Chicago 1/2 mile Shootout

[hugh-guynes]

I just posted 2 Youtube videos taken this past weekend at the 1/2 mile races in Chicago. The first video , "Tiger and ZR1 Corvette" shows 2 races. My fastest time of the weekend was during the second race when I did 149.7 mph. The ZR1 did 157mph. In the second video,"Sunbeam Tiger vs ZL1 Camaro" we were never more than 1/2 a fender apart the entire race. I ran all weekend on my street tires 205/50 15 BFG Rivals , so no hard launches .

[Mark and Nancy Petri]

Thanks for posting up the info!
I’m guessing you were still pulling pretty hard at that 1/2 mile point? How is the new motor working out?

[hugh-guynes]

The car is still pulling hard , at 150mph I am at 5900rpm in 5th gear. The problem I have at the 1/2 mile races is I have a lot more drag than the newer cars.
In the video you can see the LAT hood pulling up and the top of the window pulling out.

[Mark and Nancy Petri]

What… the aero on a Tiger is not as good as a new Corvette??

I was sorta surprised to see that you didn’t have the front "spoiler" on… I guess for short bursts it isn’t really needed?
Car looks very stable at speed… even if the hood wants to flip open and the windows want to blow out 🙄

Great Stuff, thanks again for posting!

Mark

[camila]

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