Words cannot describe how much fun I had this weekend. I went through about 75% of my brand new Hawk HPS pads (front), and my tires are nasty looking. I an instructor with me for the first day and the morning of the second day (today). He felt that I was doing good enough to go on my own the entire afternoon. It feels good catching up to a Porsche Carrera 4s in my stock car with crappy tires.
I had one scary moment the first day...I early apex-ed turn 8 at about 80 mph, ran out of track and had to come out of the throttle. once off the throttle, weight shifted and the back end came around. I tried to countersteer, but the car didn't react so i just held on and put both feet in. I found myself heading sideways towards a patch of small trees.
Luckily just before the trees, the grass turned to very soft sand. My drivers side tires caught and the car rocked on 2 tires, then settled back on all four. That mistake cost me $16 because i got sand and grass in my 2 driver's side tire beads, and i had to take it to a shop to get it cleaned out.
Anyway, sorry for the long post...it was so much fun it's hard to stop talking about it. I may post a few pictures. No action shots though, didn't have anyone to snap the shots while I was in the car.
CLIFF NOTES====>Going to the track was more fun than I ever thought it could be. If you haven't done it yet, you need to!
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