!!! TRACK DAYS & ROAD TRIPS 2013 - Toronto Area and Half Shell Memorial !!!

[bunnn]

Originally Posted by M3-Mike

I drove the track on Wednesday morning, a bit of rain but it was still fun. Porsche was letting us test the new Cayman S and we had it up to over 200km/h on the back straight.. and that was following their lead car too! They actually let us hammer on them pretty good, we were doing launch control starts, slalom and brake & avoid exercises too. The Cayman S is a very nice car, feels like a go-cart almost.. not slow at all, think we will see it kick some M3 butt on the track. My buddy has one on order, he should have it in May.. he'll be joining us on several track days this summer so it should be fun!

I was in the afternoon session of that launch. The weather was way worse than the morning though, heavy fog plus heavy rain.

[Gearhead999s]

They were being taken away on Thursday morning.

[sawzall]

I need one of these for the track season!

[MaxL]

The weather was awesome today at Mosport. The new pavement is indeed grippy. I'm matching my best times from last year but on PSS tires and without proper brakes or alignment (and baby seat still installed :-)). The exit out of 5 is faster now, so I have to shift to 6 almost every time before 8. The morning session was pouring rain though, and I ended up on the grass within 0.5 meres of the concrete wall out of 5C. Similarly to how Vico wrecked, just caught it barely in time. Will get a video from a car behind me.

In the dry though, it's a bit faster, indeed, and I feel more comfortable with less braking into 1 and 2 because of paved run offs (did not even come close to needing them yet - tells me I was too conservative before).

[mikal7]

Hey I haven't met any of you as I just got my BMW last year, 128i- I know it's not an m3 but I wanna try calabogie, any chance on getting in On This?? Let me know! Thanks!

[sawzall]

Calabogie was awesome this weekend! The new Prestige Porsche team was testing testing their two new cup cars (they're bloody fast), and saw a whole bunch of familiar faces. Got my times consistently into the 2:27s (and recorded on my smartycam) and can probably find a second or two more I've got to flush my brake fluid and get some SRF in there soon!

Originally Posted by mikal7

Hey I haven't met any of you as I just got my BMW last year, 128i- I know it's not an m3 but I wanna try calabogie, any chance on getting in On This?? Let me know! Thanks!

^ We'll probably do another round of days in the next month or so. We've had huge interest for more days, so stay tuned!

[MaxL]

The turn 5C is as dangerous as before

I was trying to stay away from standing water around 5b apex and exit of 5c, so took 5c much sharper than in the dry, and throttle application sent the car into an oversteer that I barely caught before the wall. Cannot quite see it on the video, but the rear started slipping out just before the middle of 5c inside curbing, and I did not correct enough right away. A bit embarrassing, but it was the first session of the season, with rain, cold, and track modifications (excuses, excuses...)

[montreal red]

Originally Posted by MaxL

The turn 5C is as dangerous as before

I was trying to stay away from standing water around 5b apex and exit of 5c, so took 5c much sharper than in the dry, and throttle application sent the car into an oversteer that I barely caught before the wall. Cannot quite see it on the video, but the rear started slipping out just before the middle of 5c inside curbing, and I did not correct enough right away. A bit embarrassing, but it was the first session of the season, with rain, cold, and track modifications (excuses, excuses...)

nice save there max... must have felt your butt cheeks clenching hard.

[Gearhead999s]

Originally Posted by MaxL

The turn 5C is as dangerous as before

I was trying to stay away from standing water around 5b apex and exit of 5c, so took 5c much sharper than in the dry, and throttle application sent the car into an oversteer that I barely caught before the wall. Cannot quite see it on the video, but the rear started slipping out just before the middle of 5c inside curbing, and I did not correct enough right away. A bit embarrassing, but it was the first session of the season, with rain, cold, and track modifications (excuses, excuses...)

Nice saveCorner 6 is a corner in the wet or when damp for sure.

[sawzall]

Originally Posted by montreal red

nice save there max... must have felt your butt cheeks clenching hard.

