Track Day June 17th, Full road course lapping day

[kevie88]

Hey Guys, I know it's short notice, but BreMorr and myself are putting on a track day on June 17th. This is a full roadcourse lapping day. Starts at 8am and goes till 4PM, TONS AND TONS OF TRACKTIME!!

Price will be $200, or possibly slightly less if we can get a few more guys.

We need another five or six people to make it to the $200 mark, so first come 1st served! :)


Remember that this is strictly a lapping day and is not a race!!! Passing will be done on the straights only.. no dive bomb braking passes haha

We should be able to run 1 session, open track all day. if we get some more numbers we'll go to a 2 group format 30 min on, 30 min off.

PM me if you have any questions, or call Brent or Kevin at 250-8630 (days) if you want to sign up!:clap: :clap: :clap:

[bremorr]

We have a couple of spots left. This track day is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, you just don't know it yet!??.....All you need is,

1. To be cool....cool like a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce.
2. A sound automobile with good brakes and rubber.
3. Helmet, we sell them if you need one.
4. Pants and shoes, not shorts and flip flops.
5. $200
6. A phone, to call Kevin or Brent.

250-8630

[Murray Peterson]

Cool? LOL -- I wish, but I don't think that can apply to me any more. Still going though -- and hope to put down some decent runs.

[The Cosworth]

kevin is this for bikes or cars?

[GQBalla]

thats the exact question i was about to ask ^^

[ToastiER]

I would be in but this is a Tuesday right?

Please let me know next time!

[Murray Peterson]

I asked about convertibles (i.e. my S2000) and got the thumbs up. So at least one car will be on the track (hint -- it's a yellow one) :)

[The Cosworth]

Originally posted by ToastiER
I would be in but this is a Tuesday right?

Please let me know next time!

oh yeah I just realized that.


:(

[Murray Peterson]

Yep -- Tuesday. And well worht the vacation day it cost me. Not too sure about the new set of ceramic pads and DOT 4 fluid flush (expensive!).

[The Cosworth]

^^ that should be fun. We still need to race your sim!


too bad I have a new job and cant take vacation until the middle of August

[Graham_A_M]

Originally posted by Murray Peterson
I asked about convertibles (i.e. my S2000) and got the thumbs up. So at least one car will be on the track (hint -- it's a yellow one) :)

I'm 98% sure cars and bikes are not allowed on the track at the same time, so it must be for cars only then.

Kevin, I should be able to make it. Should have the Fodera/Brembos on by then.:D

[Murray Peterson]

Are you running the Z4? If so, that should be a good match for my S2000 (at least by SCCA classification).

[bremorr]

Graham,

Were you in the store today?? Your exact car was in the lot.

Everyone else,

The day is for cars only...sorry guys, there are lots of bike days that we can hit, not so many car days!!!

[EK 2.0]

whoooooo lapping day...:burnout:

[bremorr]

Originally posted by EK 2.0
whoooooo lapping day...:burnout:

So, are you in??

[nbaker00]

Am I allowed to bring a car and just park there and hang out but not drive on the track?
If so, any cost?:)

PM me if you have any questions

Thanks

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by bremorr

So, are you in??



Yes, I spoke to Kevin the other day at my workplace when he was buying parts...and I just sent him a PM as well...

[bremorr]

Originally posted by nbaker00
Am I allowed to bring a car and just park there and hang out but not drive on the track?
If so, any cost?:)

PM me if you have any questions

Thanks

You can hang out all day for, $0.00 If you are annoying $100/hr

[bremorr]

Originally posted by EK 2.0




Yes, I spoke to Kevin the other day at my workplace when he was buying parts...and I just sent him a PM as well...


ssswwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[CivicDXR]

I'd love to check this out just to take pictures...

