went to my 2nd HPDE (changed that for the picky fawkers! ) event yesterday. had a friggin BLAST (again)

went on the faster less twisty course (on the right, going the opposite direction)


this time and actually didnt do to bad. got black flagged once. but i cant imagine why, i only had 2 Evo 8's, in front of me and a Corvette Z06 and an ITR behind me. so they moved me to the back of the field.

I was braking a little to early, and apex to soon on the corners, but i will get better at that with time. I do plan on going to another event this year.

here are some pics that my dad took.





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ha......i thought i recognized that airial track photo.......it's dakota county. i woulda loved to go, but i work 12-9pm so i couldn't make it. i'm not a huge fan of those AARRF guys, but hey, at least they give you an opportunity to run on track.

see you around the cities

-travis

 

Looks like the track had some subtitle lessons to teach. Glad you had a blast and thanks for sharing.

PS. Where's this?

 

south of minneapolis mn


this is what they did later that evening when they combined the 2 courses... i didnt drive this one, but rode in a 95 RX7 for 2 races and in a 91 hatch in another. this setup was 10x better then the other ones

 

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Be careful. You can get your head bit off in this forum for classifying open track/hpde as road racing. Looks like you had a good time though and whats what matters.

 

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"Be careful. You can get your head bit off in this forum for classifying open track/hpde as road racing. "


if you'll notice, there is NO instructor in the car with him......hmmmm.
does that mean that he's in advanced after only one event? or does this place not use instructors.....
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My first event, I had an instructor for a few sessions, then he released me on my own into the wild. hehe.

 

my first event i had an instructor with me for almost the entire time...i learned a ton from him.....and this time he let me go on my own.


this is NOT an SCCA event. this is a local group that puts on both clinics (that event) and does timed races at a track in St. Cloud mn, and at Brainard International Raceway.

 

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you will get better. drive with instructors at every opportunity, and read some books - 'going faster/skip barber' comes to mind.


10,500+ posts? holy cow.

 

it was really bad that lap because that was lap 1 on my first time on that course

i was swinging alot wider after a few laps and diving into the corners

 

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is that the back of a stop sign????

 

yes.....the track is used for training all sorts of drivers from semi's to police drivers.

the track is behind a Tech College

 

Has AARRF got there act together yet, the last time I went there they wasted about 2 hours with tech and there usual bs. I was planning on running more of there events but they waste too much time and are totally un-organized, and the fees for off track excursions is lame. I have since done a track day with Donnybrooke at BIR and it was 10,000 times better.

 

AARRF is a bunch of ***-clowns. they think they're sweet......but they're not. i have so many stories to tell about how dumb they are......but i don't feel like telling them right now.

Donnybrooke on the other hand but of course i'm bias since i work for them on occasion and am pretty close with the owner of the operation.

 

so you really learn alot on the hpde1?? cuz i was gonna hit up the aug. and sept hpde and probably just do the 1st one for both. ya can never learn too much. but i figured i should do my best on the aug. one and then do hpde 2 in sept.

 

Looks like you had fun. Your wheels look HUGE for a HPDE car. What size are they?


What motor are you running?

 

17" wheels, with a D16Y7 with intake and exhaust for HP mods

at this point i would rather be slow and learn how to take corners, then be fast and destroy my car

 

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Hey man, don't worry about being fast, do exaclty what you said. I only have a D16Y8 with intake. Otherwise suspension mods only, so I know where you are coming from.

 

tite track....looking.....get them tires and brake ready.....haha