Santa's Run Pics

[ATLTSX]

Well I had a great time today in the hatch and took a few pics. Pictures didn't turn out all that great but still gives you an idea of the cars that were there. This was a great event and if you haven't been to it you should think about going next year.

1 on the way
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0683.jpg

2
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0701-2.jpg

3
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0702-1.jpg

4
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0706-2.jpg

5
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0707-1.jpg

6
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0709-2.jpg

7
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0737.jpg

8
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0757.jpg

9
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0759.jpg

10
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0762.jpg

11
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p88/sutherland_20/DSC_0761.jpg

[Big Baller]

Nice Pics, I've got the one of me as my Background now

[Thighs]

great pics, great event. had alot of fun today. too bad i only got an hour of sleep last night.

matt, no more procrastination on car prep stuff. lol

[Elbow]

Who won the fastest lap?

[Big Baller]

Who won the fastest lap?

I did 1:05.4

[Elbow]

What were you driving?

[ATLTSX]

I'm pretty sure he was driving the STI.

[Thighs]

yeah, the red STI won the time attack thing.

what was the deal with the registered drivers in that car? i heard there was some driver switching going on or something.

[Big Baller]

Yeah Doug from Topspeed was nice enough to let me drive his 08 STI since my car is down. I've got to tell you that is one fast automobile for a street car.
Downpipe, Tune, BC Coilovers, and Yokohama Neovas

[Big Baller]

yeah, the red STI won the time attack thing.

what was the deal with the registered drivers in that car? i heard there was some driver switching going on or something.


I was the registered driver. Doug let me borrow his car so I let him drive the first session and the third session. I drove the finals.

[Elbow]

Haha awesome!!!!!! I think I saw the car at the V once? It had a Topspeed sticker on it and nice wheels. Congrats, nice time.

[Big Baller]

Haha awesome!!!!!! I think I saw the car at the V once? It had a Topspeed sticker on it and nice wheels. Congrats, nice time.

Thanks most of the credit goes to the boys at Topspeed...very well setup car. Doug is going to make a couple of changes to it, I suspect it will go faster. I've now spent a total of 20 minutes in the car including today so I was a little timid my first session. With another hour or so it would go sub 1:05, with a couple of suspension tweaks it will probably go very close to 1:04 flat.

[Thighs]

I was the registered driver. Doug let me borrow his car so I let him drive the first session and the third session. I drove the finals.

so what was the issue? i just heard something about someone else registering to drive the car and then another better driver running to get a faster lap or something so ya'll could win. just what i heard though.

[ATLTSX]

Yeah Doug from Topspeed was nice enough to let me drive his 08 STI since my car is down. I've got to tell you that is one fast automobile for a street car.
Downpipe, Tune, BC Coilovers, and Yokohama Neovas

235's all around right?

[Big Baller]

so what was the issue? i just heard something about someone else registering to drive the car and then another better driver running to get a faster lap or something so ya'll could win. just what i heard though.


Its funny how people start rumors to make themselves feel better. I was registered I'm the one that ran the 1:05.4. Doug wanted to drive his car on track which is understandable since it is his.

[Thighs]

235's all around right?

they were bigger than that lol. correct me if im wrong but those were 10" wheels right?

[Big Baller]

235's all around right?

285s, Neovas are very nice to drive on, very predictable.

Yes 18x10s

[Thighs]

Its funny how people start rumors to make themselves feel better. I was registered I'm the one that ran the 1:05.4. Doug wanted to drive his car on track which is understandable since it is his.

lol calm down grasshopper i was just asking. theres no doubt that the car was fast and driven well. just wondering what the deal with that was.

neovas are a good tire for what they are. theres ALOT faster street tires, but they wont last near as long.

[ATLTSX]

they were bigger than that lol. correct me if im wrong but those were 10" wheels right?

they could have been i'm not sure.

[Big Baller]

lol calm down grasshopper i was just asking. theres no doubt that the car was fast and driven well. just wondering what the deal with that was.

Oh no worries, You are just the third person to ask me so I just thought it was funny.

[ATLTSX]

285s, Neovas are very nice to drive on, very predictable.

Yes 18x10s

Cool I was soo close.. lol :boobies:

[Big Baller]

lol calm down grasshopper i was just asking. theres no doubt that the car was fast and driven well. just wondering what the deal with that was.

neovas are a good tire for what they are. theres ALOT faster street tires, but they wont last near as long.

Name a faster Street Tire...lol

I'm always curious to hear what people consider a street tire.

