I had an awesome time, Unlimited Laps put on a great HPDE! Interesting lunch... But hey that's not what came for.

I put on approx. 200 miles on my car from just driving the track. I don't know how to describe it at all. Sides it was fun, I feel I learned a lot, and I really enjoyed myself. This was at Thunderhill BTW.

My instructors name was Jim, and I owe him a lot for all the help he gave me. He is driving in the Honda Challenge, he drives an EG Civic, stripped to the bone, with a B18C1, that was fun when I got to go out on the track with him in that.

I know I am rambling, sorry about that, I am just really tired, and excited at the same time. Thank you Ray for showing me the UnlimitedLaps website, without you I wouldn't have known about it and wouldn't have gone. But damn you at the same time, cause now I am HOOKED. It is like CRACK! I wouldn't have stopped but I needed gas to get to the gas station to get home at the end of the Open Run.

I can definetely see myself being a trackwhore.

There will be pictures of the event tommorow, there is also video footage, but I don't expect that shall be up online too soon.

 

what car were you driving? I was there with a few friends, I co-drove my friends 91 crx with a b16. It was pretty cool to run the track in the reverse direction...keeps things fresh. I'll post up some pics soon. First things first. Sleep

 

I was driving the silver 99 Civic EX. I saw the CRX there, you were just down the row from us.

 

im doing another track event on the 8th up here, and I know im hooked!!!

congrats on the first session!

 

Congrats! I had a blast on my first and second HPDE. I also drive a Civic Ex, and while it is no where near the fastest it is still fun.

What are your mods?

 

it's just the start...

 

I lost my virginity today at Summit Point, what an f'ing blast! RJ was my instructor.

 

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Mike r0lled group 1

 

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I wish, I definately need some shocks and better tires... A little more power would be nice too

 

I was there in the FBP JDM front-end ITR, what were you driving? Great day too, wasn't it?

 

I have an engine swap, front strut bar, rear sway and tie bar blah blah blah

 

I believe I saw your car, I was driving the silver Civic EX, it was a very very nice day out.

 

I was there with the black Jetta in yellow group. Hunpin always puts on a good day of track fun.
-Adam

 

I have the white EG

 

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Hahaha... no problem chris! I sure hell had a lot of fun. That was actually my first time running the track in reverse mode. Pretty exciting and i think it's funner than the normal config.

 

Here are some pix. It looks like there were quite a handfull of honda-tech guys that were there. I was the guy on the Black Evo.





I was chasing the C5 corvette from here


The C5 is now behind me and now chasing the yellow NSX


Yours truly


Ultima GTR

 

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KYB's to stop the damn car from bouncing in the turns, some falkens so you can carry some damn speed thru 4 and 10 and you'll be smokin

Mike rolled his first hype-arrrrrrrrrrrr on sunday

 

Thanks for the pics Ray, I am getting the outside shot video copied over today, IF I can get a hold of my friend. He seems to be kind of busy. LoL, I'll let you know, so we can make a copy of it for you.

Tell you what though, I realized the limits of my suspension, time to get some Koni's, and custom springs. New brakes, and brake pads too.

 

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Not in your first school you didnt.

Spend the $$ on anther event or three first.

 

Sure felt like I did. I don't know how to explain it, but it felt like the car didn't want to go any faster. I put in over 200 miles on the track in one day. My instructor was even impressed with how well I did for my first time. He tried to convince the guy who was running the event to move me up from Green Group, to Yellow Group, because I couldn't run as fast as he thought I could because every corner, I would run into someone slower than myself, he wanted to coach me somewhere where I wouldn't have to pull in every couple of laps to let cars go by until there was a dead spot where I could just go. I didn't mind too much, but my instructor was more frustrated than I was. He was all, this is just ridculous. Also the money thing, having no bills, except college books, I have some extra money lying around, so I am gonna go ahead and at least upgrade the brakes. Gotta love understanding parents.

 

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Exactly... subjective. Give it another event or two. Work on being smooth and carrying momentum and expanding your field of vision/looking ahead.

 

That is what my instructor said, be smooth, you have the line down, your hitting the apex right and, now be smooth with the inputs. I see your point though. Definetely going to at least do brakes though, stock isn't working towards the end of the event.

 

Upgrade pads and fluid

call cobalt or carbotech, cant go wrong w/ either...

 

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and 2nd

 

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You did well, you did not have to talk to me for any off course or unsafe actions.
In fact the whole day was incident free. There were only about 2 spins all day long.