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« Reply #30 on: July 26, 2006, 10:26:04 AM »
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Didn't time myself. My focus wasn't on timing. Maybe next time around I'll time if I can find someone in pit lane or an instructor willing to do so.

Well, this is a touchy subject as I know when I ran in the Audi Club, no timing devices were allowed.  That was because of the insurance the club had and also for yourself.  Many of these club events are considered "Driver Education Schools" and therefore your auto insurance is still in effect.  If it's at all linked with timing equipment, or racing...   insurance considers it "racing" and you are on your own.  

I don't know about you, but I'd rather not know my lap times and at least have some chance of insurance recovery if I f'up!  :rolleyes:

If the club is lax, you can have someone time you with a stopwatch, but really the only point is to continually time yourself and watch yourself improve over time.  None of us are going to set any track records, so who really cares.  I'm not out there to prove anything or for bragging rights.  For me, it's about learning and having fun!  You can usually tell when you are getting faster.
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« Reply #31 on: July 26, 2006, 01:06:48 PM »
a little OT but has anyone here done karting at Le Means karting in Fremont Ca?  ver fun place to go, not shifter karts but super fun nonetheless.  karting pwns my muscles

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« Reply #32 on: July 26, 2006, 01:34:18 PM »
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Well, this is a touchy subject as I know when I ran in the Audi Club, no timing devices were allowed.  That was because of the insurance the club had and also for yourself.  Many of these club events are considered "Driver Education Schools" and therefore your auto insurance is still in effect.  If it's at all linked with timing equipment, or racing...   insurance considers it "racing" and you are on your own.  

I don't know about you, but I'd rather not know my lap times and at least have some chance of insurance recovery if I f'up!  :rolleyes:

If the club is lax, you can have someone time you with a stopwatch, but really the only point is to continually time yourself and watch yourself improve over time.  None of us are going to set any track records, so who really cares.  I'm not out there to prove anything or for bragging rights.  For me, it's about learning and having fun!  You can usually tell when you are getting faster.

Yeah I hear ya. This is more along the lines of I am not running balls to the wall and welding the pedal to the floor board but here's the lap times I am running. As you saw at the last event - I was having too much of a blast to be concerned about what my lap times were :D

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« Reply #33 on: July 30, 2006, 11:43:37 AM »
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Yeah I hear ya. This is more along the lines of I am not running balls to the wall and welding the pedal to the floor board but here's the lap times I am running. As you saw at the last event - I was having too much of a blast to be concerned about what my lap times were :D

e9nine is right...  it's not really about lap times.  I encourage anyone to go out to a club sponsored track weekend at least once.  You will learn a lot.  

In the end, the guy with the biggest smile is the winner!  :D

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« Reply #34 on: July 30, 2006, 10:25:14 PM »
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e9nine is right...  it's not really about lap times.  I encourage anyone to go out to a club sponsored track weekend at least once.  You will learn a lot.  

In the end, the guy with the biggest smile is the winner!  :D


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« Reply #35 on: February 02, 2007, 12:17:26 AM »
Looks like fun and you car looks nice

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« Reply #36 on: February 02, 2007, 09:12:49 AM »
Ya do us proud.  Man those are some great shots!:eek:   Are those 5 lugs or do I need glasses?

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« Reply #37 on: February 02, 2007, 10:11:38 AM »
I've been to two races at Road Atlanta - the SCCA Nationals in the 1991 and a TransAm race in 1990. I love the picture of your car in the off camber right hander. Road Atlanta is definately a driver's course. The pits suck unless you're a billy goat or a hillbilly with one leg shorter than the other.
Two of my mentor's in stock car chassis setup live right near there and race at the stock car track (Lanier Speedway) right across the road. It's definitely a must go if you're at Road Atlanta. Across from the stands there's a big terraced hillside that you park on and watch from the back of your truck. The good, the bad, the ugly!

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« Reply #38 on: February 02, 2007, 11:37:35 AM »
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Thanks guys.

The pics were taking by a professional guy who take shots of all cars and then charages a fee to get them on CD. I should have more shots coming in on CD later on.

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Thank You for sharing that with us . I've never been on a track and looking at the pics I at least wanted to be the person in the passenger seat.
Was that your instructor and can you bring someone with you in the car???
That was exellent !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again
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« Reply #39 on: February 02, 2007, 10:37:13 PM »
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Looks like fun and you car looks nice

Thanks :)

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Ya do us proud.  Man those are some great shots!:eek:   Are those 5 lugs or do I need glasses?

Props to the photographer dude who was there. I have an extra lug indeed ;)

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I've been to two races at Road Atlanta - the SCCA Nationals in the 1991 and a TransAm race in 1990. I love the picture of your car in the off camber right hander. Road Atlanta is definately a driver's course. The pits suck unless you're a billy goat or a hillbilly with one leg shorter than the other.
Two of my mentor's in stock car chassis setup live right near there and race at the stock car track (Lanier Speedway) right across the road. It's definitely a must go if you're at Road Atlanta. Across from the stands there's a big terraced hillside that you park on and watch from the back of your truck. The good, the bad, the ugly!
You should come down for Petit Le Mans. I don't know if you're aware but they've re-paved the track and made turn 5 wider, removed the concrete there and in turn 7 as well (oh so slippery in the past no matter what you did) they also pushed the wall back in 12 or so....
Right on the mark with the comments on Lanier Speedway :D


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Thank You for sharing that with us . I've never been on a track and looking at the pics I at least wanted to be the person in the passenger seat.
Was that your instructor and can you bring someone with you in the car???
That was exellent !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again

Going to the track is a MUST for anyone who drives. Let's you know where you stand. You learn a lot about car control. The best part - it's all in YOUR own car.

Yes that was my instructor. Sadly - no ride alongs unless the driver is an instructor.

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« Reply #40 on: February 03, 2007, 01:27:30 AM »
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Going to the track is a MUST for anyone who drives. Let's you know where you stand. You learn a lot about car control. The best part - it's all in YOUR own car.



True that.  Last Nov. when I went to Thunderhill I had a blast and learned that the car handled beautifully but understeered just a tad when going really hot into a sharp turn.  At the time I didn't know how to heel-toe, so my instructor told me just to leave it in 4th (:o ) and do the track that way.  I have since learned to heel-toe and really want to get back on the track.


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« Reply #41 on: February 03, 2007, 01:46:42 AM »
I'm so jealous. We have no good tracks here.... I think i'll make a trip across the border this summer to hit a track day up...
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« Reply #42 on: February 03, 2007, 03:31:02 PM »
Looks like a lot of fun! I enjoyed reading this, great thread!

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« Reply #43 on: February 03, 2007, 07:36:34 PM »
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Looks like a lot of fun! I enjoyed reading this, great thread!


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