[SLOWR/T]

Nice pics. Had loads of fun today. Hope to redo my civic then setup a track day there late spring

[SLOWR/T]

Name a faster Street Tire...lol

I'm always curious to hear what people consider a street tire.

Azenis? I have never used Neovas but I do know Azenis have a ton of grip but wear uber fast

[Big Baller]

A lot of people really seemed to enjoy it hopefully more will get hooked.

[Big Baller]

Azenis? I have never used Neovas but I do know Azenis have a ton of grip but wear uber fast


Nah, and they over temp after the first good hot lap

[Thighs]

Name a faster Street Tire...lol

I'm always curious to hear what people consider a street tire.

by street tire i mean a tire that has actual tread. lol. bridgestone re-01s, toyo ra-1s/r888s, hancook whatevers. as far as a REASONABLE street tire, azenis rt-615s are GREAT tires but only in dry conditions. i know technically hoosier r6's are "street legal"... but really...? lol

[SLOWR/T]

Nah, and they over temp after the first good hot lap

Hmmm Good info. Regardless congrats on the time and it was good talking to you. I was the guy in the black Civic

[Thighs]

Nah, and they over temp after the first good hot lap

they arent bad at all on a lighter car like a civic or miata, but under alot of weight they get greasy.

[Big Baller]

by street tire i mean a tire that has actual tread. lol. bridgestone re-01s, toyo ra-1s/r888s, hancook whatevers. as far as a REASONABLE street tire, azenis rt-615s are GREAT tires but only in dry conditions. i know technically hoosier r6's are "street legal"... but really...? lol

RE01s no so much, R888s are pretty good and I haven't tested them back to back, 615s aren't even close. As far as real street tires go I would say Michelin PS2s are the only other thing I would run.

The 888 is pretty much a track day only tire kinda like the a048

[ATLTSX]

they arent bad at all on a lighter car like a civic or miata, but under alot of weight they get greasy.
I was running them on the hatch today and they seemed to do fine. Although my driving skills are lame.

[Big Baller]

they arent bad at all on a lighter car like a civic or miata, but under alot of weight they get greasy.


Sorry I've only operated fast heavy vehicles, I'm sure they are ok on a Miata but everything is ok on a miata...lol

[josh green]

Any pics of mspi crew or other members?

[ATLTSX]

Any pics of mspi crew or other members?

We were all in the same group but there were several people taking pics.

Chad needs to post his up he had some of us but i'm sure he'll start another thread which is fine.

[Thighs]

Sorry I've only operated fast heavy vehicles, I'm sure they are ok on a Miata but everything is ok on a miata...lol

yeah, even on an e30 or something which by my standards in on the heavy end of light they do very well one they get heat in them. its easy to overdrive them and get 1-2 badass laps and then have them fall to shit and cover themselves in afro-sheen...

[Big Baller]

It was very cold today I would be amazed if anyone managed to over temp the tires, I think we only really got heat into ours in the last session....Car needed more brakes.

[Seymour222]

Double Post.

[Seymour222]

NICE Time Matt. I enjoyed todays event IMMENSELY, although the RR skills are limited. Good seeing you today man.

[Big Baller]

NICE Time Matt. I enjoyed todays event IMMENSELY, although the RR skills are limited. Good seeing you today man.

Chris I enjoyed both of your post, you looked good out there, hopefully next time Ill have a little more free time so i can help some of you guys out.

[Thighs]

the only complaint i have is about the organization of the event. it was sorta unstructured and there was no accurate timing system set up. i think numbers on cars would have helped out alot.

[Big Baller]

These guys only do it once a year and its for charity though

[Seymour222]

I wish they would post some times, that would be nice to know. I beat the garbage out of the car the second session and had A BLAST!

[Thighs]

true, but its not that hard to turn on the timing equipment.

[Seymour222]

I wanted an instructor to ride with me today. There was a gentlemen Matt was talking to that I had asked to ride with me. He cordially declined. I wouldn't like to get into a car with a complete stranger with no RR experience. Anyhow, next time I won't be so newbish.

To stay on topic, Nice pics Ben.

[ATLTSX]

I wanted an instructor to ride with me today. There was a gentlemen Matt was talking to that I had asked to ride with me. He cordially declined. I wouldn't like to get into a car with a complete stranger with no RR experience. Anyhow, next time I won't be so newbish.

To stay on topic, Nice pics Ben.

Thanks man. I agree I'm looking forward to the next track day so I can improve.

