NYSpeed / OSYN Track Days 2008 [Next Day: Sept 13th] *NEW: Track Timing System!*

335i stock? How was that around the track. I <3 those cars, still looking for the perfect one :wink:

I had a great time, thanks to everyone that put it on. I was a little disappointed that I was never able to run with the Porches, they both seemed to have skilled drivers too. I wonder what kind of lap times they were putting down.

The rain was a fun, especially on the mostly bald R-Comps. I need more practice in the wet! Thanks MPD for showing me how slow I was goingā€¦

Another thanks to SlyDemon for letting me take the GTO out. That thing is a beast!

Also, I canā€™t believe picture are up already, this has to be a record or something! You guys take some awesome pictures at every event. Iā€™d love to get full size pictures of the GTO and STi (blue) if possible. Do you give them out, or charge a couple bux a piece?

Just a Procede. The car is very capable around the track, but it could really benefit from an LSD. Stock brakes and suspension are very good for a track like Dunville. Pick one up if you get a chance.

Here is some video from Farz in the red 997 GT3.

If anyone has stuff they wouldnt mind sending him in full res (Zong, ILC?) shoot me a PM and Iā€™ll pass you along his email addy.

Zongā€¦ thanks for those shots.

np! let me know if anybody needs high res. There are a lot of pictures I didnā€™t post so I very well may have your car.

Anytime! You were in my car with my for my fastest lap of the day (Iā€™m pretty sure, still need to fire up the PBox software and attempt to figure it all out). Weight balast ftw! Also remember that braking isnā€™t JUST a factor of your brake pads. My sticky tires do help with braking too. And as Mike will tell you, sometimes he yells at me for getting on it too hard :frowning: Iā€™ve slowly had to learn a more gentle, yet still firm, threshold braking approach.

Silly Porches.

Side note: We need to get John from the track on here. He was like ā€œYou are a track BEAST!.. wait, no, Iā€™m sorry, a track BEAUTY.ā€ Heā€™s on my good side.

In his first video he passed in a non-pass zone with (what looked like?) no point by :frowning: :frowning:

My brother took about 500 pics that I have to go through, and will post on flickr or something at some point. I had a fun day, got back into it after a few sessions, cept at that point my car would overheat after 5 laps or so :frowning: New radiator will be coming shortly. Then counterclockwise for the first time ever, in the rain on r-comps, I had no idea where to go and no idea how the tires would do. Tires ended up feeling ok, still at full tread, but needless to say I was going very slowly, and just trying to figure out the right lines.

Yeahā€¦some nice examples of the passing into corners without a point by. :frowning:

Had a great time. Thanks to the organizers for putting on the event at a crackhead priceā€¦ and muchas gracias to turbociv and dontknowyourusername for babysitting me when my diff started giving me problems on the way home.
My car needs R compsā€¦ and most importantly a better driver lol. :burnout:
Nice pics. :tup:

nice picsā€¦ i need a car worth taking ugh.

Iā€™ll pm you any good pictures I have of your car. All will be in the wet though. Iā€™ll send them over in full resolution so you can do what you want with them

Looks like I missed a good oneā€¦ maybe next time. Nice pics!

:tup: I figured the lack of LSD would be a slight factor

Iā€™m on the search for one everyday

Some slightly Editted pics of the STI.

http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~drcline2/bluesti/smaller_reso/Downthestraightaway.jpg
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~drcline2/bluesti/smaller_reso/MPD_chase.jpg
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~drcline2/bluesti/smaller_reso/splashdown.jpg
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~drcline2/bluesti/smaller_reso/splashdown2.jpg
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~drcline2/bluesti/smaller_reso/straight.jpg

I like the second one, old school vs. new. :slight_smile:

Thanks! Awesome job with the camera, and the resolution is ridiculous. I downloaded them, so you can take them down whenever. :tup:

LOL at picture three ^^^ It looks like the puddle was scared, and jumped out of the way.

@ 1:36?
I was flagging, the Boxster went off track actually, was watching his mirrors/GT3 behind him and ran out of track. I wouldā€™ve done the same thing. Ended up tossing a yellow for about 30 seconds.

Aha! That makes a lot more senseā€¦ actually watching the video again, I can definitely tell that he went off, now that Iā€™m looking for that. Thanks for clueing me in :slight_smile: