Nice pics Robert!! Excellent event, good people, what more can you ask for It was great running with PCA and the other 6 Evo's.

Dan's driving was night and day from the first session to the last. He was driving like a like a scared little girl in the first session but by the last session I was calling him DK
Here's a video when I took Dan out in Black Session http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHuCmjk-Alg

Here's my vid chasing the R8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzV93jF4TK0

 

hell yeah it was.

nice video Thai. that r8 was bad ***, pretty sure I have some video of me chasing him down too.

You and I have almost the exact same line & shift points except I'm keeping it in 4th thru that left hander under the bridge while you grab third.

awesome, thanks for the pics dood. we gotta get you out there next time instead of on the sidelines cooking and taking pics.

I told you to only spray the 200 shot going into the turns, not on the straight.

 

I don't know what that guy was thinking..

noticed that

your still in vegas? I didn't realize you were out there all week...








Nice driving Tim.

 

yeah, post your vids. i have TRE stage 3 tranny with evo 8 3rd and 4th gear, so my shift point is a little different than yours.

you can diffidently drive. you should move up to Red group next time and have fun in open passing

 

Tim, thanks again. I had an awesome and learned a ton (especially now having time to digest a lot). Watching that video does nothing for the actual experience. Being in the car my thoughts were something to the effect of "holy mother of god!!!" Chasing down the Porsche with braking later and later after the straight was nuts.

I was slammed with tons of info in one day. Watching this video I see you giving me advice that I was getting until now. My goal for next event which will likely be at the same track is to get into 4th on braking at the end of the straight (I was thinking I had to heel toe and told me to get 4th each time I went through there. I didn't realize until the end that I could grab it as the rpms dropped without touching the throttle) and getting 5th after the ski jump turn and doing the same to grab 4th at the left hander. Shifting like that alone would make me much faster and smoother. Also another more simple goal will be to corkscrew down the lightbulb to the apex while throttling out harder to hopefully hit 140ish in the straight.

Thanks again. My next time out should be a lot faster if I can do what I have planned. Hopefully you'll be around for my next trip out there.

 

and maybe you'll use up all 50 gallons of e85 next time

 

i remember seeing a black cayman with a funny tape job

word.

Thanks man, you and Tim were very fast out there too. my car is actually an VIII even though I have an IX bumper, so we have the same 3-4th.

I would love to move up to the red group with you guys but I thought with PCA you need to get testest and certified to be an instructor?

 

well since everyone posted their R8 clips...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzltm7R74C8

 

nice driving, you should pick up a transponder do some NASA TT with us.

i didn't know the R8 ran in two different run group, wonder if it was two different driver or the instructor taking his student out.

 

Mite swing by warminster tomorrow and see what you guys are up to for this season. Haven't been to a autoX in a while. Don't really feel like standing in a down pour but a lite drizzle or on and off would warrant a appearance.



ps. finally cracked the STOCK longblock on bsander's sandbox and it was 100% never opened or touched like he claimed. lmao
10.6 pass with multiple other high 10s, multiple 130mph+ trap speeds, 33psi, e85, with around 55k on it lookin to be in great shape. Maybe petey will have more info. Some pics were posted on facebook and videos were taken of the tear down. Have to get some time and work out posting up info if necessary.

 

that video was from the black run group. was R8 in Red also? WHy would there be an instructor in the car if it was Black/Red? that weird, I wonder why he would be running in two groups... unless he was sick of getting passed by EVO's in Red and decided to bump down to black, only to get passed by another one.

I'll be that guy is going to trade his car in and get 5 EVO's instead.

I might do a TT sometime to try it out but I have no idea how competative my car will be or what class. also how much is it and how much seat time do you get usually?

you girls have fun autoxing today. I wanna hear all about what I missed while I'm home playing Mr.Mom.

 

Marc, tim took me out for his session but had to run in black because they didn't want students riding along in an open passing class.

Maybe he was taking his student along. No offense to tim but I would have loved to ride in that r8. It wasn't like the driver was bad either. I'm sure that would have been a hell of a ride.

 

Autox was cool. Weather was nasty early, but it dryed out and the rain held off. Course was fast, all up on the limiter in 2nd, turnaround was tricky and that lead into a tough slalom with an off-set cone. On my last run, I over cooked it getting in to that slalom and I think I tapped the brakes while the car was still transitioning, sending me spinning off into the grass. My first spin, and def my first trip into the grass. My best was my 3rd on a 51.7


5/15/2011 Never Forget!

























Chu Nguyen's Street Modified!

 

Congrats Chu.

 

Can someone explain this EMRA event in July to me? I'm looking at the schedule and can't figure out when someone like me, an inexperienced driver, would be driving. To me, it looks like the Sunday 31st.

Btw I think I'm hooked after one event.