Limerock Park 7/31/12: Because race car…

Shift518 Automotive
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Cossey finally convinced me to go to a track event with him yesterday. It was well worth the trip, saw some pretty nice cars (despite the fact there were no Lamborghinis there :’( ). Overall a good day.

Link to Flickr gallery of all images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/killerblackbird/sets/72157630856051060/with/7692203242/

Yea I know, 5-million shots of the Ferraris - deal with it lol.

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Was a good time for sure.

That 360C was gorgeous, and the owners were very nice. That GT3 Cup car was insane though. Dude was cooking in that thing.

To those that weren’t there:
Regarding the ZL1 Camaro: One of the GM magazines were there testing the car out. I don’t know how well he did in it, as he was in one of the lower groups but the car left with all of it’s paint and bodywork in tact so that’s all that matters.

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Nice panning work Jim! 200 f/2?

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Yes.

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Very nice shots!!

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both more than worthy of reposts

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Jim, any photos of the 3.0 CSL?

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I need to join in on one of these track days and get some real driving in… Maybe next season uhgg

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Come to an event to spectate. I’ll do my best to get you on track as a passenger in an instructor car.

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post up when the next event is please, i’d love to come check it out!

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I won’t be going to anymore events at Lime Rock this year (most likely), but I will be doing a couple more at Watkins Glen and one at New Hampshire. Both are 3hrs away.

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^ cossey let me know as well looks like a fun time, ive never been to a track day with regular people on the course usually its spronsored full race days with cars from turner, the mazdaspeed, apr vw’s and so on

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i’m down for a road trip… hell, i drove up to plattsburgh on a whim today from saratoga lol

edit: i miss living 45 minutes away from VIR… i used to love going out there and watching track days, etc… now the only time i get to see that track is on speed channel :frowning:

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I cant afford this type of racing. Why i stick to drag racing.

Awesome shots. Want viper.

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I didn’t take one shot of it because I thought it was the dumpiest looking thing there and I had no idea what I was looking at lol.

If I had a trailer and an extra set of wheels and tires for my S, I’d definitely do a few track days. Cossey was running the same tire (R888) that I have on my S2000 and the tread was boiling hot. Definitely hotter than you would get them during a 45 second Auto-X run. The tread felt like the sticky part of a Post-it note lol.

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You spend more drag racing than you do on a road course. I guarantee you that.

I should kill you where you stand, boy.

:gtfo

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I was going to bring it but I didnt :skid
:lol

I used my 135 f/2L and 100-400L.

:rofl
Im just not into BMW’s that much lol.

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That 1m is sickkk. Awesome pics, what’s up with the pics of the grey e46 m3? The owner must be like the guys who run Buick lesabres at Lebanon valley.

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Awesome pics.

To bad the track feels like an oversized auto-cross compared to the Glen or Mid-O, or VIR, or Laguna…or…

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I don’t know what is better, the pictures or the cars.

Apples to Oranges.

Sickness, KBB is down with it.