Houston M Club bids Farewell to TWS on 1/17

[surlynkid]

Hope you all get good weather. We cancelled on the PDS event this weekend due to the risk of freezing rain and towing.

[///M Ryder]

Originally Posted by surlynkid

Hope you all get good weather. We cancelled on the PDS event this weekend due to the risk of freezing rain and towing.

There's still room for you and Sally.......weather looks great!.......Phil

[Redracer5]

Originally Posted by VMcV3y

Only if you are stuck behind Todd.




LOL.

- V

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Wow. Didn't see that bus coming. As always, happy to tow you around the track while you are catching rays in the vert.

[///M Ryder]

Originally Posted by Redracer5

Wow. Didn't see that bus coming. As always, happy to tow you around the track while you are catching rays in the vert.

........let the trash talking begin...........Phil

[VMcV3y]

Originally Posted by Redracer5

Wow. Didn't see that bus coming. As always, happy to tow you around the track while you are catching rays in the vert.

Hehe!


- V


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[Bluedragon]

Picked up my new EC-7s wrapped with NT-01s yesterday! I'm stoked!!

FWIW, I bought track insurance thru OnTrackInsurance.com
$36K of coverage for just $225. Should sleep better Friday night!

Mike

[Black Gold]

quick question, is there a tech inspection sheet that was supposed to be sent around?

I got an email, but it has no attachments or documents. ive been travelling for business, and haven't had the chance to email back before now

[VMcV3y]

Originally Posted by KennyPowers

quick question, is there a tech inspection sheet that was supposed to be sent around?

I got an email, but it has no attachments or documents. ive been travelling for business, and haven't had the chance to email back before now

Yes, there is.

- V

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[Ky Ex]

Originally Posted by KennyPowers

ok, so anyone want to meet up early AM in Houston to cruise down to TWS?

im in the memorial park area....

I'm up for meeting in the morning and driving out. Has anyone started making a plan for this?

[Black Gold]

I'm down. Maybe meet at 6am at like the river oaks Starbucks?

[Ky Ex]

Originally Posted by KennyPowers

I'm down. Maybe meet at 6am at like the river oaks Starbucks?

Sure that works, the stand alone one with the drive through or the one behind the bank in the shopping center?

[Black Gold]

Originally Posted by Ky Ex

Sure that works, the stand alone one with the drive through or the one behind the bank in the shopping center?

Standalone

Pm me your number and I'll shoot you a text

[surlynkid]

Perfect weather. Who set a PB?

[Bluedragon]

No PB, but had a great time! My thanks to Phil and Richard and everybody else that worked to make the event a success!

[myBailey07]

I left home at 4am to drive through for a weather could not have been better track day and then halfway to College Station, in the middle of nowhere, car goes into limp mode. After restart it's fine and then three-five minutes later, limp mode again. Of course, that is also the day I forgot code reader at home :-( After happening about 10 times I had to abort mission and limp home...Bwhaaaah!!!

Anyway, turned out to be error on brake vacuum line sensor, but in stead of a wonderful track day, I ended up at home sulking all day.

Hope everyone else had a great day to make up for my sucky one...

[surlynkid]

Tim Strehl runs a 2:05 in his X5M when he decides to leave the P cars at home. There are a whole lot of folks that have never come close to a 2:05.

[Black Gold]

I'm pretty sure I ran some pb, but didn't run any data acquisition. I am, however, 100% sure I spun my car for the first time ever haha :facepalm:

I also had an awesome time out there and want to thank everyone for a fun, well organized and safe event!

And kudos to my buddy in the 1m, we had some great battles out there! Good times!

Hopefully some of the guys taking pics will post them up soon!

[///M Ryder]

Originally Posted by modkrazy

Awesome event guys, the weather was perfect, even if a tad chilly during the waits. The car loved it.
Phil, hope you get everything sorted with the car and that the wife didn't give you too much shit.

Car is good......I'll get the coils and plugs changed in the coming days. This is a common issue with these cars.

As for the event itself, as I always say......I work hard along with Richard and James so that you guys get to enjoy the event. The best part for me is not the actual driving, it's the comments I hear from the beginner/novice group after their time on the track. Track days have increased in popularity greatly in past 3 years or so. I'm just glad the Houston M Club can provide a way for the average driver to experience the sport and learn what high performance driving is all about. As a club, we'll continue to put on events as long as we have the participation and support to do so. Oh yeah, let me give a quick shout out to our instructors.......these guys do a fantastic job at every event. .................Phil

[VMcV3y]

Personal best: 2:08:41

That's not bad for a 99.999% stock, +400 pound extra-weight convertible.

Everything felt dialed-in on the car -- tires, right air pressures, MDM, etc. It was just great.

And the weather -- wow. Maxed out at 128 mph on the straight, and with the top-down and all that wind going to the sides -- frakkin "yeah!"

I've got pretty good video both front and rear views of many people in the Intermediate group -- will spend time in the next couple of weeks and do a composite video. If you were in that group, check back here around the first week of February for a YouTube or DropBox posting.

Thanks again to Phil and Richard and James, and the instructors.

- V

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[craina]

It was a great day on track, ideal weather IMO. Phil and Richard thanks for organizing and lets get another day scheduled soon.

KennyPowers - it was great running with you out there, those s55's left me in the dust on the straights!

[2001M]

2:05 in an SUV? WHOA!
I set a PB of 2:04.4! looking forward to seeing VMcV3y video as I was behind him for a bit.. Great weather and LOTS of track time! I spent most of my day chasing down Vinnie and Uchenna !
thanks Phil & Richard !

Looking forward to the next one!

[VMcV3y]

It took me forever to get this done... I've got an old MacMini 2009 and it just can't keep up with the super-high resolution of the new GoPro. So...anyhow, here's a first video. There's three scene selections where there's good views of cars tailing me.

(there are no videos shooting forward because nobody was ever in front of me..... LOl. right.)

- V

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