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10-22-2012, 09:10 PM | #419 | |
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Sitting in my garage I have an AWE exhaust and downpipes, Alu Kreuz stabilizer bar, H&R springs and on the fence for a tune since Audi has been a little to proactive in finding ecu tunes! If you watch the whole footage I believe I pass 7-8 cars per morning sessions.
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10-26-2012, 06:51 PM | #420 |
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Yep. Saw the video. Quattro definitely has its advantages. I went on nice back road drive to New Hampshire with my buddy in an M3. It rained all weekend unfortunately. I brought along the Sti. he always had to be gentle with the car through the corners. But i was mashing the throttle everywhere. No sliding at all. I can definitely see the fun in AWD.
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10-30-2012, 01:46 PM | #421 | |
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11-01-2012, 10:08 PM | #422 |
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We arrived at VIR, unloaded the truck a prepared for the tech inspection. Beautiful facility. Ran into a wee snag that I hope I can clear up in the AM. The sky has finally cleared and we were treated with a lovely sunset.
The road side all the way down was littered with dead dear and mangled road signs. Some pretty big advertising signs got clobbered too.
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11-02-2012, 07:04 PM | #423 |
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Have fun the three amigos, musketeers or whatever you call youselves
zoom zoom!
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11-04-2012, 08:45 PM | #424 |
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VIR was a blast and NJ PCA was a very tame group. Antoine and Chris reeked havoc tearing up the field and terrorizing the cadre. I'm sure we'll be posting videos soon.
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11-04-2012, 09:18 PM | #425 |
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So, how did it work, since none of you drove that track before. Did you have instructors or was it follow the leader format?
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11-04-2012, 09:47 PM | #426 |
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We were in intermediate group... solo. Took 3-4 laps to learn the basics.
Then it was a cake walk. I gave 4 or 5 point byes throughout the whole 3 day event. 3 of them to Joel. We were much faster than our fellow white group participants. Not sure it would be the same in the advanced group. I guess I would be middle of the pack. This track is awesome. I love it. I will come back for sure. |
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11-05-2012, 05:02 AM | #428 | |
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First session out was to figure out bearings, traction areas, nasty spots, etc. Second session out, shake out the bugs and test out the traction spots at the edge. For me the track was pretty easy to learn. Great facility and the track is in great shape. Yup, I'll be back next year.
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11-05-2012, 08:49 PM | #429 |
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Looks like a fun track, with very high speeds at some places. How were the esses? Swaying left and right looks fun on video. Seems more fun than Calabogie for sure, since it doesn't break your rhythm.
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11-11-2012, 11:26 PM | #430 |
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I toyed around with my bad Unix video editor software and cut up a 35 minute session to 9 minutes or so. This is day two if I recall. Chris, Antoine and I did a three day stint with NJ Porsche Club at VIR. Lots of fun and many lovely Porsches. It was an awesome opportunity to drive this course and a perfect way to cap the end of the season. I even clocked in a decent lap or two when there wasn’t any traffic to drive through. Looking forward to next season. The video starts off with some drama and end with some.
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11-12-2012, 04:55 PM | #432 | |
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A must for avid track fans.
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11-12-2012, 08:14 PM | #433 |
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Tks for sharing Joel! You and your car seem to be flying and quite smooth....
Wheels off incidents will surely happen one time or another, otherwise you are not pushing it!
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11-14-2012, 04:30 AM | #436 |
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Yup. I'll need to pay a little more attention at that corner next time. Depending where you go off at that turn, there could be as much as a 9cm drop into the dirt and would be a bitch if you tried coming back up. I was out on the grass with two and elected to straighten out the wheel to ride it out instead of fighting to get back on the track where I was worried of a snap spin. I'm sure I could have saved it, but not worth the experiment.
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11-15-2012, 09:16 AM | #437 |
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Nice video jgalaxy. I like seeing my car side step in the fast uphill esses. Scary moment which was greatly felt in the seat on my pants. I was flustered after my wide outing at turn 2, and maybe wasn't settled in my mind at the moment.
We learn something ever so often. |
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11-15-2012, 09:20 AM | #439 |
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PhoenixCMR (Joe) has sent us an email about date changes for next year. The first event at The Glen will be a Monday/Tuesday in late June. The second event will be Sept 11 and 12th.
jgalaxy and I have responded that we wouldn't be going in September since those days are mid week (Wed and Thur), but we remain interested in the June event. |
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11-15-2012, 05:18 PM | #440 |
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I will venture to Mosport or WGI next year (or both), which club is the best to do this with? BMW CCA? PCA etc?
Here are my constraints: Not available for 1 month, say starting 2nd week of July though first week of August (tentatively). Next year the plan is: 1 event at Mosport (intermediate group) 1 event at WGI (intermediate group) 2-3 events at LCMT (Advanced - mainly 1 day events with BMW QC and/or Viper) 1 event at Calabogie (Advanced - but I may pass on this we"ll see)
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