Synthetic Designs hosted an event at Texas MotorSport Ranch outside of Fort Worth, TX yesterday for the import sports car community. Oh my God!!! A near-new yellow S and my lovely silver/red represented the North Texas S community. Both stock.

The event was mostly made up of young (OK I'm 40 so everyone is young) Gen-Xers driving highly modified imports. Everyone was slapping a turbo (or 2) on all manner of otherwise normal econo-box. They no longer resembled the cars they began life as.

Anyway, after trying to show the boys how a real sports car handles, I managed to spin my car TWICE in the tight confines of TMSR (1.7 miles, 11 turns). It just galled me to get passed by a Ford Focus; I couldn't allow it.... but then I did.

"No Fear" was their battle cry. Hell, their cars cost under $10K new and were held together with scraps of wire and duct-tape. (Actually I was impressed by the work they had put into their wheels. I just can't admit it.) There was no worry about going off-roading or spinning (ah, to be young and stupid again). One guy in a very, very fast Integra Type R w/ turbo tried to establish a parallel road to the back straight at 100 mph. He got more dirt in his car than I did. Smiling the whole time.

Anyway, very fun. Didn't learn a thing (maybe regressed in my driving skills). Sometimes driving school is just meant to be for the love of driving fast.

Regards,

Al

 

LOL! Sounds like you had a good time

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by AATees
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Anyway, after trying to show the boys how a real sports car handles, I managed to spin my car TWICE in the tight confines of TMSR (1.7 miles, 11 turns).

 

Sounds like you had a great time.

I'm sure you learned a few things. At least you learned the limits of the car and have felt it spin.