The countdown to COTA!

[03BeastCharmer]

Originally Posted by T Bimmer

Bad ass day!!! COTA was amazing, a bit of confusion in the morning, but rapidly fixed in the afternoon which turned out to be a great day. The "Killeen" did not happen today!

Early on Saturday.
The hunted....

[bigjae1976]

I went 89 degrees in the rain on the exit of T1. I felt bad for my instructor...probably shat himself. These were NT01s with about 6 street miles on them. They actually did excellent in the rain!

[E92M356789]

Originally Posted by 03BeastCharmer

Early on Saturday.
The hunted....

Was that the first session? Cause if so, man I had huge difficulties with my instructor. I wasn't able to hear him at all and what sound it like go, was like No! LMAO!!!!!! Afterwards, I had a great instructor with a mic, and it was so much better. He let me do my thing and it went on so much better, of course with him making sure I was on line. I had a wonderful day.

[bigjae1976]

Getting no and go mixed up is never a good thing. The instructor may not have had a communication but you are also a deaf SOB

[E92M356789]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

Getting no and go mixed up is never a good thing. The instructor may not have had a communication but you are also a deaf SOB

True! But by no mean am I blaming the instructor, I just wasn't able to hear him at all. I do have difficulty hearing from my right ear .

[Black Gold]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

I went 89 degrees in the rain on the exit of T1. I felt bad for my instructor...probably shat himself. These were NT01s with about 6 street miles on them. They actually did excellent in the rain!

Nice save! Wow that was dicey haha

[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by T Bimmer

True! But by no mean am I blaming the instructor, I just wasn't able to hear him at all. I do have difficulty hearing from my right ear .

communicators make a big difference! While we do not REQUIRE them of all instructors, it's something that is HIGHLY recommended. it Also helps the instructor have a voice on Monday morning as well..

[M3 Adjuster]

Originally Posted by KennyPowers

Nice save! Wow that was dicey haha

+1 ... clearly too much throttle application after the apex, but a hella nice recovery..

[03BeastCharmer]

Originally Posted by T Bimmer

Was that the first session? Cause if so, man I had huge difficulties with my instructor. I wasn't able to hear him at all and what sound it like go, was like No! LMAO!!!!!! Afterwards, I had a great instructor with a mic, and it was so much better. He let me do my thing and it went on so much better, of course with him making sure I was on line. I had a wonderful day.

Yes, that was the 1st session of the day. With the track being so big, that was the only time I saw your car.

[gobuffs]

That vid had dollar signs written all over it. Lucky you saved it.

[E92M356789]

Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster

communicators make a big difference! While we do not REQUIRE them of all instructors, it's something that is HIGHLY recommended. it Also helps the instructor have a voice on Monday morning as well..

I agree, that they should be required especially with loud cars such as mines or at least the driver, I would buy one. I recorded that first session, and my video recorder was able to pick him up. When I was watching the video, It made perfect sense what he was telling me.

[bigjae1976]

Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster

+1 ... clearly too much throttle application after the apex, but a hella nice recovery..

I think it was more the curbing. I missed that curb every other time (Sun and back in Jan) in the rain. Not sure why...I went with the dry line. As soon as I turned in I knew it was going to be an adventure.

Here's my only clean lap from weekend...

[M3 Adjuster]

Z4M Owner Frank Yu captured us moving through the instructor group.. the first lap is a 2:50 in traffic and the second looks to be a 2:45 fairly clean but included going offline to clear two cars and a nice wiggle in the esses... . ( running from 2:53 to 5:38 per harry's lap timer ). I was on street tires.. 265/35/18 hankook RS-3s.. and he had R tires on. We ran nose to tail for an entire session.

[bigjae1976]

The advanced group maiden voyage...

[E92M356789]

[gobuffs]

Would people be interested in another run of event T shirts? $20/shirt shipped.

Also I need to run some more jackets the racers got. Is anybody interested in them? They are $125 shipped. If you didn't see them they are fairly heavy jackets (would be a colder weather jacket here in Texas). Features the event logo on the back.

[ranger22]

Any video of the fireball M3? Whats the story? I heard aftermarket s/c and something blowed up.

[jml]

Bone stock M3DCT, warranty just expired. About 60K miles on it. Lots of track time. Down shifting going into T12, Kaboom. Given the destruction to the engine block, I'd guess it's that same issue lots of others are having with SCs..

Small engine fire I think, and then a large fire at the rear bumper. All due to oil spray. I thought the wheels were gold when I drove by, but it was oil! Very lucky the fire didn't spread to the fuel tank.

M3 is now in a very distinguished club of fire prone sports cars

[bigjae1976]

When did that happen?

[03BeastCharmer]

Originally Posted by bigjae1976

When did that happen?

Sunday afternoon, late in the day. Saw it come back to the pits as I was preparing to head home.

[gobuffs]

would like to place order before I go on vacation, so I can ship them when I get back (so you can receive them by August 1). Need a few more people interested in both to place and order.

Jacket back

Jacket front

shirt

[///My5UV]

I dig that shirt. Didn't get a chance to get one on the weekend, so tell me how to order.
Need a PM with my info?