What year is that off of?

 

That's an '03 car. August build month...so a late '03.

 

okay, thanks....


Mark

 

Wow, and you were still able to drive it...amazing. I am Impressed with the abuse these cars can take.

 

Eddie, your WGI video shows some very good skills for your experience level. You have some good lines in many turns and I really like your steering inputs - particularly the tightening up to the apex which works very well on WGI's fast sweeping turns. The resulting lateral weight transfer seems very smooth and progressive.

Hope you will be back on track someday.

 

Good thing I didn't know just how busted the rack was!

 

Thanks guys, for the input - both
Some turns felt good, others felt "rough". I suppose on the "good" turns I was doing ok. The ones that felt rough need work. Slinger pointed out my little steering corrections that I was making in a turn at LRP. He and I worked on a correction for that turn. I didn't realize the subtlies. Probably should go over old video before going out again and work on those fine point.

What's that saying about what you don't know can't hurt you? Just glad you made it home ok

 

Eddie, glad to see you are back working on your lines. Time to forget the off road incident and move onwards.

S-driver, I am amazed with the pictures you posted; that you made it all the way back to CT.

Veggi, gkp, et al. I will be missing driving with all of you guys next year. Starting the middle of next week, i Will be out till the end of the year on more travels but will get a list together of my track stuff before I leave.

 

Bon voyage, Slinger. Your track stuff will live on in other MINIs.

 

Sorry to hear you will not be around next year - maybe further down the road we will get to see you.

 

NASA NE has released a tentative schedule for next year already. Kind of like hearing Christmas music in the stores before Thanksgiving. Their Lime Rock dates are TBD, but the rest are pinned down. I'm looking at WGI in late September again and Lime Rock depending on the specific days they end up with in March, May and September.

 

Do not think ill run with NASA NE again. Not impressed with how they run their events. SCDA has enough events anyway..

 

I know what you mean, but they always seem to have WGI over my birthday. I will probably do most of my track days with SCDA and maybe try Group 52.

 

And that is a bad thing????

 

Just looked up Group 52. Sounds like the open group with Trackmasters. I think I need another day or 2 out on the track before I apply.

 

No, it's not a bad thing at all. I like to celebrate my birthday on the track without any extraneous party crap. It would be better if SCDA would get that weekend every year, but for some reason NASA seems to have dibs on it.

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.


Funny but this was usually a signal for me to start thinking about next year`s track days. This year I am thinking about the beach.

 

Nice......rub it in.

Happy Thanksgiving to you.

 

I can trade you some beach days for some track days.

 

Does that include air fare to HI??

 

Back at ya. Hmmmm, 40th anniversary coming up, wife loves HI...

 

All friends, vv, s-driver, gkp, eddie, mpgs, claymore, etc come on by. You can count on free lodging in hnl. Just tell me early.

I need to have some addiction and my new one is travel.

 

There is an airport in Syracuse NY. Rent a Z06, drive down to WGI, tape over the license plate and join us for a day. Travel and track all in the same trip.

Thanks Slinger

 

Just drove past Infineon raceway (old sears point) in my rental yesterday and was tempted to try to get in to see what is going on and to see if I can get a few laps in. But without any gear and with the wife in the rental, I decided to pass w/o editorial on my part.

Happy holidays you track junkies.

 

I bet if you had stopped, the guy at the gate would have known you, and you would have run into at least 5 track buddies in the paddock. Happy holidays to you too, and in case you didn't get the email, www.trackmasters.com has their 2012 schedule set already. See you at the Glen!