31/11 4:57 p.m.
wheels777 wrote: Pulling out now. Last item in truck is the team uniforms. One guess what that is

Challenge shirts FTW!

Be safe. Have fun.

Pat
Pat Reader
4/2/11 9:36 p.m.

Checked in with Andy earlier to see how the day went. Apparently, his trans blew violently around the 3/4 mile mark while on pace to what should have been a record setting run.

Thankfully, he did not get hurt and was able to keep the car straight.

Rob_Mopar
Rob_Mopar HalfDork
4/3/11 7:54 a.m.
Pat wrote: Checked in with Andy earlier to see how the day went. Apparently, his trans blew violently around the 3/4 mile mark while on pace to what should have been a record setting run. Thankfully, he did not get hurt and was able to keep the car straight.

Ah crap! Was this in the Stude that keeps eating Muncies?

Pat
Pat Reader
4/3/11 10:04 a.m.
Rob_Mopar wrote:
Pat wrote: Checked in with Andy earlier to see how the day went. Apparently, his trans blew violently around the 3/4 mile mark while on pace to what should have been a record setting run. Thankfully, he did not get hurt and was able to keep the car straight.
Ah crap! Was this in the Stude that keeps eating Muncies?

The yellow '09 Challenge car. It was a powerglide.

Rob_Mopar
Rob_Mopar HalfDork
4/3/11 10:54 a.m.

Ouch! I forgot they were running the Coupe.

CAM777
CAM777 New Reader
4/4/11 10:25 a.m.

Bad day at the track with the yellow coupe.

16vCorey
16vCorey SuperDork
4/4/11 11:01 a.m.

Ouch! That poor transmission never had a chance!

dmyntti
dmyntti New Reader
4/4/11 11:34 a.m.

Ouch, glad to see he had a shield around the trans, now he needs to add one around the flywheel. I have a spare powerglide if he plans to stay with the powerglide ($50) but the last trans I sold him was the Muncie that blew up at speed last year.

wheels777
wheels777 Dork
4/4/11 12:05 p.m.
16vCorey wrote: Ouch! That poor transmission never had a chance!

Pants didn't stand much of a chance either.

Carbon Fiber Flexplate shield is second to last picture. Note the 2 hits. And the Muncie I got from you dmyntti was sent to the grave two events ago. 3 in a row has been very painful.

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