GWiz and I are doing THIS in Vegas!!!

[Datawiz]

Despite the Maserati GT that I have for 3 days, and the C7 for the balance of the trip, we are doing THIS!!! (https://exoticsracing.com/)

We're going to each get 5 laps per car in 3 different cars.

This is what we have reserved. For me:


Corvette C8 Z51
Lamborghini Aventador
Audi R8 V10 Plus


GWiz gets:


Lamborghini Huracan Performante
Mercedes AMG GT R
McLaren 570S


Mom is getting a ride-along in:


Ferrari 488
Porsche GT3



I don't even have to buy those 2 go pros for 800 bucks. Only $140 for all 3 drivers, all cars, 2 camera angles per car. :hurray:

If I can spend $1800 on a bottle of Scotch, I can damn well spend some quality track time with my 22 year old daughter who has epic driving skills. :hurray:

[99 pewtercoupe]

Sounds like tons of fun
Enjoy

[mrvette]

Sounds like tons of fun
Enjoy

THAT and stay safe, de BOAT of you.......:dance::seasix:

[Dan Dlabay]

Sounds like a good time and well spent.:cert:

[Datawiz]

Just for a frame of reference:

36 Laps in my Z06 cost me $2,000 in Hoosiers

We will be getting a total of 34 laps between the 3 of us, and dual camera angle videos with the data overlays for $2,129.

AND, we're booked on the 18th which is my mom's actual birthday!!!

[Steve_R]

<<<<< Jealous

















If you crash and die can I have the $1,800 bottle of Scotch? :leaving:

[Datawiz]

<<<<< Jealous

















If you crash and die can I have the $1,800 bottle of Scotch? :leaving:

You may have to fight/share with Simpleman68. :datawiz:

[69camfrk]

Not a fan of Scotch, but car fun has all of it beat anyway. Be safe and have a great time!:seasix:

[DAB]

pfft, i drove my truck out to the mailbox and back just a bit ago. whee!!!!!

$2k? that's a really nice pistol. :DAB:

[Datawiz]

pfft, i drove my truck out to the mailbox and back just a bit ago. whee!!!!!

$2k? that's a really nice pistol. :DAB:

My first gun is on the near-term radar. And in true Craig fashion, I'm sure I go overboard with lots of guns very quickly. I am an OCD zealot. When I latch onto something, it's all or nothing.....hence why I haven't started flying airplanes. :leaving:

[DAB]

My first gun is on the near-term radar. And in true Craig fashion, I'm sure I go overboard with lots of guns very quickly. I am an OCD zealot. When I latch onto something, it's all or nothing.....hence why I haven't started flying airplanes. :leaving:

gun prices are up a bit lately, if you can find them, but worse is the cost of ammo. it's running about 3x what it was about a year ago, with no sign of coming back to "normal". reloading you say? cool, same problem, finding and affording components.

i have 3 pistols i'm selling at the local gun shop. i'll have to call them tomorrow and see if any have sold.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

If I can spend $1800 on a bottle of Scotch

I got shitfaced, more than once, on $5.00 bottle of Boone's Farm.

:rofl::rofl:

[Datawiz]

I got shitfaced, more than once, on $5.00 bottle of Boone's Farm.

:rofl::rofl:

I have not, nor ever will, get shitfaced on a 25 year old bottle of Macallan. I can do that easily enough with Heineken are some much cheaper whisky. Macallan is for very special occasions. :datawiz:

[Steve_R]

You may have to fight/share with Simpleman68. :datawiz:

I can share. :cert:

[Datawiz]

I can share. :cert:

Assuming I don't die, Scott and I would love to have you join us in Florida after the first of the year. He's renting a house on the water again, as he always does. I just don't know his dates. If the 3 of us made a date out of it, I'd have zero problem finishing the bottle.

Then just got to figure out where/how to get the next one.

[Steve_R]

Assuming I don't die, Scott and I would love to have you join us in Florida after the first of the year. He's renting a house on the water again, as he always does. I just don't know his dates. If the 3 of us made a date out of it, I'd have zero problem finishing the bottle.

Then just got to figure out where/how to get the next one.

I’m already in FL. And I love Scotch and fast cars. And I have my competition license, along with firesuit, helmet, etc.

