Had a great time racing the Bimmer down at High Plains Diesel Shootout in Pueblo yesterday. They have a really nice motor-sports park with just about everything you could ask for in the off-road wheelin’ fun category – dragstrip, road course, HUGE dirt track and a dyno. The car ran well, consistently posting mid-13s on street tires fighting traction control for 100′ off the line. Won 3 of 4 runs, coming close to the money, posting the 2nd fastest time (13.44) in their “True Street” class. The winner was almost a full second faster than everyone else, but that’s how it goes with heads-up racing. It would be good in a bracket with traction control, but I was greedy, going for the big purse.
I decided against getting on the dyno after watching the guy running it almost drop a truck off the loading ramps. Bimmer was the only car-type vehicle competing and raised alot of eyebrows. People kept asking stuff like “what’s in that thing?” and “Is that really a diesel?” This confirms what I knew ever since finishing the upgrades – she is a beast. It will easily be into the 12’s with slicks or drag radials, traction control off and somebody who knows how to launch it.
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