Putnam Park Track Day June 29th
03-30-2008, 01:15 PM
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Putnam Park Track Day June 29th
My good friends at Predator Motorsport (www.predatormotorsport.com) are hosting their annual track day at Putnam Park racetrack this year on Sunday June 29th. It always attracts a good-sized Corvette contingent, frequently headed by the Raft Racer, showing everyone the fast way around.
Putnam Park is about 50' southwest of Indy. It is about 2 miles around and has a nice combo of twisties and a decent sized straight (When I rode with Danny P a few years back he was topping out well over 140 mph at the end of the straight-that ride was the only time I ever got seasick in a car
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Cost is $275 and is a bargain given that there are only 2 run groups (fast/slow-newbie). So there is tons of track time. Typically it just becomes an open track by mid-afternoon as attrition takes its toll on drivers and cars.
See you at the track.
Putnam Park is about 50' southwest of Indy. It is about 2 miles around and has a nice combo of twisties and a decent sized straight (When I rode with Danny P a few years back he was topping out well over 140 mph at the end of the straight-that ride was the only time I ever got seasick in a car
).Cost is $275 and is a bargain given that there are only 2 run groups (fast/slow-newbie). So there is tons of track time. Typically it just becomes an open track by mid-afternoon as attrition takes its toll on drivers and cars.
See you at the track.
05-31-2008, 03:09 PM
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What are the Rules and Regulations? I never been to a track before. I want to go and be able to go WOT without worrying about getting pulled over. of course I would be in the beginners but do people pass alot. I don't want to make anyone wreck lol.I play alot of forza and I understand taking lines, braking before corners and accelerating out of corners. I just don't want to be getting into peoples ways. But other than virtual experiences I have no real life racing experience.
05-31-2008, 04:48 PM
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What are the Rules and Regulations? I never been to a track before. I want to go and be able to go WOT without worrying about getting pulled over. of course I would be in the beginners but do people pass alot. I don't want to make anyone wreck lol.I play alot of forza and I understand taking lines, braking before corners and accelerating out of corners. I just don't want to be getting into peoples ways. But other than virtual experiences I have no real life racing experience.
Safe with lots of runoff and little to nothing to run into.
Passing is generally allowed ONLY on the 4 straights with point by from the driver wanting you pass.
06-01-2008, 06:45 AM
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06-01-2008, 12:37 PM
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The first "rule" is be safe, no passing without permission, no heroics or demonstrations of manhood.
The second is watch your mirrors. Just because you can pull away on the straight doesn't mean you are equally fast in the turns-if you check your rear view mirror and someone is on your bumper, pull over at the next designated passing zone, even if it's some guy in a clapped out 20 year old GTI-he's there because he's faster, at least in the curves.
Rule three, leave the ego at home, it is all really just for fun and its not unusual for a "slow" car with an experienced driver to be faster than a newbie in a 'Vette. Ride as a passenger with an experienced driver. One lap of that will teach you more than all the stuff you have learned to that point in life about driving fast on a race track.
Rule four:Baby-steps-take it easy and slowly learn the track , your skill level and your car.
Rule five: Have realistic expectations. Don't feel you HAVE to be fast to uphold the 'Vette's well deserved reputation for being a track monster. Other "Vette drivers will do that. My goal is always to learn something about my car, improve my driving skill a bit, have fun and be able to drive the car home unscratched. For what its worth, the guys who most often have "incidents" at track days are the experienced drivers-who are really pushing the envelop. Newbies who know their limits and don't overdo it generally go great.
Hope to see you there.
Mike (I will probably be driving my Caterham Super Seven if it doesn't break down by then-again!). If it does, I will be in my 4 cylinder Honda Accord automatic (wh/by the way, is a total blast at the track).
The second is watch your mirrors. Just because you can pull away on the straight doesn't mean you are equally fast in the turns-if you check your rear view mirror and someone is on your bumper, pull over at the next designated passing zone, even if it's some guy in a clapped out 20 year old GTI-he's there because he's faster, at least in the curves.
Rule three, leave the ego at home, it is all really just for fun and its not unusual for a "slow" car with an experienced driver to be faster than a newbie in a 'Vette. Ride as a passenger with an experienced driver. One lap of that will teach you more than all the stuff you have learned to that point in life about driving fast on a race track.
Rule four:Baby-steps-take it easy and slowly learn the track , your skill level and your car.
Rule five: Have realistic expectations. Don't feel you HAVE to be fast to uphold the 'Vette's well deserved reputation for being a track monster. Other "Vette drivers will do that. My goal is always to learn something about my car, improve my driving skill a bit, have fun and be able to drive the car home unscratched. For what its worth, the guys who most often have "incidents" at track days are the experienced drivers-who are really pushing the envelop. Newbies who know their limits and don't overdo it generally go great.
Hope to see you there.
Mike (I will probably be driving my Caterham Super Seven if it doesn't break down by then-again!). If it does, I will be in my 4 cylinder Honda Accord automatic (wh/by the way, is a total blast at the track).
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