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Kamron,
None of us wants to hear about your 'stamina' issues. Don't they make blue pills for that
You might like the short sessions, but for me on Hoosiers I take 1-2 laps t heat the tires and the suddenly the session is over
Also, plan for last minute changes. For example, Advanced II only has 2 people in it. They may either combine it with Advanced I, or as last year tell Advanced drivers go out in either 1 in order to balance out the traffic (and/or make it an Instructor session).
But yeah, that is best case scenario and with short runs. One delay for a tow & track cleanup and somebody is missing some time.
Oh - Don't forget to put your tow hook in WITH the extension. Front or rear doesn't matter, though it's nice to pop-off both covers in advance). I have... heard of cases where somebody ( I won't name names to protect myself) got stuck in the gravel with no good access to a place for a tow strap accessible. That meant time for the safety truck to go back to the pits for the tow hook.
None of us wants to hear about your 'stamina' issues. Don't they make blue pills for that
You might like the short sessions, but for me on Hoosiers I take 1-2 laps t heat the tires and the suddenly the session is over
Also, plan for last minute changes. For example, Advanced II only has 2 people in it. They may either combine it with Advanced I, or as last year tell Advanced drivers go out in either 1 in order to balance out the traffic (and/or make it an Instructor session).
But yeah, that is best case scenario and with short runs. One delay for a tow & track cleanup and somebody is missing some time.
Oh - Don't forget to put your tow hook in WITH the extension. Front or rear doesn't matter, though it's nice to pop-off both covers in advance). I have... heard of cases where somebody ( I won't name names to protect myself) got stuck in the gravel with no good access to a place for a tow strap accessible. That meant time for the safety truck to go back to the pits for the tow hook.
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Originally Posted by Clark,Jul 23 2009, 07:40 AM
You might like the short sessions, but for me on Hoosiers I take 1-2 laps t heat the tires and the suddenly the session is over
Also, plan for last minute changes. For example, Advanced II only has 2 people in it. They may either combine it with Advanced I, or as last year tell Advanced drivers go out in either 1 in order to balance out the traffic (and/or make it an Instructor session).
But yeah, that is best case scenario and with short runs. One delay for a tow & track cleanup and somebody is missing some time.
Oh - Don't forget to put your tow hook in WITH the extension. Front or rear doesn't matter, though it's nice to pop-off both covers in advance). I have... heard of cases where somebody ( I won't name names to protect myself) got stuck in the gravel with no good access to a place for a tow strap accessible. That meant time for the safety truck to go back to the pits for the tow hook.
Also, plan for last minute changes. For example, Advanced II only has 2 people in it. They may either combine it with Advanced I, or as last year tell Advanced drivers go out in either 1 in order to balance out the traffic (and/or make it an Instructor session).
But yeah, that is best case scenario and with short runs. One delay for a tow & track cleanup and somebody is missing some time.
Oh - Don't forget to put your tow hook in WITH the extension. Front or rear doesn't matter, though it's nice to pop-off both covers in advance). I have... heard of cases where somebody ( I won't name names to protect myself) got stuck in the gravel with no good access to a place for a tow strap accessible. That meant time for the safety truck to go back to the pits for the tow hook.
So far, I've always been able to catch my mistakes, accidental "drifts" etc., and maintain my wheels on the pavement.
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Originally Posted by Clark,Jul 22 2009, 08:23 PM
wow, relatively new owner, no track days or what? By 60k miles I cracked at least 4 rotors (happens on the S if you use aggressive pads.... and go to Road America and Blackhawk a lot
autox'ed on and off for the last 3. only one pad change (oem) in that time.
i wouldn't say i'm easy on my brakes. i am extreemly rough on my car.
are camp fires allowed? or is this the "camping" on par with the one episode of Top Gear where they go RVing?
is it wrong hat i'm more excited about the camping portion of the weekend then the actual track time?
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I don't know that I'd jack around too much with 3.
I am (personally) not a big fan of left-foot braking. I have found that after YEARS of driving cars with a clutch pedal, my left foot is GREAT at modulating the pedal while releasing it, but for SHIT when depressing the pedal. I tend to MASH the pedal with my left foot. I'd reccomend AGAINST doing that if the pedal underfoot becomes the brake pedal.
I am (personally) not a big fan of left-foot braking. I have found that after YEARS of driving cars with a clutch pedal, my left foot is GREAT at modulating the pedal while releasing it, but for SHIT when depressing the pedal. I tend to MASH the pedal with my left foot. I'd reccomend AGAINST doing that if the pedal underfoot becomes the brake pedal.