[Thighs]

any of the white e36?

[ATLTSX]

any of the white e36?

I wish I had taken more now. There were so many nice cars. I'm sure someone did bc there were several people out there taking pics.

[amandDA]

looked like an awsome event!!

[Doppelgänger]

Had fun.

[EJ_Allmota]

nice shots homie.. i see you gettin you panning shots on.. :goodjob:

[twincannon26]

A lot of people really seemed to enjoy it hopefully more will get hooked.

i was officially hooked today.

never taken my car to a road course before, but after today i cant wait to get back. i went with fawk_you(na miata), ron(sr20 silvia) and ryan, owner of ccr. these two really helped to teach me how to drive my car on a course like this. i still have a ton to learn, but after the 3rd session i felt confident behind the wheel and really wanted to push the car. it was an amazing experience and i highly reccomend it to anyone.

i do feel bad for my bank account though, as this new addiction isnt going to help.

[swollix]

nice pics, fix all the dust spots though...

[fawk_you]

nice shots!

[NevrNufTorq]

good shots bro!!! :goodjob: wish i wouldnt have had to work at the last minute!!! :(

[CHADbee]

damn ben quit showing me up with the panning skillz :(


any of the white e36?
i got a really good shot of it on the track. ill post it up in the next few days.

[FasTech]

Awesome pic's. Looks like a real good time.

[OnURleft]

Nice pics. 105.4 is moving, although you should go back with a hot lap to really get an accurate time! IIRC a friend of mine was doing 1:06's in his 996 Turbo with around 500 hp and R comps compared to my 1:08's-1:09's. Hopefully my car is faster now with the changes but I haven't been back.

It's a shame no one was doing any official timing. I hear it was done randomly by stop watches...ehh not very accurate.

[Leadfoot_mf]

true, but its not that hard to turn on the timing equipment.
sure if they had the timing equipment to turn on and every body had transponders. :rolleyes:

[TopSpeedInc]

Thought this thread was about pics.... I only see a few and then a lot of bickering.

Matt kindly gave me his spot in the event since I hadn't pre registered. In return we were going to split up the track time. I did two sessions and he did two sessions, just turned out his second sessions was the timed event. Everyone talking about hired drivers is just funny... anyone ever heard of sandbagging? We do it all the time in the Redline series, you just can't put it all out on the table till the last session. ;)

I thought it was a great event and very well organized. While the timing was less than ideal for a pro event, we have to remember that this was all for fun. And that everyone was being timed the same way so the margin for error was the same across all competitors.

Hopefully sometime in Spring we (TopSpeed) will put on a Time Attack event for the local crowd. But with less people and more track time.

Doug

[Elbow]

^Yes.

...and for those complaining. If you lose you lose.

[josh green]

I'm still trying to figure out why these people give a shit. The point in the day was to go out and beat on your car and have fun.

[ATLTSX]

nice pics, fix all the dust spots though...

That is why I stopped taking pictures. I need to clean it bad. :(

[MeFryRice]

I did 1:05.4

Although your car is quick, I had to disagree that your time is accurate. How could you possibly be ~3-4 secs faster then the rest of the group? I would believe your time if the people that were actually suppose to be timing did their job properly.

When I was sitting in the box trying to warm up, I over-heard two gentlemen over the radios indicating that only the black 350z and the blue 350z be timed as it "appears" that they are running the fastest of that session.

Don't take this as an insult, I'm only giving you my view on yesterday's event.

[Elbow]

Good driver, good car, sounds like lots of drivers were new.

[ATLTSX]

sounds like lots of drivers were new.

lol that would be me. I'm a noob but still had a blast.

[MeFryRice]

The drivers in the 1.08-1.09 time frames were not your "novice" drivers. The black 350z and the krypton green Exige S were both running strong.

[umairejaz]

Although your car is quick, I had to disagree that your time is accurate. How could you possibly be ~3-4 secs faster then the rest of the group? I would believe your time if the people that were actually suppose to be timing did their job properly.

When I was sitting in the box trying to warm up, I over-heard two gentlemen over the radios indicating that only the black 350z and the blue 350z be timed as it "appears" that they are running the fastest of that session.

Don't take this as an insult, I'm only giving you my view on yesterday's event.

The merc was at 1:09, I believe.

[Big Baller]

Although your car is quick, I had to disagree that your time is accurate. How could you possibly be ~3-4 secs faster then the rest of the group? I would believe your time if the people that were actually suppose to be timing did their job properly.

