Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

Since everyone had so much fun and some were not able to go perhaps we could run again later in the season. I see at Rock Falls they have muscle car race days Sunday, July 10; Sunday, August 7 and Sunday, October 2. Perhaps as a club we could plan to run again on October 2nd. I do understand if the wheather is nice the place is suppose to be packed. I think we lucked out.
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Bowtieman427 wrote:

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Since everyone had so much fun and some were not able to go perhaps we could run again later in the season. I see at Rock Falls they have muscle car race days Sunday, July 10; Sunday, August 7 and Sunday, October 2. Perhaps as a club we could plan to run again on October 2nd. I do understand if the wheather is nice the place is suppose to be packed. I think we lucked out.
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Personally, I'd prefer Sunday, July 10th.  It's sooner than I'd like to go again ($$$ for the day), but the first weekend in Oct. will either be a Fall colors trip for the wife, or we are thinking that could be a club Fall cruise day too.

July 10th is also the weekend before Car Craft, and I'm already being accused of scheduling a 'car thing' every weekend the way it is now, so that may not be good timing because CC takes a priority.

I looked at the other dates for bracket racing, but the entry is $69 instead of $40 for muscle car dates.

Obviously, if anyone wants to go, don't wait for an official club 'event', but be sure to put it on the forum in case anyone wants in.

there is a gimick to the 69 bucks at the rock i think that price is for the weekend and you get so much back if you just stay sat.

You got that back together quick Frank. It must have been real fun trying to get the welder in there with the engine still in place. Are you running solid motor mounts?

Here is a link to Cedar Falls. Not 100% sure how it works there not really sure how it works anywhere : ) new territory.
http://cedarfallsraceway.com/pages/schedule.html

Dereck do you go there on Fridays Sat or both ? Do you get many passes in?

Derek69SS wrote:

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The cheaper entry fee would almost cover your gas just to go to Cedar Falls instead... It's $20 to race there, and they have WAY better track prep. I consistently 60' almost 0.200 better at Cedar Falls on my street tires.

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Ill be making another trip down to Rockfalls Raceway before The "Night of fire" event@ Cedarfalls on July 23rd.. ( if someone really wants to bracket race and have fun.. this is the ticket!)

Looks like another Musclecar day Sunday July 10th and a test-n-tune July 16th and Sunday Bracket day on July 17th

Ya- the eternal quest for the perfect launch with the clutch makes it more fun- especially on the street tires. You've got adjustments, so you want to adjust them and see what happens. Of course you want to play with tire pressure. Maybe bump a degree of total timing or two if you've got good gas (or get some at the track).

And then you have give the brackets a try. I mean...come on. It's like a race and a game all in one. The tires are still the weak point, so they should spin before anything gets too stressed. It'll pull to 6,500 easy enough....so let the shift light be your guide and know the T56 with a good shifter is easy to hit the gates with. The hydraulic clutch should only require a quick tap between gears- not quite a full-on powershift, but real close.

When it all works just right, and you become part of the machine for a few seconds, and you keep going faster on every pass...

...well, ya- it's better.

of all the times i've been to rock falls, which is a lot. when we went as a club that was the first time i ever bracket raced.

nothing against it. we always just ran against ourselves. went to grove creek last week end for the night of fire to see the gasser's run. they were doing there bracket races boy were they good. all built cars no new stuff.

I just told my son we probably will not go he is pretty : ( wife has to work too. We are going to shoot for Oct. and maybe see if others would like to go to Cedar Falls between now and then. I want to check out "The Night of Fire" in Cedar Falls.