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jwheeler
06-28-2004, 05:55 PM
Well, since most us didn't make it out to the strip last weekend, I thought I would post a second opportunity. Saturday, July 3rd is all night street drags night at the Cedar Falls Raceway. Gates open at 10:00pm and runs begin at 11:00pm and go to early in the morning. This is a good time. Most of the participants are young kids in their ricers. Think about it, big a@@ grandpa cars schooling the young ones in their Civics. This is a great opportunity to just go out and have some fun legally! This is an open invite to anyone who wants to come out for night of fun. Even you out-of-staters! I think all of us local boys(Duhtroll and TooManyFords) are in for sure, but don't quote me on it! If you need directions please refer to the post below.

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=10558

Hope see you there! :burnout:


-J

Newandold
06-28-2004, 10:07 PM
hey, we can all hover around a grill and have a good time beating up on some kids with mom's car :beer:
hope some of you can make it out to watch

jwheeler
06-30-2004, 10:47 AM
Just trying to bump this one back up to the top. TooManyFords and Duhtroll, you guys got anything to add? :rolleyes:

-J

duhtroll
06-30-2004, 09:55 PM
Um, ketchup?

(heh, you know . . . to, add . . . heh)

I'm going unless something else goes wrong with my car!

-A

TooManyFords
07-01-2004, 04:44 AM
Nope! Sounds cool! I know a few of them will want a run at me... :D

John

Newandold
07-02-2004, 08:26 AM
just bumping

jwheeler
07-02-2004, 08:33 AM
My car bumps! It's also coming out when I make my runs!

-J

TooManyFords
07-02-2004, 08:59 AM
Y'all are invited over to my place tonight to see the Cedar Falls Fireworks [short of rain-out]. They are shooting them off in my back yard this year (by the Dome) and the view from my roof deck is spectacular!

Got plenty of driveway to park those marauders, but ya have to BYOB.

Cheers!

john

duhtroll
07-02-2004, 09:15 AM
John - are small children OK? We have a little one. :D

Thanks,
-A

TooManyFords
07-02-2004, 02:40 PM
I like them medium rare myself! :D

See you when you get here!

John

jwheeler
07-02-2004, 04:27 PM
What time are the fireworks?

duhtroll
07-02-2004, 04:30 PM
Just after dark - I would guess 9-ish. We'll be over around 8-ish.

-A

jwheeler
07-02-2004, 04:42 PM
I'm contemplating sneaking out there for a bit. On call that is....

-J

Newandold
07-03-2004, 12:18 AM
think they'll notice if i sneak out of work, on call for about 3 hours or so?

Newandold
07-03-2004, 10:31 PM
Well, we got rained out. One of these days guys we will all get together out without something going wrong. Anyways, we'll have to try again when they reschedule the race.

MERCDADDY
07-03-2004, 11:05 PM
Harleys and Hot Rods is next weekend..... What do you all think?

TooManyFords
07-04-2004, 07:58 AM
I even had some friends in town for last night too. (sigh) Let's try next weekend, I'm in!

John

Newandold
07-04-2004, 09:48 AM
I'll be out there next week

duhtroll
07-04-2004, 09:57 AM
So after we get rained out and I get just enough rain on my car to be annoying, I head over to University Ave. to at least beat ONE car before I go to bed.

The kids take one look at the MM and turn off the road, probably thinking I'm a cop.

I just can't win.

-A

jwheeler
07-04-2004, 11:54 AM
I'm out of town next Saturday for a wedding. Otherwise I would be there. One these days this meet thing will work out for all of us.

-J

duhtroll
07-04-2004, 01:05 PM
We could do the test n'tune Friday. Of course you'd have to skip work.

:D

-A

duhtroll
07-04-2004, 01:09 PM
Oh, and one other thing I learned last night.

I carry lots of extra sh** in my car. Now it's all out in the garage and it's not going back in until I get done at the track!

-A

Newandold
07-05-2004, 12:14 AM
We could do the test n'tune Friday. Of course you'd have to skip work.

:D

-ALOL:
come on Wheeler, lets skip out of work early and head to the strip, they'll never know:beer:

jwheeler
07-05-2004, 12:28 PM
I would love to, but I need money(ie Job) to keep the girl running! I will have to take a vacation day some Friday so we can do this. But, if I do, you know it's going to rain! :fire:

-J

FiveO
07-09-2004, 09:50 AM
I'll be down a CFRaceway tonight (07-09-04) with my fathers 12 second Mustang.

duhtroll PM'ed me and I'll be calling him when I get into town.

