brake pad tech? (VIR NASA 29-30)
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Re: brake pad tech? (E-AT_me)
Now that Hawk is a NASA Sponsor we have manditory "brake tech" sessions. It was realy a joke last month when in Group 3 we had guys asking the most basic of basic questions. You do get 15% off on Hawk pads though. The one cool thing they did for Group3 and 4 was come out on the pit road and shoot brake temps durring one of our sessions. That part was very helpfull.
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Just to clarify.
The brake pad tech is only mandatory once. You may attend as often as you like after that on a voluntary basis and everybody that does will receive a Hawk coupon for 15% off.
As for it being a "joke". Well at Feb in VIR that was the first time the Hawk guy had done it and came away from the classes with good ideas of how to improve the sessions. We are doing our best to bring good sponsors with good information to our drivers as a way to add value to the events. This was the first time so it will do nothing but improve from here. It seems that with so many advanced level driver asking basic questions our idea is proving valuable.
I have been racing for 11 years with some success and I learned more about brakes in a 45 minute conversation with Hawks tech guys than I had "picking up" stuff along the way. I hope it continues to be a valuable asset to the events.
Peace,
Chris
The brake pad tech is only mandatory once. You may attend as often as you like after that on a voluntary basis and everybody that does will receive a Hawk coupon for 15% off.
As for it being a "joke". Well at Feb in VIR that was the first time the Hawk guy had done it and came away from the classes with good ideas of how to improve the sessions. We are doing our best to bring good sponsors with good information to our drivers as a way to add value to the events. This was the first time so it will do nothing but improve from here. It seems that with so many advanced level driver asking basic questions our idea is proving valuable.
I have been racing for 11 years with some success and I learned more about brakes in a 45 minute conversation with Hawks tech guys than I had "picking up" stuff along the way. I hope it continues to be a valuable asset to the events.
Peace,
Chris
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Re: brake pad tech? (NASACHRIS)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NASACHRIS »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">As for it being a "joke". Well at Feb in VIR that was the first time the Hawk guy had done it and came away from the classes with good ideas of how to improve the sessions. We are doing our best to bring good sponsors with good information to our drivers as a way to add value to the events. This was the first time so it will do nothing but improve from here. It seems that with so many advanced level driver asking basic questions our idea is proving valuable.
I have been racing for 11 years with some success and I learned more about brakes in a 45 minute conversation with Hawks tech guys than I had "picking up" stuff along the way. I hope it continues to be a valuable asset to the events.
Peace,
Chris</TD></TR></TABLE>
I guess I should have clarified by stating the "joke" were the guys in Group3 who had no clue about brake fluid, pads, and some of the the other basic principles that go into slowing/stopping a car. The class that IMO should have been geared to guys who knew the basics of basics and are looking to get more out of their braking system (I mean you have made it to Group3). That being said I think the class will be a big help in curing that fact that there are guys on track in higher groups who have never really put much thought into what stops a car. (Example a guy with a Porsche had the whole class tired up for 15 min with a question of how often to replace rotors. When they said that each car is different due to system design, tires and how a driver uses his brakes. It was like they were talking to a wall as he asked the same question again and again......) I think going forward as the students actually get the basics as they climb the HPDE ranks and as the guys from Hawk get more comfortable with the program it will be an assett to the HPDE students experiance.
I have been racing for 11 years with some success and I learned more about brakes in a 45 minute conversation with Hawks tech guys than I had "picking up" stuff along the way. I hope it continues to be a valuable asset to the events.
Peace,
Chris</TD></TR></TABLE>
I guess I should have clarified by stating the "joke" were the guys in Group3 who had no clue about brake fluid, pads, and some of the the other basic principles that go into slowing/stopping a car. The class that IMO should have been geared to guys who knew the basics of basics and are looking to get more out of their braking system (I mean you have made it to Group3). That being said I think the class will be a big help in curing that fact that there are guys on track in higher groups who have never really put much thought into what stops a car. (Example a guy with a Porsche had the whole class tired up for 15 min with a question of how often to replace rotors. When they said that each car is different due to system design, tires and how a driver uses his brakes. It was like they were talking to a wall as he asked the same question again and again......) I think going forward as the students actually get the basics as they climb the HPDE ranks and as the guys from Hawk get more comfortable with the program it will be an assett to the HPDE students experiance.
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Re: brake pad tech? (E-AT_me)
Just to clarify.
The brake pad tech is only mandatory once. You may attend as often as you like after that on a voluntary basis and everybody that does will receive a Hawk coupon for 15% off.
As for it being a "joke". Well at Feb in VIR that was the first time the Hawk guy had done it and came away from the classes with good ideas of how to improve the sessions. We are doing our best to bring good sponsors with good information to our drivers as a way to add value to the events. This was the first time so it will do nothing but improve from here. It seems that with so many advanced level driver asking basic questions our idea is proving valuable.
I have been racing for 11 years with some success and I learned more about brakes in a 45 minute conversation with Hawks tech guys than I had "picking up" stuff along the way. I hope it continues to be a valuable asset to the events.
Peace,
Chris
The brake pad tech is only mandatory once. You may attend as often as you like after that on a voluntary basis and everybody that does will receive a Hawk coupon for 15% off.
As for it being a "joke". Well at Feb in VIR that was the first time the Hawk guy had done it and came away from the classes with good ideas of how to improve the sessions. We are doing our best to bring good sponsors with good information to our drivers as a way to add value to the events. This was the first time so it will do nothing but improve from here. It seems that with so many advanced level driver asking basic questions our idea is proving valuable.
I have been racing for 11 years with some success and I learned more about brakes in a 45 minute conversation with Hawks tech guys than I had "picking up" stuff along the way. I hope it continues to be a valuable asset to the events.
Peace,
Chris
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