RE: Driving a NASCAR... in Corby
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I remember the Richard Petty experience at Rockingham a few years ago. You got to drive the car on your own following an instructor in another car. Keeping a 3 car length distance as he gradually built up speed over 6 laps. Great fun. I only managed 130 something though. the cars were the real deal with "Hot Wheels" graphics!
Great write-up - I've just realised I need to go and do this!
A mate of mine used to race in the UK on short circuits in the late 80s and the 90s (his cars always wanted to turn right!), and he got tickets for the 1992 Daytona 500. He offered me one, so next day I told work I would be off in February (no point asking them as I was going whatever) and booked my flight. Unforgettable experience.
The sound and the feel if you walk by the catch-fence as they go past in a train at over 200mph just has to be experienced to be believed! A proper petrolhead moment!
Some years later the same mate did the driving experience in Florida. It was behind a pace car, so he kept lifting off so he could floor it for a bit!
A mate of mine used to race in the UK on short circuits in the late 80s and the 90s (his cars always wanted to turn right!), and he got tickets for the 1992 Daytona 500. He offered me one, so next day I told work I would be off in February (no point asking them as I was going whatever) and booked my flight. Unforgettable experience.
The sound and the feel if you walk by the catch-fence as they go past in a train at over 200mph just has to be experienced to be believed! A proper petrolhead moment!
Some years later the same mate did the driving experience in Florida. It was behind a pace car, so he kept lifting off so he could floor it for a bit!
Very cool. I prefer the older Nascar's when you could actually purchase the same car that raced instead of the plastic shelled, space frame cars. Those were the golden days of nascar. For example Chevy Monte Carlo Ss, Buick Regal and Ford Thunderbirds.
A big part of Nascar for the fans are the tailgating parties and the force of the cars rushing by at 200mph.
If a young adult got themselves a job with one of the Nascar builders in Alabama or North Carolina, they will be set for life. It pays serious bucks.
A big part of Nascar for the fans are the tailgating parties and the force of the cars rushing by at 200mph.
If a young adult got themselves a job with one of the Nascar builders in Alabama or North Carolina, they will be set for life. It pays serious bucks.
5ohmustang said:
Very cool. I prefer the older Nascar's when you could actually purchase the same car that raced instead of the plastic shelled, space frame cars. Those were the golden days of nascar. For example Chevy Monte Carlo Ss, Buick Regal and Ford Thunderbirds.
A big part of Nascar for the fans are the tailgating parties and the force of the cars rushing by at 200mph.
If a young adult got themselves a job with one of the Nascar builders in Alabama or North Carolina, they will be set for life. It pays serious bucks.
Montecarlo aerodeck. Nice. But still thrashed on superspeedways byA big part of Nascar for the fans are the tailgating parties and the force of the cars rushing by at 200mph.
If a young adult got themselves a job with one of the Nascar builders in Alabama or North Carolina, they will be set for life. It pays serious bucks.
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