So as most of you know, most of us Midwesterners had a meet this weekend in Davenport Ia. It was a lot of fun. This was the first meet that I attended where I was legally able to drink, and I did. Lots.

Anyways, we all met at my place at about 12:10, then left right out for Davenport. We drove through rainy, cold weather for about 1/2 the trip, then once in Iowa, it dried up, but I guess they got some pretty bad storms in Davenport about 3 hours before we got there. We arrived at about 6ish and met up with everyone at the hotel/casino, introduced ourselves, chatted and went to the Casino, where the lot of us did marginally (I lost like a buck) but Justin, on his first casino trip ever, won $600 on a penny slot machine! :bouncy: :eek:

I had a few drinks there, then we went off to a bar a few miles away in Davenport, and I got fairly smashed, but avoided "Jesdaing" the bathroom and I dodged the fatal hangover. I guess I wasn't drunk enough! LOL!

On Saturday, we all met up at the hotel breakfast buffet at 10:00, but we got there right before they closed their doors, so the food was mediocre, but the Bacon was all you can eat, so I was satisfied. :yup:

After that, we went and washed our cars, then headed off to the races. They had a big turnout, and they raced anything you can imagine, including a snowmobile (bet you didn't imagine that). I was actually pretty surprised to see so many good looking women my age participating in the race, in actual leagues, not just casually racing their daily driver....it's so cool out in the boonies. :cool2: You'd never see that with any girls I went to high school with. :bigroll:

So it turns out that Albert's AJ modified DHS is pretty damn fast, and a damned impressive car overall...Nitrous Oxide in a Deville...:worship: Overall, a very, very nicely done car...many kudos to Albert (Highline Cady) for the car. And a 3.6L CTS IS faster than a STS, atleast Nick's was. He got a 14.8, and I think Justin got a 15.3 in his STS. The big surprise of the day was Brian's '94 Fleetwood Brougham, with 176k on the clock....15.33 at 91 mph!!!!! I had it pegged at a 15.8 or so, but boy was I off. Shit, if his gets a 15.33, with a .49 reaction time....could the Roadmaster I had break the 15 second barrier??? It was 200 pounds less, and I had positraction, and like 30k less miles....oh if only I still had it..... Even Dirt Cheap Fleetwood busted out his dad's '93 E150 and got a 17.62 with it, with 2xx,xxx on the clock... fun stuff. Ronster took his '08 CTS 3.6 DI down the track too, got like a 15.1 or so with it....very nice. :thumbsup: I kinda wish I brought the Benz....I'd get like a 16.7 or so. But, I did get to ride with Justin in one of his trips down the track...dang that was fun....15.5 seconds.

After the races, we went back to the casino/hotel, had dinner at the buffet (much improved over the breakfast), went to the casino, where Nick won like $500 in blackjack, only to intentionally drop $95 at another blackjack table. :nono: ;) I had a few white russians :drool: and I hung out with Tanner, Nick and Justin in their lobby for a while then went to bed after listening to some Radiohead on my iPod.

On Sunday, we said goodbye to Jimmy and Michelle at 11, then departed to Granite City for the annual Iowa-meet-Sunday-morning-brunch. It was divine. I gorged out on Bacon, Sausage, some sort of pasta, and Prime Rib...and it left me without much room for much else. :thepan:

The ride home was uneventful, aside from not being able to move the passenger seat in Brian's Brougham up at all (Damnit Tanner!!). Back out of the relative warmth and sunlight of southern Iowa, into the coldness and rain of Minnesota. I hate this state.


I had an awesome time, nice meeting you all. :)

Let's do this again. Minneapolis '09 anyone?

that sounds like ALOT of fun!.
i wish there was something up here close to me i could do.

Pics!

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Driving down through southwestern Minnesota. How dreary. :bomb:

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That's a lot of $$. That was for regular, in MN, where gas was probably $.20 a gallon cheaper than in IA.

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:cool2: So smooth, quiet and subtle.

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Late '70s Mark V Lincoln. Seen in Waterloo Ia. Literally, the only thing worth seeing in that dirty, dirty town. After driving through Waterloo, I get an idea of what Gary Indiana is like.

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Heading into the storm. Near Cedar Rapids IA.

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Meeting Nick in the GORGEOUS lobby of the other tower of the Hotel.

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BACON MADNESS!

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Considering changing my name to I~LUV~Bacon8792

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The lobby feels like Mick Jagger's living room.

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Brian enjoys it also.

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That is not a small Cadillac.

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The group with Kurt's CTS, Jimmy's V and Brian's Brougham.

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Nice :cool:

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It's been years since I've seen one of these, they've all but deserted MN. It's a shame really, they make a FANTASTIC pizza.

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The Cadillacs of the Carter family.

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With her skirts off. What a slut.

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Jimmy drying his V.

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Nick and Justin, again.

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Brett and Kurt with Kurt's CTS.

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Brian's LT-1, sans "homeplate" and "first base".

