Santa's Run Pics
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.
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Mainstream Performance
Nice Pics, I've got the one of me as my Background now
Originally Posted by Slowwrx
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
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Who won the fastest lap?
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.
The merc was at 1:09, I believe.
Learning everyday.
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.
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.
What were you driving?
I'm pretty sure he was driving the STI.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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they were bigger than that lol. correct me if im wrong but those were 10" wheels right?
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they could have been i'm not sure.
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285s, Neovas are very nice to drive on, very predictable.
Yes 18x10s
Cool I was soo close.. lol :boobies:
Mainstream Performance
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.
Nice pics. Had loads of fun today. Hope to redo my civic then setup a track day there late spring
One Big Ass Mistake America
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.
86 MR2 4age, 86 MR2 20V, 84 MR2 3lc RHD, 01 MR2 Spyder, 92 SE V6 5spd Camry.
so maybe i have an mr2 problem.....
Hmmm Good info. Regardless congrats on the time and it was good talking to you. I was the guy in the black Civic
One Big Ass Mistake America
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.
Mainstream Performance
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.
Double Post.
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.
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.
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Had fun.
Last edited by Doppelgänger; 12-08-2008 at 03:53 PM.
02' Miata
These guys only do it once a year and its for charity though
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!
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