NOT A TA
10-13-2009, 05:02 AM
I went to the Milemarker-1 race Sunday and entered with my 70 Firebird. The event was held at Dade-Collier airport. Organization was poor. Timing was by an officer with a radar gun. Tech and safety inspection was almost non existant. There were no classes or safety requirements for any speed. The track is perfect, A 2 mile smooth concrete airport runway still maintained although the runway is not used much. I did not see a single airplane howerever there was a helicopter and pilot which made me feel better that if there was an injury the person could be transported.
The quality of cars there was very high with almost all cars being newer vehicles with turbos, superchargers or nitrous. The staging lanes looked more like a car show than a race area because all of the vehicles were so nice looking. Ford GTs, Ferraris, Porsche, Corvettes, GTOs, as well as the Tuner type cars were well represented. There was even a Mercedes going over 190 MPH !
My car was by far the oldest car there and the only one with a carb. One of only a handfull of cars that had any kind of rollover protection and one of only a couple with fire supression. There were a couple people with driving suits. Most of the cars were running in the 150-190 range according to the radar gun and peoples GPS and datalogging equipment. Several cars were running 190-220.
Here's a link to a thread with lots of pictures and videos from the event check out all of the cars! There was a PT 1st gen Camaro there but it wasn't running. http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6103461 (http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6103461)
Heres another thread on the Corvette site. http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35146&page=3 (http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35146&page=3)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/10/milemarker1008-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/10/mm1014-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/10/mm1008-1.jpg
The quality of cars there was very high with almost all cars being newer vehicles with turbos, superchargers or nitrous. The staging lanes looked more like a car show than a race area because all of the vehicles were so nice looking. Ford GTs, Ferraris, Porsche, Corvettes, GTOs, as well as the Tuner type cars were well represented. There was even a Mercedes going over 190 MPH !
My car was by far the oldest car there and the only one with a carb. One of only a handfull of cars that had any kind of rollover protection and one of only a couple with fire supression. There were a couple people with driving suits. Most of the cars were running in the 150-190 range according to the radar gun and peoples GPS and datalogging equipment. Several cars were running 190-220.
Here's a link to a thread with lots of pictures and videos from the event check out all of the cars! There was a PT 1st gen Camaro there but it wasn't running. http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6103461 (http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6103461)
Heres another thread on the Corvette site. http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35146&page=3 (http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35146&page=3)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/10/milemarker1008-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/10/mm1014-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/10/mm1008-1.jpg