How about some local Import vs Domestic action? [Archive]

azinwood

01-29-2003, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by Saleen91
I figured I'd toss this out there to see if any of you guys would be interested...

http://www.lonestarraceway.com/assets/images/KickAss_Thursday.jpg

Damn, for some reason it's doing a URL instead of an IMG... :(

lets see if this works

http://www.lonestarraceway.com/assets/images/KickAss_Thursday.jpg

Saleen91

01-29-2003, 10:40 AM

azinwood,

Heh, woohoo! It's not just me then! :)

TurboGSRcivic,

It's in Sealy, see www.lonestarraceway.com. It's a local IHRA 1/8 mile track.

TurboGSRcivic

01-29-2003, 10:43 AM

ahh ok thats where the h-town peeps go, ill go if my car is done by then

Saleen91

01-29-2003, 10:48 AM

Hey the IMG tags work now!! Alright!

TheBeast

01-29-2003, 11:50 AM

lone star is sealy right

Saleen91

01-29-2003, 11:54 AM

Yes. Look at the link I listed above.

Blurex

01-29-2003, 12:06 PM

thats cool I will be there when it starts...i live minuets away...bieng a import i will probaly lose allot but i wont lose to all...

CIVTEC93

01-29-2003, 12:22 PM

where the hell is sealy

Saleen91

01-29-2003, 12:30 PM

www.mapquest.com ownz j00000

dak4.7

01-29-2003, 12:35 PM

I forsee this ending up with a bunch of pissed off people and keyed cars before the end of the first week.
There's not many import trucks either, I think the idea is just flawed form the beginning :)

Saleen91

01-29-2003, 12:41 PM

I don't follow you? Why would a fun-run type event end up with keyed cars?

CIVTEC93

01-29-2003, 12:48 PM

Originally posted by Saleen91
www.mapquest.com ownz j00000

i'm lazy :hit:

Saleen91

01-29-2003, 12:57 PM

Originally posted by CIVTEC93

i'm lazy :hit:

You being lazy doesn't mean I'm your bitch. :hit:

Powell

01-29-2003, 01:06 PM

Ben, to bad the Cobra isn't running or I'd be out with y'all.

Saleen91

01-29-2003, 01:17 PM

Hey Chris,

This "event" doesn't start until April. So you have time man!!! Get busy! :)

CIVTEC93

01-29-2003, 01:18 PM

Originally posted by Saleen91

You being lazy doesn't mean I'm your bitch. :hit:
:hit: :hit: :hit: :hit: :hit:

Powell

01-29-2003, 01:29 PM

Ben, no can do. I just got my new car. Im going to start rebuilding the car this summer. Hopefully Im going to make the change from a belt driven snail to a exhaust gas driven snail, if you get my drift ;)

Powell

01-29-2003, 01:30 PM

But the more I think about it, by April I should have a few mods on the Vette.. Hopefully I can break into the low 13s :)

meangreen94z

01-29-2003, 01:39 PM

Sealy is about 20 minutes west of Katy on I-10. Lonestar Raceway is about 10 minutes west of Sealy on I-10, theres several signs leading up to it.

AWD

01-29-2003, 01:54 PM

LSR is an 1/8 mile track..gay and pointless if you ask me. just about the same distance to hrp though for most houston folk. farther for some.

AWD

Saleen91

01-29-2003, 01:59 PM

:duh:

Well I can see this isn't going to go very far with you guys. I figured it'd be fun to line up against some Imports at the track and have some fun. Nothing more than a friendly rivalry at a track where you can get more than 1 run per hour (unlike HRP).

One person has talked about keying cars, another has called it "gay and pointless"...

I guess it'll be only the domestics actually racing at the track then.

AWD

01-29-2003, 02:07 PM

dont get me wrong..I think its a cool idea...its just that its an 1/8 mile track..which I think is gay and pointless. IMO..I would rather have it at HRP..full 1/4 baby..1/8 mile too:p

AWD

Saleen91

01-29-2003, 02:12 PM

I agree. 1/4 mile is a LOT more fun... But HRP isn't hosting this. LSR is.

I look at racing 1/8 mile as a chance to practice my launches. It's all for fun anyway.

Turbo_LS_Hatch

01-29-2003, 02:15 PM

I would head out there, but that's too damn far away from Pearland. My 1/8th sucks ass anyway. I need the last half of the track:cry:

Powell

01-29-2003, 02:18 PM

Dave.. Quit posting.. get back to work.. panzy!

