Hello everybody,

We have an instructional road racing school for enthusiasts of all driving levels, with all makes and models of car, coming up Friday, July 14 at GingerMan Raceway in South Haven, MI. We are proud to announce that we will be running the track Counter-Clockwise! This is your chance to take your driving skills and your car to the limit while learning the basics of auto racing in an educational, fun, and controlled environment.



This event is $145 for the day if you preregister before July 9 ($165 after July 9) and includes intstruction for all levels of driver and also your tech inspection. We will be running our groups in 20 minute sessions, so you will have a ton of track time! Arrive at the track at 7:30am, Drivers meeting at 8:30 am, first session begins at 9am.

To register online, or for more information, please visit: http://www.speedtrialusa.com.
**Each group is limited, so sign up early!

Looking forward to a new challenge in a familiar environment,
Brian.

 

to Brian.

Backwards huh? It's a pretty crazy track backwards.

 

i wish i didnt have summer school

 

CCW, Interesting.

I wonder which direction would be quicker to go around. I suspect CCW.

 

I dun like backwards.... suddenly Gman has things to hit in wierd places.

I still remember S2K wing flying over the guardrail when it pounded in by the flagging station. Ouch.

 

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I still remember S2K wing flying over the guardrail when it pounded in by the flagging station. Ouch.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I raised the same concern too when I first heard about CCW. But Brian has spent some time running the track in that configuration and determined that it is safe to do so. I'm sure he is concern about safety as much as we do.

I remember that S2K... and the worst part is, it was a borrowed car.

 

Driving the track coutner clockwise is challenging and rewarding, but it does make GingerMan like a lot of other tracks. It now has a couple of dangerous spots. The worst as mentioned is Turn 1. It is now blind and if you oversteer and spin coming out of the turn, you have a chance at hitting the wall.

The S2000 incident still leaves an uneasy feeling in my stomach. Unfortunately, it was being driven by a guy that had mostly front wheel drive experience. Though the backend was damaged, there was no structural damage and the car has since been fixed.

Going ccw, you just have to treat Turn 1 like you would normally treat Turn 11 (which is safer ccw) and realize that you should back it down a little. No sense throwing away a perfectly good day by doing something goofy in a slow turn.

I spent a day driving the track ccw and it was a great deal of fun. Again, very challenging and very rewarding.

Brian.