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Wow, what a blast!! I went to the Barber Track in Birmingham, Alabama. There were about 25 people there on a perfect day. To my knowledge, I was the only SRT8 owner there. There were a couple Viper owners, a few SRT10 truck owners, and numerous srt4 owners. I met a lot of nice people and the Barber SRT folks were great!!
After the classroom discussion, which was funny as hell, we split into 2 groups and my group started on the time trial track. We were allowed to take two 440 foot runs in each of 3 vehicles which were the 300C SRT8, Crossfire, and SRT10 truck. At the end of this event, they let us take one more run in any one of the 3 vehicles. IMO, the SRT8 was the fastest and most fun. The Crossfire did very well and the SRT10 was disappointing. All were fun nevertheless. As we made each run, there was not much room left for stopping, so we got very familiar with the Anti-Lock breaks kicking in. The second half of each leg was to take the car around 5 pilons at 40mph. We sure got a good feel for the great handling of these cars.
My groups second event was hitting the Road Course with each of the following 3 vehicles: Viper, SRT10 truck, and Crossfire. That was a blast, especially in the Viper. I was personally very disappointed that they didn't have the SRT8 in this event.
We had a nice lunch and then proceeded to a Handling Course (I'm not sure what they called this event). We were allowed to take one run in each of the following 3 vehicles: Viper, Crossfire, and SRT4. Again, a lot of fun and I was pretty impressed with the SRT4. Pretty quick car for the money. I didn't particularly care too much for the Crossfire and SRT4 due mainly to their smaller size (I'm Biased). They threw in one more run because we had the time available.
Lastly, they took us back out on the Road Course in our pick of any 3 vehicles, but this time the Instructors were driving. I selected the SRT8, Viper, and Truck. This was absolutely a blast and I taped all 3 runs. My first run was the SRT8 and it was my favorite run. My particular driver really knew how to smoke those tires around the track. The second run was in the Viper and it was very clear why they put such awsome seats in all these vehicles. The last run was in the truck and I must say, it was a lot more ballsy out on the track. The truck ride was really fun!!
The Track experience is definitely worth the money. I'm not sure how the event is run at a regular round track, but the Road Course was just a Blast. I was also told that SRT owners can attend as many events as they want. All-in-all I was elated with my pick of the SRT8. One of the other attendee's asked one of the Instructors what his favorite vehicle was out on the track. He said "I can speak for all the Instructors when I say that the 300C SRT8 is our favorite vehicle". They really enjoy the power, handling, and superior breaking of the 300C SRT8. :biggrin:
After the classroom discussion, which was funny as hell, we split into 2 groups and my group started on the time trial track. We were allowed to take two 440 foot runs in each of 3 vehicles which were the 300C SRT8, Crossfire, and SRT10 truck. At the end of this event, they let us take one more run in any one of the 3 vehicles. IMO, the SRT8 was the fastest and most fun. The Crossfire did very well and the SRT10 was disappointing. All were fun nevertheless. As we made each run, there was not much room left for stopping, so we got very familiar with the Anti-Lock breaks kicking in. The second half of each leg was to take the car around 5 pilons at 40mph. We sure got a good feel for the great handling of these cars.
My groups second event was hitting the Road Course with each of the following 3 vehicles: Viper, SRT10 truck, and Crossfire. That was a blast, especially in the Viper. I was personally very disappointed that they didn't have the SRT8 in this event.
We had a nice lunch and then proceeded to a Handling Course (I'm not sure what they called this event). We were allowed to take one run in each of the following 3 vehicles: Viper, Crossfire, and SRT4. Again, a lot of fun and I was pretty impressed with the SRT4. Pretty quick car for the money. I didn't particularly care too much for the Crossfire and SRT4 due mainly to their smaller size (I'm Biased). They threw in one more run because we had the time available.
Lastly, they took us back out on the Road Course in our pick of any 3 vehicles, but this time the Instructors were driving. I selected the SRT8, Viper, and Truck. This was absolutely a blast and I taped all 3 runs. My first run was the SRT8 and it was my favorite run. My particular driver really knew how to smoke those tires around the track. The second run was in the Viper and it was very clear why they put such awsome seats in all these vehicles. The last run was in the truck and I must say, it was a lot more ballsy out on the track. The truck ride was really fun!!
The Track experience is definitely worth the money. I'm not sure how the event is run at a regular round track, but the Road Course was just a Blast. I was also told that SRT owners can attend as many events as they want. All-in-all I was elated with my pick of the SRT8. One of the other attendee's asked one of the Instructors what his favorite vehicle was out on the track. He said "I can speak for all the Instructors when I say that the 300C SRT8 is our favorite vehicle". They really enjoy the power, handling, and superior breaking of the 300C SRT8. :biggrin:
