Thunderhill 11/17/06 report
Nov 18, 2006, 07:58 PM
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Thunderhill 11/17/06 report
Thunderhill on Friday was a odd day for me.
I ended up being on only about 3hrs of sleep on friday. The guys I shared a room with where recreating Miami Sound Machine with their nostrils as they slept.
It was a instructing day for me so I only got about 60 or so on track miles which of course was fine by me, espically with no sleep.
It was about 60-65F ambient temp out so it was pretty cool. The track was pretty cold all day long, which made for interesting driving. My car is way up on torque since I last drove thunderhill so more torque + cold track made for some "interesting" moments.
There was a big assortment of cars out. I should be posting the video of me chasing down a Ferrari F360 , getting on his *** in the straight and sticking to his *** for a whole lap before he finally let me pass, then chasing down a radical, me getting completely sideways in turn 3 two feet off his rear tail-lights before setting up a pass that was then knocked down from him passing a miata, but alas, I can't because I forgot to turn on my video cam. Doh! That was the most fun I have had in my car in 6 months.
It was also the first time I have ever had a miata match my acceleration all the way down the front straight. I guess a GT3071 turbo and a 2.0L stroker motor does wonders for those miatas.
So what I will be posting is a video of me driving in the afternoon on a even colder track with Jason as my passenger, getting the tailout in a couple corners , spinning all 4 tires on power in 2nd gear in turn 11 coming into the esses, passing a bunch of 1XXwhp cars, passing a baja bug (wtf??), and then almost losing it in turn 1 at over 90mph.
So now I present the bobble head video:
http://www.norcalmotorsports.org/use...erhill/111706/
I ended up being on only about 3hrs of sleep on friday. The guys I shared a room with where recreating Miami Sound Machine with their nostrils as they slept.
It was a instructing day for me so I only got about 60 or so on track miles which of course was fine by me, espically with no sleep.
It was about 60-65F ambient temp out so it was pretty cool. The track was pretty cold all day long, which made for interesting driving. My car is way up on torque since I last drove thunderhill so more torque + cold track made for some "interesting" moments.
There was a big assortment of cars out. I should be posting the video of me chasing down a Ferrari F360 , getting on his *** in the straight and sticking to his *** for a whole lap before he finally let me pass, then chasing down a radical, me getting completely sideways in turn 3 two feet off his rear tail-lights before setting up a pass that was then knocked down from him passing a miata, but alas, I can't because I forgot to turn on my video cam. Doh! That was the most fun I have had in my car in 6 months.
It was also the first time I have ever had a miata match my acceleration all the way down the front straight. I guess a GT3071 turbo and a 2.0L stroker motor does wonders for those miatas.
So what I will be posting is a video of me driving in the afternoon on a even colder track with Jason as my passenger, getting the tailout in a couple corners , spinning all 4 tires on power in 2nd gear in turn 11 coming into the esses, passing a bunch of 1XXwhp cars, passing a baja bug (wtf??), and then almost losing it in turn 1 at over 90mph.
So now I present the bobble head video:
http://www.norcalmotorsports.org/use...erhill/111706/
Last edited by razorlab; Nov 18, 2006 at 10:04 PM.
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Hey, I was there too! Black RSX-S in the front of C group (just because there was NO traffic!), I decided to say screw it an moved up to B group later in the day which was just as fun. Plus the drivers in group B could actually drive well, and thats always a plus! Oh here are some pics...enjoy
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
Good Lord, look at all that tape...
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Nov 20, 2006, 03:42 PM
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Good Lord, look at all that tape...
Gruppe-S - Weren't you pitted right next to me? At first when I saw these photos I thought you where the black RSX-S that flew off 9 and ripped it's back bumper off but then I remembered there where two black RSX-S's out that day.
My student drove the silver RSX-S.
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Originally Posted by razorlab
I've seen worse.
Gruppe-S - Weren't you pitted right next to me? At first when I saw these photos I thought you where the black RSX-S that flew off 9 and ripped it's back bumper off but then I remembered there where two black RSX-S's out that day.
My student drove the silver RSX-S.
Gruppe-S - Weren't you pitted right next to me? At first when I saw these photos I thought you where the black RSX-S that flew off 9 and ripped it's back bumper off but then I remembered there where two black RSX-S's out that day.
My student drove the silver RSX-S.
-Erik