Turbo_LS_Hatch

01-29-2003, 02:23 PM

The car probably won't be ready this weekend:cry: I just got paid today from my old job, 2 weeks late. I've been waiting on that money to go buy gaskets, oil, etc.. So I went to 3 different auto parts places today, and no one had anything I needed other than an oil pan gasket. I still need the intake manifold gasket, and an axle rebuild kit. The way it's going, I don't see myself out. I went and ordered the IMG, but it won't be here for another hour or two. Then I can get the engine completely together, and put it in, but without an axle, it'll be kind of hard to drive........unless someone wants to donate a WORKING axle for an LS(I don't see that happening)

PG240

01-29-2003, 05:04 PM

if its bracket, count me in:cool:

_Zac

01-30-2003, 05:13 AM

Who wants to drive to lone star?:duh:

Zac

adamsthaman

01-30-2003, 05:55 PM

Not everybody thinks this is such a bad idea..I am sure that i can gather alot of imports to lose..LSR is only an 1/8, but you just take what you can get..

adam

_allstar

01-30-2003, 06:03 PM

You won this time grandma...but don't expect your 4" cowl induction hood to beat my 4' spoiler next time.

Saleen91

03-06-2003, 01:56 PM

It's been a while since I visited this topic, so I just wanted to give it a bump as we're getting closer to racing season. :)

XLRVIII

03-06-2003, 02:27 PM

I understand where Orlando is coming from regarding 1/8th mile,
I too used to think that I'd never like 1/8th mile.

as it turns out, it's pretty much the same amount of fun, except the racing "goes by quicker".

Instead of slow cars taking 17-18 seconds to make a pass, the slow cars take 11-12 seconds to make a pass.

Granted Lone Star is and never will be HRP.

but.. the people that run LSR are very nice and kind individuals,
they have opened up on a thursday to bring this event to reality.

I for ONE will be supporting LSR with this event.

I understand orlando and respect the fact that he's not a big bracket racing fan.

I'm looking forward to this event, it's going to be alot of fun.

The format will be 4 classes,

Trucks
Imports
Domestics
ATV's {dont ask me??}

There will be four different classes, with the winners of the 4 classes running in a "semi final round"..
meaning...
Truck winner against ATV winner
Domestic winner against Import winner.

then.. a final round of winner take all!

this really sounds like fun...

someone duct tape orlando and toss him in the trunk and bring him out.
Better yet!

Duct tape him to the BIGGEST wing in the club and THEN drive to sealy.

"lil G with the WINDBLOWN look would be priceless!"

SportVortech

03-06-2003, 02:31 PM

If you guys want, post your dial in, find yourself a christmas tree on the net, report your .500's, and the winner can be decided....

remember that when you "beat" an 11 second domestic

I dunno, its much easier than driving an hour for brackets, plus you'll save your motor some wear and tear.:thumb:

SportVortech

03-06-2003, 02:41 PM

Originally posted by XLRVIII
Truck winner against ATV winner

yeah I rest my case

Saleen91

03-06-2003, 02:52 PM

Geezus, I've seen more excuses on why you guys don't want to race than posts FOR racing. :rolleyes:

SportVortech

03-06-2003, 02:58 PM

Originally posted by Saleen91
Geezus, I've seen more excuses on why you guys don't want to race than posts FOR racing. :rolleyes:

Well see, brackets isn't really racing. Give me a bicycle, i'll prove it to you.

Saleen91

03-06-2003, 03:27 PM

:rolleyes:

_Zac

03-06-2003, 03:57 PM

Bracket is for pansies..

People mod there cars to make them go fast not consistent. If I wanted consistent I would have bought a metro and gone consistently slow down the track for the bracket win.

BTW. Last time I went to the track I only made 3 passes and all my times were within a thousand of a second of each other.

Saleen91

03-06-2003, 04:34 PM

again... more excuses on why you guys don't want to race. I've offered a heads up arrangement between myself and anybody that's anti-bracket racing and nobody has taken me up on it.

I see this is a lost cause as far as getting you guys to do some import/domestic racing.

_Zac

03-06-2003, 05:04 PM

Yeah or maybe its the reasons that we gave you. I'll tell you why no one wants to go.

