2012 Dragon Run Recap

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Carzee

Discussion Starter · Oct 15, 2012

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Figured I'd make a new thread for the recap with pictures, videos and such to show much fun everyone missed out on!

The trip was crazy and awesome, had a lot of fun times and met a bunch of new people. Stories and such to come later on!

Klasse Act- Thanks for the invite and I'm glad I came. Wish i could attempt to keep a car as clean as yours! Glad we could help you find the back hole on your crz lol, Also its okay you were scared to ride with me or item haha.

Item9- Two words, white devil. Crazy ass dude, we definitely tore it up BUT obeyed every single traffic law as well. Thanks for letting me drive the car, I think next spring ill have to get the sc kit.

B-rad aka the dirtiest crz ever- Glad there was someone else that could keep up with me and item9, unlike klasse act (just giving you crap roge) Love the stance and the blue recaros. Cant wait to see if you get boost next year.

Here's a few pictures ..... many to come!

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B-rad

· #2 · Oct 15, 2012

LOL yep spot on. ill put up my pictures and videos in the days to come. Overall it was so much fun especially Saturday and I can't wait till next year. And I'm ordering my beatrush under plate this week LOL then its sending off my head and saving for my Turbo build or supercharger I really think I'm going Turbo tho it seems most appieling

c-m

· #3 · Oct 15, 2012

Probably a dumb question, that will receive a dumb answer, but.... what is the Dragon Run?

B-rad

· #4 · Oct 15, 2012

Being your from Tennessee you should have heard of it. The tail of the dragon, deals gaps, dragon slayer is us 129 south where there is a stretch of road 11 miles long with 311 turns.

LeeMoon

· #5 · Oct 15, 2012

The photos from killboy.com on the 11th and 12th are up on his site now. I imagine the other days will be up tomorrow or so. I always buy his photos when I drive the Dragon.
US129photos.com and Moonshinephoto.com have their photos up through the 13th.

Glad you all had a fun time! Wish I could have been there.

B-rad

· #6 · Oct 15, 2012

Ya I saw some of the pics I didn't find any from the skyway yet but only looked quick I was thinking of getting some pics from them but they seem extremely pricey maybe I'm.reading it wrong

LeeMoon

· #7 · Oct 15, 2012

If I recall, you do get a discount as you buy more, but it is pricey.
I've enjoyed getting my photos from the 3 photographers while I've been there.

c-m

· #8 · Oct 16, 2012

Oh snap... I know what you're talking about now. It's in the smokey mountains? Some motrcycle ran off the road a couple months back and he died from the drop off. Did you see the tree of shame? I was just in Pigeon Forge last month but we drove the Wife's civic sedan. I had enough mountain driving and banjo playing. I'm a city boy at heart. HA!

ITEM9

· #9 · Oct 16, 2012

Even though I was having issues with my GoPros the entire time, I still managed to get some good footage. Here is one of the better ones on the Dragon:

The chase camera is on Carzee's CR-Z. This is by far the cleanest run we had with very little traffic holding us back. I try to slow down periodically to not lose the chase camera, but I DO try to lose it at the end. I also would like to send out a very special THANK YOU to the Sheriff who completely ignored us.

Scotty001

· #10 · Oct 16, 2012

LOL - Great Video.. Bet that was a Ah Crap moment and seeing the Sheriff around the corner..

Carzee

Discussion Starter · #11 · Oct 16, 2012

I didn't do too bad of chasing considering item9 has a supercharger and full suspension and I'm on my crappy stock all seasons

ITEM9

· #12 · Oct 16, 2012

Carzee said:
I didn't do too bad of chasing considering item9 has a supercharger and full suspension and I'm on my crappy stock all seasons

I thought so too. I didn't think those stock tires would do as good as they did. At least we know that they are good enough to be able to accidentally bully a turbo Genesis Coupe into fishtailing into a ditch...

UglyFIN

· #13 · Oct 16, 2012

wish i was there!!!! looks great!!!

ITEM9

· #14 · Oct 16, 2012

Here is that same run from my car:

I had a skeleton backplate on the GoPro, so there's a bit more wind noise, but you can still hear all the good stuff...

c-m

· #15 · Oct 16, 2012

ITEM9 said:
Here is that same run from my car:

I had a skeleton backplate on the GoPro, so there's a bit more wind noise, but you can still hear all the good stuff...

At 2:00 did that CR-V for real get out of your way to let you "run"? What a freaking bad ass!

At 4:00 that curve was like "oh ****" there is a curve, down shift hard, scccreeeeeesssssshhhhhhh.....

Carzee

Discussion Starter · #16 · Oct 16, 2012

c-m said:
At 2:00 did that CR-V for real get out of your way to let you "run"? What a freaking bad ass!

At 4:00 that curve was like "oh ****" there is a curve, down shift hard, scccreeeeeesssssshhhhhhh.....

Yeah most people will get out of your way. They know what's going down

romiata

· #17 · Oct 16, 2012

That looked AWESOME! You may have just convinced me to get the supercharger, ITEM9 :hi5: Except now how do I explain to my wife I want a quick hybrid :blink: Lol

c-m

· #18 · Oct 16, 2012

romiata said:
That looked AWESOME! You may have just convinced me to get the supercharger, ITEM9 :hi5: Except now how do I explain to my wife I want a quick hybrid :blink: Lol

You already have a quick hybrid. You have to explain that you want a BADASS hybrid!

LeeMoon

· #19 · Oct 16, 2012

Great photos and videos - looking forward to seeing more.
Item9 and Carzee - awesome videos. Looks like you were going from the Tennessee end towards the North Carolina end if memory serves me right. What a fun road!

ITEM9

· #20 · Oct 17, 2012

Two more videos were we have cameras facing each other:

All the videos I have are in 1080 HD, so if you can, try to watch them on the highest resolution that will play smoothly on your computer.

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