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Heeelp! It's eating me!

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Bizarre Bavarian themed hotel (or hostel) in Davenport. I guess there are a lot of Germans in IA? LOL.

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Motorcade!

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Crossing the mighty miss.

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V1 & V2

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The 93-96 FWB and 98-04 STS....some of my favorite 1990s Cadillacs.

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Highline Cady's engine bay. It's farking magnificent.

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Highline Cady's DHS. Wheels courtesy of Buick, via Lucerne.

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Nick telling the others about his CTS.

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They must have thought the FBI was having race day. LOL!

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Ram hood ornament off a 1979 Ram. Uber cool!

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Albert is very dedicated to the best 1/4 mile time!

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After the race, waiting for JimmyH.

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This belongs in an art museum.

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The group. L-R: Nick, Justin, Tanner, Me, Brett, Ron, Albert, Jimmy, Dirt Cheap Fleetwood, AJ, Kurt and Brian. Much thanks to Michelle for the excellent picture.

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"Honey, why are the feds here?"

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Jesda, look what you missed out on. The bacon was even thick cut and seasoned.

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This is my kind of sandwich. Cantelope between a slice of bacon.

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Well, I guess there were two nice things in Waterloo. That Mark V and The Cadillac lanes.

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Highway 52 heading back up to the Twin Cities. Nice.

Well, here is my contribution to the photo album. These are from our drive up 67. I don't remember the order exactly, but that is all five black beauties in a row there. They are of poor quality but I took them with my phone while trying to drive right before I nearly rear-ended Ron. Thanks for that turn Nick. :D

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Had a great time meeting all of you, can't wait till next year.

Someone please post vids of the drag strip if ya got em, particularly of the DHS. :worship:

Race Videos!

Here they are. Please ignore my idiotic babbling. I do the same for you :)

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Jimmy's first run in the V. 14.22 seconds.

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Brian's 1st run in the Brougham. No, the rings didn't go, that's the right tire smoking down the first third of the track. :cool2: 17.33 seconds.

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GRUDGE MATCH! 15.0 for Nick and 15.4 for Justin.

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AJ's tune on Albert's DHS v. Nick's CTS.
Northstar FTW. :cool2: 14.7 & 14.8 seconds

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Brian's second run, after he properly warmed the tires. ;)
15.33 seconds. Oddly enough, his race number was 15.39.

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Riding along with Justin in his STS. He ran a 15.5 at 93 mph.
Now I know what it would be like if I had bought an STS over my S Class.

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The Econobeast. 17.62 seconds.

What a blast! Good times, thanks all for coming, and thanks to Nick and Justin for setting this whole thing up. I promise you, next time the Brougham runs the quarter, she'll be low 14's.

When are you guys gonna do some real racing?

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:drool::drool::drool:

Chad, that video did not make me look good :(


Nick is planning an autocross sometime in the near (I hope) future.

This meet was.....educational at the very least.

I learned that well-worn F1s on cold pavement do not make for very good drag racing. I modulated clutch slip from a roll, minimizing wheel hop, only to get generous helpings of it on the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts. Then of course on my second run forgetting to turn of TC...

I'd love to see how my S Class would stack up against Tanner's Coupe deVille and Brian's Brougham in an Autox course.

So, would that be like, the boat-float class? :lol:

Looks like you all had a good time... However, I sincerely felt a wave of nausea when I saw that breakfast plate! I definitely can't do that kinda sh!t anymore!!!

BACON!!! :drool: I wish I could have came!

So, would that be like, the boat-float class? :lol:

You can count me in on that one too. :yup:


My dad was laughing his ass off at the comment under the van race video of the "Econobeast".

jimmy = :drool:

Looks like a good time! Maybe next year I will be able to come.

I hope you take an aspirin a day if you always eat like that!

15.33 for the Brougham is great, especially with that mileage. Nice work. With a few bolt ons you will be running with the rest of the 14 second pack.

Good lord no, I don't eat like that daily. I don't have enough Advil to allow me to live like that.

When in Rome. :)

Looks like a good time! Maybe next year I will be able to come.

I hope you take an aspirin a day if you always eat like that!

15.33 for the Brougham is great, especially with that mileage. Nice work. With a few bolt ons you will be running with the rest of the 14 second pack.


What kind of times do you get out your Brougham. I really loved Brians Brougham. The LT1 is pretty easy to work on also isnt it? Lots of mods for the engine also yes?

Just thinking about the future.......

jimmy = :drool:

urby=:cloud9:

chad wants to put together a Twin Cities meet in January. Are you coming D?

Hey guys, a crap load of fun, nice meeting all of you. I look forward to next year.
Here are the #'s off one of Nicks and the DHS runs:


Nick's sweet looking CTS DHS (Highline)
RT.... .112 .................. .261
60'... 2.219 ................... 2.259
330... 6.247 ................... 6.252
1/8... 9.575 ................... 9.509
mph... 75.28 ................... 75.9
1000... 12.424 ................... 12.296
1/4... 14.832 ................... 14.659
mph... 92.77 ................... 95.23

He jumped me, nice reaction time Nick!!!, but I had enough to run him down and squeak by, by .0243 seconds.

