Track forum general chit chat.

[roastbeef]

Well done. Hang those up on the wall.

[silvergray545]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

I was cracking up so hard!!!

It wasn't funny when it happened but it's hilarious after the fact. I bet that guy in the E36 was just sitting there expecting a car to come over the hill right into him! Lol

[M3 Number 86]

Few of us are going to buttonwillow with speed district on Friday jun 24th. I have two garages and one open spot $50.

YMB_M3 ?

[M3 Number 86]

Originally Posted by silvergray545

It wasn't funny when it happened but it's hilarious after the fact. I bet that guy in the E36 was just sitting there expecting a car to come over the hill right into him! Lol

It's something worth after it happened though. Don't know how many videos I have of oh shit footage involving other cars and watching it over and over and going hysterical over it.

[macdude357]

Anyone going to Buttonwillow this weekend with NASA?

[nholmes]

Originally Posted by macdude357

Anyone going to Buttonwillow this weekend with NASA?

I don't run with NASA anymore. They treat HPDE like second class citizens. Race groups get priority with everything, so fuck them.

I'll be at BWR on 6/26 with Xtreme Speed though.

[redpriest]

Originally Posted by nholmes

I don't run with NASA anymore. They treat HPDE like second class citizens. Race groups get priority with everything, so fuck them.

I'll be at BWR on 6/26 with Xtreme Speed though.

I'm doing Sonoma with NASA this weekend in HPDE-4 ... guess this is not a good omen. When I looked at the schedule, it was jam packed with races, with 4 sessions scattered across the day.

What bad experiences did you have? Did they cancel sessions if there were racing "incidents"?

[AriuSen]

Originally Posted by macdude357

Anyone going to Buttonwillow this weekend with NASA?

I am just to move up from hpde4 to time trial for next events.

[nholmes]

Originally Posted by redpriest

What bad experiences did you have? Did they cancel sessions if there were racing "incidents"?

Thankfully it was never that egregious. I just had a few things that sort of rubbed me the wrong way.

At Thunderhill NASA gave the shade to everyone but the HPDE guys.
Lots of condescending verbiage during the driver's meeting towards "enthusiast" drivers.
IIRC the bonus session was once used to absorb some time due to track incidents in the race group, but that's not too unreasonable.

[M3 Number 86]

Originally Posted by nholmes

Thankfully it was never that egregious. I just had a few things that sort of rubbed me the wrong way.

At Thunderhill NASA gave the shade to everyone but the HPDE guys.
Lots of condescending verbiage during the driver's meeting towards "enthusiast" drivers.
IIRC the bonus session was once used to absorb some time due to track incidents in the race group, but that's not too unreasonable.

the funny thing is not of the "racers" are actually fast. They just like getting something official.

[redpriest]

Originally Posted by AriuSen

I am just to move up from hpde4 to time trial for next events.

In the Sonoma days I'm doing this weekend, TT is mixed in the same session as HPDE-4.

[nholmes]

Here you go DiXiS 18.

[M3 Number 86]

Originally Posted by nholmes

Here you go DiXiS 18.

I think they still got in wrong though. Groups should still be by experience and the only exception should be experienced drivers in low horse power cars going down a group.

You don't want someone who is inexperienced in a 1000hp gtr that has lap times similar to someone who is experienced in say a gutted e46, and most likely has tunnel vision, and can't alter their line which is an accident waiting to happen.

Go post this there. Prob too late though. Lol.

[nholmes]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

I think they still got in wrong though. Groups should still be by experience and the only exception should be experienced drivers in low horse power cars going down a group.

You don't want someone who is inexperienced in a 1000hp gtr that has lap times similar to someone who is experienced in say a gutted e46, and most likely has tunnel vision, and can't alter their line which is an accident waiting to happen.

Go post this there. Prob too late though. Lol.

They want to stop this...

[YMB_M3]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

Few of us are going to buttonwillow with speed district on Friday jun 24th. I have two garages and one open spot $50.

YMB_M3 ?

I'm down for that spot in one of the garages if nobody's spoken for it yet

[roastbeef]

check these out...
http://www.gmgracing.com/store/2011/...sport-kit.html

looks like four oem replacement carbon rotors and pads for $12k. i wonder how these would do with the oem calipers?

[M3 Number 86]

Originally Posted by YMB_M3

I'm down for that spot in one of the garages if nobody's spoken for it yet

sold to you!

[M3 Number 86]

Originally Posted by nholmes

They want to stop this...

Yeah but it can't be the other way around. You don't want noobs z28 and gtr and gt3 slowing you down neither lol

[1MOREMOD]

It's pretty frustrating for sure. We have a guy wears a race suit and has a aero equipped miata that I could pass easily if I drove my x5d towing my track car. No shit, then he talks about the great improvements aero has made for him. He could corner on the rims faster if he knew wtf he was doing.

[redpriest]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

Yeah but it can't be the other way around. You don't want noobs z28 and gtr and gt3 slowing you down neither lol

They drive flat out

[redpriest]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

check these out...
http://www.gmgracing.com/store/2011/...sport-kit.html

looks like four oem replacement carbon rotors and pads for $12k. i wonder how these would do with the oem calipers?

Step up to the ULTIMATE drain on your wallet

[nholmes]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

Yeah but it can't be the other way around. You don't want noobs z28 and gtr and gt3 slowing you down neither lol

It's cool, they don't last the whole day.