I went to Roebling Road last weekend for the NASA HPDE event. I ended up being the only Honda that was there except for one other DA Integra that was in the Lightning Race. I'm still a n00b at track days but I had an absolute blast at this event. This was my first time at this track and loved it! It took me a while to get used to the lines and figure out how fast the ITR could really go around the track. I know that there is a lot of room for improvement but I was able to get my lap times down to 1:28 by the end of day 2 with my instructor using his stopwatch(I know it's not the most accurate). Since I am such a n00b, I'm not sure how fast that is? I've got a video from my first run on Sunday morning where I ran down a Z06, 996 Turbo, and a Mustang Mach 1 (video below).

http://www.kosmodog.com/roebling.wmv

I am so addicted to this now I just can't believe it. I now have my interior for sale so I can get a full cage and a set of seats. I hope to see many of you at up coming HPDE's.

 

Mad 2.0 VTAK!!! Is that your instructor riding shotgun? Who took the pictures, Michelle?

 

sweet pictures... and yes HPDE's are very addicting

 

Your instructor seems to be riding in the middle of the car.

 

Nice Brad, I hope to join you very soon.

 

Sweet. Damn I need to start driving at the track too.

 

Roebling is actually one of my favorite tracks. The long, long sweepers are what make it so great. Glad you enjoyed it

 

Downloading vid right now Car looks great as usual Can't wait to see see pics of it fully caged

Edit: Awesome vid. What RPM are you shifting? About 9 grand? It was a little hard to see.

Again, your car is a beast and looks like hot sex on the track. Glad you had a good time.


Modified by white rocket at 2:29 PM 9/27/2005

 

Looks Like Fun!

 

Sweet
Roebling is a blast. It's a great track, and there's a ton of events there all year round. (seat-time, NASA, etc).
Maybe if i actually have a car for next event, we can caravan down from Greenville.

 

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Count me in as well.

 

Haha it looks like you had a great time. You definetly have room for improvement, I ran for Palm Coast Ford in there factory focus for the National race there this year and came in 1st at a 1:27.024 in a stock svt focus. You can cut off a lot of time in turn 1. Instead of braking in a straight line, go into the corner on a diagonal and then do your braking. Looks like ya had fun

 

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Psshhiiittt....that'll be the day. I can't imagine your car actually being out of the garage you show-*****!

 

someone needs to stack those tires up a bit neater.

 

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Psshhiiittt....that'll be the day. I can't imagine your car actually being out of the garage you show-*****! </TD></TR></TABLE>

WTF shut up Hiroki. You need to go to the track too.

 

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(Sigh.) Tell me about it.

Thanks for posting and thanks for the video.

 

Make a tow to Summit in 3 weeks ?

 

ROFL.... He's going to have to invest in harnesses just to keep the instructor in his own seat!!

 

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Yep.

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Damn right! Garage Queen.....

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Yes, rev limiter is set to 9200 right now.

 

Nice pics Brad. Tried calling you a few times over the past few weeks.

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If people can actually get in touch with you. Wait, youll call people if you want to talk to them.

 

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Yeah, I've been a hermit lately. I've had more time to be on Honda-Tech this past week and work will be done in two or three more weeks. Then I gotta find something part time and focus my efforts on assembling my race car.

 

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Well since you said something about that, I don't think I've ever seen an instructor sit so close to a driver.

You can search some of the SCCA web sites and get the track records there to give you an idea of your times. But don't worry you'll make big improvements the more you do it. I believe the track record there was something around 57 seconds in an old Champ car. Can't you imagine cutting 29 seconds off your lap times. RR was the first place I autox back in 1987. I loved doing Solo Is and road racing there.

BTW, the slowest part of the track is always the place that you can make up or loose the most time and at RR it is T5.

Edit: I found this.

