The instructors meeting was short and sweet, no assigned students, and the other usual HPDE rules, including the one saying we cant pass anywhere, only in the "passing zones"
Next was the student meeting and again, the usual stuff like the flags and the part about free food... wait what? yes, i said free food! After that we were on track! Alright this is the first session out with a car thats not mine, sweet track time... hmm i hope i dont go off and hit anything.... such a nice car, and i hear they are easy to drive. We take off and i take a lap to sort out the car. The turn in is great, the feel is amazing, but it plows a little... maybe i should try trail braking it, nah, I'll try that later. The brakes were amazing and i could tell the car was light. With the gears in the car i was able to nearly top the car out doing just under 130 before the braking zone into 1. Next jump into three cars in a row, back into the m and repeat, that was my morning. I instructed everything from a stupid fast second gen DSM, to a bone stock s2k, to my friends sti (also fast). Throughout the entire day i got looks from people when i said the car was not mine, most people said that i had a very trusting friend and i agreed that I do. After lunch i only had 2 students so i had a little bit of a break then it happened. I gave a ride in the m3 and i think the passenger was a little bit shocked how well i know summit and how well i was driving someone else's car. A friend Max came up with his M3 race car and we both got up to gird at the same time and i vowed to stay as close to him as possible. The first lap the 615's came up to temp way quicker than his RA-1's so i was on his ass, by the second lap he had about 5 cars on me. Then on the third lap, i to a late pass in 10, didnt get the car turned in and want off in 10
Nothing major just slid right over the gator into the gravel trap and continued back onto the track. Only damage was the spilter separating an inch of two but Epoxy will fix that. All and all it was a good day, LOTS of track time and cool students. I cant wait to do it again!
video of the off
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 7720&hl=en
Now all you need to do is mount the camera about 3" lower so we can see something other than your rearview mirror. 