Man that looked seriously close. Nice save MaxL! Looks like all that watching Gearhead999s going sideways paid off

[MaxL]

Originally Posted by sawzall

Man that looked seriously close. Nice save MaxL! Looks like all that watching Gearhead999s going sideways paid off

Well, ideally I'd catch it before it gets that far. But stuff happens. It did not seem as close from behind the wheel - rear came much closer to the wall then the front. Interestingly, out of 4 close calls I had in 5 years of tracking, 3 were like this one, from too much throttle in the wet. I guess I need to spend more time on wet skidpad.

BTW, I got wrong pads delivered, so I was running street pads, and they were not good at all - the car was shaking side to side on entry to 8, and they were almost done by the end of the weekend. So now I'm driving with about 2mm of pad material, and hoping the new pads get here by May 25th (DDT).

[Gearhead999s]

A little short notice here but we are having a trackday this upcoming Sunday at the Mosport(Canadian Tire Motorsport Park)DDT.We will be running 3 groups with plenty of tracktime and skidpad exercises & full expert instruction for novices.

Helmets required

$295 + HST with an instructor

$195 + HST for lappers

You can reach me at 416 432 4617 if you have any questions

To reserve a spot the funds can be EMT'd to myself at vetteman@sympatico.ca

[STALKER]

Originally Posted by MaxL

Well, ideally I'd catch it before it gets that far. But stuff happens. It did not seem as close from behind the wheel - rear came much closer to the wall then the front. Interestingly, out of 4 close calls I had in 5 years of tracking, 3 were like this one, from too much throttle in the wet. I guess I need to spend more time on wet skidpad.

BTW, I got wrong pads delivered, so I was running street pads, and they were not good at all - the car was shaking side to side on entry to 8, and they were almost done by the end of the weekend. So now I'm driving with about 2mm of pad material, and hoping the new pads get here by May 25th (DDT).

I had the same thing happen on the Glen with the pads, what ever you do, don't get down to the back plates, the discs for our kits are huge $$$$$$.


See you guys on the 25th!!

[sawzall]

Originally Posted by STALKER

See you guys on the 25th!!

You gonna have a car by then?

[STALKER]

Originally Posted by sawzall

You gonna have a car by then?

Its suppose to ship out on the 10th, so most likely not. I'll tag a long with Amin.

[Jaypod]

Originally Posted by STALKER

Its suppose to ship out on the 10th, so most likely not. I'll tag a long with Amin.

And so the excuses begin........

See you on the 25th!

[Tonybest]

Originally Posted by MaxL

The turn 5C is as dangerous as before

I was trying to stay away from standing water around 5b apex and exit of 5c, so took 5c much sharper than in the dry, and throttle application sent the car into an oversteer that I barely caught before the wall. Cannot quite see it on the video, but the rear started slipping out just before the middle of 5c inside curbing, and I did not correct enough right away. A bit embarrassing, but it was the first session of the season, with rain, cold, and track modifications (excuses, excuses...)

close call my friend...

[STALKER]

Originally Posted by Jaypod

And so the excuses begin........

See you on the 25th!

Its Porsches fault, not mine.
This damn car better be worth the wait and the $$$.

[Tonybest]

Originally Posted by STALKER

Its Porsches fault, not mine.
This damn car better be worth the wait and the $$$.

it probably won't ...

[STALKER]

Originally Posted by Tonybest

it probably won't ...

Your probably right.

When is the next trip to CMP??

[sawzall]

Originally Posted by STALKER

Your probably right.

When is the next trip to CMP??

The next days will probably be June 22-23. I'm thinking I might do a day at CMP, then on Sunday drive down to the Glen for an epic track week.

Otherwise we're looking at the weekend of July 6-7.

[STALKER]

Originally Posted by sawzall

The next days will probably be June 22-23. I'm thinking I might do a day at CMP, then on Sunday drive down to the Glen for an epic track week.

Otherwise we're looking at the weekend of July 6-7.

I'll most likely join you guys in July then.