Guards Red!!! Say it ain't so! Does the Frunk know about this?
Pics or it didn't happen.
Guards Red!!! Say it ain't so! Does the Frunk know about this?
That's not new.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:40 amGuards Red!!! Say it ain't so! Does the Frunk know about this?
Pics or it didn't happen.
My bad. A pic would be nice regardless.DTMiller wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:54 amThat's not new.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 8:40 am
Guards Red!!! Say it ain't so! Does the Frunk know about this?
Pics or it didn't happen.
Yeah, I have instructed with them for a while but I'm now the Novice Classroom Instructor, which has proven to be very fun and rewarding.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:05 am Which certification was added. I'm old and forgot! SCCA?
That is very cool. SCCA is the real deal. Congratulations!DTMiller wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:50 amYeah, I have instructed with them for a while but I'm now the Novice Classroom Instructor, which has proven to be very fun and rewarding.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:05 am Which certification was added. I'm old and forgot! SCCA?
Indeed.... congrats! Amazing to have watched this all progress over the years... from the beginning: "my wife bought me this 996, and my first track day is next week" (we all recall how that went) to now. Excellent accomplishment!32wildbilly wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:12 amThat is very cool. SCCA is the real deal. Congratulations!
That's one CRAZY story! I have had many poor students, but all were pro nascar compared to this guy. Wow.DTMiller wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:06 am Difficult day instructing yesterday. Email I sent a few buddies sums it up the best I can:
It is not far fetched to say that it is shocking that this guy managed to get the car to the paddock from his house.
50+ year old 0/0 day guy in a GTI. Will not listen to literally anything I say during the first session. It was like he had assigned all possible vehicle inputs to a number and was doing whatever the random number generator told him to do.
Sample:
Me: I need you to bring the car back to the right side of the track.
Him: Brakes.
Me: No, no not brakes. Gas here, and car needs to be on the right. The right. Move to the right. The right. Ok, now lift and brake.
Him: Gas.
Me: Brake brake brake BRAKE
I asked him to do a point by and he said "WHAT?? NO! I CANT DO THAT" So I'm doing all of the point bys out the right window, which is literally 3-4 cars per passing zone. A miata in group 1 passed us multiple times a session.
He at one point crossed s/f at 47 mph.
He keeps saying things like he's worried the brakes are going to get too hot. Announcer: THEY WERE NOT.
After session one I invited him to sit with me and make a plan. I start talking to him about what we are trying to do and some basic concepts. He keeps interrupting me and isn't really listening. I'm getting frustrated and I start explaining how we should be using the brakes and he interrupts to tell me that he was getting pretty good by the end of the session. I then half (fully?) snapped and said you know, maybe you should go out with Brian next session, I'm not sure we're connecting.
I then tried the "what do you do for a living, you're an expert at that, right? You'd be skeptical if I just showed up and tried to do what you do, right? Brian and I are experts at this, if you listen we can help you." To which he responds "but you might know some stuff about what I do" which is code for "I'm doing good out there, you're wrong"
Brian takes him in session 2 and it's a shit show.
I take him in session 3, repeat of session 1. He doesn't remember the first thing about where to put the car. Every lap, every sequence I'm telling him where to put the car, he's not doing it. Every corner entrance is too fast somehow despite crawling around the track. We're the first car to ever run a 2:20 lap that is in near constant imminent danger of hitting a tire wall.
At one point I decide to see what happens if I shut up to see if that would help. What resulted was the most heinous lap I've ever seen. Picture where a car should be at any point in a lap. His car was never in that place except during those brief moments when the car passed through the proper place on it's way to the wrong place from the wrong place.
I'm still doing all the point bys. The miata passes us 3 times in 25 minutes.
In session four with Brian managing him I timed him. 2:17 lap. During session 4.
I have no idea if he had fun. Brian and I tried to make it fun, Brian did a better job than me, I think.
I came late to the game and for the longest time thought that was all just an urban legend.Cuda911 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:38 pmIndeed.... congrats! Amazing to have watched this all progress over the years... from the beginning: "my wife bought me this 996, and my first track day is next week" (we all recall how that went) to now. Excellent accomplishment!32wildbilly wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:12 am
That is very cool. SCCA is the real deal. Congratulations!