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MightyBobo

My last track event was in the rain. I LOVED it. It has great benefits:

1) You arent pushing the car so hard, so your tires aren't going to be decimated
2) Its much easier to find "the limit" and stay there, so its great for learning car control and patience
3) You still feel like you're going balls-out just because its a bit slicker

Keep VDC on, and pace yourself properly. Its fun!



That video is nothing sadly - day 1 was absolutely pouring on one or two sessions. The other 2 were just raining a bit.

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Mt Tam I am

It looks like you had the same or similar competition. A Camaro holding up everybody, a Corvette that got squirrelly, a BMW that you slowly reeled in.

How did you like that banked turn? Looks like the Nurburgrings bank.

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MightyBobo

Fun as long as you entered it correctly. I know someone who overshot it on accident. I didnt have issues, though. Shenandoah was designed with many corners similar to other tracks...Laguna Seca, the 'Ring are just two I can think of off hand there.

Btw, assuming its the same video Im thinking of (cant watch it here), and its the grey 335i that pointed me, I was actually quite a bit faster than him haha. He was my friend's friend (so by proxy, my friend I suppose) and he had probably about 400 WHP in that thing after his tune. He said he'd never point me by on the track, so I told him I'd follow him and if I kept up/stayed on his ***, that'd answer his question. So I did haha. After he pointed, he was gone so fast I never saw him again...

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Mt Tam I am

Here my vids. I'm glad I bought the insurance.



My first HPDE day: Racing at Sears Point in the rain Part 1 - YouTube

My first HPDE day: 370Z Racing at Sears Point in the rain Pt 2 - YouTube

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gpolak

Is having the high beams on the trick to getting point bys from every one ahead of you?

MightyBobo

Ughhhhhh. So, my instructor said I shouldnt have been in Beginner (green group) in the first place, but Trackdaze put me there anyway (it was my 3rd full-weekend HPDE). I SHOULD have been put in Novice (Blue) at least. So, beginners tend to be...well, beginning, and they aren't always aware of people on their arse to point by. If the instructor is paying attention he'll tell him, but sometimes even they miss it. High beams (or headlights at least) are a great way to say, "hi, Im right on your arse". Faster cars will tend to do that often to get peoples attention...

*Edit* Psh, now that I see your avatar, you've done HPDE's, you know what its like lol.

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SPOHN

Where exactly did you mount your camera for this view? I have a two day track day this weekend and wanting to mount in many several pplace throughout.

I have a Gopro and was thinking of mounting one shot from the rear window (inside) then just flip the screen in the mode Gopro offers.

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Skeeterbop

I tried that position and all I ended up with was a severely over exposed exterior and a perfectly exposed interior.

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SPOHN

That's what I was affraid of for that postion. But there will be planty of guys there I know that can help set me up.

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