I have some 25 YO Highland Park I could bring - unless it’s gone. :shots:

I saw a bottle of 40 YO Highland Park in the Duty Free store in the Toronto airport last year. I texted a photo to my wife and said I needed it. She replied “So buy it.” At almost $5k CAD I didn’t bring it home.

[Datawiz]

I’m already in FL. And I love Scotch and fast cars. And I have my competition license, along with firesuit, helmet, etc.

I have some 25 YO Highland Park I could bring - unless it’s gone. :shots:

Holy shit! Where in Florida? We got to make this happen. The 3 of us can sit on the water's edge at Scott's place, finish the 25 Mac, and if we time it right, do some autocrossing at my venue in some fast cars!!! :lilred:

[snide]

Would love to do that!


My first gun is on the near-term radar. And in true Craig fashion, I'm sure I go overboard with lots of guns very quickly. I am an OCD zealot. When I latch onto something, it's all or nothing.....hence why I haven't started flying airplanes. :leaving:

A few years ago, my accountant suggested that with all the flying I was doing, that I should get my pilot's license and invest in an airplane club.

[99 pewtercoupe]

I have not, nor ever will, get shitfaced on a 25 year old bottle of Macallan. I can do that easily enough with Heineken are some much cheaper whisky. Macallan is for very special occasions. :datawiz:

I really like Macallan but have never had any that went for that kind of money. I did find a local restaurant that if you are seated by 6:00 their bar prices are half off. I ordered a Macallan (menu did not say what age) but it was $7.00. As soon as the waitress brought it, I ordered another. She laughed and said she would wait until 5:58 to place the order at the bar. :lol:

[Datawiz]

I really like Macallan but have never had any that went for that kind of money. I did find a local restaurant that if you are seated by 6:00 their bar prices are half off. I ordered a Macallan (menu did not say what age) but it was $7.00. As soon as the waitress brought it, I ordered another. She laughed and said she would wait until 5:58 to place the order at the bar. :lol:

The 21 year Mac I bought was 650. The 25 year was 1800. What a difference 4 years make. They have 8, 12, 15, 18, ... I think. It's exponential in price as you go up in years.

[bigblock427]

Sounds like a great time.:seasix: Enjoy.:cert:

[Steve_R]

Holy shit! Where in Florida? We got to make this happen. The 3 of us can sit on the water's edge at Scott's place, finish the 25 Mac, and if we time it right, do some autocrossing at my venue in some fast cars!!! :lilred:

Amelia Island. Same as Paul (99 pewtercoupe). :seasix:

[Datawiz]

Amelia Island. Same as Paul (99 pewtercoupe). :seasix:

Awww shit we need to make this a 4-some, or even a VB cruise in. Stand by. We need simpleman68 to chime in with his Florida dates. Hell...I might even have my C8 by then. :willy:

Epic track day.

[99 pewtercoupe]

Amelia Island. Same as Paul (99 pewtercoupe). :seasix:

We could car pool down there. Only question would be which car?
Both are C7s...White Vert or Yellow Z51 coupe
We could bring a nice bottle too

[Steve_R]

Awww shit we need to make this a 4-some, or even a VB cruise in. Stand by. We need simpleman68 to chime in with his Florida dates. Hell...I might even have my C8 by then. :willy:

Epic track day.

:banana1:


Have you done any open road races out west, like SSC or BBORR? Those are way different from track days, but incredibly fun and challenging. I’ve won the BBORR twice in the 150 mph class with an actual time within 0.5 seconds of my target time.

[Datawiz]

We could car pool down there. Only question would be which car?
Both are C7s...White Vert or Yellow Z51 coupe
We could bring a nice bottle too

I could potentially have 4 cars to sample:

2008 Z06 (685 hp)
2009 Z06 (505 hp)
2021 C8 Z51 (495 hp)
2015 BRZ (lol hp). But the handling will BLOW you away.

We could time this with one of my regular track events and make it a sub event for our own enjoyment. :dance:

[Datawiz]

:banana1:


Have you done any open road races out west, like SSC or BBORR? Those are way different from track days, but incredibly fun and challenging. I’ve won the BBORR twice in the 150 mph class with an actual time within 0.5 seconds of my target time.

