Savage42

Guys, I thought you might like a Maxima race report. I've always raced my '71 Datsun 510 for over a decade, 2 years ago setting a record "door slammer" run in my VG30ET powered dime. Well, I sold the car last year, so I decided to run my street car this year. You can look at my sig to see what I've done to it, but it's not highly modified and I was running on my street tires. I could have run the car in 2 classes, STS being the logical class since I was on street rubber, but I ended up running in the more competitive DSP class against 4 other cars on race rubber. I ended up having a battle with a long time rival in his '85 BMW 325i that was well prepped and on race tires. After 3 of 4 runs, I was 2 seconds behind him, my 2:10.2 to his 2:08.5. The hillclimb is on a nice paved road, 2 miles long which makes a 1000 ft climb. (You can check out more info on the hillclimb at: http://www.eescc.org/hillclimb.cfm ) So I let it all hang out and knocked off nearly 2 seconds on my last run, moving into 1st place by .07 secs. The guy in the BMW was unable to better his time, so I ended up taking the first place trophy, posting a faster time than many stripped SE-Rs on race tires, too. They couldn't believe that they got beat by a "mom's car" (I told them to "bite me") on street tires and an automatic to boot.

Unfortunately, running in DSP, I was still 3 seconds off the record in that class, but would have beat the STS record by 2.4 seconds. With R compound tires, I'm sure I would have ended up with a DSP record. I was only 5 seconds from a Z06 Vette on race rubber, so the Max (OK, it had mostly to due with the driver) put the "Smackdown" on many Subarus, Rabbits & GTIs, and other formidable Nissans. How's that for putting the Max to the test, other than all this "straight line" stuff most guys do?

BlackCat

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Way ta go Gary!!! I just love this Maxima stories!

plurco

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This is to give you guys an idea of what he is talking about

gtr_rider

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Wow, crazy story.. Can you mount a camera in your car for the next one, I would love to see this.

plurco

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check these out

brizsblackmax

not my Z06 check it out on my homepage

95emeraldgxe

good going man! imagine if someone like cheston was there, he probably would've beaten the pants off everyone

BlackCat

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Man, those narrow roads aren't very forgiving when you start sliding!

Savage42

You've got that right. It's usually trees on one side and dirt banks on the other. We had a guy go off into the embankment in his M3 last year and did $18k in damage. The hill has claimed it's fair share of cars. It would have been fun to put a camera in the Maxima, as I've had one in the 510 almost every year I've run a hillclimb. I'll have my 1:56 run in the turbo 510 on the site very soon. Stay tuned.

It takes serious HP, excellent handling, and driver willing to risk the car (and knows the hill) to break the 2 minute barrier. Watch the video and imagine averaging 60 mph, with some 40 mph corners and the fastest section in the 85-90 mph range. Just a bit hairy!

joaquink

WHOA! Sweet! Way to go. That looks like a blast. Bummer on that guy biting it in the Firebird but you can see from the rubber on the road that he's not the first to lose it on that turn.

SuperFishstick

power to ya. Good job man

Ninos_Maxima

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whoa, it looks crasy, maybe one day ill try!

happyricefob

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looks fun, but i rather take my friend's GSR rather than my max up there... can't turn sheet