My car is nearing the 10K mile mark and I have peeked a bit at the one mile events. There was one recently in Miami which I did not go to and of course there's the Texas Mile.

I'm just curious how does one practice for this ?
1) City roads =no way
2) Even most tracks have curves or 1/4 mile limits.

One mile is a long distance sprint . I have never driven 180-200 MPH . That's the range of thse cars at top end and I imagine that there's a point where every MPH increase has intensity over a certain point.

At thse events -- does one get a few practice runs ? Has anyone ever rented a specific track to train and evaluate his car's limits and what can be worked on to make gains ?

 

Do what i do, run and hope you never get caught... i had a great practice today all over I35, it was not crowded though... ok, never mind me.

 

I feel that entering a competition requires practice and adjustments to the car . A public road is far too dangerous for so many reasons .

I was wondering how one sets out really feel confident and have the car and skills perfected . Also 135MPH would be very different than the climb over 175 to the top end of a one mile competition . I even wonder how the car reacts at top end.

I can't help but admit some fear of a cross wind , a tire issue, or a mechanical mishap but maybe my thinking is based on lack of experience as i have never entered a one mile event . I also feel that the Turbo's real strength is the rolling start or a one mile flat out run.

There has to be comfor level passing 160mph rather than entering an event and having a heart attack afterwards or chickening out during the run. BTW ..I don't feel that its a bad thing to voice nervousness and wanting to be prepared and confident.

 

In my old town, there is an old airport that i used to practice on when i had a VR6 Golf... this was old days. I wish we had a good and safe place to practice or even just drive.

 

A lot of folks praise the various driving schools but I wish there was a class geeared specifically for a one mile Turbo run. I am not so much intersted in track driving --driving around in a circle. I undertand that there is skill .. but i find the concept boring.

I also feel that a drag race is not this cars best strength . One mile is really enough time to lay it all down .

I think it will take
1) familarity with ideal shift points and practice at the distance .
2) confidence and practice at sustained speed 160+
3)tweaks to the car

This would be a great driving school class --working towards one specific driving event .

Question -
Since most tracks either curve or gear towards 1/4 mile distance .. is there even a track which could accomodate a 1 mile run course ?

 

Not kidding here but, have you considered the desert? I was driving back from AZ and i hit some serious strait-ways for a couple of miles to 10 miles at a time. I know some in Cali as well. A lot of folks talk about Montana... I am just pointing this out as i did not see a cop or a sole for miles at a time

 

I think most who buy a fast car imagine blasting full throttle down an open road but the risks are just too great. The legal issues of top end run practicing are enough of a deterrent. However, even if you chose to factor them out all it would take is an animal crossing the road to pose a surprise obstacle. Plus if one wipes out on a road where there's basically no one to help that in itself would be an issue.

That's why I think a track or a driving class geared for this event would be ideal. There's instruction, safety, practice , and ideas shared about the car or technique . Plus if an emergency arose whether its to the car or the driver it's available.

 

Unless you have a professional racing license you start at the bottom and work your way up with experience.

http://www.openroadracing.com/

 

This looks great . I was reading some of the rules where they classify the car as well as the driver level and if one exceeds it he gets disqualified .

It actually sounds the correct route to getting adequate skills. I don't understand how some think they can just go oit and run full blast in a competition without training and instruction.

I also noticed that the division speed begins at the lowest of 124 mph and gradually divides up to the 200 level. This is exactly how I imagined it should be .

There is a big difference between each of these 10 mph increase intervals at the upper speeds .

Thanks for posting it .

 

Where can somebody find information about these 1 mile events?

Thanks

 

Try http://www.texasmile.net/ I think they just had it the 16th -18th of this month.

 

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