Driver Car Region Time Date
AS Reese *** Camaro ATL 1:19:766 9/9/97
ASR Buzzy Smith Tiga CFR 1:11:652 9/29/91
CFC Glennon Reidler Reynard SF2000 FLA 1:13:429 4/27/03
CFF Rich Laterra Euroswift RS3 1:13:875 4/29/01
CS2 Pete Harrison Tiga ATL 1:13:618 4/17/94
CSR Jacek Mucha
Ralt JMS FLA 1:05.073 3/13/05
DSR Travis Duder Cheetah SR1 033 1:09:531 3/14/04
EP Joseph Cogbill Porsche ATL 1:18:660 5/30/82
F440 David Elliot KBS ATL 1:15:205 7/6/91
F500 Neal Spicler Invader CCR 1:13:279 3/9/03
FA Tom Nadtasi Swift CFR 1:02.627 3/9/03
FC Dennis Maccio Swift DB6 NYR 1:07:143 3/9/97
FF John Robinson II Swift DB6 CFR 1:12.189 7/4/05
FM Kevin Roberts Star Mazda ATL 1:09:438 9/26/99
FP Jim Johnson Triumph FLA 1:19:046 3/29/92
FS Russ McBride Ralt RT5 ATL 1:11:037 4/24/04
FV David Zavelson Predator P3 ATL 1:19:862 10/27/96
GP Kevin Allen TR Spitfire BUC 1:20:267 3/28/93
GT1 Phillip Simms Corvette CFR 1:09:744 3/9/03
GT2 Bill Reid Toyota Celica ATL 1:13:390 3/10/02
GT3 Ray Halin Mazda RX7 CFR 1:14:029 7/3/99
GT4 David Walsh Nissan 200SX MGA 1:17:884 3/12/00
GT5 Daniel Robson Mazda MX3 NCR 1:18:708 3/11/01
GTL
Jimmy Burke Nissan 200SX ATL 1:19.661 3/13/05
HP Adam Malley Honda Civic ATL 1:21:529 7/2/00
IT7 Rick Thompson Mazda RX7 NCR 1:24:970 4/25/04
ITA Blake Pridgen Mazda RX3 FLA 1:20:267 3/14/99
ITB Stu Brummer VW Golf 1:25:340 4/28/01
ITC Les Chaney Honda Civic CCR 1:27:188 10/27/96
ITD Patrick Matthews Yogo GV NCR 1:36:432 9/26/99
ITG Gerald Shortz IROC FLA 1:29.758 4/17/94
ITS Kip Van Steenburg Mazda RX7 CFR 1:21:706 10/6/02
LEG Kevin Eves 37 Chevy BUC 1:25:897 4/27/03
S2 Pete Harrison Lola T87/90 ATL 1:10:846 3/9/97
SCA Mike Davies SCA CFR 1:10:724 2/12/95
SM Mathew Pombo Mazda Miata ATL 1:26:141 4/25/04
SPO Jim Coman MG Rotary ALA 1:13:273 6/28/98
SPU Peter Frost BG T-Bird ATL 1:19:697 8/20/00
SR Kerry Jacobsen CFR 1:21:975 3/13/94
SRF Russel Sink CFR 1:19:720 3/10/02
SSA Jason Lowe Eagle CFR 1:26:860 3/29/92
SSB Phil Croyle Mazda Miata FLA 1:23:084 7/3/99
SSC Michael Kramer Saturn SC-2 BWR 1:25:958 3/11/01
SSGT Bob Strange Porsche 944 CFR 1:24:330 3/24/88
SSP John B. Carter BMW GCR 1:29:529 8/20/00
T1 Phil Croyle Corvette FLA 1:16:968 3/14/04
T2 Rob Hines Camaro WDC 1:23.244




Modified by SMSP at 9:23 AM 9/28/2005

 

yea,roebling is a blast i have been 5 times this year and it gets better every time.

 

Nice video. Looks like a fun track.

 

Looks like a lot of fun. Wish I was there