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SCCA Track Night in America - Your Intro to HPDE
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<blockquote data-quote="SeikenFreak" data-source="post: 16269751" data-attributes="member: 122263"><p>Bit of a thread bump but yea, these events have been pretty good for me. More so at my previous job when I had the day off during the week. And my current boss can't be bothered to let me do a half day. Regardless, took a day off this week to go to an NJMP event. It's my local track and I've been to maybe 8 or so TNIA events by now? Nice and casual, just the way I like it. I've done NASA and SCCA events in the past with instruction but I'd rather be alone in the car. Just an anxiety thing. I don't really go out there to set a fast time or improve my driving necessarily, I just enjoy driving way harder than you can on the street and holding on for dear life as the g-forces toss my guts around and strain my neck. I'd describe my driving as if I were in an endurance race: I'm easy on the tires and brakes. I just try to be smooth and consistent. I'm already getting the adrenaline rush so I don't feel the need to push it and risk destroying my car.</p><p></p><p>I run in the Intermediate group and that's where I feel comfortable for now. Novice (which I did a few times, even though I was over qualified for it I guess from prior track events and comfortable on track) is basically if you've never been on track before. Expect some people to be going very slowly and not understand stuff like the racing line etc. Intermediate eliminates all the briefing and verbal instructional stuff so you have more time to relax. The speed on track can be a mixed bag. Some people are pretty quick and others are slower, staying in their comfort zone. Advanced, from an outsiders perspective, is where the crazies go. Often cars with aero and slicks, these people run hard and often chase lap times. I'd put them on that instructor-tier level of speed from some of the videos I've watched. Everyone knows on-track footage looks much slower on video.. You watch one of these dudes in a Miata and it manages to look fast.</p><p></p><p>If I had any complaints, it's that there isn't enough track time! I need MORE!</p><p></p><p>This was my first time taking my new-to-me GT350 out on track.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]QhZ4mSqB3_o[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>This was a little bit of a shakedown for an event at Pocono next month. Former co-worker invited me and I've never done any events outside of NJMP due to worrying about something happening and being stranded that far from home. I've been on Pocono as a passenger briefly (in a F360 Challenge no less) but that's it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeikenFreak, post: 16269751, member: 122263"] Bit of a thread bump but yea, these events have been pretty good for me. More so at my previous job when I had the day off during the week. And my current boss can't be bothered to let me do a half day. Regardless, took a day off this week to go to an NJMP event. It's my local track and I've been to maybe 8 or so TNIA events by now? Nice and casual, just the way I like it. I've done NASA and SCCA events in the past with instruction but I'd rather be alone in the car. Just an anxiety thing. I don't really go out there to set a fast time or improve my driving necessarily, I just enjoy driving way harder than you can on the street and holding on for dear life as the g-forces toss my guts around and strain my neck. I'd describe my driving as if I were in an endurance race: I'm easy on the tires and brakes. I just try to be smooth and consistent. I'm already getting the adrenaline rush so I don't feel the need to push it and risk destroying my car. I run in the Intermediate group and that's where I feel comfortable for now. Novice (which I did a few times, even though I was over qualified for it I guess from prior track events and comfortable on track) is basically if you've never been on track before. Expect some people to be going very slowly and not understand stuff like the racing line etc. Intermediate eliminates all the briefing and verbal instructional stuff so you have more time to relax. The speed on track can be a mixed bag. Some people are pretty quick and others are slower, staying in their comfort zone. Advanced, from an outsiders perspective, is where the crazies go. Often cars with aero and slicks, these people run hard and often chase lap times. I'd put them on that instructor-tier level of speed from some of the videos I've watched. Everyone knows on-track footage looks much slower on video.. You watch one of these dudes in a Miata and it manages to look fast. If I had any complaints, it's that there isn't enough track time! I need MORE! This was my first time taking my new-to-me GT350 out on track. [MEDIA=youtube]QhZ4mSqB3_o[/MEDIA] This was a little bit of a shakedown for an event at Pocono next month. Former co-worker invited me and I've never done any events outside of NJMP due to worrying about something happening and being stranded that far from home. I've been on Pocono as a passenger briefly (in a F360 Challenge no less) but that's it. [/QUOTE]
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