[hadookin]

let me know when you get a weekend... I've been waiting for one of these, but not on a weekday:banghead:

[bremorr]

Originally posted by hadookin
let me know when you get a weekend... I've been waiting for one of these, but not on a weekday:banghead:


Looks like you might have to be sick on Tuesday. I heard the boogalooo flue is going around, maybe you caught it;)

[hadookin]

Ya to bad that doesn't get you out of a summer semester final:whipped:

[Graham_A_M]

Originally posted by Murray Peterson
Are you running the Z4? If so, that should be a good match for my S2000 (at least by SCCA classification).

^ Yes I will be. First time hitting the track with it, so I we'll see. It would be a good match. yours is 250hp, mine is 235.
:thumbsup:


Originally posted by bremorr
Graham,

Were you in the store today?? Your exact car was in the lot.


yeah I was. Took the afternoon off, just looking for two-piece suits for a buddy, and wanting to see Josh P. , but thats the second time I was there and did not see him. Where does he work in the store anyway?

[bremorr]

Originally posted by Graham_A_M


^ Yes I will be. First time hitting the track with it, so I we'll see. It would be a good match. yours is 250hp, mine is 235.
:thumbsup:



yeah I was. Took the afternoon off, just looking for two-piece suits for a buddy, and wanting to see Josh P. , but thats the second time I was there and did not see him. Where does he work in the store anyway?


We keep him in the back, out of site!! It's funny that Kevin and I were able to recognise your car but I have no idea what you look like. Next time you are in the store come and introduce yourself, sounds like I may meet you on Tuesday anyways.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[kevie88]

Originally posted by Graham_A_M


^ Yes I will be. First time hitting the track with it, so I we'll see. It would be a good match. yours is 250hp, mine is 235.
:thumbsup:



yeah I was. Took the afternoon off, just looking for two-piece suits for a buddy, and wanting to see Josh P. , but thats the second time I was there and did not see him. Where does he work in the store anyway?

I thought that was you!

Josh works in the Recieving department, in the back of the store. He has his own office, but it's buried in the deep bowels of the parts department... He can also be found loitering in the parking lot smoking haha

[kevie88]

Originally posted by bremorr



We keep him in the back, out of site!! It's funny that I was able to recognise your car but I have no idea what you look like. Next time you are in the store come and introduce yourself, sounds like I may meet you on Tuesday anyways.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Beat me to it!!:banghead:

[bremorr]

Originally posted by kevie88


Beat me to it!!:banghead:


sucker.

[SilverBoost]

Would love to get in on this. Would be totally worth the vacation day.

Unfortunately the last track day is what has my car still parked requiring a complete brake job - an upgrade I've learned. :D

Anyone who hasn't done these, it's kid at christmas good times I assure you. My last day cost me $3000 after parts and the school cost, and the tow home. :) And I'd do it again in a second.

[bremorr]

Originally posted by SilverBoost
Would love to get in on this. Would be totally worth the vacation day.

Unfortunately the last track day is what has my car still parked requiring a complete brake job - an upgrade I've learned. :D

Anyone who hasn't done these, it's kid at christmas good times I assure you. My last day cost me $3000 after parts and the school cost, and the tow home. :) And I'd do it again in a second.


I have all new brakes sitting in my garage waiting for next wednesday!! The track is only as hard on your car as you make it. If you want to cost yourself a metric ass load of dough, you can!!

[hadookin]

Originally posted by bremorr



I have all new brakes sitting in my garage waiting for next wednesday!! The track is only as hard on your car as you make it. If you want to cost yourself a metric ass load of dough, you can!!

do you and kevie work at Walt Healy?

[bremorr]

Originally posted by hadookin


do you and kevie work at Walt Healy?


Yes sir.

[rage2]

Is anyone gonna bring gear to film? The beyond video crew? :)

[kevie88]

Hope so! I'll be bringing my camera for some stills, but I gots no video camera.. Thinking of borrowing a helmet cam from work.

[bremorr]

Originally posted by rage2
Is anyone gonna bring gear to film? The beyond video crew? :)



My brother is bringing his SLR and video cam. If anyone has a video cam that you don't mind bringing, we can put it to use.