If you see a black 86 Stang with a big purple stripe running down the track...be sure to wave :)

duhtroll
07-09-2004, 09:42 PM
Wow - we had a great time! We got TEN runs down the track at the test n'tune tonight in just 3 hours, and could have had more but we didn't feel like hot lapping all night. I got to smoke a couple Camaros and a Mustang, and get smoked by a 'vette, as well as some races against TMF's MM.

On a very humid evening my best time was a 14.4. I don't have a scanner but I have several slips I'll make John scan sometime. The "consistent" guys say they were all running 0.3 seconds slow tonight, so if a 14.1 is a possibility for me I'll be pretty happy. We'll see when it's cooler and drier.

I have several pics, but I'm not sure they'll all fit. (space Logan? ) I also have some good video from the stands of My MM, Friel's MM (TooManyFords) and Mark's Mustang (FiveO).

I'll try a few pics in my gallery and maybe even a video or two if I can fit them. The vids are large downloads. Maybe I'll email the other guys their own videos and make them upload them. :D

Anyone within driving distance of this track should try it out. It's a great track and the Friday nights don't seem to be crowded at all. It was all of our first time there, and we had a blast.

There's an all-night street drags coming up that ricers like to frequent. We will be there for sure! Check cedarfallsraceway.com for details.

Next time I have to have someone take more pics. We were running most of the night so I didn't get lots of MM shots. I got a GREAT video of two MMs running that Mark was kind enough to shoot for us. If I get it posted you can all watch TMF's redlight at 0.345 or something . . .. :P I blame him for my 0.8 on the video. :D

The last two runs my reaction time was 0.55 and 0.54. I got it figured out just in time.

Best $20 I've spent in a while. Below is me smoking one of the camaros, even on a 14.5.

-A

FiveO
07-09-2004, 11:10 PM
This was definitely an awesome time. The two MM's on scene traded times back and forth :D...but there was one run they were dead even....reaction time/0-60's and ending time was almost identical.

Great to meet you two! I'll definitely be bringing my MM down there in the next few weeks. Already got my father in line to come with to take pics!

Two great looking Black MM's BTW....love the Kook's on TooManyFord's car and the badge conversions on duhtroll's....very nice.

I don't think my MM will run as fast as theirs did tonight...yet :D but I definitely want to get her out to this track.

Pics to follow....

FiveO
07-09-2004, 11:23 PM
A thing of beauty.......

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59492566.jpg


My best in my dad's Mustang tonight was 12.75 @ 105.2 w/ a 1.75 0-60 foot time. I actually beat this guy by over a second....just a crappy reaction time...getting used to the track....had some serious traction problems due to tire pressure. Ended up dropping the rears to 10lbs.

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59492563.jpg

Couple more....

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59492558.jpg


http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59492548.jpg

FiveO
07-09-2004, 11:49 PM
Several more pics from duhtroll's awesome camera:

duhtroll and his MM:

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59493498.jpg


TooManyFords:

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59493495.jpg


Another pic of me in the Messtang ;)

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59493493.jpg


A pic of an oldie about to take a beating ;) :D

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59493487.jpg

Great time!!!

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59493483.jpg


One last pic...

What a beauty!!!! God I love these cars!!!!!!!!!

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL283/1552930/4663444/59493482.jpg


Enjoy!

Newandold
07-10-2004, 12:03 AM
awesome shots guys
Wheeler and I are sitting here talking about all of us getting a test and tune together for all of us, when Wheeler can head out and get a driving lesson on the track. let's see the videos of this!

FiveO
07-10-2004, 12:33 AM
The only way to learn is to get out there and do it!!

Ask duhtroll and TMF! They were both newbies to drag racing before this evening but either one of them could handle any track in the nation right now.....they know exactly what to do and how to handle the entrance to the lane.

Just gotta get out there!

From my experience Cedar Falls is a great raceway.... They took people out, explained the process and made sure people understood it before you raced. And if people screwed up, which several did, it was re-explained and that was it...no problems and no afterthoughts.

Gotta do it to learn! I cannot stress this enough.

My first g/f told me this and I've lived by this creed ever since :)

TooManyFords
07-11-2004, 06:38 PM
WOW! That was the most fun I've had in a long, long time! Andrew e-mailed me a QuickTime movie of one of my passes (19Mb) and I've posted it on my website to share with everyone. Linkie here! (http://john.frieltek.com/toomanyfords/marauder/1320/default.asp)

The sound with the cut-outs open is awesome! Gotta be the best $400 I've ever spent!

We had a blast and I'm going to finish my write-up on my training and what I learned later tonight. I'll keep everyone posted!

Thanks go out to MArk (Five-O) and Andrew (Duhtroll)!!!

:D

John

stormtroopin'
07-20-2004, 08:27 PM
Cool pics. Awesome to see local guys thrashing their cars.:up: