Santa Run 100...what did you think?

[Doppelgänger]

What kind of tires where you on?

On some old C50 compound Hankook Z211..I used them all year for various track days and auto-x.... and they were used when I bought them. Hell, they might be done heat cycling for all I know.... but they will make for an interesting tire-smoking youtube display soon. I'll probably pick up a set of RA1's for next year's events since the prices are dropping to clear them out.

[JennB]

Cold. Far, far too cold. I usually make a point to walk around and take pics of everything at an event and get some good on track shots of everyone but I could barely even take photos for half the day. I also didn't get to walk around and talk to people nearly as much as I usually do at track events. I don't know what's up with this weather lately but I'm pretty sick of it. I moved back south for a reason. Hopefully the next even there will be a little warmer for spectators, drivers and make it easier to heat up the tires.


The good - great experience for a lot of people who don't go to the track often or at all
Lots of experienced drivers as well that were able to give instruction to the noobs for free
Tons of toys (and hopefulyl some $$) collected for a good cause
Good free lunch


The bad -
Timing. I know it was for charity and all but you still have to be consistent. There were entire groups that weren't being timed during the third session and in some groups, they were only timing a few cars. Even if a lot of people there knew they weren't going to go home with a prize, they still would like to know how they were doing, see if they were improving though the day. It's nice to compare first run to second or third run to see if you're learning something. I'm sure a lot of people would have had friends time them (like I've seen every other time I've ever been to TGP for smaller track days) if they had known that no one official was timing them.
I was upstairs during a few sessions and saw some cars that maybe weren't the flashiest cars on the track that were running quite strong, but no one was timing them. I've actually been to TGP quite a few times, I've seen some cars that you wouldn't give a second look to in a parking lot with their hood closed and then they get out there and just tear it up. You can't just look at cars and guess which ones will be the fastest.



Overall, I do think it was a good event though. I would definitely attend another one. I'm all about charity events. If I can go somewhere and do something that I enjoy while giving, that's even better.