[GoChris]

damn....let me think about this...that's cheap and I did just get my new camera mount I wanna try out. But taking a day off work with no holiday pay suuucks.

[Roaring G60]

Sorry, I have a funeral to attend then. Otherwise I might have a unleashed a track weapon. If there is another day you find available let me know!

[kevie88]

12 hours till I have to be there.. WOOOOOOT

Gotta get everything ready. Some things to remember:

-yourself
-a car
-a helmet
-A camera if you want
-Cooler w/ ice, water, gatorade, and at least 1 beer for after
-Some minor tools just in case
-A liter of oil, and maybe some antifreeze
-Some lawn chairs
-Maybe a pit tent if you have one..

Oh man I'm pumped! :burnout:

[Murray Peterson]

Pumped and ready -- woot for sure!
My co-driver is probably going to bring his video camera setup, so we should get some good videos tomorrow.

[nbaker00]

Could I borrow a helmet if I came tomorow?
It appears I can't find the one I have at home..

[kevie88]

I don't think we'll have any loaners there, sorry..

[kevie88]

Mind you, I have a few helmets around, what size is your head?

[nbaker00]

Originally posted by kevie88
Mind you, I have a few helmets around, what size is your head?
My head is THIS BIG
/PM'ed, thanks

[Canmorite]

Will try and make it to spectate.

[Graham_A_M]

My brake pads still havn't come in at tunerworks.... even though they said Friday:(

I wont be able to make it since the pads on there currently are just paper thin... to try to pull off a track day with the brakes in this shape is just retarded. I should be there to spectate though. I'll bring my helmet (size large) for anybody that needs it when I get there at 2:30ish.
(just in case somebody does):dunno:

[kevie88]

Originally posted by Graham_A_M
My brake pads still havn't come in at tunerworks.... even though they said Friday:(

I wont be able to make it since the pads on there currently are just paper thin... to try to pull off a track day with the brakes in this shape is just retarded. I should be there to spectate though. I'll bring my helmet (size large) for anybody that needs it when I get there at 2:30ish.
(just in case somebody does):dunno:


k, sorry you can't make it, maybe next time. Come out and go for rides and take pictures anyway! :clap:

[bremorr]

Everything is prepared.....T-10h until lift off. The only other thing to do is to try and sleep tonight, chances of that 7-16% I have not been this excited since my "walkman and madonna tape" christmas in '84. Closely rivaled by the GI JOE black bird xmas of '86. I have never had so much ish in my trunk!!!!

[nbaker00]

Well I look forward to meeting everyone at the track tomorow!
Will be there around 11 or so in a silver E39 M5, so look out !

See you all tomorow!:)

[EK 2.0]

Stupid fucking kids....

I was soooo ready for tomorrow...now my tires are fucked thanks to some neighborhood kids...

[rage2]

All you beyond pussies that bitched out... :thumbsdow

What an awesome day. Thanks kevie88! With only 15-18 cars, and pretty much only 6 cars on track at one time on a full open day, I got in a ridiculous amount of balls out hotlaps. I think everyone had the same experience. Too bad the bus stop was setup, otherwise I'd be able to get some laptimes.

Oh ya... the GTI absolutely rocks! I can not believe how well it handles for a FF car. It ate up all the corners with ease, even able to go all out over the curbs in the chicane. No understeer, I'm powering out in 2nd from turn 3 at 80% throttle and it just lays the power down. :thumbsup: to VW for such an awesome suspension setup, went in with low expectations for a FF car, came out cornering as hard, if not harder than the FR cars there today. Sucked back quite a bit of gas... went thru 1st tank of gas 2/3 into the morning, took it a bit easier in the afternoon and ran out of the 2nd tank by 3:10. And that DSG tranny... holy shit, it's seriously designed for the track! It works soooooo well. The future of transmissions! I can even shift mid corner without feeling it... never had to drive around the "gears" like in MT cars.

