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Old 10-23-2009, 10:51am   #1
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Nice, what track is this at?
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We will have to get together next year at VIR, I need to learn how to drive my toy like it was made to go.
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I went autocrossing once, with Tom, Jeff, and Lee...my time was beetin by a Smart Car buy almost 2 seconds.
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I'd like to do this !
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We will have to get together on a bigger auto-X course bigger than Langley Speedway. I think the smart car tops out at 50MPH, on the straight away it won't be able to keep up with us, I hope. :lol1:
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We will have to get together on a bigger auto-X course bigger than Langley Speedway. I think the smart car tops out at 50MPH, on the straight away it won't be able to keep up with us, I hope. :lol1:
I think my major problem compared to him was wheel base in some of the slaloms...where it seemed like we just fit in between the cones, he looked like he had 3 car lengths to play with...it also appeared by the class he was in, he had done it before, and I was trying to avoid killing cones.
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I think my major problem compared to him was wheel base in some of the slaloms...where it seemed like we just fit in between the cones, he looked like he had 3 car lengths to play with...it also appeared by the class he was in, he had done it before, and I was trying to avoid killing cones.
Sorry...but that's still pitiful, letting a Smart Car beat you.

On the other hand, I got passed by a C4 today.

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Joe I had no problem with the Smart Car Must be a C4 thing
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Some yellow car autox..................



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We will have to get together next year at VIR, I need to learn how to drive my toy like it was made to go.
Get out there and have fun... but be forwarned that it's extremely addicting. Also, your car will have cooling issues w/ that heat pump under the hood once you learnto really drive it on track. Also... braking issues once you pick up speed. But... it won't be an issue your first 4-5 events out dependign on how quickly you pick it up.
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But... it won't be an issue your first 4-5 events out dependign on how quickly you pick it up.
I am kinda slow, I should be good for 10-15 events then.
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I had a great time with the NCM full course for 2 days at VIR! 3.27 mile road course early in July 2007. The old 97’ does just fine on a road course with Hoosiers and my right foot. Was pointed by MANY times and passed a lot of C6ZO6s in the straights and hung with many in the corners……stock F45 suspension to boot…….160+MPH in the straights and 105+ in the climbing ssssssssss. 97’ did fine as I dogged the **** out of it for 2 days. All on pump gas. Got about 8 MPG and put over 180 track miles on it! Got the oil to 325 & trans to 274 in 90+ heat………….then drag raced it the next few weekend and took the R/U spot without a hitch running low 11s in 90+ degree heat. Man I love this car!!!!!!!!!






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In SC...............







I drove the Yellow one soo hard into the brake zone............I bubbled the OEM mag wheel paint

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Now that got some heat. When are you going to be given classes?
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I went autocrossing once, with Tom, Jeff, and Lee...my time was beetin by a Smart Car buy almost 2 seconds.
....and I had the slowest time out of all of us corvettes
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Sorry...but that's still pitiful, letting a Smart Car beat you.

On the other hand, I got passed by a C4 today.
I am not sure which is worse.

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Joe I had no problem with the Smart Car Must be a C4 thing
Says the person with Road Race experience...I am getting close, but as soon as I get a really good grasp of handling the car in a straight line and knowing exactly what the car is trying to tell me, then you and Steve will be starting on the road courses

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....and I had the slowest time out of all of us corvettes
but still had a blast, didn't ya?
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I was doing about 137 on the backstretch after the "oak tree" in August and got passed by a Mini-Cooper !!!
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