Am I EFFING crazy???

[Nacho_WE4]

So now that I got the Buick back after 7 years, we have slowly been resurrecting her. I would like to race her at the local 1/8 mi. track and perhaps go out of town and race her at other dragstrips. Only problem is, I didn't have any way of towing it..

So yesterday, I got a good deal on a 2003 Tahoe Z71. I am still kind of in shock. What the hell am I thinking? Now there won't be any excuses. I can trailer her, race her, and if she breaks, I can still drive home in peace.

Do ya'll tow your vehicles or do ya'll mainly drive them, run them, and bring them home???

 

[JDSfastGN]

I tow if its an out of town race (noble oklahoma for example) but other wise i drive it, run it and hopefully drive it home lol. I have had to have my dad drive 2 hours with the trailor in the past

 

[turbodave231]

Mine's a trailer queen. But then again, I don't drive the car on the street or register the car with the state either.

Dave

 

[Nacho_WE4]

Mine's a trailer queen. But then again, I don't drive the car on the street or register the car with the state either.

Dave

WOW! She looks right at home in that trailer!!!!!
yea, don't ask me about my registration

http://www.putfile.com/gonzalcx

 

[Squid4life]

I drive it to the track, swap tires, run it, swap tires back, drive home. AC on, Cd player cranked. Of course, mine is still slow so not as many worries of breaking it. Like said before, if you are driving far and running hard, trailer isn't too bad an idea. The way I see it, if I tow it there it won't break. If I drive it there, it probably will. :redface:

 

[XLR8]

I drive mine. I'm too lazy to change tires at the track so I put the slicks on at home, drive to the track, race then drive home. The farthest I have driven to race, however, is only about 90 miles away - my local track is 15 miles away.

 

[86gngirl]

I use to drive mine to the track. Its only an hour or so away until I got a wake up call. I drove it thier made 6 good 1/4 mile passes, got the kids loaded up, left the track , 5 min. latter my brake light comes on and I have very very hard brakes . Unfortunatly I couldn't call my husband to bring the trailer cause he is sitting right beside me in the passenger seat and my dad is out of town. Had to drive the car home like that on the turnpike with my kids it the back seat. Those cars dont stop for sh!t with no PM. Its fixed now but I have no luck so she gets trailered to the track and driven locally to cruises or just to get out of the garage. Just my opinion.

 

[Nacho_WE4]

Yea 7 years ago I only had a son. Now I have wife and 2 more kids.

It just seemed logical. Trailer it, have some fun, and if she breaks, I can bring her home.


More importantly. I think you are the first Female GN owner I have ever run across

I use to drive mine to the track. Its only an hour or so away until I got a wake up call. I drove it thier made 6 good 1/4 mile passes, got the kids loaded up, left the track , 5 min. latter my brake light comes on and I have very very hard brakes . Unfortunatly I couldn't call my husband to bring the trailer cause he is sitting right beside me in the passenger seat and my dad is out of town. Had to drive the car home like that on the turnpike with my kids it the back seat. Those cars dont stop for sh!t with no PM. Its fixed now but I have no luck so she gets trailered to the track and driven locally to cruises or just to get out of the garage. Just my opinion.

 

[86gngirl]

Yea 7 years ago I only had a son. Now I have wife and 2 more kids.

It just seemed logical. Trailer it, have some fun, and if she breaks, I can bring her home.


More importantly. I think you are the first Female GN owner I have ever run across

I dont know many either. I have only met 1 other, but her husband does the work on the car and she just drives it. My husband isn't even aloud to drive mine! :biggrin: You should see what I get for Mothers Day! No stinking vaccum cleaners for me thanks, I get new valve covers, polished turbo sheild, crome up pipe, and a TA49!! :biggrin:

IMO, play it safe with these cars and trailer it to the track. I know its a pain in the behide, but sh!t happens. Plus if its on a trailer, its less likly to get hit by some ahole.

 

[at7we2]

used to drive mine to the track, run it, then drive it home. always worried about breaking it though.

IMO, if you have the means, tow it! too much hassle to figure out how to get it home if (when) it breaks. friends and family usually don't like getting the call, "hey, how's it going? sorry to call you at midnight, but I drove my Buick to the track and blew it up. can you come get me with your trailer??....Pleeeeease!"

 

[Epitome]

When my set up was with the bone stock short blaock and Champion irons I drove 2 hours and 20 minutes to Atco dragstrip in NJ, swapped the slicks on made 2 warm up 1/8th mile runs that I shut down before the end of the 1/4, then ran 10.57@127.1 mph, swpped my drag radials back on and drove home. Of course, I did have a spare can of gas with me. That was with no roll bar and an 8 inch rim with a 9 inch slick out back. I use an open trailer now.

 

[TurboDave]

So now that I got the Buick back after 7 years, we have slowly been resurrecting her. I would like to race her at the local 1/8 mi. track and perhaps go out of town and race her at other dragstrips. Only problem is, I didn't have any way of towing it..

So yesterday, I got a good deal on a 2003 Tahoe Z71. I am still kind of in shock. What the hell am I thinking? Now there won't be any excuses. I can trailer her, race her, and if she breaks, I can still drive home in peace.

Do ya'll tow your vehicles or do ya'll mainly drive them, run them, and bring them home???

The primary reason I bougt my truck (1 of several reasons) was to eventually tow my car (enclosed trailer) to the track. After 20 years of age there's no way I want to be flirting with having it break at the track and then having to figure out how to get it home.
No thanks.
Besides, I then had an excuse to get and enclosed trailer (which btw does lots of other neat things, like moving me to TN)!!

 

[Quiky One]

My dad drove his car 650 miles to indy with the air on, raced one day, won the show, then drove back without a hitch. He did say he wont ever do that again. So what are all you using for trailers?

Jason

 

[TurboDave]

My 24' Classic Dominator.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/24421558/1157457025032787999eEgmvP

 

[Quiky One]

Very nice but I need an open. Not enought truck to pull enclosed.

Jason

 

[ttypewe4jim]

I tow if its an out of town race (noble oklahoma for example) but other wise i drive it, run it and hopefully drive it home lol. I have had to have my dad drive 2 hours with the trailor in the past

I would get beat into next week if I had to do that lol altough soon we will be both racing all the time and will only have one trailer so if both the cars break ahh that will be a bad bad bad bad bad day lol

 

[TKGN1]

I tell my buddies "if the car is going to the track, its going on a trailer". I have actually had to haul a buddies car back and let him drive mine after he busted his rearend at the track. Street car or not, sure is nice knowing you have a way back home if something breaks.

 

[DCVING 6]

I just bought this to tow with. It was no fun at Indy not being able to race because I didn't have a way to get the car home if it broke.