SoCal: Next Street Legal Drags at Fontana THIS SATURDAY! ! !

**gone2vegas** · 09-07-2004, 05:11 PM

Sept. 18th. 1 week FROM this Saturday. After this one, the next one is not until November.

STREET LEGALS AT CALIFORNIA DRAGWAY

WHO: Street legal drag racers, spectators and media

WHAT: NHRA Street Legal Saturday Nights Drag Racing Program at California Dragway.

WHEN: Saturday, September 18th

WHERE: California Speedway, 9300 Cherry Avenue, Fontana
The quarter-mile California Dragway is located in Parking Lot 1 behind the speedway's main grandstands.

TIME: Tickets go on sale and Tech Inspection begins at 2 p.m. For early arrivals, a holding area in Parking Lot 2 will open at Noon with admission sales starting at 2 p.m. Racing is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. All activities will conclude at 11 p.m.

COST: For participants and fans, the price is $10 per person to enter the speedway and $10 for race participants to purchase a Tech Card ($20 total for racers).

For more info click the link below:

Street Legal Drags at California Speedway

**Unholy** · 09-07-2004, 09:31 PM

**bigdaddyoc** · 09-07-2004, 09:36 PM

I'll be there. This time with stock wheels and new exhaust. No CAI this time though..it won't be ready(unless it is extremely last minute...like friday night!) Thats ok though...then we'll see exhaust differences and then again with exhaust and CAI. I just hope its cooler this time...that or I'm staying later INTO the night until temps drop.

Are we going to arrange a meet before so we can roll in together?

**gone2vegas** · 09-07-2004, 10:36 PM

yeah, if it's hot, I say we meet for a late lunch/early dinner, then run later in the afternoon/evening.

since there is the whole performance anxiety thing going on, here is my plan for the next few weeks:

run only 91 octane till then. I usually alternate 91 and 89 every fill up.
(EDIT: I will be running 89 octane. another post jogged my memory about higher octane)

drive my car harder than usual. I get on it once in a while, maybe every couple days. I'll open it up more often and once a day the week leading up to the 18th.

will any of this make a difference? we'll find out on the 18th!

**bigdaddyoc** · 09-08-2004, 12:20 AM

No we don't want to go later. After I checked in at start time I would say at least 75-100 more cars came over the next hour or 2 and registered. What this did was slow it down. I got my first 2 runs in less then 2 hours but I'm willing to bet we might have only got 2 more over the next 3-4 hours. I don't have a problem staying there all day...its cool watchin the cars people will bring out and run, not to mention the true badass muscle cars that run 10's all day. In my opinion you want to be in one of the first 2 groups if possible...50 per group...to make sure you get as many runs in as possible.

**BubbaG** · 09-10-2004, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by gone2vegas

yeah, if it's hot, I say we meet for a late lunch/early dinner, then run later in the afternoon/evening.

since there is the whole performance anxiety thing going on, here is my plan for the next few weeks:

run only 91 octane till then. I usually alternate 91 and 89 every fill up.

drive my car harder than usual. I get on it once in a while, maybe every couple days. I'll open it up more often and once a day the week leading up to the 18th.

will any of this make a difference? we'll find out on the 18th!

If you wait to run, you wont race at all. If you want to race, you need to be there before 1pm to get in line, otherwise there will be more cars than openings to race. They do LIMIT the number of cars racing.

**gone2vegas** · 09-13-2004, 11:45 AM

okay, this Saturday is the drags.

who's going?

**bigdaddyoc** · 09-13-2004, 11:55 AM

I'm in. I have a couple buddies coming too...a 'cuda, a yamaha R1 and we'll see what else I can scrounge up. Where are we meeting...same place?

I also hit up the new guy...djemcee I think it is...I sent it to him through ebay for his wheels for sale..then came back here looking through pics and came across his...he's already a memeber here!

**gone2vegas** · 09-14-2004, 12:51 AM

so it sounds like a few of us are going this Saturday. does anyone want to meet before hand for lunch or something?

otherwise I guess we could just meet in the parking lot after tech inspection. I'm sure it won't be hard to spot each other.

any suggestions???

**bigdaddyoc** · 09-14-2004, 01:22 AM

we met at the Coco's at Foothill and the 15 last time...not a far drive to the track. I'm all for it...although they did have some killer philly cheese sandwiches at the track last time..lol

**gone2vegas** · 09-14-2004, 12:35 PM

just found this and thought I would put it out there for you guys:

List of restaurants around California Speedway

looks like there is an In N Out and a Claim Jumper right by the Coco's. just off the 15 at Foothill.

mmm Double Double Animal Style...

**Unholy** · 09-16-2004, 03:24 PM

I'll be in the same location (right outside CoCo's) around noon.

**Unholy** · 09-16-2004, 08:40 PM

so... who is going to be there on Sept. 18th?

**DMAG** · 09-16-2004, 09:24 PM

Gawd...I miss In N Out FROM my days of living in SoCal.

Take lots of pictures guys!

**bigdaddyoc** · 09-16-2004, 10:53 PM

Coco's...noon it is. I'll be there...I think the wife is coming along this time so she can see what it is this abuse that I make the poor car take. She doesn't even realize the abuse it took today...I just got hom FROM shooting a commercial with the magnum....I'll tell you guys about it saturday. Lets just say it involved a camera crew, the magnum...and Mulholland(sp) canyon....imagine the fun!!