Yea I wish I had some more experience to do that.

Then again, I don't think I'd want to admit that an E30 driven by one of my friends consistently lapped several seconds faster then me.

HPDE CHAMPIONSHIP, I GOT THAT ON LOCK DOWN SON.

12/21/2006 2:36:11 PM

if i can get o' granny in shape by then, i'm in for TTs too.

12/21/2006 4:11:47 PM

at any rate, it's going to be e30s winning the hpde championship like there's no tomorrow

12/21/2006 4:17:27 PM

if i can find tires for my blue car i may put that in the TT

12/21/2006 5:24:12 PM

More power to you bitches. I'm thinking about picking up an e30 as well. If we could just get the rest of the clan to pick one up each, that'd be something... Are you guys seriously considering spec e30 in a year or two?
Ahmet

12/21/2006 5:24:52 PM

i was thinking about getting a scion tC from work and doing the toyota celebrity race.

12/21/2006 7:16:12 PM

nasa southeast has a coupon for 4 (four) track events for $899.

thats $225 each event, which is normally $280.

im not sure if you can share coupons, but if so, 4 of us should go in on it..

12/21/2006 7:41:37 PM

^i saw that in a grassroots ad

12/21/2006 8:03:19 PM

email the lady.

ive emailed her enough times asking useless shit.

12/21/2006 8:04:31 PM

lol....will do but i doubt you can share. i think the point is that they have 4 events registered for 1 person at a time.

12/21/2006 8:06:13 PM

they use to have it, 4 for $800 and you can share. they give you 4 different coupons.

that was a steal, but i never got it.

12/21/2006 9:16:21 PM

if I do all four time thscc time trials, I'll probably do comp school for spece30 at the end of this year.

12/21/2006 9:36:08 PM

You know, you could always do time trials with NASA (which'll get you more experience with "race-like" open passing), since it's... the organization that'll be running spec e30... They do want more experience than THSCC does, before allowing you in TTs though, probably for the very same reason (traffic management). Some people in the instructor groups get quite insane w/NASA though. Considering Chin was so tame this year, I'd say NASA-SE has the most intense action in HPDE 4/TTs. I highly recommend them!
Ahmet

12/22/2006 3:06:59 AM

I don't think i'll be doing nasa tt any time soon. I think I'll go with group 3

12/22/2006 1:53:26 PM

My prediction for mark's first rwd event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjLOmVUykiI

Justtttttttttt kidding

12/27/2006 11:42:11 PM

there was a factory 5 car last year at VIR who went head first into the wall because of cold tires.

twas sad

12/27/2006 11:43:13 PM

did he do it because of cold tires, or because he was trying to warm up his cold tires?

12/27/2006 11:48:23 PM

i dont think he knew how to warm them up.

i think he just figured.. hey, ive got racing slicks, i can grip.

thats all i know.

the chief instructor told us what happened. something along the lines of he hit the gas and just went squirming.

it was on the grid. not even out on track. (i think)

[Edited on December 27, 2006 at 11:57 PM. Reason : ]

12/27/2006 11:51:43 PM

^^^^ har har har

12/28/2006 2:40:50 AM

Lets sum up the terms:

"Pulling a Callahan"

Doing a random 360 on track and then driving on as if nothing happened.

"Pulling an Ahmet"

Doing a randomg 360 off track.

"Pulling a Mark"

All of the above combined?

12/28/2006 12:30:47 PM

dont forget doing a powerslide at like 95 mph. btw. my right front tire had 15.5mm of toe out cuz of the slide. i swear somethings bent.perhaps the knuckle. but everything aligned up fine

12/28/2006 12:48:18 PM

that's really strange. checked everything in the steering assembly for damage?

12/28/2006 12:55:42 PM

the tie rods lonk strait. but i still need to check the joint where it meets the rack

12/28/2006 1:10:47 PM

waht about your positive camber?...

12/28/2006 1:21:49 PM

^^wouldn't have been a terrible idea to do all of this prior to your alignment :-p
We all need to get together and do a drunken tech day.

12/28/2006 1:31:28 PM

Quote :

"Lets sum up the terms: "Pulling a Callahan" Doing a random 360 on track and then driving on as if nothing happened. "Pulling an Ahmet" Doing a randomg 360 off track. "Pulling a Mark" All of the above combined?"

except i've never done any of the above

12/28/2006 5:05:20 PM

i did check it out couple days after we got back from track. i was hoping the alignment machine would tell me somthing

12/28/2006 5:13:06 PM

Quote :

""Pulling an Ahmet" Doing a randomg 360 off track. 440."