Here's some pics from my cam. Drove and rode most of the day, so didn't get much.

Before:
http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/events/trackday20080617/track01.jpg

Ready to roll!
http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/events/trackday20080617/track02.jpg

Most fun of the day... chasing down TheVicaR in a yellow S2K:
http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/events/trackday20080617/track03.jpg

After, missing 1 centercap on the right...
http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/events/trackday20080617/track04.jpg

Bugs. Lots of guts too from rolling over gophers:
http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/events/trackday20080617/track05.jpg

... and 2 caps gone on the left. Richard had the same problem too, caps melting off from the heat.
http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/events/trackday20080617/track06.jpg

Fuel consumption for today LOL. I usually average 9.2L/100km. I had it up to about 33L/100km but driving to the gas station helped a bit haha.
http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/events/trackday20080617/track07.jpg

For the US guys...
http://www.virgeweb.com/rage2/events/trackday20080617/track08.jpg

[rage2]

btw TheVicaR, nice driving. Next time, I'll get some better tires, and I'll get you thru 4-6! :rofl:

Can't wait to see the vids!

[rc2002]

Originally posted by rage2
... and 2 caps gone on the left. Richard had the same problem too, caps melting off from the heat.


So did kevie88! Race City must be littered with center caps.

Thanks to rage2 and theVicar for the pointers today, it helped me big time. They have some sick driving skills! The GTI performance was impressive - I take back all the bad stuff I've ever said about VW.

I had fun driving, but probably even more fun riding passenger - I learned some good lines riding with murray peterson and bremorr too.

Here are a couple of shots I snapped. They're quite far away because my camera finger is just too slow.

It was a great success thanks to all the great people that made it out today.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9596/dsc01923vm1.jpg

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9549/dsc01927fe8.jpg

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8341/dsc01925hc6.jpg

[nbaker00]

Hey Guys,

I'm at the office right now and will be posting the pics and in-car video of the M5 when I get home tonight.

It was good putting a name and a face together finally.

Also big thanks to Kevin and Brent for putting this together today and for the helmet loaners!!

Thanks for the great afternoon guys!

NB

[rc2002]

Thanks to shadowz too for hooking me up with some sweet brakes.


http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6553/dsc01909wp2.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4108/dsc01905qz6.jpg

[Murray Peterson]

Rage2 -- you got awesome gas mileage! I drove 320 Km today, and it only required 90 litres of (premium) fuel. I'll let you figure out that mileage figure :)

[Murray Peterson]

And lest I seem ungrateful -- awesome day! Thanks to kevin and Brent for putting this together. Expensive, but fun. And to add to the so-called normal expenses, I think I have a warped rotor too :(

[kevie88]

What an awesome day. I can't say enough.. everyone was awesome, great bunch of guys to spend the day with.

I had a ton of fun out there, I think I might need a set of right side tires, and my car just reaks of brakes.. but i couldn't be happier.

I think my next mod has to be swaybars, the STI plows so hard into corners. I completely roasted the right front, moved it to the rear and then roasted it even further. I wonder if the tire pressures were too high, I think I was running 36 psi cold.

Man oh man did we kill a lot of gophers. :rofl: There was a whole family running around in turn three first thing in the morning, and by noon there was none. Man there was a lot of guts on my rims! haha I think the best image of the carnage was blazing out of the bus stop, watching a magpie pick up the back half of a gopher and try and take off with it, and seeing it drop it on the backstraight up the hill.. so gross :D

I brought my camera out but took almost no pics so I'd love to see more pics! :angel:

I think I may have the worst mileage of the day award, 105 liters of premium to 240 kilometers.. damn

[Jlude]

Looks like it was a blast... pics look good

[Murray Peterson]

OK -- we have an official contest here. Kevie88 is in the lead with about 2.3 km per litre. I am running a hot second (I think) with 3.5 km per litre. ANyone that can do better? Or worse?

