Sunset Dragstrip - Mercer, PA

**Maxpowers** · 09-20-2010, 07:51 PM

Sunset is planning the Halloween classic for the weekend of Oct 9th-10th, Rainout will be Oct 16th-17th. Sunset will open each Saturday at 2pm and each Sunday at 10am until further notice. Points running is over at Sunset, so lets all show up for some great fun and racing.

A group of my friends are going up on Sunday, October 10th.

Hope to see some of ya up there!

**ModularMike** · 09-20-2010, 09:44 PM

Saw you driving around this weekend. I forget which day because I had 7 hours of sleep total over the weekend, the days ran together. But anyway, I may try to go to this.

**Maxpowers** · 09-20-2010, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by ModularMike

Saw you driving around this weekend. I forget which day because I had 7 hours of sleep total over the weekend, the days ran together. But anyway, I may try to go to this.

Wasn't me. The car's been sitting all weekend.

Cheaper and more fun than the FLD

**EricS197** · 09-22-2010, 01:48 PM

Is that also a 1/4 mile track?

I might show up in the GT500... Hopefully I'll get on some DR's by then

**ModularMike** · 09-22-2010, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by EricS197

Is that also a 1/4 mile track?

I might show up in the GT500... Hopefully I'll get on some DR's by then

I believe its 1/8.

**Maxpowers** · 09-22-2010, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by ModularMike

I believe its 1/8.

It is an 1/8. The track has very low prep if any. The surface is like running down a old country road with many bumps.

You can pretty much do whatever you want there. There's no tech at all. I've gone down the track with 6 people in a Nissan Titan with the windows down and not enough seat belts for everyone.

**Black Vert** · 09-22-2010, 07:13 PM

Dont expect too much, its the worst track I've ever been to. The timing system is always screwing up, all you get is 60' and 1/8 et, no mph. But I still go there every now and then when I'm bored.

**Maxpowers** · 09-25-2010, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by Black Vert

Dont expect too much, its the worst track I've ever been to. The timing system is always screwing up, all you get is 60' and 1/8 et, no mph. But I still go there every now and then when I'm bored.

I agree. It is a bad track...

Good point are:
Only $15 to race. Less than Flashlight drags.
You get as many passes as you want. I think I got like 16 last time I was there.

**ccoyle0103** · 09-25-2010, 11:13 PM

The left lane is 2/10ths faster than the right lane...Burn out box is kinda small...Slow down lanes on both tracks are really bumpy....On a good note...it is cheap and if you wanna practice your launches and reaction times its ok for that. I didn't mind the times that I was there....Send me a pm if you plan on going up tom or next weekend!!

**Black Vert** · 09-27-2010, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Maxpowers

I agree. It is a bad track...

Good point are:
Only $15 to race. Less than Flashlight drags.
You get as many passes as you want. I think I got like 16 last time I was there.

I like it better than the FLDs, not many cars there, you can hotlap as much as you want.

Heres a video of my car on low boost a couple of weeks ago at Sunset.

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