3/09 track weekend video

[HiPSI]

just some raw footage of the final session of the weekend with the combined A and B groups. other than the amazing amount of traffic to work through it was a lot of fun. this was my third trackday, all 3 being at road atlanta and with the BMW club. i'm hoping to branch out this year and maybe try to hit some time attack and other HPDE's, but i still plan on hitting road atlanta at least once more this year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ605LLd8Xg

[EJ25RUN]

I'm still amazed by how many times you have to shift at RA.

I liked your onboard video better but this ones good too

Have you any plans in the future for Barber or VIR?

[Elbow]

Cool track, where's it at? jk jk.

[EJ25RUN]

Cool track, where's it at? jk jk.

RA......Wisconsin duh! lol

[Elbow]

Ohhhhhh yeah.

[HiPSI]

I'm still amazed by how many times you have to shift at RA.

I liked your onboard video better but this ones good too

Have you any plans in the future for Barber or VIR?

i was actually MUCH faster this time so i had to throw in another up/down shift into the mix . out of 10 then up to 5th under the bridge, back to 4th under braking at the end of the front straight. scared my instructor so bad he signed me off solo after one session.

[amped4life33]

that is soooooo not what I expected to see...I guess when you have a quartermile car you expect everyone else to, too. haha that looks like fun tho...just not in my suspensionless mustang

[HiPSI]

that is soooooo not what I expected to see...I guess when you have a quartermile car you expect everyone else to, too. haha that looks like fun tho...just not in my suspensionless mustang

the black 05 GT in the video is a friend of mine who drifts/does trackdays in his mustang. with very basic suspension/power mods it's a pretty capable car, i drove it at a drift event and immediately felt comfortable with it.

i still like the drag strip from time to time, but running a fast pace around road atlanta for 20 minutes at a time just does a lot more for me. doing 155mph down the back straight is a lot faster than i can go in a quarter mile anyway

[Elbow]

Yeah, road course > drag strip.

(personal opinion)

[mshii]

just some raw footage of the final session of the weekend with the combined A and B groups. other than the amazing amount of traffic to work through it was a lot of fun. this was my third trackday, all 3 being at road atlanta and with the BMW club. i'm hoping to branch out this year and maybe try to hit some time attack and other HPDE's, but i still plan on hitting road atlanta at least once more this year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ605LLd8Xg

Were you able to get any of your lap times?

[OnURleft]

That's the first BMW CCA spring D.E i've missed in 3 years. I am so depressed, I would've been running with you in A, but I wouldn't be doing 155 on the back straight..haha.

[HiPSI]

Were you able to get any of your lap times?

they don't allow timing since it's a DE, their event insurance does not allow it. a friend timed me on his watch in heavy traffic and i ran around 1:43, which is about what i was running at the last event with a pretty clear track. last time i just timed my laps by in car video but i didn't take any this time around.

[HiPSI]

That's the first BMW CCA spring D.E i've missed in 3 years. I am so depressed, I would've been running with you in A, but I wouldn't be doing 155 on the back straight..haha.

going to the oktoberfest one? i'm going to try to snake my way into that one.

[dazn]

tell your buddy with the camera to eat a Xanax before he films next time .j/k

1:43 isnt bad for street car. thats a fast IT time with cage, full suspension and hoosier r6.
get some more in-car vid, the last one was pretty kul

[slow_hatch]

sigh....... maybe i'll be able to make it out to an Trackday there sometime this year. Still rocking the 240 I see, I heard you were thinking about building something else

[HiPSI]

tell your buddy with the camera to eat a Xanax before he films next time .j/k

1:43 isnt bad for street car. thats a fast IT time with cage, full suspension and hoosier r6.
get some more in-car vid, the last one was pretty kul

it was a friend's wife filming. it's kind of hard to film freehand with it zoomed all the way in without some good shaking.

1:43 isn't bad for a street car, but with a little clearer track i had to be into the mid-high 1:30's somewhere. i ran a 1:42 last year on a clear track moving slower on pretty much every part of the track.

[HiPSI]

sigh....... maybe i'll be able to make it out to an Trackday there sometime this year. Still rocking the 240 I see, I heard you were thinking about building something else

i picked up a subaru GC shell i wanted to build since i'm semi-tired of looking at the seas of 240's found all over the place, but this thing was just too damn good out there to switch just for the sake of switching. plus when i'm at the track, i'm the only one there . i'm going to pick up another shell soon and build a proper cage and such, my chassis is still bent in by about and inch on the front left strut tower from my crash at lanier speedway. i'll freshen a lot of things up in the process so everything will feel new. it'll be lighter/stiffer and more powerful than before when it's all said and done, maybe even work on some aero.

[OnURleft]

going to the oktoberfest one? i'm going to try to snake my way into that one.

I will try but probably not, I really like doing the Chin events much more so I can take all my friends for rides. I'm in school at LSU so it's harder for me to do all the R.A events. It works out though, I have same family friends down here who let me drive their race cars and I did an event at Road America in the fall instead of Road Atlanta which made me .

That looked like Jenkins chasing you, was it not?

[Elbow]

Yeah, rides in the wagon.

[AnthonyF]

Thats pretty kick ass. How do you sign up for R.A. events? I've been to their site but havent figured it out.

-Ant.

[EJ25RUN]

Thats pretty kick ass. How do you sign up for R.A. events? I've been to their site but havent figured it out.

-Ant.

SCCA/ NASA memberships are the easiest ways to do R.A. and other local tracks.

[AnthonyF]

That really had nothing to do with my question nor did It even come close to answering it.

-Ant.

[tofu-eg]

Thats pretty kick ass. How do you sign up for R.A. events? I've been to their site but havent figured it out.

-Ant.

x2

[EJ25RUN]

That really had nothing to do with my question nor did It even come close to answering it.

-Ant.

Sorry.

What i meant was typically some organziation or car club will rent the track for a day. You sign on with them for around $200-$500 dollars for a weekend and attend.

You would first find out whos doing what dates, and get your name on the list.

Check the sticky thread with the different bodies. You should be able to find one on there.

[dazn]

That really had nothing to do with my question nor did It even come close to answering it.

-Ant.

go to the skip barber link, thats the closest thing to a RA sponsored track day they have now. You are better off doing something like Porsche club or NASA. SCCA only holds PDXs and IMO its not worth it. If you actually want to race, then SCCA is your best bet but you have to get your liscense through a racing school.

http://www.skipbarber.com/default.aspx

[AnthonyF]

Appreciate it EJ and dazn!

-Ant.

[HiPSI]

That looked like Jenkins chasing you, was it not?

jenkins? you mean the dude in the GT3? i'm terrible with names but i remember hearing something about ex-pro football player, had a florida tag on the car. real nice guy and i've seen him out there a whole lot.

[Elbow]

SCCA PDX is only $100 and well worth it, especially for a quick fix for track time or a first timer.

BMWCCA and Chin run the best track days IMO.

BTW THERE IS A STICKY AT THE TOP OF THIS SECTION WITH ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, AREN'T YOU A MOD? lolol