finely got the R to the track last week and it totally blew my mind. I've tracked my old Civ but there was no comparison what so ever!

me and a friend (bill, AKA nightminx) decided to attend BIR (brainerd international raceway) with the Minnesota corvette club. having never driven this track we were assigned with the rest of the "noobies" to the novice group where we were given a rundown and several training laps and then set on our way

when we arrived we were in awe of the cars there. we were BY FAR the most underpowered car there. (except for a stock passat) after several laps i think bill and i impressed everyone. we were both rolling most of the cars in our group that consisted of 5 or 6 vets, an extremely modded evo, an RX7 and several others i can't think of off the top of my head.

it was a BLAST and and i plan on getting back as soon as i get new tires

hotel the night before

waitin to begin

wow do i feel outmatched


some on track pics

THIS THING WAS SCARY!

viper

the reason i need new tires
(end of the day)


pic of the track (longest strait in the US! i believe)


comments and questions welcome
we also got some in/out of car video but i don't have it, I'll see if i can get bill (nightminx) to post it for all our enjoyment

Modified by mist sITR at 2:53 PM 5/17/2004


Modified by mist sITR at 5:46 PM 5/17/2004

 

Doesn't that yellow RX-7 belong to Merrit's brother? Looks like you had fun.

Ed

 

it might have? it was bought by a friend of mine (Domion) over the winter. he got it from someone out in cali

 

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I can just barely make out the belts showing through on the left edge. Nice.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mist sITR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">pic of the track (longest strait in the US! i believe)</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think the front straight and the back straight at Road America are both slightly longer. Here are aerial photos of both tracks, using the same scale on each, which makes it easy to compare:

Brainerd
Road America

Thanks for the photos. Sounds like a nice time.

 

Looks like you're still on stock suspension from the pics. If so, I don't think it's normal to have the inside edge worn down like that. Maybe toe is out of spec?

 

Great pics

Looks like the Viper is on his way off course

 

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What he said.

 

My tires are worse than that, I'm in dire need for some new ones

Odd Question: Anyone know if RE-010's are still to this day manufactured, because I sent back two sets this winter from tirerack.com. They came to my house cracked, scraped and look like they had been sitting in the warehouse for 10 years!

Fawwk tirerack

 

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If you knew the people who run and work at Tire Rack, and if you had seen their highly-automated warehouse, you would know that they thrive on frequent turnover of inventory. They arrange with the tire manufacturers to provide only the amount of tires they expect to sell, and they don't let them sit on the shelf for years. (Besides, the RE010 was designed for the ITR, which came out less than ten years ago!)

The tire manufacturers manufacture tires on an as-needed basis. When they have sufficient inventory, they don't make them; when the inventory drops below a certain point, they make more. This is true of specific sizes as well as models. So it's possible that Bridgestone hasn't made the 195/55-15 RE010 in a while, and it's equally possible that they made a batch last week, or next week.

You can tell the age of any particular tire by checking the codes on the sidewall. When were the tires you returned manufactured?

 

And you wondered why we all ( the ones that track ) praise the caR so much

Its just wonderfull out on a track, I bet you still have a cool-aid smile!

 

I can't wait to get out there at Expo and then the Glen and then Limerock and then and then

 

have you driven with AARRF before? i ask because they were the only MN based group i ever drove with while i was there........and well.......i was less than impressed. was curious as to what you thought of the corvette club in comparison.

i've driven BIR a few times, it's st00pid fast.

i would think something is wrong with your alignment as well.

 

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Its just wonderfull out on a track, I bet you still have a cool-aid smile!</TD></TR></TABLE>
I NO LONGER WONDER

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actualy for some reason i have Tanabe springs on the front only???? damn prevous owner!. i'm looking for a good set of CHEEP stock front springs if anyone has some they want to part with

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I can just barely make out the belts showing through on the left edge. Nice.

I think the front straight and the back straight at Road America are both slightly longer. Here are aerial photos of both tracks, using the same scale on each, which makes it easy to compare:

Brainerd
Road America

Thanks for the photos. Sounds like a nice time.
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where did u get the photos? i like em. looks a little to close to call for me anywayzz.

 

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i've driven BIR a few times, it's st00pid fast.

i would think something is wrong with your alignment as well.

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yup i drove in a few aarrf events last year, along with VSCR racing club and now the corvette club. over all i think that corvette club was the best (for atleast semi experianced drivers)

they gave alot more freedom to drive, session langths were longer (1 hour) and they didn't mind passengers. everyone there was REALLY cool. i was expecting a bunch of snobby rich guys but they were all very nice and seemed intorested in the R.

AARRF is not ran the greatest but i think that as long as you run in the quicker groups you weed out alot of the bad drivers. i still plan on attending AARRF this year it's also the only club i know about that actualy provides Timing equipment.

 

Damn that looks fun. Good job

 

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You can use that site to get an aerial/satellite (I'm not sure which) photo of almost any place in the United States. Just go to either link and type in the name of the place in the upper left corner, where it says "Search Terraserver".

 

hmmmm how much camber do u have in your car? the inside of the tires is really bad

 

when you change your tires... keep the old ones and I will pick them up from you at the expo.

 

those tires look ready for another event!

glad you enjoyed your 1st event. soooo, now you embark on an expensive but wonderul journey!

 

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i'd bring em but the last expo change killed my chances to go i'll be the 1st signed up next year though, promise

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yeah they will be used for another event but not by me. i'm getting a friend and his Si involved with the events and he doesn't have any good tires so i'm going to let him burn them out and i'm going to get some new tires.

 

Next time I DEMAND you contact kruthles, so he can also attend

Looks like you had a great time out there at BIR, I was working on my brakes that weekend anyhow :/

 

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Looks like you had a great time out there at BIR, I was working on my brakes that weekend anyhow :/</TD></TR></TABLE>
WEEKEND! hell this event was on a thursday! i'll send you an IM on future events i attend

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxtasy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you knew the people who run and work at Tire Rack, and if you had seen their highly-automated warehouse, you would know that they thrive on frequent turnover of inventory. They arrange with the tire manufacturers to provide only the amount of tires they expect to sell, and they don't let them sit on the shelf for years. (Besides, the RE010 was designed for the ITR, which came out less than ten years ago!)

The tire manufacturers manufacture tires on an as-needed basis. When they have sufficient inventory, they don't make them; when the inventory drops below a certain point, they make more. This is true of specific sizes as well as models. So it's possible that Bridgestone hasn't made the 195/55-15 RE010 in a while, and it's equally possible that they made a batch last week, or next week.

You can tell the age of any particular tire by checking the codes on the sidewall. When were the tires you returned manufactured?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Good info! I like to read stuff like this from time to time. Thanks!

 

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Much thanks

 

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pic of the track (longest strait in the US! i believe)</TD></TR></TABLE>

I thought the longest straight was at Spokane Raceway Park.

http://www.spokaneracewaypark.....html

Almost a full mile of straight.