1, To far to drive
2, Track isn't as good as HRP
3, Its a 1/8 mile track
4, bracket is :gay:

If you want to run some imports this is what Im talking about > http://www.houston-imports.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4949

:bowdown:Trish

_Zac

03-06-2003, 05:06 PM

I dont see anyone giving excuses. I see people stating problems.;)

Turbo_LS_Hatch

03-06-2003, 05:52 PM

Originally posted by 01 Mineral
I dont see anyone giving excuses. I see people stating problems.;)

Thank you. We're giving this guy legitimate reasons why most of us don't wanna run. I don't see how it can be 'imports vs. domestics' when all you're really doing is racing yourself. I'm also so sorry not all of us live 10 minutes away from the track. It would take me FOREVER to get out there as I'm all the way down here in Pearland. I might head out once or twice just to see how it is(I usually don't bash things before I try them)....but the event IMO has the odds stacked against it.

dak4.7

03-06-2003, 08:13 PM

Originally posted by SportVortech
yeah I rest my case

Now now heavy chebby, last time I was at HRP there was a Ram 2500 diesel 4x4 running conistent LOW 13's, that's one ATV that would sure kick my ass :roflmao:

SportVortech

03-06-2003, 09:06 PM

Originally posted by dak4.7
Now now heavy chebby, last time I was at HRP there was a Ram 2500 diesel 4x4 running conistent LOW 13's, that's one ATV that would sure kick my ass :roflmao:

man what the hell kinda ATV's are you talking about........

dak4.7

03-06-2003, 11:03 PM

Originally posted by SportVortech
man what the hell kinda ATV's are you talking about........

All terrain vehicle, you show me somewhere that a stock height 4x4 2500, mud tires and all, couldn't go, other than a very steep ditch, that's ALL TERRAIN goddammit!

Oh and underwater. Dodge doesn't excel at that....yet.

SportVortech

03-07-2003, 03:11 AM

Originally posted by dak4.7
All terrain vehicle, you show me somewhere that a stock height 4x4 2500, mud tires and all, couldn't go, other than a very steep ditch, that's ALL TERRAIN goddammit!

Oh and underwater. Dodge doesn't excel at that....yet.

maaaaan.......

The ATVs they're talking about the ones you see being towed behind trucks and in truck beds.

_Zac

03-07-2003, 03:12 AM

Originally posted by dak4.7
All terrain vehicle, you show me somewhere that a stock height 4x4 2500, mud tires and all, couldn't go, other than a very steep ditch, that's ALL TERRAIN goddammit!

Oh and underwater. Dodge doesn't excel at that....yet. They are talking about 4 wheelers.. Like raptors ect.

EG6

03-07-2003, 03:23 AM

hey what are you tring to say here i mod my car to win damn it and look what bracket got me:D $500 bucks and a pix witha hot chick :thumb:

http://www.houston-imports.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=86146

_Zac

03-07-2003, 03:24 AM

13.7's huh..

To much speed for me.:eek:

EG6

03-07-2003, 03:26 AM

thats my old time. best time was a 13.4

_Zac

03-07-2003, 03:28 AM

Well fuck me running... Sometimes I forget that some of you guys are faster then I am.:(

EG6

03-07-2003, 03:29 AM

but im slow now so its ok your still fast

_Zac

03-07-2003, 03:30 AM

Originally posted by EG6
but im slow now so its ok your still fast After seeing what you ran I dont think so anymore...

blownbitch

03-07-2003, 03:11 PM

Originally posted by 01 Mineral
Bracket is for pansies..

call me a pansy then....cuz to me there is nothing more fun than having to learn something new and being a winner at it. So i guess u can call me queen pansy zach ;)

People mod there cars to make them go fast not consistent. If I wanted consistent I would have bought a metro and gone consistently slow down the track for the bracket win.

U got one very important thing there wrong hon....lets take my car for example....do i want to build it to go fast? hell yeah...but does it need to be consistent? hell yes....if i go and race...lets say...aj...is it important i run the same thing everytime? yes.....is it important if i hook one time or not the other? yes....is it important how quick i leave off the flag/light? yes....

those are all the KEY points to bracket racing.

if i run aj and beat him....good for me....if i run him again and don't beat him the second time cuz i was not consistent w/my car or racing or launching or whatever....my bad

;0

blownbitch

03-07-2003, 03:12 PM

Originally posted by 01 Mineral
Yeah or maybe its the reasons that we gave you. I'll tell you why no one wants to go.

1, To far to drive
2, Track isn't as good as HRP
3, Its a 1/8 mile track
4, bracket is :gay:

If you want to run some imports this is what Im talking about > http://www.houston-imports.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4949

:bowdown:Trish
:P

dak4.7

03-07-2003, 03:38 PM

Originally posted by SportVortech
maaaaan.......