I have not, but I've been asked to be a navigator. I'd LOVE to do that. Shit, I did those speeds coming from Spring Mountain back to North Las Vegas along the north route. :leaving:

[Steve_R]

We could car pool down there. Only question would be which car?
Both are C7s...White Vert or Yellow Z51 coupe
We could bring a nice bottle too

I could potentially have 4 cars to sample:

2008 Z06 (685 hp)
2009 Z06 (505 hp)
2021 C8 Z51 (495 hp)
2015 BRZ (lol hp). But the handling will BLOW you away.

We could time this with one of my regular track events and make it a sub event for our own enjoyment. :dance:


I’m in. :seasix:

[Steve_R]

I have not, but I've been asked to be a navigator. I'd LOVE to do that. Shit, I did those speeds coming from Spring Mountain back to North Las Vegas along the north route. :leaving:


BBORR is way better than SSC. 130 miles on a closed 2 lane highway at 165 mph most of the way is way different driving. A good navigator is a must have. That’s how I got involved in it initially.

[Datawiz]

BBORR is way better than SSC. 130 miles on a closed 2 lane highway at 165 mph most of the way is way different driving. A good navigator is a must have. That’s how I got involved in it initially.

At those speeds, you better to be able to see 1 mile ahead or more. The longer I've raced, the further away I can see down the road. Long distance field of vision becomes second nature after awhile of driving at speed.

[Steve_R]

At those speeds, you better to be able to see 1 mile ahead or more. The longer I've raced, the further away I can see down the road. Long distance field of vision becomes second nature after awhile of driving at speed.

Yup. Things come fast at those speeds.

The 3-4 cars that run the unlimited class at BBORR every year are insane. If they don’t break down they average over 180 for the entire race. :wow:

[Datawiz]

Fun fact...I've already paid for this outing in full...non refundable.

All I can do is change the date, not that that will be necessary. Mom is on board and looking forward to this. She just wanted to make sure it didn't interfere with the rest of the family coming over for dinner for her birthday.

[99 pewtercoupe]

Shortly after getting my C5, I decided I wanted to see what it would do. We lived pretty close to I-81 so one Sunday morning I got up very early and got on 81 southbound. Cruised down to the next exit checking out the median for state police. Turned around at the first exit and opened it up coming back north. Ran it up to about 145. Shit happens real quick at those kind of speeds on an open road. Luckily no deer or other four legged critters decided to try to cross the road.

[Datawiz]

Shortly after getting my C5, I decided I wanted to see what it would do. We lived pretty close to I-81 so one Sunday morning I got up very early and got on 81 southbound. Cruised down to the next exit checking out the median for state police. Turned around at the first exit and opened it up coming back north. Ran it up to about 145. Shit happens real quick at those kind of speeds on an open road. Luckily no deer or other four legged critters decided to try to cross the road.

My brother and I were in my 1992 C4 heading south on I-75 doing 159 mph at 3 am. We came up on cars in both lanes...I slammed on the brakes and brake dust was igniting out of the front wheels. I was 24 at the time and total douche bag to have done that.

Now a-days, I drive like Ms. Daisy on the street, and go like hell on the track. I can no longer replicate the intense experience of track time with on street time, thus anything that could possibly risk my license on the street is a waste of time. I'm less than 5 over everywhere I go.

[John Wiz]

I did the exotic racing in Vegas a few years ago... I did the Aventador and the Boxster S... It was a blast... but to be honest, I was really just getting the feel of the Aventador on the last lap... I really should have done a few more...

They had a guy doing hot laps in a C6 Vette that was a professional Drift guy (did some of the driving on Tokyo Drift). Daughter loved it, he drifted every corner (maybe that's why she married a guy who does drifting). The wife screamed around every corner.. LOL

[Steve_R]

Here’s my thread in C6 Gen over there from the 2013 BBORR, including some photos and a video from my helmet camera of the entire southbound leg.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c6-corvette-general-discussion/3264980-big-bend-open-road-race-2013-trip.html

[Rikki Z-06]

Amelia Island. Same as Paul (99 pewtercoupe). :seasix:

Awww shit we need to make this a 4-some, or even a VB cruise in. Stand by. We need simpleman68 to chime in with his Florida dates. Hell...I might even have my C8 by then. :willy:

Epic track day.

