Had a great private track rental at MIR in Maryland today. Weather has been crazy recently from 80-25 within a week. Luckily the rain held out and weather was perfect for the track.

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I was in full video and photo mode most of the day but still managed to miss some great moments

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Adam w his ESS s/c M5 was a mission today to break the world record for an e39 M5, he needed to break 11.79 to make that happen. New SouthBend clutch and it was game on



street wheels/tires off, Dinan wheels w Nitto 555r's on







cooling down after our 1.5 hour trip







He had a tough time getting use to the new clutch pickup point but finally started to get it right. Traction was NOT an issue, he actually never spun the entire day, probably had a mid to low 1.6x 60 ft in the car but never saw it.

He finally nailed a 1.73 60 ft and here was the result

http://www.vimeo.com/21503122

Followed up by this w a worse 60 ft

http://www.vimeo.com/21505473

then he nailed a 1.70 60 ft and this was the result, he only needed to drop .05 seconds for the record, dropping .03 in the 1st 60 ft would almost guarantee that happening!

http://www.vimeo.com/21503992


bah!!! DAMN

he'll be back for more, i'm sure he'll end up being the quickest e39 M5 in the world this year. Meth is in the plans, heatsoak kills him up top with no inter/aftercooler setup

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Now for the rest of the fun!

this car had the most violent launches......and the driver was a mad man, would NOT get out of it. Sliding sideways off the start and still hitting a 1.07 60 ft on one run

http://www.vimeo.com/21504304

http://www.vimeo.com/21504489

2 serious runs back to back

http://www.vimeo.com/21504614

a tune only sl65 going for the 10's with only a tune........

http://www.vimeo.com/21504963

and the most badass car there, doesnt look THAT mean but damn, what a car. Sal built himself a beast. Id love to see a full run out of this car one day!!! I could sit and watch him run all day

http://www.vimeo.com/21505037




Beautiful Zr1 that set the world record bone stock before I even arrived with a 10.5x w only drag radials!!!! Over 134mph trap, unreal. Way to go GM.

 

and then this poor guy wrecked into the barrier for the starting tree during his burnout on the 1st run of the day for him. He was shaken up but not hurt, car seems ok too but the fiberglass front end is done for.

felt terrible for him, older gentlmen

 

More shots



























Blue Viper....get this, 1080whp on pump gas!!!!! he was babying it so bad but still trapping over 150mph. He finally launched it and blew his half shafts right off the car, might have moved 2 feet in total that run, unfortunately, no camera gear in hand

 

 

nice pics

any times on the Shelby's pictured?

 

Nice pics. Who built the blue viper?

 

Shelby w red was in the mid 11s

Black one was in mid 12s...no traction.

Not sure who built the viper

 

Damn, I wish I knew about this.... I would have came out with the p-car.

 

UGR built the Viper....it's been on eBay for awhile now

 

Great pics and videography! Thanks for your efforts.

 

you are most welcome. I love watching your car run, so smooth and fast.

What do you honestly think that car has in it? low 7's? mayyybe 6.99?

on that video I posted you let off AND got on the brakes hard and still ran a 7.7

 

The last run of the day was a 7.63 on the brakes and based on the unofficial calculations, it is thought to be a 7.2x pass in the 1/4 based on the 1/8 mile data. The fuel system is not keeping up, which is one of the main reasons I wasn't able to run it out the back. I've got new fuel system components on order.

If I can keep the front end down 200ft out and get a few other things sorted out, 6.90's will definitely be achievable given some time to sort through things. There is still a good amount of power left which I need to figure out how to deliver.

 

Thats insane....be safe out there Sal.

 

Thanks Val.

 

Very nice pics and video!