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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 |
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Teutonic Speedracer Met Gary GM01SS! at WGI at last school this year! Oct 4 2005, 01:45 AM
firehawkclone Well it still sounds like you had fun Dennis, and ... Oct 4 2005, 01:54 AM trackbird QUOTE (Teutonic Speedracer @ Oct 3 2005, 20:4... Oct 4 2005, 02:09 AM Teutonic Speedracer QUOTE (trackbird @ Oct 3 2005, 21:09)QUOTE (T... Oct 4 2005, 02:14 AM trackbird Summit point is the most affordable, unless I can ... Oct 4 2005, 02:17 AM PF Flyer I still say it coincide with a NASA event. VIR wil... Oct 4 2005, 11:26 AM Jon A I like the way those pics "put a visual to th... Oct 4 2005, 11:36 AM GM01SS QUOTE (Teutonic Speedracer @ Oct 3 2005, 19:4... Oct 4 2005, 12:23 PM steve-d Dennis,
Which wheel broke the studs, driver rear?... Oct 4 2005, 12:28 PM PF Flyer Dennis - regarding the pictures, isn't that th... Oct 4 2005, 12:37 PM Teutonic Speedracer QUOTE (PF Flyer @ Oct 4 2005, 07:37)Dennis - ... Oct 4 2005, 02:37 PM
Teutonic Speedracer QUOTE (steve-d @ Oct 4 2005, 07:28)Denni... Oct 4 2005, 02:38 PM  |
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