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I'm going to do time trials with SCCA on 5/3, but I'm dying to get on the track at HPR. This is the Byers forecast for Friday:
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76
I'll take it! I'm going to take a day off, head out that morning, and pay up my $90 for an afternoon at the track.
Anyone else interested?
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76
I'll take it! I'm going to take a day off, head out that morning, and pay up my $90 for an afternoon at the track.
Anyone else interested?
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Hmmmm...
Sounds tempting. Steve (thisismyusername) and I were out at HPR yesterday. What a great track! Can't wait to get out there again.
I'll have to see how the week goes and if I can free up Friday afternoon. I'll follow this thread during the week.
I'll have to see how the week goes and if I can free up Friday afternoon. I'll follow this thread during the week.
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Well hopefully there will be a thread to follow. Doesn't matter to me though. I'm going. Maybe I'll get lucky like the driver last Friday morning who had it to himself. But sunny and 76 I'm thinking NOT. 
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No one else?
?
Let's see...
A beautiful spring day...
A brand new track...
The sound of revving engines, squealing tires, and after market exhaust...
The smell of gasoline, oil, burning rubber, overheated brakes, and coolant...
Sitting in the hot pits, your adrenaline flowing, in your big, bada$$ Corvette...
Flying down the back straight at obscene speeds...
And what, you wanna work?
There are a number of SCCA time trail participants who'll be out having some fun, and many others to. Surely I won't be the only Vette?
Let's see...
A beautiful spring day...
A brand new track...
The sound of revving engines, squealing tires, and after market exhaust...
The smell of gasoline, oil, burning rubber, overheated brakes, and coolant...
Sitting in the hot pits, your adrenaline flowing, in your big, bada$$ Corvette...
Flying down the back straight at obscene speeds...
And what, you wanna work?
There are a number of SCCA time trail participants who'll be out having some fun, and many others to. Surely I won't be the only Vette?
Last edited by gordon04z06; Apr 22, 2009 at 07:30 PM.
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Awesome! Look forward to seeing that C6 beast at speed. I expect to be there by 10:30, 11 at the latest. Maybe even earlier if I awake with the excitement I expect I will!
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Nice meeting you! Awesome day, and what a great track. Turns 5 and 8 where you can't see the turn due to elevation change really scared me at first. I love the High Plains Drifter, and the whole Hell on a Bobsled, Ladder to Heaven sections. Awesome! Really enjoyed following you around that last session. Definitely made some adjustments to my line. And you know guys, the C5 Z06 hangs in there pretty well with the C6 Z06.
Just a couple of Vette's at the track...
Just a couple of Vette's at the track...
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Hey Gordon. Nice to meet you too. The C5Z definitely is a wonderful track car. Of course the C6Z's additional 100 hp really comes into play on the straights.
I'm reeeeeally liking this track. Each time I went out yesterday, I worked on different corners. Of course that last session sucked a bit with the long partial-course yellow - it was hard to get a rythym going.
Gordon - good luck with your upcoming SCCA event at HPR.
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Gordon & I were among the minority at HPR yesterday - not only with our Corvettes, but with street tires. We shared the track with all sorts of cars - open wheeled racers, dedicated race Porsches, and plenty of other P-cars and Bimmers on race rubber. (The PCA is having an event at HPR today and tomorrow and that might explain the glut of Porsches).
Four hours of open track time in the afternoon - run whenever and for as long as you want. Passing allowed everywhere including corners. With the wide variety of cars out there you really had to watch your mirrors. A whole lotta fun for $90!
I'm reeeeeally liking this track. Each time I went out yesterday, I worked on different corners. Of course that last session sucked a bit with the long partial-course yellow - it was hard to get a rythym going.
Gordon - good luck with your upcoming SCCA event at HPR.
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Gordon & I were among the minority at HPR yesterday - not only with our Corvettes, but with street tires. We shared the track with all sorts of cars - open wheeled racers, dedicated race Porsches, and plenty of other P-cars and Bimmers on race rubber. (The PCA is having an event at HPR today and tomorrow and that might explain the glut of Porsches).
Four hours of open track time in the afternoon - run whenever and for as long as you want. Passing allowed everywhere including corners. With the wide variety of cars out there you really had to watch your mirrors. A whole lotta fun for $90!
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I did not realize just how "open" the open track day's are. I had no idea I was going to be out there racing even in the corners with a bunch of race cars. I'm so glad I eased into this. I did several years of autocrossing before ever getting on a track, and I'd done 3 HPDE's before going out there Friday. And countless hours over the winters "driving" the video games.
I'd never been on the track at HPR, and had no instruction. My orientation was the track manager walking me around the track on a large map. Were it not for all I've learned I would have had to just get off the track as I would have had no business being out there. Instead I had more fun than should be legal
I would encourage anyone with a Vette to take it to HPR, but if you've never been on a track I'd strongly recommend you at least do an HPDE out there before you come out on a Friday.
I'd never been on the track at HPR, and had no instruction. My orientation was the track manager walking me around the track on a large map. Were it not for all I've learned I would have had to just get off the track as I would have had no business being out there. Instead I had more fun than should be legal
I would encourage anyone with a Vette to take it to HPR, but if you've never been on a track I'd strongly recommend you at least do an HPDE out there before you come out on a Friday.
