That meet was awesome! Kevin, I can't beleive how much grip those S-03's have, even when worn to hell! :lol: I'm definately going to have to start going to track events myself... and I'm rethinking my plans of a small turbo for autoX... I'll probably want something a little bigger for track speed. :twisted:

Since I was out at Scott's I just hit 50 East to Placerville, then 49 to Auburn (:twisted:), then 80 to Reno. I love 49... even if it was foggy and I had to chase some tard in a little custom pickup that thought he was faster than me. :lol:

Pictures are uploading as I type... they'll be up in the gallery in a few minutes.

Ah, 49. Yeah, I love that road. It actually goes right by my parents place.

Hehehehe... you just hit the go-fast crack pipe for real, didn't you. You're really never gonna have any money now... :lol:

Heh, they are a lot more worn now than when I started... I just got those in November, or maybe Late October. But, I knew I was being really hard on them, I just didn't care. :P If I don't get some R compounds, I'll definitely need new ones after Buttonwillow, maybe even before.

so was it drift, or track, that you guys did?

I think the S-Squared guys hit the grip track only... unless some of them were out drifting before I got there.... that might explain Kevin's tires! :lol:

BTW: pictures are up in the gallery here: http://www.seccs.org/gallery/index.p...%20Thunderhill

Wow! great pictures, good to see everyone there... Looks like a good time. You guys were rockin the Seccs hoodies too! nice.

Kevin, your car looks good with the stripes.

Yeah, no drift for me (no matter how hard I tried on the track!) although I wanted to try. I ended up running grip only because I found out I couldn't switch during the middle of the day like I had planned. Here are some of my thoughts from the day:

My limits as a driver are getting close to the limits of my car. Finally.

I'm a lot faster than the people who were in my group. There is no excuse for a stock motor RS passing Evos and 350Zs.

Making the tires sing for 2/3 of a lap is fun, but expensive. My right front is down to 4/32. Time to remount them backwards!

I now know what "neutral handling car" means.

I hate Minis.

I look like a dork when I know a camera is on me.

I still look like a dork when I don't know it's on me.

That white RS belonged to an instructor, and was almost stock, no turbo.

I hate Minis.

I'm ready for a turbo.

I hate Minis.

Glad you guys enjoyed it , I had fun till i ran into my "issue" oh well, I guess if you are gonna be fast you are gonna break stuff lol.

Sperry, good pics mate, you mind if I steal some for our gallery?
next time out I will give ya a ride in the fire breathing awesome mobile lol


-Nate
S-Squared

Ah man, my eyes were watering sooo bad on that picture you took of me walking. I'm supprised it didn't look like I was crying or something :lol:

pics rock!

Thanks for coming down, scott :)

Bump for one of my favorite posts on any board ever. :P

But I don't remember, Why do you hate Mini's?

Because some jerk with a Cooper S wouldn't let me by. Rode his bumper for 7 laps before he went into the pits. We were only running the east loop, turns 1-7. I was faster on 1-6, but his car was a bit faster on the straight and I couldn't pass him out of 7. He refused to let me by, even though I would have lost him after 3 turns.

I guess there are two things you could have done about it - go off to the hot pits for about 30 seconds till he's at turn 3, then get back on; or, go talk to him or his instructor (assuming he had one) after the session and remind him about his rearview mirror.
Assuming you paid money for this track day, its not worth staying annoyed and not learning while you're on his tail. 'Course with that short track, you might've caught him again in a few laps, who knows?

Exactly- I would have caught him too soon. Lap times for me were in the high 1:20s. And I did get a little learning from it- I can follow real close at speed and compensate for changes in following distance. Also, my instructor went and bent his ear after the session, so I didn't want to start issues by talking to him myself.