Spring Rally: Getting on the Track
Here I am, listening to track instructions that are extremely vague. "Don't do anything crazy. Have a good time." What
are these mixed messages? I have no idea what to expect on this track. There are a number of turns, kinks, elevation,
straight-aways, you name it it's here and they're basically saying "have at it."
I ask around and basically discover that most folks treat these brand new cars like a 4-year-old with a Hot Wheel. My main worry the first time out is getting a feel for the course and not going off into any gravel (you will be forever reminded by everyone if you do). So I take out the black STi and have a pretty slow, but thrilling run. They dont time it, but I can tell I didnt go nearly as fast as I could have, or as fast as everyone else was.
I take out the Mazda RX-8 and push it a little faster and think to myself Wow Dave this is fast. Thats until the
Ford GT40 comes flying around the other side of the turn I just completed, square into my rearview mirror. I have that
image etched in my memory very distinctly, even a day later.
Luckily, the driver of the GT must sense my lameness and slows down to let me finish. The rest of the pre-lunch drives
got me more comfortable on the track but they were also pretty draining. I took out a new Infiniti M35 with sport
package that did very well for an automatic. I also got to take the all-new Eclipse out. But more on that, and the
undisputed best ride of the event, later.
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David Thomas 11:00PM (12/18/2005)
Just so everyone knows, there's not a lot of track photos because I was driving very fast! kidding. Actually the paddock is a hard place to actually see the action since you're so far up hill. Plus I was really busy...driving!
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JG3 11:00PM (12/18/2005)
Yeah, yeah, rub it in! lol
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SoloTwo 11:00PM (12/18/2005)
This explains some of the cars I've been seeing around lately since I'm located about a half hour south in Saukville...
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Mike UF 11:00PM (12/18/2005)
Ok so serious comment here...I have noticed that you dont seem to have many reports coming from activites in the South East..specifically Florida...I would like to volunteer my time and effort to be your Florida reporter...so that I can also enjoy the journalistic (i think i made that word up)activities that you are partaking in...
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JM 11:00PM (12/18/2005)
This is the kind of stuff that makes me envy you Dave....:(
Anyways sound like a lot of fun, pushing our normal commuter cars to the limit like that. Be sure to take the mini out, not the quickest but a fun ride nevertheless. The elise looks like fun too.
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rob rudorf 11:00PM (12/18/2005)
i really wonder why the Avalon and the Lacrosse are there at the track. I don't believe the people that enjoy a cars like that would ever care how they performed on a race track. Even the 300 looks out of place there.
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skaedenfeld 11:00PM (12/18/2005)
My friend, that's a 300C SRT-8. It was born to romp around tracks.
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