Great event today @ Gingerman. Saw a few Honda-tech folk there:

Mugen22
MugenMike
Effect
BrewcityR
1107
K
Sackdz
Wai
CanuckR

And others I can't remember right now.

Nick Wong had his Skyline there but something let go (maybe a hose?) Only major incident was a Viper into the armco, lost its brakes smacked it pretty good. Overall a good day.

Any one have pics yet?

Mattj




[Modified by Dropspeed, 1:38 PM 10/21/2002]

 

Just got home, very tired, but had a lot of fun -- going sideways.

Cold temp made the track surface super slick. I've never seen so many off track incidence (in all run groups) in a single track day. I went 2-wheel and 4-wheel off, once each; and spun twice within the pavement. Tail got lost several times without squealing, etc etc.

But regardless, it was great fun and always a pleasure to see fellow h-t'ers!

 

to yet another quality Speedtrials event. Thanks Brian and the rest of the crew/instructors. Shame about the Viper... but considering the circumstances it could have been much worse.

All in all, it was chilly as hell with only a few minutes of warm sun, but was fun nonetheless. Man the track sure was slippery in the morning, felt like driving in the rain. I spun only once, on the very first lap of the day coming out of 6.


Most of you probably missed the little incident in the paddock after the event, involving my car, Wai's car, donni_ek's. Anyways to everyone for keeping a cool head, and to the responsible party for doing what needed to be done.

sack-who needs some new paint
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[Modified by sackdz, 10:52 PM 10/20/2002]


[Modified by sackdz, 11:04 PM 10/20/2002]

 

Sacdz and me in my itr, Wai and Donni_ek in his hatch.


this monster was out rolling people


donni_ek's hatch. we busted our asses this weekend to get this thing tracky worthy.


trying to account for the itr's that were out


sexy.


It was nice to meet new people and see friendly faces again. Wish I could do it more often. It was donni_ek's first track event and he had a blast and rolled a bunch of cars in his ls-t. Ed, thanks for instructing me in the morning. More pics to come. Glad everyone came off the track safe.

Hope to see you all soon, scott_k.


[Modified by scott_k, 8:45 PM 10/20/2002]

 

Just got home my damn self...

Yeah, today was a really nice event. Got a few ride alongs with WAI(we loved the spin out ) and also Brewcity R(Arron)...

Met a few H-T peeps too. And the skyline owner said it was a coolant line.

Hopefully next summer my car wont be on the sidelines, but more on the track...

Oh yeah, thanks for the stickers Scott.


[Modified by GONG SHOW, 10:01 PM 10/20/2002]

 

dang looks like a good turnout

 

Don't worry about my car Ed. It's just the bumper, as it's all scratched up already anyway.

Ha no kidding. Today I was going at least 4 sec slower than the last 2 times I was there last month. Tires never got up to temp, plus when I changed out the tires, I found that the rear ones were slightly corded. No wonder why the rear couldn't stay planted.

 

How do you get rid of perma-grin?

Thanks to my instructor Paul. I learned and applied it in later sessions. My first session wasn't so sm00th. Thanks to ALL the local H-Ters. Great to see all the Rs and so many other '97s (Ed, Ryan, Pique.... sp?).

Mike, Wes, and the Chicago guys (J, Miguel , and others) for a fun caravan to and from. Guess I was wrong about speeding home at night. Fugg it. See you all soon.

 

Looks like tons of fun!

 

wow.

that exige looks very very purty

 

Hey Arron, I was trying to tell you that the others got caught at the light. hahaha, thats why I dropped back and took us awhile to catch up.. But if they hadnt got caught at the light, we would have got back to chicago in no time(hahaha).

And thanks for the ride along. And we also thought the caravan was fun too We gotta do it again come next spring/summer. But this time I'll be on the track with you guys.

And also, who the hell was the kid with the black 5th gen. hatch... Not only was his car fast, but he had some major skills y) That kid was incredible. And had a nice hatch. Is he on honda-tech and anyone got pics of his ride?

 

Yeah, it was very nice... But the driver wasnt to impressive IMHO. I thought he was going to own the track(Car still looked good). I would have loved to see what that thing would do with someone that really would drive behind the wheel. It seemed like he was going light on the car, dont know if he was a first timer or not.

The kid with the EG had more people crowded around his car by the end of the day.

 

That would be Jeff, 'jg' on this board. \
He has nawz.


[Modified by sackdz, 6:25 AM 10/21/2002]

 

wheres the pics of sackz car??

 

I forgot my camera(s). I'll post some up soon.

 

How did this guy do on the track?
Nice pics by the way

 

Definetly a great event at Gingerman yesterday. Props to Brian and Russ for a job well done, and I look forward to some great events next year. I don't know if any of you guys remember us, but we were the guys from one6 Motorsports. I was driving the Blue WRX sedan, another guy was in the blue single cam h/b, and the third guy was in the gray 3series coupe with plates that Matt seemed to REALLY like lol. Well anyway, I remember talking to a couple of you guys and hope to see you guys out there next year.
Alex


[Modified by SHFTAT8, 1:28 PM 10/21/2002]


[Modified by SHFTAT8, 1:31 PM 10/21/2002]

 

I was out there for a little bit, I was the guy with the 3 year old on his shoulders .. mostly hiding in the tower, since I a wimp and was cold.. I have pics and some vids that I will try to get up soon for you guys!
Oh yea fastest time of the day that I saw was Jeff in his hatch with a 135.2, he was flying!!

 

I got home pretty late last night and past out cold!!

Overall it was a good event besides having clutch problems that ended my day a little early and pk's (97 itr) oil leak which ened his day after the first session.

Glad to see a few 97's there along with the other itr's.

I have a bunch of pictures that I will up-load and post later today when I get out of work.

 

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun!! Post some more pics!!

 

And it sounded even better

 

You guys just remind me how much FUN I had on the 2002 ITR Expo

 

The new 225's were working quite well. When the sun came out, that is...loads 'o' fun. A was nice to see all you guys there.

 

OK here's a link to a few pics, this isnt all of them though, more are coming!

http://www.teamtoilet.com/8-20-02/speedtrial.htm

here is a Preview of the best shot we got

YEA!

 

Oh gawd.