Met Gary GM01SS! at WGI at last school this year! - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

I ran my last school last weekend at Watkins Glen. I had never run with them before. There was also 3 BMW club races over the weekend. Well, I saw a nice looking red SS there when I showed up on Friday. I thought it looked familiar! It was Gary's SS. I had never met him before and couldn't find him until late on Saturday night.

I had my 1st real trouble this weekend after about 35-40 track days! I broke a wheel stud while torqueing my lug nuts before my 1st session on Saturday. This resulted in me missing my 1st session while I picked up 2 studs at Carquest. They were POS's, but that's all I had because I couldn't find Gary.--Thanks Gary!!! It held and then when I swapped to the Hoosiers on Saturday night, I snapped another one (same wheel). I found Gary, and he had a bag of spare factory ones. They are much higher quality than the Carquest one, so I changed both. (Did I mention, I got 20 ARP ones from Summit last week to put on over the winter? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif) ) I ran 2 sessions on Sunday and then cracked my 1st ever brake rotor. It's not bad, but that was my worst track weekend from a mechanical standpoint! I can't wait to get Kevin's brackets on and go to the cheap and easy to replace C5 rotors.

I even got to run a few laps with Gary which was fun. Being that I run with BMW clubs most of the time, I rarely see F-bods, let alone in my group and all! Gary is a great driver, and his car sounds awesome. I have to find out what kind of headers he has! He had so much more confidence than me in the esses and I lost a lot of distance on him there. Since he is an instructor I also got to take a ride in his car which was cool.

I also corded one of my Victoracers after 13+ track days! On last year's suspension I only got 4 days!

Lap times (that I timed so far, only a few) were in the 2:22-2:23 range. I'll have to see if I was faster on any of the others.

Seeing Gary and another F-body really makes me wish we could have a big gathering of F-bods at a roadcourse some day like we had mentioned a while back. Learning, talking, checking out each other's cars, driving with, etc. is so much fun!

Some pics:
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This post has been edited by Teutonic Speedracer: Oct 4 2005, 01:47 AM

Teutonic Speedra... Teutonic Speedracer View Member Profile	Oct 4 2005, 01:45 AM Post #1
LS1 Inside! / Toolbox / Mechanical Engineer Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,215 Joined: 5-February 04 From: NJ Member No.: 179	I ran my last school last weekend at Watkins Glen. I had never run with them before. There was also 3 BMW club races over the weekend. Well, I saw a nice looking red SS there when I showed up on Friday. I thought it looked familiar! It was Gary's SS. I had never met him before and couldn't find him until late on Saturday night. I had my 1st real trouble this weekend after about 35-40 track days! I broke a wheel stud while torqueing my lug nuts before my 1st session on Saturday. This resulted in me missing my 1st session while I picked up 2 studs at Carquest. They were POS's, but that's all I had because I couldn't find Gary.--Thanks Gary!!! It held and then when I swapped to the Hoosiers on Saturday night, I snapped another one (same wheel). I found Gary, and he had a bag of spare factory ones. They are much higher quality than the Carquest one, so I changed both. (Did I mention, I got 20 ARP ones from Summit last week to put on over the winter? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif) ) I ran 2 sessions on Sunday and then cracked my 1st ever brake rotor. It's not bad, but that was my worst track weekend from a mechanical standpoint! I can't wait to get Kevin's brackets on and go to the cheap and easy to replace C5 rotors. I even got to run a few laps with Gary which was fun. Being that I run with BMW clubs most of the time, I rarely see F-bods, let alone in my group and all! Gary is a great driver, and his car sounds awesome. I have to find out what kind of headers he has! He had so much more confidence than me in the esses and I lost a lot of distance on him there. Since he is an instructor I also got to take a ride in his car which was cool. I also corded one of my Victoracers after 13+ track days! On last year's suspension I only got 4 days! Lap times (that I timed so far, only a few) were in the 2:22-2:23 range. I'll have to see if I was faster on any of the others. Seeing Gary and another F-body really makes me wish we could have a big gathering of F-bods at a roadcourse some day like we had mentioned a while back. Learning, talking, checking out each other's cars, driving with, etc. is so much fun! Some pics: (IMG:http://www.geocities.com/teutonic_speedracer/Img_5395_s2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.geocities.com/teutonic_speedracer/Img_5550_s2.jpg) This post has been edited by Teutonic Speedracer: Oct 4 2005, 01:47 AM

PF Flyer View Member Profile	Oct 4 2005, 11:26 AM Post #2
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 545 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Germantown, MD USA Member No.: 99	I still say it coincide with a NASA event. VIR will happen in Feb with NASA-MA, Mid-Ohio probably twice next season with NASA-OH, Watkins Glen with NASA-NE in Sept, plus plenty more once the schedules are finalized. To get an idea of the tracks visited, check out the NASA Regions and see the individual areas and their '04 schedules.