When I was sitting in the box trying to warm up, I over-heard two gentlemen over the radios indicating that only the black 350z and the blue 350z be timed as it "appears" that they are running the fastest of that session.

Don't take this as an insult, I'm only giving you my view on yesterday's event.

LOL I love this, would you like full disclosure on why my last session was faster because I can give you the full break down.

1. Thats not my car

2. My first session in that car was the first time I have ever driven an 08 STI

3. I probably have between 20 and 30 days on little tally.

4. I adjusted my driving style and line to suit the problems that the car had ( I altered my line to prevent the inside wheel spin that we were having because of the suspension setup and massive grip the car has)

5. Before I went out for that session Doug said..."Its a lot more fun to win"

6. I'm that good

7. The car will go 1:04.9 with the exact setup thats on there I just need more time in the car.


Hugs and Kisses
Matt

P.S. Topspeeds Racecar goes 57 seconds around that track.

Edit...My second fastest lap was good enough to win the event

[Big Baller]

I also wanted to say that everyone in the final 7 drove very well, I think everyone dropped their time over their last session. Big props to the LS1 Miata driver he didn't have much tire and its hard to put down that kind of power without some skill.

So you guys know how lucky you are its pretty rare to see that many cars at an event go sub 1:08, I don't think I've ever seen more than two or three.

[Elbow]

LOL I love this, would you like full disclosure on why my last session was faster because I can give you the full break down.

1. Thats not my car

2. My first session in that car was the first time I have ever driven an 08 STI

3. I probably have between 20 and 30 days on little tally.

4. I adjusted my driving style and line to suit the problems that the car had ( I altered my line to prevent the inside wheel spin that we were having because of the suspension setup and massive grip the car has)

5. Before I went out for that session Doug said..."Its a lot more fun to win"

6. I'm that good

7. The car will go 1:04.9 with the exact setup thats on there I just need more time in the car.


Hugs and Kisses
Matt

P.S. Topspeeds Racecar goes 57 seconds around that track.

Edit...My second fastest lap was good enough to win the event

:goodjob:

[Thighs]

i was mith matt in the white e36, and our fastest were in the 8's but the timing was messed up and they only recorded one of his laps for the whole day, and it was his very first lap which was a 1:14 lol.

there was a ton of fast ass cars there, the green exige was hauling ass. im still amazed by the black series that was there. that guy drove the dick out of that car lol.

[Random Hero]

Good stuff Ben.

[MeFryRice]

LOL I love this, would you like full disclosure on why my last session was faster because I can give you the full break down.

1. Thats not my car

2. My first session in that car was the first time I have ever driven an 08 STI

3. I probably have between 20 and 30 days on little tally.

4. I adjusted my driving style and line to suit the problems that the car had ( I altered my line to prevent the inside wheel spin that we were having because of the suspension setup and massive grip the car has)

5. Before I went out for that session Doug said..."Its a lot more fun to win"

6. I'm that good

7. The car will go 1:04.9 with the exact setup thats on there I just need more time in the car.


Hugs and Kisses
Matt

P.S. Topspeeds Racecar goes 57 seconds around that track.

Edit...My second fastest lap was good enough to win the event

Someone appears to be a little cocky I see. I was only pointing out that I don't believe the times to be correct for anyone.

[Big Baller]

Someone appears to be a little cocky I see. I was only pointing out that I don't believe the times to be correct for anyone.

The times were equally off for everyone if they were off.

Cocky, not really cocky just good

[Big Baller]

Jason has asked that everyone email the pictures they have to him so he can put them up on the website, he doesn't have access to the forum right now.

Email is [email protected]

He said he will post times as soon as he gets a chance, they were at the track very late last night. I think he said it looks like they pulled in over 500 toys...thats a good haul guys.

[ATLTSX]

I think he said it looks like they pulled in over 500 toys...thats a good haul guys.


that is awesome.

[Ol' Gregg]

where is the honda>

[ATLTSX]

where is the honda>

With the selection of cars that were there I doubt anyone took pictures of my hatch lolol. Even if I drove the tsx it still wouldn't have compared to the nice cars. Chad said he got a few and said he will post them up in a couple of days.

[rbf]

Well I had a great time today in the hatch and took a few pics. Pictures didn't turn out all that great but still gives you an idea of the cars that were there. This was a great event and if you haven't been to it you should think about going next year.

Awesome pic's looks like everyone had fun.

[CHADbee]

The times were equally off for everyone if they were off.

