Last year my wife bought me a Driving Experience through Richard Petty Driving Experience at Richmond International Raceway. The day it was originally scheduled for was rained out. We had to reschedule for almost a year later.... which was this past Friday. Let me tell you, I have never in my life had so much fun! I have never driven a car with that much Horsepower ever. You hit that gas in that thing and you are gone! The way it works is that you get 8 laps behind a lead car that works you up to a "target" time and you can work toward that time, or the instructor will "back up" to you if you are not comfortable going that fast. Your target time is a 30 seconds flat for one lap. My best lap was 30.79 seconds at 108 mph. WOW! is all I have to say. Richmond is a fast little race track. You think you are going to slide the rearend around and hit the wall... but those cars are really stuck to that track. They handled like a dream!! I could have driven much faster but they kept the speeds down since we were considered "rookies" I almost got tunnel vision I was concentrating so hard to hit my marks. They had the "groove" taped in bright colored tape marks all along the track so you knew the fast way around. It was such a blast! Can't wait to do it again.
Oh... we also paid for a ride along which is 3 laps around Richmond at speed which is 135 MPH..... your riding shotgun! That was awesome as well! Anyway... as you can tell I am excited as hell about this!!
Oh... we also paid for a ride along which is 3 laps around Richmond at speed which is 135 MPH..... your riding shotgun! That was awesome as well! Anyway... as you can tell I am excited as hell about this!!
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