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Old May 19, 2013 | 07:11 PM
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^ told you not to be afraid of wet track. it's much more easy to find the limits and practice car control. had a great time this weekend.
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Old May 20, 2013 | 05:34 AM
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Back home safe... the car did awesome, and I had the most fun I've ever had on track. I'll write some more details tomorrow!

Good times!
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Old May 21, 2013 | 07:38 AM
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I'll just leave these here...





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Old May 21, 2013 | 07:40 AM
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Old May 21, 2013 | 07:51 AM
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^ see your tire roll? Told you to run higher psi
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Old May 21, 2013 | 09:04 AM
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^ see your tire roll? Told you to run higher psi
I think this pic is from the first session out, I wasn't getting much heat in them, and they started real low. I added 4 psi to the fronts and when I started picking up speed they filled out a lot. I was 42-43 psi hot on the fronts, more on the front left obviously.
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Old May 21, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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those are awesome pics. did he get any of my POS?
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Old May 21, 2013 | 11:05 AM
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those are awesome pics. did he get any of my POS?
I believe so, he said he's still going through the list. Hit him up on Facebook and see. I know he got a bunch of Thai.
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Old May 21, 2013 | 12:16 PM
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I forgot to post this one! Mike said that he didn't do any enhancement of the exhaust heat ripples, it just captured it this way in the pic... pretty awesome looking.

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Old May 21, 2013 | 12:34 PM
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^No flames, no care.

j/k. those pics look great!
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Old May 21, 2013 | 01:49 PM
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Sick pics!
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Old May 21, 2013 | 02:24 PM
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Good times. Where were you during our drift shession?
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Old May 21, 2013 | 02:41 PM
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^ he left after lunch. His prego wife was tires. I would never let my wife stopped me from staying and get FTD. Just saying
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Old May 21, 2013 | 02:43 PM
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Good times. Where were you during our drift shession?
Haha, I was pissed I missed the last two sessions... especially when it dried out and Jake took my Sunday TT2 win. My wife is 6+ months pregnant though and was soggy and cranky, so I decided my session 2 time would have to stand and we left early. I hoped it would stay nice and wet so nobody could beat me, but once things dried out for session 4, I dropped to like 5th overall.

Now, due to glaring technicalities, my fast time from Saturday should be the current NASA TT2 track record for Thunderbolt. Jake's times in the dry on Sunday didn't beat my 1:31 from Saturday.
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Old May 21, 2013 | 02:45 PM
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^ he left after lunch. His prego wife was tires. I would never let my wife stopped me from staying and get FTD. Just saying
Lol, you've met my wife... she's a fierce little thing. I didn't want to share 3 hours in an SUV with her angry.
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