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Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:34 pm**

I spent this weekend instructing at summit point with the Mercedes club. These are some pictures from this weekends "Dancing Bimmers" party on the skid pad.

Night before:

a FAST m3

My friends Z (I think I'm driving in a few of the pictures)

Another friends 3 series zhp (I drove this as well)

Supercharged e36 4dr

My students M5 on Toyo R888's, and I'm driving!!!!

oops

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:06 pm**

Looks like you had fun, but how'd you get away without helmets?

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:29 pm**

Katya4me wrote:Looks like you had fun, but how'd you get away without helmets?

its a slow speed event. no car ever travels over 35mph, and the skid pad is really wide. So even if you spin there is a 0% chance of a car overturning.

hell, at some points I was not even wearing a seat belt

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:23 pm**

Looks like good times for sure. Nice picts man

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:26 pm**

This is a nutso pic:

Looks like the rim is touching the track

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:40 pm**

spazegun2213 wrote:
Katya4me wrote:Looks like you had fun, but how'd you get away without helmets?
its a slow speed event. no car ever travels over 35mph, and the skid pad is really wide. So even if you spin there is a 0% chance of a car overturning.

hell, at some points I was not even wearing a seat belt

Naughty boy!!!

I feel more comfortable w/ one on, but I can see why the risks were lower there. Did it rain before or while you guys were on the track?

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:02 pm**

Looks cool! I need to get back out to the track sometime.

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:03 pm**

i think they wet the skid pad down intentionally.

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:09 pm**

Mr Kleen wrote:i think they wet the skid pad down intentionally.

So, it's like the Street Smart or "real" driver education schools?

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:47 pm**

Katya4me wrote:
Mr Kleen wrote:i think they wet the skid pad down intentionally.
So, it's like the Street Smart or "real" driver education schools?

yes, its a wet skid pad, setup to show understeer and oversteer in a slow speed environment. We had a HPDE going on, the skid pad just entertained me while i was not on track

there are sprinklers on a timer to get it nice and wet. I think we went though thousands of gallons of water because it go so much use by my friends an I. When i bought the M5 out, EVERYONE stared at me... and saw my 2 spins