New Jersey Motorsports Thunderbolt Raceway

Well for one thing, When it does snow in NY they like to throw salt on the public roads and highways and that is not good for the paint and for the people that have aftermarket wheels. It messes up the paint and fades the color away.

Also some people have or are in the process of putting a lot of money in their cars and don't feel like driving it in the winter. And also some people value their cars more than other and never want anything to happen.

You can't blame them for storing the car during winter. I myself want to store my car for the winter because now i have way to much money put into my car and dont feel like crashing it this winter. but again that's just my point of view

youre so knowledgable kenny lol. I dont have another car so its my DD :-(
and id miss it if I stored it

haha I'm still learning. I don't have a Daily Driver (yet, I'm a couple hundred $ away). you should look into a cheap car so you can daily it and you can preserve your s and not make the interior look like a 20 year old car cause you drive in the rain with you top down (sorry but its the truth....my offer is still up for grabs haha)

This post has been edited by bluscoob19 on Nov 7 2009, 12:49 PM

hahaa IDK I like the S as my daily driver, and thats not the reason its filthy, its just messy cuz I leave shit in there and never clean it. You should chop your top off. Convertible suburu FTW
What offer?

Well then as long as that makes you happy then that's all you should care about. top down or not its still dirty haha. The offer of me actually cleaning you car and making it look like it was made in 06 instead of 86 haha

haahaha yeah that would be cool, when do you wanna do it?

and can u teach me how to change my oil? lol

yea well maybe next Sunday but we'll see. and maybe on the oil change haha

haha Im gunna go to jiffy lube before my parents yell at me lol.
Yeah just let me know, I know youre busy with "secret missions" that are not so secret

yup yup

Please tell me that's a typo. 6 laps in 30 minutes?

well im just estimating the time but it felt like half hour, it could have been more. Correct me if am wrong. But I def got 6 laps in for sure. It doesn't take me 5 min to do 1 lap. But you also have to remember this was my first time and factor in that the course was wet and the instructor had us go a moderate speed at some points.

This post has been edited by bluscoob19 on Nov 8 2009, 05:47 AM

Well, if you were running with PDA, you were probably running 20 minute sessions. Other groups like TrackDaze and SCDA do 30 minutes.

Whomever is going to try and get something together for next year, I highly recommend TrackDaze. I've run with TrackDaze, SCDA, and TrackTime4Cars... TrackDaze is my favorite of the three. 30 minute sessions, good prices, and intermediate and advanced level drivers can take a passenger after the lunch break (passenger just needs to sign a waiver). Compare that to TrackTime4Cars being most expensive, them being mostly a motorcycle group, and charging for a passenger after lunch, and SCDA having a no passenger policy (unless you're an instructor).

Did a GPW AP2 crash at this event? Is the driver ok?

Yea, where did I read that? Mid-A maybe?

freq with GridGirls log-in.

Thanks for the info.

This event posted was setup by some subaru guys we know. I dont know how often they go and so forth but again, we have a lot of planning to do to get this going. Your input and anyone elses is greatly appreciated.

TrackTime4Cars = Team ProMotion for motorcycles. Back in my motorcyle trackday days, they were about the profit, not about the sport. IMHO

Based on what they were saying at the event I was at, they're walking a tightrope right now as their insurance company was turning up the heat on them. It mostly had to do with a small group of riders that seemingly go out to track days to crash and cause red flags and ambulance rides. As they told us, there was a day at NJMP Thunderbolt this year (motorcycle group) that was red flagged 12 times

As a side note, it seemed to be that practically the whole staff was riding as well that day, which meant as I was trying to find somebody to talk to about a ride-along passenger, I wound up standing around with my thumb up my ass as there was nobody in the paddock running things. During the combo car/bike days, the car guys are seemingly non-priorities. Not a nice thing when you're paying a few hundred dollars to be there for the day.

I definitely want to get back to the track. I brought my S to lightning this year and it was a ball. I'm skeptical about bringing the WRX though, I feel like it'll be a let down after driving the S there. Soooo much body roll.

Make sure you have some brake ducting for the front. The wheel bearings tend do go quickly on tracked WRXs.

Thanks Clyde!

Yeah. Either way, I still had a blast. Do the math: only about 12 to 15 cars on a 2.25 mile track There were times I was double and triple-checking the flag stations, just to make sure the session hadn't ended and I was going around and around the track like an idiot. There were a few times were I was just going lap after lap not seeing a single car. Got to dice it up with a Challenger SRT-8 and tried hanging on to a new 911 Turbo.