I'd be interested if anything gets started. If we could go to VIR, that would be great.

 

Never mind. I just checked their website and signed up for the next available date for novice FATT. Let me know if you want to do a Mid-a day. I'll sign up for that too, if it's not the same date that they give me for the first one.

 

In Summit Point, West Virginia about ten miles south of Charles Town (not Charleston) in Northern WV. It is about two hours west of Washington, DC.

It is a two mile road course with ten turns and is considered by many to be a "Drivers" track. It is very technical. I used to road race motorcycles there with WERRA.

There are several corners that play mind games with your head. Decreasing radius corners that like to "suck" one into committing early such as turn three.

Some great places to pass, like the short shoot betweens turns X and X (Hey, you don't expect me to give my secrets away do you? )

The dual apex "Carosel" is very technical as if you blow this, you are screwed for the left hander and uphill right hander that follow.

 

Summit main is nice, but VIR is technical.

I have only ridden on the south course; it features a wicked decreasing radius turn off the straight (I would hit 150+ on my R6) called "the bitch"

And a roller coaster sequence of blind turns that you had to turn in about 10 feet before the top of the hill to make the blind down hill left hander.

Summit seems sedate compared to that one.

Matt, you mean 3 and 4 right ? I also like to pass on the brakes just before turn 5, as a lot of people are wimpy in turn 4.

George




[QUOTE]Originally posted by matt_inva

 

So any news on going to the track???


J

 

Anyone with experience could hellp the community out?! Especially if this won't be your first time, if would be helpful for a beginner like myself.

 

Since all of the groups mentioned above only offer instruction, you're going to find that the best advice you will get is from your instructor. Believe me when I say that information overload rules the day when track your car for the first time. Anything we tell you here leading up to that day is just going to get lost anyhow.

--
Gregg Ginsberg
BSR FATT Instructor

 

I registered for the first available FATT novice class at Summit and got assigned Aug 06. As was mentioned in the previous post by the FATT instructor, the intensity of the instruction may not be compatible with a S2K community social outing. But maybe we could plan for a future "Track Time" outing once we're all qualified to really ourselves.
Jack
"Novice Wannabe "

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gfacter