Nice. Good that you still have a track. NJ now lost two of its major drag strips. E-Town sold out a few years ago to a car auction place. And last month ATCO abruptly closed down, sold out as well from what people gathered. Still one smaller 1/4 mile track left in NJ, Island Dragway, for the whole tri-state area.
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Awww... with all the drama, I completely forgot to check the fuel mileage. This trip would've been a good opportunity.
I just checked the message center and it displays 16.4 mpg since the last reset before the Lincoln Homecoming. That includes the driving in Michigan and a couple local errand runs, driving 2 hours each way through the mountains back and forth to the track (at 85+ mph) and of course several trips down the track. I guess you could call that City/Highway/Track mileage.
I guess I need to put a sticky note in the car to remind me to record the mileage and gallons pumped when I fuel up to cross check the displayed fuel mileage.
Yeah, I heard about ATCO. That's a shame. I always wanted to make a trip there for some kind of event.
There's really only 2 tracks reasonably near me, both 2+ hours away. They just recently opened one in southern WV, but it's probably over a 3 hours trip for me.
I remembered I took the Mystery Mocha on the Hot Rod Power Tour and managed to track the fuel mileage.
1,733.5 miles with everything from highway, traffic jams, a run down the track and perhaps a few burnouts, the fuel mileage average per tank ranged from a low of 9.4 mpg to a high of 21.5 mpg.
That's why I only check mine on the expressway, around town has so many variables, stop signs, red lights, and of course, spirited driving. My worse car is my 97 with 373 gears, around 24 mpg on a good day. Next are my 98 LSC's with 327's around 26 mpg, then my base gen 1's get 28 on a good day (they were all better of course before the 10% ethanol).
