Yes I will be upgrading my suspension...to much bodyroll

But the organization was perfect... Yes my fuel in my veins are now running 98 oct gasoline in stead off 95... Guess next trackday it will be beter...

 

what are there no rules for driving on the track?
no helmet, short sleeve, windows up?

doesn't seem all that safe to me, especially the way the cars are bunched up on top of each other in the picture

 

I'm slighly confused... Is it one run at a time, or continious laps? Very surprised to see that type of organization, safety wise..

 

Well notice the license plates. It's somewhere in Europe. Also see a Puma which is definitely not made in the US. No Helmet =
Window up =

Although the course looks like a small autocross course.


[Modified by CivicSiRacer, 2:00 PM 11/4/2002]

 

It almost looks like a karting track, kinda cool. Europe is much more litigation free, so people accept the risk of running without a helmet and other safety equipment. It looks like the speeds are fairly low, and it looks like a lot of fun.

PS : I didn't see a Puma, but I did see a Peugeot 206 and a Seat Cordoba (or it could be a Leon).

 

Yeah because in the US you do something high risk and you get injured or die you try to blame someone else by sueing them. So we as a society have to sign all these waivers, wear helmets and safety equipment

 

Don't get me worng, I'm not against saftey equipment. But for an open track day, you should be able to run just about anything (as long as it isn't going to fall apart on the track), which includes no helmet and no cage. Heck, seatbelts might as well be an option. Would I ever do it? Nope. But I think other people should have the choice.

 

basically the same in japan as well
not too strict (other than big races like March Race, Civic Race, and other N1 races)

 

Wicked car looks like a fun track

here as well we had a track day with pretty much no rules, no helemet, windows up t shirt whatever
not even a tech inspection
pay your money and go on the track, that was pretty much it


[Modified by zc911, 8:18 PM 11/4/2002]

 

No Puma,maybe your thinking of the Seat or the Peugoet.

 

Hey zc911,

Weren't you nervous about an incident happening on the track (assuming you were the organizer)? Just wondering, because all those waivers at the track do is to a degree absolve the track owners of any liability.

 

Hmmm, around here, most tracks MAKE you run with the windows UP. Whether it be on a road-course or Solo2... And we are only allowed to run with windows down if a window net is installed. After asking the officials, i was told the window up rule is to protect the driver from debris and to help keep the arms inside the vehicle in a collision. Side glass tends to stay intact in low to moderate collisions. At least that's the explanation that was given to me...

 

i was not the organizor!!
I was a participant

And ya i agree not the best way to do a track day but it was kinda fun running with no helmet, i should have brought ear plugs though

On a side note though, you guys in the US and Europe have NO idea how lucky you are having so many track to choose from
The only nice one here is mosport and ususaly they charge an arm and a leg to run on it
The others resemble country side roads that somone though, "hmmm we could put a fence up and charge people to drive here"


[Modified by zc911, 10:04 PM 11/4/2002]

 

I have been to many track events like this(say shannonville) and I have a blast...solo is nice but you can only drive by yourself so much untill it gets boring...once you go to a event with very little rules(or none) I found I had much more fun running with a crowd.It was very clear to everyone if anyone trades paint its their prob and no whiners were wanted there.

Also I found it AMAZING how many real race cars showed up...I have seen cars like civics to canada gt camaros...they all had a blast and I heard no complaints.You would think if anyone is going to complain it would be the real race car guys but they seemed to love getting the track time with no groups or rules.

I had huge fun running with new sentra race car (in my R).Who would have thought those sentras are that fast!

 

To clear things up... It was only second gear... topspeed was around 70km/h... The cars where lined up save... window was down on slow practice run... had long sleeves... had a 4point harness on...

Came in 3rd of my class... 10th overall... Pretty awesome day... loads of fun...

PS the track is an oval with a karting track in the middle... we ran 1 at a time...