We could car pool down there. Only question would be which car?
Both are C7s...White Vert or Yellow Z51 coupe
We could bring a nice bottle too



:popcorns:

:bigears:

[04 commemorative]

Awesome :seasix:

[Datawiz]

Here’s my thread in C6 Gen over there from the 2013 BBORR, including some photos and a video from my helmet camera of the entire southbound leg.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c6-corvette-general-discussion/3264980-big-bend-open-road-race-2013-trip.html

Thanks for sharing! That vid was pretty cool. Funny to say, but you make 160 look boring. :lol:

[Steve_R]

Thanks for sharing! That vid was pretty cool. Funny to say, but you make 160 look boring. :lol:

As I'm sure you're aware 160 is never "boring." :lol:

Getting set up for the next curve the navigator tells me is coming never ends on that road.

[erickpl]

gun prices are up a bit lately, if you can find them, but worse is the cost of ammo. it's running about 3x what it was about a year ago, with no sign of coming back to "normal". reloading you say? cool, same problem, finding and affording components.

i have 3 pistols i'm selling at the local gun shop. i'll have to call them tomorrow and see if any have sold.

What ya sellin?

[99 pewtercoupe]

What ya sellin?

Wrong thread?

[DAB]

What ya sellin?

Sig P320 in 9mm (with 6 mags)
Sig P320 in 40SW
SW SD40VE in 40 SW

[simpleman68]

Awww shit we need to make this a 4-some, or even a VB cruise in. Stand by. We need simpleman68 to chime in with his Florida dates. Hell...I might even have my C8 by then. :willy:

Epic track day.

We'll be down 3rd week of Jan until first week of April.

I'm not a road course racer but I'll drag race with almost anyone. :dance:
Scott

[snide]

We'll be down 3rd week of Jan until first week of April.

I'm not a road course racer but I'll drag race with almost anyone. :dance:
Scott

I didn't know you were into wearing women's clothing. :shrug:

[Datawiz]

We'll be down 3rd week of Jan until first week of April.

I'm not a road course racer but I'll drag race with almost anyone. :dance:
Scott

We can easily caravan to Bradenton speedway. :yesnod:

I have no issue with it being a drag race. Unfortunately for GWiz, the BRZ a'int gonna win. :lol:

[JRD77VET]

I didn't know you were into wearing women's clothing. :shrug:

If he invites you to go drag racing in New Hope, be very afraid. :lol:

[C3C7NIC]

Despite the Maserati GT that I have for 3 days, and the C7 for the balance of the trip, we are doing THIS!!! (https://exoticsracing.com/)

We're going to each get 5 laps per car in 3 different cars.

This is what we have reserved. For me:


Corvette C8 Z51
Lamborghini Aventador
Audi R8 V10 Plus


GWiz gets:


Lamborghini Huracan Performante
Mercedes AMG GT R
McLaren 570S


Mom is getting a ride-along in:


Ferrari 488
Porsche GT3



I don't even have to buy those 2 go pros for 800 bucks. Only $140 for all 3 drivers, all cars, 2 camera angles per car. :hurray:

If I can spend $1800 on a bottle of Scotch, I can damn well spend some quality track time with my 22 year old daughter who has epic driving skills. :hurray:

Did that a few years ago in LV. What a BLAST!


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[Datawiz]

Did that a few years ago in LV. What a BLAST!


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What car are you driving? I can't see it. :leaving: Hot chick for sure. :seasix:

[Rodnok1]

What car are you driving? I can't see it. :leaving: Hot chick for sure. :seasix:Ferrari

[snide]

What car are you driving? I can't see it. :leaving: Hot chick for sure. :seasix:

Is that because you've covered your 18 monitors with spooge?

[Datawiz]

Is that because you've covered your 18 monitors with spooge?

Very glad she shared a pic. That's the first I've seen.

[simpleman68]

I didn't know you were into women's clothing. :shrug:

VERY much so; when my wife is taking hers off. :yesnod:
Scott

[snide]

VERY much so; when my wife is taking hers off. :yesnod:
Scott

Yes, I concur. I do like it when your wife takes her clothes off. :leaving: