Barber does, to my knowledge, still charge people for damage, but not for small stuff like grass. They are proud of their Armco, though from what I've heard.Originally Posted by dazn
Barber does, to my knowledge, still charge people for damage, but not for small stuff like grass. They are proud of their Armco, though from what I've heard.
^ Yeah the Armco is key there, unlike RA they have too much track turns that can be reached by another if the barrier wasn't there. The point of racing is to be on the track not off of it anyways, which is where skill comes to place.
Every good driver crashes lol.
No put funny kind of related story about Leh. We were on One Lap of America and I was walking the track with him at Mid Ohio we made it up to the top of the key hole when they called us back in. Since we didn't get to finish walking it I asked Leh to go over the track map with me from the tower.
Leh starts telling me about all the turns and each one involves Lehs catch phrase....WFO (wide fucking open). Now some of them he will tell you, get past the Apex and then its WFO. Sometimes he says just get it turned in and then its WFO.
I go out for my warm up lap and everything looks good, come back around to start my 3 timed laps, I make it almost all the way back around on my first timed lap and I get to the "turn it in and WFO" spot. I turned it in and went wide fucking open....as I planted the gas it hit me, there is no way I'm going to make this but I kept it planted any way, off I go bouncing through the grass all 4 wheels airborne....turns out it was my fastest lap...lol
The Moral of this story, when Leh says WFO he may not mean WFO, he also drove the last 4 days on corded tires, he is a mad man.
I was talking to a friend about testing in a KONI car next year and he offered this advice.
"They may forgive you for crashing the car but they will never forgive you for being slow"
If you are fast and you are on the edge at some point you will crash...I'm ok with that
Who are you going to drive for? I'm doing a few Koni things next year.
I inquired about racing with a couple of teams but I'm most likely not going to be able to afford it. Although I got a call yesterday from a team wanting to run a STI at 25 hours of Thunderhill, I'm going to try and trade a motor for some driving time. We shall see.
So I just got back from Barber and learned that the Fee for riding off into the grass never existed. Some dumbass car club started that rumor. If you have ever had to pay a fee for this then you got owned by someone who has nothing to do with Barber. The only charges are due to armco and soft barrier damage.
It was probably BMW owners.
I could picture the newbs in E92 M3's and Z06's plowing into the wall near/under and the bridge after trying to slow down from a buck sixty on street pads and street tires during their first solo on their 3rd D.E on that old set up.
I think it's good that 10a and b does what it does, even though it rapes your brakes. Plus, chucking the car in a nice drift through 10a while passing someone on the inside is just magical for me
I have been going to and driving on Road Atlanta for the last 15 years. It is a great track, very fast. My only complaint is that it is a high penalty track. There are several spots on the track (namely turn 1, top of the esses, and turn 12) where if you put a wheel wrong, the track will punish you. For track day time, I think Roebling Road is the best value and the safest by a mile. Just my 2 cents...
That IS the reason I love Road Atlanta...I hate safe non consequence tracks. My first track event in a car was at Road Atlanta and now everything else seems boring. That I've tried...
Go drive VIR, it is pretty thrilling. I prefer tracks that don't ensure that your car will be trash if you or someone else around you makes a mistake. Have you done any sanctioned racing or just track days?
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