Hit 129 at LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY in my si

vince1128 · 01-20-2008, 06:55 PM

I work for richard petty driving experience and when we got to work yesterday the track was still wet from the rain the night before. so we got about 10 cars out on the track, they say the friction from the tires helps heat and dry the track... well i started about 3/4 of a lap behind everyone so i got to juice it out of the pits, around 1 and 2 and down the backstretch is where i hit 129. before letting off the gas into turn 3. thankfully nobody saw me and i was still about a 1/2 lap behind so i just did about 90 or so till i caught up to the pack who was doing 65. it was quite an experience, the turns have 24 degrees of banking so you really feel the gravity just whooshing you through the turns it was really fun, i wish i couldve gone longer. but i just started working there yesterday so hopefully ill have another shot. i used to drive a v8 so im kinda disappointed with the power up top but it was still pretty fun, the first time ive actually gotten to open it up all the way

FG2uner · 01-20-2008, 07:02 PM

that sounds like fun, i wish i could go on that track in my si!!! btw, are they hiring?

vince1128 · 01-20-2008, 09:52 PM

yeah, just went through training thursday with a bunch of people they just put on... im sure you could get the hook up. im 17 and theyre givin me 9 an hour so im happy. your in hickory though, thats quite a drive. i live right down the street

Nagasakki · 04-23-2008, 08:34 AM

Hey I'd like to work there, are they still hiring? :)

gx4th · 04-23-2008, 09:06 AM

At first I thought you hit 129 at a lowe's parking lot, with the title truncated and what not

sounds like fun times

rmfa · 04-23-2008, 10:25 AM

Sweet. I would love this.

**Nomar06** · 04-23-2008, 10:34 AM

Good stuff.....8thcivic day @ Lowes Motor Speedway....make it happen, lol

r a y · 04-23-2008, 10:41 AM

cool. ya think it could've kept going way past 129 if you had more road?

volvo9 · 04-23-2008, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vince1128

thankfully nobody saw me and i was still about a 1/2 lap behind so i just did about 90 or so till i caught up to the pack who was doing 65.

Did they not want anyone to go fast? Did they just need the cars out there to dry the track?

Sounds like fun though, Since you work there can you get track time fairly easily?

I'd be in heaven if I could get on a road course with ease

nastynogales · 04-23-2008, 12:01 PM

did i see that right? 9/hr?
how the hell u afford an si, insurance and gas?

**Nomar06** · 04-23-2008, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volvo9

I'd be in heaven if I could get on a road course with ease

Road Course....

Its an oval shape. NASCAR.

01-20-2008, 06:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
vince1128 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Concord, NC Age: 17 Posts: 686 Vince iTrader: 0 / 0%	Hit 129 at LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY in my si I work for richard petty driving experience and when we got to work yesterday the track was still wet from the rain the night before. so we got about 10 cars out on the track, they say the friction from the tires helps heat and dry the track... well i started about 3/4 of a lap behind everyone so i got to juice it out of the pits, around 1 and 2 and down the backstretch is where i hit 129. before letting off the gas into turn 3. thankfully nobody saw me and i was still about a 1/2 lap behind so i just did about 90 or so till i caught up to the pack who was doing 65. it was quite an experience, the turns have 24 degrees of banking so you really feel the gravity just whooshing you through the turns it was really fun, i wish i couldve gone longer. but i just started working there yesterday so hopefully ill have another shot. i used to drive a v8 so im kinda disappointed with the power up top but it was still pretty fun, the first time ive actually gotten to open it up all the way

04-23-2008, 10:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
Nomar06 Miss ya J!!! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 27 Posts: 22,348 iTrader: 4 / 100%	Good stuff.....8thcivic day @ Lowes Motor Speedway....make it happen, lol __________________

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FG2uner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hickory, NC Age: 23 Posts: 4,975 Mark iTrader: 4 / 100%	that sounds like fun, i wish i could go on that track in my si!!! btw, are they hiring?

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vince1128 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Concord, NC Age: 17 Posts: 686 Vince iTrader: 0 / 0%	yeah, just went through training thursday with a bunch of people they just put on... im sure you could get the hook up. im 17 and theyre givin me 9 an hour so im happy. your in hickory though, thats quite a drive. i live right down the street

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Nagasakki Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Matthews, NC Age: 27 Posts: 6 Joe iTrader: 0 / 0%	Hey I'd like to work there, are they still hiring? :)

04-23-2008, 09:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
gx4th Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Detroit MI Age: 25 Posts: 1,129 iTrader: 3 / 100%	At first I thought you hit 129 at a lowe's parking lot, with the title truncated and what not sounds like fun times

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rmfa Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Austin, TX Age: 27 Posts: 3,469 Ronnie iTrader: 2 / 100%	Sweet. I would love this.

04-23-2008, 10:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
r a y Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicago-land Age: 28 Posts: 1,391 Shareef Abdur Rahim iTrader: 0 / 0%	cool. ya think it could've kept going way past 129 if you had more road?

04-23-2008, 12:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
nastynogales Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 817 iTrader: 2 / 100%	did i see that right? 9/hr? how the hell u afford an si, insurance and gas?