<3 ahmet

12/28/2006 5:43:05 PM

alright, looks like the ITR Expo 7 is gonna be under way.

its in june, and its $350 and that includes a banquet where you can win some good prizes. its at VIR.

so start saving, and sign up and pay.

but before then ill be working a couple events. need to save up for vegas in may.

1/1/2007 2:44:59 AM

Rebuilt all four calipers, put four new rotors on, bled the brakes, changed the oil, and changed transmission/diff fluid.

Bought a fire extinguisher, camera mount (the $texas ioport one), and SFI-rated driving gloves.

It was an expensive weekend

1/16/2007 10:44:45 AM

I just need seats, harnesses, and a fire extinguisher and Ol' Granny is ready for TTs.

RAWRR!!

1/16/2007 1:03:52 PM

money -> mouth

doooo it
that said, evidently the fire extinguisher I ordered is only 10B:C rated, not ABC rated. I dunno wtf that means, but I hope that thscc likes it.

[Edited on January 16, 2007 at 3:31 PM. Reason : .]

1/16/2007 3:30:12 PM

RTFM, n00b.

1/17/2007 9:12:05 AM

bought a seat and harnesses.

IF YOU AINT GOT A RACE CAR, YOU AINT SHIT, SUCKERS!

1/17/2007 4:30:03 PM

bump for THSCC this weekend.
who all is going and are we carpooling?

2/7/2007 11:53:29 AM

time to move on. im outa the car game for now

2/7/2007 3:49:45 PM

2/7/2007 4:41:38 PM

^^are you not doing ITR?

2/7/2007 5:31:06 PM

I'll be there (both @ITR, this weekend, and next weekend @VIR).
Ahmet

2/7/2007 6:38:47 PM

i may do the expo.

if someone comes to me to buy my spot i will sell it. if not then ill do the expo.

im def. gonna keep the R, and probably sell off all my parts and crap.
after the porsche event at VIR i realised i dont have time for this stuff right now.

2/7/2007 9:08:52 PM

So what happened at VIR, duudes? How'd the TTs go, callahan?

2/12/2007 10:47:44 AM

It was a learning experience- lots of room for improvement

My best time was a 2:31.

I have a video, I'll try to get it up soon.

2/12/2007 2:47:50 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RQnBaZZRXOk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEdkU8rCcCg

2/12/2007 5:51:16 PM

^no sound wtf!


you owned oak tree

[Edited on February 12, 2007 at 6:11 PM. Reason : o]

2/12/2007 6:10:04 PM

yeh i was gonna say that too, oak tree looked real good.

2/12/2007 6:14:10 PM

I felt like I overbrake just a bit there, that I should be turning in a wee bit later and a little hotter. But thanks for the kind words of advice.

Sorry you couldn't make it out, Dan. Next time

2/12/2007 6:15:40 PM

^^^^ jeeze, could you possibly go any slower and still be allowed on that track.....I felt like I was watching a car silently go through a strip mall parking lot at the speed of slow.....I couldn't even make out the type of cars going by you b/c they were passing you so fast.....LOL

2/12/2007 8:03:16 PM

^Let me help you out-
They were:
A highly modified e36m3, a supercharged 996, and an e30.
All of these cars were very well driven, certainly a higher caliber of driver than me- I'll give you that.

That said- judging solely on the ignorant tone of your response- I'm quite certain you wouldn't know an apex from a fucking speed bump. I rarely bait on trolling, and I apologize for doing so, but I'm confident the rest of the garage 'track' community will quickly clear things up for you.

Actually, I just realized who you are. Feel free to bring your mustang out to the next event! I'd be happy to take a quick trip into the green group to demonstrate what it feels like to be lapped by a car that's twice as old, has half the power, and less tire.

[Edited on February 12, 2007 at 10:40 PM. Reason : .]

2/12/2007 10:12:12 PM

haha.


just ignore the guy. trolling or not. sarcastic or not.

he wont understand

2/12/2007 10:35:26 PM

Quote :

"Actually, I just realized who you are. Feel free to bring your mustang out to the next event! I'd be happy to take a quick trip into the green group to demonstrate what it feels like to be lapped by a car that's twice as old, has half the power, and less tire."

ahaha, pwned

2/12/2007 11:03:26 PM