Anyway we all had a bunch of fun, and represented Cadillacs best color proudly (LOL).

But nobody got any video of any of the burn outs???:tisk:

Already looking forward to next year, see you guys there!!!

Those runs were all with out the spray, don't have my controller in yet, hope to have it done this week, will post in the N* tuning thread look in there next weekend hoping to get to the track up here and rattle off something amazing, for a DHS anyway.:thumbsup:

Racing against Albert was by far the most fun I have ever had at the track!

Maybe we could have a mini meet in the spring and then a blood meet in the late fall after I have either nitrous, a SC, or a turbo setup. :bouncy:

What kind of times do you get out your Brougham. I really loved Brians Brougham. The LT1 is pretty easy to work on also isnt it? Lots of mods for the engine also yes?

Just thinking about the future.......


Last time I ran it at the strip was when I lived in Miami. I did not have the dyno tune, RAISS Ram air, Export Pipes, or 3.73 gears & eaton posi. I ran a 14.88 sec @ 94 mph.

I am guessing low 14s now?

chad wants to put together a Twin Cities meet in January. Are you coming D?

Now why would you want to go from one freeze-your-ass-off city to an even worse one in the middle of January???

Man I had a great time meeting everyone and going to the track. Not to mention winning 600 bucks. I am happy to see the Northstar prevail in the race between Albert and Nick. Sorry Nick lol. I can safely say a stock Northstar will beat a Stock 3.6L. I wish I could have raced Nick again since I didn't know what I was doing and launched late. Oh well I am only .5 seconds off of Nick at 15.3 which was my best. As for the Buffets and bacon go it caught up to me on the drive home yesterday and I nearly had an accident lol. Needless to say I have been crapping grease since yesterday afternoon. I know gross lol sorry to the ladies that may be reading this lol. I should have skipped the breakfast buffet on Saturday and saved it for Granite City which was by far the best meal of the weekend. I want to go back to the track sometime it was alot of fun.

I'd like to go out to the track (probably Rock Falls WI) this summer sometime so I can race Tanner and Brian. See, it's like by racing Tanner, I'm practically racing my new car against my old car. And seeing Tanner race Brian would be basically like seeing my deVille race my Roadmaster. If we do actually go down with this, I'd like you all to come.
(That's what she said)

Now why would you want to go from one freeze-your-ass-off city to an even worse one in the middle of January???


So we can all go purify ourselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

(points to anyone who gets this reference)

urby=:cloud9:

chad wants to put together a Twin Cities meet in January. Are you coming D?

oh my no. too cold. you guys come here. and you got your ass handed to you by that rustang no? :p

Nicely done to all the meeters and greeters. This thread is what it's all about. Jim

Going to Texas would be darn fun in the winter considering the weather would be nicer than up here.
I want to hit the twin cities though I haven't been there in a long time.

Now why would you want to go from one freeze-your-ass-off city to an even worse one in the middle of January???

to get the following response out of urby :D

oh my no. too cold. you guys come here. and you got your ass handed to you by that rustang no? :p

I dont think it was a rustang, I seem to recall it being a cutlass or something. And it was a purpose built drag racer. skinnies in the front, big fat slicks in the rear (that don't sound good do it?)

Line any one of those 10 to 12 second cars next to me on an autocross. I'll give them a couple lap head start and still finish ahead of them with enough spare time to get laid on the final lap :D

yeah some of those cars where no joke. Not to mention I saw a bike do the quarter in 8 seconds.

did anyone catch what that snowmobile ran? :lol:

8-9 seconds.

Line any one of those 10 to 12 second cars next to me on an autocross. I'll give them a couple lap head start and still finish ahead of them with enough spare time to get laid on the final lap :D

Haha, only if you can remember to roll your window up. :2thumbs:

Racing against Albert was by far the most fun I have ever had at the track!

Maybe we could have a mini meet in the spring and then a blood meet in the late fall after I have either nitrous, a SC, or a turbo setup. :bouncy:

Wouldn't it be great if we were both in the 13's.:lildevil:

Haha, only if you can remember to roll your window up. :2thumbs:

dont remind me :D

Wouldn't it be great if we were both in the 13's.:lildevil:


YES!!

How far are you guys from Cedar Falls Iowa?

I'm not sure. How far away is that from Milwaukee WI.?

I was happy to see the Northstar prevail :)
Sorry Nick I am driving a Northstar so that is what I will and did route for lol.

ROOT for. (IBRT)

Jesda is sad. :(

I have absolutely no doubts you will be at the next meet. We missed having you around, it felt like we were missing someone.

I have absolutely no doubts you will be at the next meet. We missed having you around, it felt like we were missing someone.Ahem. Make that two someones. Three if you count Hoover.