The ATVs they're talking about the ones you see being towed behind trucks and in truck beds.

yeah well.. continue resting your case then sir :thumb:

_Zac

03-07-2003, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by blownbitch
call me a pansy then....cuz to me there is nothing more fun than having to learn something new and being a winner at it. So i guess u can call me queen pansy zach ;)

U got one very important thing there wrong hon....lets take my car for example....do i want to build it to go fast? hell yeah...but does it need to be consistent? hell yes....if i go and race...lets say...aj...is it important i run the same thing everytime? yes.....is it important if i hook one time or not the other? yes....is it important how quick i leave off the flag/light? yes....

those are all the KEY points to bracket racing.

if i run aj and beat him....good for me....if i run him again and don't beat him the second time cuz i was not consistent w/my car or racing or launching or whatever....my bad

;0 Trish = #1

thunderdan

03-07-2003, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by Saleen91
:duh:

Well I can see this isn't going to go very far with you guys. I figured it'd be fun to line up against some Imports at the track and have some fun. Nothing more than a friendly rivalry at a track where you can get more than 1 run per hour (unlike HRP).

One person has talked about keying cars, another has called it "gay and pointless"...

I guess it'll be only the domestics actually racing at the track then. Well it isn't gay but it looks like it is pointless to get most of thses people what they want.

Baytown is a far drive for a lot of people too. Plus its crowded.

Why can't you all just nut up and show up. You're getting a crack at us domestic drivers and I wanna see what you can do. Import drivers have a bad rep for being very slow and unwilling to race. This is a chance to prove us wrong. I have seen some fast imports but they seem very few and far between.

thunderdan

03-07-2003, 10:18 PM

Originally posted by 01 Mineral
Bracket is for pansies..

People mod there cars to make them go fast not consistent. If I wanted consistent I would have bought a metro and gone consistently slow down the track for the bracket win.

BTW. Last time I went to the track I only made 3 passes and all my times were within a thousand of a second of each other. Well anybody can run their dial-in but most of the racing is done at the tree.

tha grey ghost

03-07-2003, 10:24 PM

im up for some domestic disturbance lets set it up for some time in april so that people that r workin on their cars have time to finish.:D but only on sunday green light racing im a street racer an suk at ambers. ok thunder dan an sallen, no trailor cars or gutted shells. sound good to u guys?

thunderdan

03-07-2003, 10:44 PM

Sounds finr but I really actually wanna do it heads up at a track. I don't mind traveling.

tha grey ghost

03-08-2003, 10:52 PM

i dont know if ill be able to run my car at the track. they will probably kik me out after my first pass. i dont have a rollcage in my car.sure u dont want to do it on the street?

H-Town

03-09-2003, 10:22 AM

These are the reasons you should go try this.

1. LSR has IHRA track rules, it is much more relaxed than HRP.

2. The people at LSR work hard to make sure everyone has a good time.

3. A 1/8 mile time slip will still give you the most important info of any race of any distance ie.. 60 ft. and reaction times.

4. Brackets make racing even for everyone, the guy with the most money to spend on his car isn't always gonna win.

5. Try it you may find out you like it. :roflmao:

thunderdan

03-09-2003, 04:01 PM

Originally posted by tha grey ghost
i dont know if ill be able to run my car at the track. they will probably kik me out after my first pass. i dont have a rollcage in my car.sure u dont want to do it on the street?

LSRP's rules and restrictions are a lot more lenient than HRP. I don't think you will need a rollcage at Sealy. I've seen some really fast cars without rollcages there run all day long.

tha grey ghost

03-10-2003, 01:42 AM

iz it a whole 1/4 mile though?

_Zac

03-10-2003, 04:00 AM

No... Thats one of the "Problems" The race will be over before its started.

H-Town

03-10-2003, 07:42 AM

You guys should love the 1/8 mile track. It will give some of you a chance to get into the 13's. :roflmao:

tha grey ghost

03-10-2003, 01:55 PM

u have no idea h-town. i been out for a lil bit but when i come back its over!

phast

03-10-2003, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by H-Town
You guys should love the 1/8 mile track. It will give some of you a chance to get into the 13's. :roflmao:

You're an idiot if you think some of the cars here can't get into the 13's or lower in the 1/4 ;)......Now a lot of the cars here may not break into the 13's but that doesn't mean some can't do it.:D

Saleen91

03-10-2003, 02:09 PM

Cool! So what's it take for some of these faster imports to go to the track where I can race them?

tha grey ghost

03-10-2003, 02:11 PM

you can buy me a roll cage so they wont kick me out!:ghost: or meet us on the streets

Saleen91

03-10-2003, 02:20 PM

Sorry, I already have the habit of supporting my car and don't need to support somebody elses. :)

tha grey ghost

03-10-2003, 02:23 PM

then race on the street and quit complaining about the track

CheeseFrog

03-10-2003, 02:25 PM

Originally posted by Saleen91
Cool! So what's it take for some of these faster imports to go to the track where I can race them? I just got my NOS for my Civic. Always wanted to run a Saleen! Kind of curious how I'd do. Would you wanna do a top end run? I don't think I'll be able to hook up in 1st gear on the bottle. Maybe wager a little money on it?