Here are some touring lap and Race photos, I still need to sort through the photos of the students.

 

Thanks for the pictures Drew. I have a problem though. All I'm seeing are the dreaded red X's.

 

thanks for the heads up I just got em too. I'm looking into it right now as soon as everything is up and running I have a few more that are ready to post.

 

 

My hosting site seems to be running slow tonight, just try again in a few minutes if it doesn't work right away.

 

Everything seems to be working now.

 

No photos seem to appear under your posts.
Did you get any pics of my car, #53 race winner?
Regards,
Steve Diniz

 

Unfortunately the site I use came back long enough to post a few more before it went. I got several shots of everyine who raced and I will be posting them as soo as I get the pictures to show up. THe top of all this blank space is you taking the checkered flag.

 

Thanks for the photos, they look great!
Steve Diniz

 

YOOO!? What's the story on that airbag-deployed Phil Wicks MINI?

 

Yup that's the Phil Wick's MINI all wrecked up!!! Apparently his 17 year old grandson was driving it all wrecklessly around the track, passing people on the left and doing all the things students in the classes were asked NOT to do and driving like an a$$ when he slammed into a wall. This incident $cost$ (time is money) the students their last lap of the day <----- NOT COOL!!!!


BTW that's me crossing through the last picture infront of the cars lined up just before the start/finish line.

 

Hey,thanks for posting the picture of the big Barney looking guy in that silly little car. I had a great time. I have almost committed to the MINI/Mini meet east Phil wicks class on June 29th. A day at the track and 2-3 days of all sorts of mini/MINIs. Can that be beat? I don't think so.
thanks, Phil

 

Thanks for all the compliments I'll try and have a few more up this evening, today is kinda busy for me. The Phil Wicks car story is pretty accurate, just wanted to add what was also explained to me, apperently just before going out on the track he was doing burnouts in a near by parking lot, then proceeded straight to the track, then he was driving in what I'd consider a less than safe manner considering the cars around him and then you can tell by the skid marks ge lifted mid corner and the car went around. Worst part is that a little more grip/actions by the driver and he could have at least avoided the wall. But thankfully everybody was ok, and it happened toward the end of the session so we probably only missed 2-3 laps of our session.

 

Here some (ok alot) more photos; I open to comments and critiques.

 

Thanks for the last photo of Phil Wicks and me. Phil now has a Sunshine MINIs grille badge.

 

In regards to his grandson's erratic behavior on the track, Phil Wick's himself has issued an apology on the Vendor Announcements section of this website. well done

 

I have to say I can agree with everything you say except one. I seriously doubt given the information you've provided he could have saved himself after sending the car out of control in that area of the track (Bishops Bend). Once offline in that area there is nothing to get a grip on. The outer portion of the track has dirt and gravel already on it and all that is left after that is more dirt and grass. Once he lost it, the wall was a forgone conclusion. He learned several important lessons that day, most already mentioned.
The MINI drivers do have one very big thing to be thanked for though. This was one of the safest events I've seen in a long time. That was due to the participants first and foremost. You should all be congratulated!

 

That was safe? There were several instances where I really thought MINIs were going to bump, myself included. Several times I was within a car-length of the MINI ahead of me (with my instructor still giving me tips to go even faster). We easily could have had an incident. It was a rush, though.

 

I, too, think this group of MINI owners did a great job in making the day safe. Each driver I worked with was obviously interested in listening and learning, the two most important skills to bring to the track for DE.

 

Now all he needs is a car to put it on

 

Great pics! I especially like the ones of that uber-hot Dark Silver webb car.... Wish I had one ;-)!

-Brian

 

Are you guys making the trip out to SC? Might be fun to have some competition in your class... I dunno the roll cage is whats holding me back right now, but maybe.


Minibeast- I wasn't in the car so don't know what he could or could not have done, but know all he needed was a few feet ethier way to avoid the wall, which is more what I was trying to get across, I'm sure he did what he thought was best after he "crossed the line" so to speak.

 

We sure are! I could use some more company in my class, so bring it on.

-Brian

 

Those are some really nice shots, motor on!

Where's Phil's announcement? I wasn't able to find it on the vendor forums.

 

For some reason it seems to have been removed