I'll be there, but in my Boxster. I posted in the other thread already. Turn 9 is the bestest turn ever. (The one after the corkscrew).

I sure hope it doesn't rain that weekend. When it's raining, it's still fun... just not the same kind of fun.

Edit: Oh yeah, I'm only signed up for Saturday Group 3.

 

Honestly safety is a huge concern at the track, and with the corner workers and everyone all keeping eyes out, a trip around the race track is safer than a trip to the store. Traffic is only going 1 way, no one will be on a cel/shaving their pet/eating pizza, no road rage, and a person at every corner watching out for you. Bad things do happen and you are right, instructors must jump into a stranger's car, but it's not as wild and scary as you might think!

Yes, it is VERY different from a video game. You can learn some of the dynamics and practice them with a video game, but there is absolutely no substitute for hands-on experience with this.

If you have any issues, talk to someone - everyone with NASA is pretty cool and the instructors are all good people. My name's Jacob, and hope to meet you out there!

 

If any of you are going to be around Saturday night, we have a suby meet around 7:30p in monterey. www.spoolinmontereybay.com for more info!

 

I've done a few HPDE days at thunderhill, and I always found NASA to be very well organised and safe.

This time will be my first track day without my beloved RE-92's. I just upgraded to Kuhmo ecsta MX's and an Eibach spring set, so I'm hoping to be doing more cornering and less squealing :-). I also upgraded to porterfield pads, stainless lines and motul fluid, so I should get a little less brake fade.

Regarding the noise limit......do catless turboback pipes usually fail the noise regs????

See you at the track Jacob....I'm Glen BTW.

 

Ha, I remember my first track day. I was on Perelli M/S'. I was squeeling like a pig around every turn. It was a lot of fun actually.

 

db limit is 92db but a turn down pipe helps out angle out your tip away from the sound stations on the track so you wont get the meatball flag or worse get black flagged

 

awesome... i cant do the january event though. perhaps feb or march.... hmmmmm

 

A few of us might be planning a March thunderhill day.

 

do they use the SBRS instructors?

the GT4 version of seca is EXTREMLY close to the real thing.

remember, when your turning into 8a (first apex of the corckscrew), just aim for the big oak tree, and be prepared to turn right.

 

if any of you guys are down, be sure to check out www.spoolinmontereybay.com/smb in the forums, we have a saturday night meet in Sand City which is about 15 minutes away from the track, let us know if you're coming and we'll plan something special out, maybe hit up the bar or bbq or something

 

Hugo, are you going to be back here in the evening?

 

dunno yet, suzanne wants to stay until sunday, but I'm trying to get her to leave after the show on saturday night cuz I have to work sunday, so we'll see...we may be tired of the show after being there all day friday though, so coming back on saturday during the day may be a possibility

 

ok. we should swing by H-art's house and steal his BBQ and have a cookout at the meet

 

no way. i work in seaside and live in monterey

*runs to said forums*

 

Yeah, a lot of the racers have a piece of pipe tack welded to the exhaust tip.