Racetrack Stuff

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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by JayG » Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:38 am

Well my first track weekend on the 2nd day the car spun and rolled! :o
Fortunitly there were no injuries to either of us.
Oh yea, it was my instructors car
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by 32wildbilly » Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:10 am

JayG wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:38 am Well my first track weekend on the 2nd day the car spun and rolled! :o
Fortunitly there were no injuries to either of us.
Oh yea, it was my instructors car
I just gotta ask: Who was driving when the car decided to spin?
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by JayG » Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:48 am

32wildbilly wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:10 am
JayG wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:38 am Well my first track weekend on the 2nd day the car spun and rolled! :o
Fortunitly there were no injuries to either of us.
Oh yea, it was my instructors car
I just gotta ask: Who was driving when the car decided to spin?
My instructer was driving his Boxster
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by 32wildbilly » Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:02 am

JayG wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:48 am
32wildbilly wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:10 am

I just gotta ask: Who was driving when the car decided to spin?
My instructer was driving his Boxster
Assume you found a different instructor cause I sure would have!
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by gnat » Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:16 am

JayG wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:48 am
32wildbilly wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:10 am

I just gotta ask: Who was driving when the car decided to spin?
My instructer was driving his Boxster
DT tried to do that to me too, but he was gonna skip the spinning and go straight to the rolling. He chickened out and kept it on track though.

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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by JayG » Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:30 pm

32wildbilly wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:02 am
JayG wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:48 am

My instructer was driving his Boxster
Assume you found a different instructor cause I sure would have!
no, not at all. He is a great instructor. I do remind him at every event to skip the acrobatics.
Besides it was the best way to get "roll a car" checked off on my bucket list
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by 32wildbilly » Fri Jul 12, 2019 4:38 am

JayG wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:30 pm
32wildbilly wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:02 am
Assume you found a different instructor cause I sure would have!
no, not at all. He is a great instructor. I do remind him at every event to skip the acrobatics.
Besides it was the best way to get "roll a car" checked off on my bucket list
Good way to keep him humble.

I understand the flip bucket list thing. I flipped a sprint car once...once was enough though.
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by DTMiller » Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:29 am

Jeff.... Do it. Do it! It's what your wife always wanted.

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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by FRUNKenstein » Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:43 pm

DTMiller wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:29 am Jeff.... Do it. Do it! It's what your wife always wanted.

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Ha - that's my mechanic selling that car. Someday my track time will come, someday . . .
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by 32wildbilly » Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:53 pm

DTMiller wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:29 am Jeff.... Do it. Do it! It's what your wife always wanted.

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Jeff: no way should you buy that it has leaves stuck in the radiators...other than that it looks like it is about to hit the track. :roll:
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