Cocky, not really cocky just good
LOL troof. you were ripping it up. i honestly hate the new STI's but i couldnt not deny the badass-ness of that STI



where is the honda>
i got'em :ninja:

[ATLTSX]

i got'em :ninja:

:goodjob:

[twincannon26]

With the selection of cars that were there I doubt anyone took pictures of.

haha i was in that group. i just figured out which hatch you were driving, and i was in the mr2 that you caught all 3 sessions. very nice driving, and great recovery going through the twisty the last session.:goodjob:

[ATLTSX]

haha i was in that group. i just figured out which hatch you were driving, and i was in the mr2 that you caught all 3 sessions. very nice driving, and great recovery going through the twisty the last session.:goodjob:

were you in group 6? There was another hatch that brian was driving. I was in the EG. And if there was good driving in the last session unfortunately I can't take credit for it. Charles at mainstream was teaching me how to drive lolol. I have alot to learn and alot more practice that needs to happen before I become a decent driver.

[MeFryRice]

6. My driver is that good

fixed. You didn't accomplish a 1.05 lap time, your driver did. Therefore, your car is capable of those "so called accurate" lap times. Regardless of what you say, I beg to differ on how accurate the lap times actually were. Last time I had checked, the black Z33 the krypton green Exige S and the CLK Black Series were the fastest of the day and they were running 1.08's. For you to run a full 3 secs faster makes it hard to believe considering the drivers of the three cars I mentioned above had very good drivers behind the wheel as well.

[Big Baller]

fixed. You didn't accomplish a 1.05 lap time, your driver did. Therefore, your car is capable of those "so called accurate" lap times. Regardless of what you say, I beg to differ on how accurate the lap times actually were. Last time I had checked, the black Z33 the krypton green Exige S and the CLK Black Series were the fastest of the day and they were running 1.08's. For you to run a full 3 secs faster makes it hard to believe considering the drivers of the three cars I mentioned above had very good drivers behind the wheel as well.

Are you just trying to get your hater merit badge. My driver was me dumb ass, it was Dougs car...he let me borrow it. You must not be able to read very well, I only drove the car a total of 17 laps yesterday, 10 the second session where the tower said I went 1:09...which is probably right I was being pretty conservative since we had to drive it back. Then I drove it 6 or 7 laps in the final session at which point Doug told me he wanted to win. I went 1:05.4 on my 3rd lap, with my second slowest time 1:06.1 still would have won the event.

I'm not really sure what your problem is or why you have such a hard time beliving that we ran that fast...and we did it on street tires, god knows we would have been atleat 1.5 maybe two seconds faster on Hoosiers.

If you want to put some cash on the line I've got 1000 dollars that says I can run a 1:04 in that car.

Edit.
The drivers of those cars were very good and this is in no way taking away from them, they all ran very respectable lap times. But what you don't understand is, I put over 20k miles on a 06 STi last year, I know how to drive, I'm not a Pro but I'm pretty good.

[evo9gsr]

LOL at the haters getting beat by an almost stock subaru. So what two people split the track time in that car, both were good enough to win.

[Leadfoot_mf]

fixed. You didn't accomplish a 1.05 lap time, your driver did. Therefore, your car is capable of those "so called accurate" lap times. Regardless of what you say, I beg to differ on how accurate the lap times actually were. Last time I had checked, the black Z33 the krypton green Exige S and the CLK Black Series were the fastest of the day and they were running 1.08's. For you to run a full 3 secs faster makes it hard to believe considering the drivers of the three cars I mentioned above had very good drivers behind the wheel as well.i was the one clocking him in the last section each car had at least one person timing them. if anyone video the run you could varify it from there. now everyone stfu.

also if it was such a big deal about timing from the event everyone was free to go up in the booth and time who ever the fuck they want. or more importantly get someone to time them. fuck this is stupid.

[2.3 Evo 8]

Cool pics!

I think the Neova's are the best street tire i've ever used. I'm getting another set for the new rims I just bought.

[Leadfoot_mf]

Cool pics!

I think the Neova's are the best street tire i've ever used. I'm getting another set for the new rims I just bought.
too bad they dont make any in my size for the front. :(

[ATLTSX]

lol this thread makes me laugh.

[BTEC]

wish i had something to take. my damn hatch aint tuned and wouldnt be good on that kinda track and my teg.....needs work.

[Big Baller]

too bad they dont make any in my size for the front. :(

The new Neova AD08s are coming out soon and rumor has it they are going to do Vette sizes.