Pics and Vids from VCA Tail of the Dragon 2012!!!

[TowDawg]

I finally got my videos re-edited and loaded onto youtube, and I thought might be better to start a new "after" thread for people to post pictures and videos in and discuss the good times had by all.

Here are the 4 videos I have up on youtube. I thought I hit "record" on a pretty good run on the Dragon on Sunday, but I must have hit the wrong button, because there is no video.

I edited out all of the "slow" stuff on the first 3 videos, so they are all pretty good runs.
I only edited out the really slow stuff on the Skyway video. I was leading this group and wanted to try to keep everyone together, so it's just a good, nice pace with a few quick sprints thrown in for those that wanted to push it a little more.


1. http://youtu.be/hUjEQMrThFE
Headed up to Clingmans Dome

2. http://youtu.be/C18fFUkrD4s
Leaving Clingmans Dome.

3. http://youtu.be/glbbu-p3n4c
Leaving lunch and running down 28 and then 129 towards the Skyway.

4. http://youtu.be/ZLQwuYbS7LI
Saturday afternoon on the Skyway.

 

[viper_itch]

Nice! How far is that from VOI?

Bet you were happy to see some fresh pavement going down. Hopefully they will get to more of the bad sections.

 

[VYPR BYT 94]

Man that looks great! Nice of the guy in the pickup to pull over and let all the vipers pass in video #2.
Scenery is beautiful.

 

[HLANDIS]

Great videos! Even greater FUN!! The most fun I have had in the Viper since I purchased it 6 months ago! Cant wait til next year. Thanks for the vids.

 

[TowDawg]

Nice! How far is that from VOI?

Not too far out of the way. If you're not trying to make the trip as short as possible, it worth the slight detour. Especially if you can hit it during the week. Not many people or cops on the Dragon. There's a LOT of good roads all around the area.

Man that looks great! Nice of the guy in the pickup to pull over and let all the vipers pass in video #2.
Scenery is beautiful.

Pretty much every road in the area has pull-off areas, so you can get out of the way of faster traffic. Unfortunately, there are a lot of completely oblivious (and/or assholes) out there that just will not get out of the way.
I'm always very courteous when I come up behind someone UNTIL they pass a pull-off and don't let me by. The the waving of arms, revving, horn blowing, back off and then come up on their ass very quickly, etc starts. Most of the time, one of those (or a solid combination) will get them to let you by.

 

[SHELBYVIPER]

Great videos. Thanks for posting. Curious about the filming car behind you. Sounded good.

 

[Mopar Boy]

1. http://youtu.be/hUjEQMrThFE
Headed up to Clingmans Dome

2. [http://youtu.be/C18fFUkrD4s
Leaving Clingmans Dome.

3. http://youtu.be/glbbu-p3n4c
Leaving lunch and running down 28 and then 129 towards the Skyway.

4. http://youtu.be/ZLQwuYbS7LI
Saturday afternoon on the Skyway.

Here we go Tow Pup.


Man thats some nice sky too! My car could have come out of the trailer!


Question. How close was the camera to the intake? Sounds freakin awesome!

 

[TowDawg]

Thanks Moped!

I had the camera mounted in the front lower, front air-dam. I LOVE the growl of the intake when I get into the throttle!

 

[TowDawg]

Great videos. Thanks for posting. Curious about the filming car behind you. Sounded good.

I'm actually in the car that is filming, so thanks! lol

There's generally 4 of us that run upfront together, and the silver Viper that is in front of me for 2.5 of the videos is 1 of the 4 and a local guy that really knows roads, so he almost always leads. It doesn't hurt that he knows most of the cops also.

 

[DrumrBoy]

he knows most of the cops also.

Probably the most important part! Sorry I missed it, looks like it was a great time.

 

[uvbnbit]

from inside the custom painted GENII GTS. This is also posted in the "Official ToD Thread".

"3 DAYS in 30 MINUTES"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WITXiIV9ts&feature=em-share_video_user

 

[TowDawg]

Much nicer video than mine, but I would have pulled my hair out driving at that pace back in the pack. ;

 

[HLANDIS]

Thanks for that video, Great memories of the weekend!

from inside the custom painted GENII GTS. This is also posted in the "Official ToD Thread".

"3 DAYS in 30 MINUTES"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WITXiIV9ts&feature=em-share_video_user

 

[TowDawg]

C'mon Chuck! Where are the vids from your camera? You've got to have some good ones.

 

[HLANDIS]

Some Dragon Pics!

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[Roysviper]

from inside the custom painted GENII GTS. This is also posted in the "Official ToD Thread".

"3 DAYS in 30 MINUTES"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WITXiIV9ts&feature=em-share_video_user

The best video I have watched so far of the event .Good Job......

 

[Mopar Boy]

Dang! That is a good video. A lot of footage there for sure!

Thanks for sharing!

 

[HLANDIS]

Some pics we took from Chucks green ACR!

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