[bremorr]

I just want to thank everyone for being cool. We had no issues and I believe everyone had a good time. This was my best day of '08!!! Maybe another day in the fall...whats everyone think??

[bremorr]

Originally posted by Murray Peterson
OK -- we have an official contest here. Kevie88 is in the lead with about 2.3 km per litre. I am running a hot second (I think) with 3.5 km per litre. ANyone that can do better? Or worse?


3.36 kms/liter here. Eat that, turbo suckers!! I think that is pretty good considering my car was above 5k/RPM for 150 or so KMS!!!

[rage2]

3.03km/L here (33L/100km was my highest at the end of the morning session).

[bart]

was a 50/50 chance of me coming, instead i just watched the euro cup :)

i would have gotten the best mileage though haha

[nbaker00]

Hey Guys,

I myself spent most of my time there either chatting with different members or in car, not taking photos.
I did take an in-car video of the M5 which I have to host, and then I will post it.

PS: Not sure of gas mileage but the M5 burned about 5/8 of a tank in maybe 20-25 laps.

Anyways, enjoy the few photos I did take.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o165/nbaker0/BeyondRaceCity001.jpg
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[Graham_A_M]

Fucking Christ I wish I was there. What a kick to the balls, especially after finding out my pads were there on Monday, only they never called like they said they would have. :rolleyes:

Glad you guys had a great time. Hope to see you out there next time for sure. :banghead:

[CSMRX7]

I just got home. I had a great time. Thanks to Brent and Kevin for putting on an awesome day.

I can't believe the STI got worse fuel economy than I did. I ran 2.6 km/L.

I think I need to rest. I logged 120 laps today :thumbsup:

Also thanks for everyones help fixing the coolant overflow tank. Held like a charm all evening.

[gamman]

next one, please have more notice or pm me. I hope to get rid of the LR3 and have an sti or something for it.

[GoChris]

ya I just couldn't take a day off work, but I have 3 or 4 other sessions this year anyway.

but PLEASE let me know, or post, if there is another one, I will for sure show up. I just got some new tires and pads so I'm set.

[rc2002]

I think I win the "good" fuel economy race. I averaged 3.75km/L today. But I wasn't giving 'er as much as some of the guys out there today.

[Murray Peterson]

Originally posted by bremorr
I just want to thank everyone for being cool. We had no issues and I believe everyone had a good time. This was my best day of '08!!! Maybe another day in the fall...whats everyone think??

I am all for it (schedule permitting).

[bremorr]

Originally posted by CSMRX7
I just got home. I had a great time. Thanks to Brent and Kevin for putting on an awesome day.

I can't believe the STI got worse fuel economy than I did. I ran 2.6 km/L.

I think I need to rest. I logged 120 laps today :thumbsup:

Also thanks for everyones help fixing the coolant overflow tank. Held like a charm all evening.


The ghetto fix is a magical thing!! Thanks for coming out. I have emailed Christine to try and get a date for sept/oct, will keep everyone posted.

My bro has a metric shit load of pics, I will load them as soon as he gets them to me. Some of his video turned out good as well.

[nbaker00]

In car vid of the M5 @ Race City.

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[kvanderlaag]

I am so there for the next one.

PLEASE have another event this year!

[CSMRX7]

Anyone have pics or vid of my RX7?

Brent, did you ever get the vid from your brother?

[bremorr]

Originally posted by CSMRX7
Anyone have pics or vid of my RX7?

Brent, did you ever get the vid from your brother?


Soon, very soon. My brother has been far too busy "banging bitches" to get me the pics and video. If you know how to host the video let me know, my brother doesn't want to do it and I don't know how. He claims that I will have the pics by thursday.

[CSMRX7]

Originally posted by bremorr



Soon, very soon. My brother has been far too busy &quot;banging bitches&quot; to get me the pics and video. If you know how to host the video let me know, my brother doesn't want to do it and I don't know how. He claims that I will have the pics by thursday.

Just through the video up on youtube.

Can't wait to get out there again!!