Just returned from Richard Petty Driving Experience Now with Video

[rp23g7]

My wife bought me a Kings Experience for my Christmas present last yr, as i had it planned about 13 yrs ago, but i met her instead. We went to California Speedway.

What a blast, 20 laps by myself, in a set of two 10 lap sessions.

I had a ride along too, to get to know the line and a feel for the car.

WOW, i have a lot more respect for those NASCAR guys now, 20 laps is a friggen workout, i cant imagine 400 miles, with 40 other cars around.

The ride a long was great, they guy just blasts out of the pits and into the first turn, i was like HOLY %@$#.

it was awsome as a rider.

The Kings experiance is 2 sessions of 10 laps. You follow a instructor, 3 car lengths behind, and in the same groove he is driving. Its harder than it looks.

I found myself not trusting the car, you could feel the car slip around abit on the asphalt repair stuff and smell the rubber around the turns, and not accelerating hard enough coming out of some turns, especially turn 2, that wall was really close. I was letting him get to far ahead on the backstreach on the first session.

Second set of laps i concentrated more, those NASCAR guys are in shape, it was a 95 degree day, and baking hot in the car, and trying to stay in the groove at 150 mph is a workout.

My best speed was 156mph on my last few laps, with a average of 136mph.

My wife went on a ride along, 3 actually, they in car video was not working right, i guess it wont work after 150 degrees. So her first two didnt work, so they got a car out of the garage for her.

She had a second car following them, they screamed out of the pits and came blowing by on the first lap, the second lap they past us and you could hear the car get into the rev limiter, 7500 rpm on the set up on the cars, 170mph, wow

Carlys 3rd ride

http://youtu.be/Rwi3kw1niUw

My ride

http://youtu.be/v12aMS1yIGU

My 1st 10 laps

http://youtu.be/IDzne7u8Rto

My second set of 10

http://youtu.be/WhWYlTJMB8c

[triple_green]

Wow that sounds like a blast, Steve! I like to drive fast, but I would prob be sucking air.

Sounds like a great time!


Mark

[RIDELIKEHELL]

Cool! Sounds like riot

[nvrbdn]

never did it, but was at the track while it was going on and was cool to watch. did get to drive a superbird on the track at monster mopar several yrs ago and got up to 100 and was overwhelmed at that. add 56 mph on top of that. sounds fun.