March 4th WRXatlanta.com & Siegel Racing Track Day @ Talladega Gran Prix Raceway

I hope you guys dont mind, I'm bringing the the 240sx, I need to get it dialed in for some time attack events that are going on later this year. It probally wont be that fast it should only be making 300hp at the event. We might turn it up a little if I'm feeling froggy.

Matt

 

you are free to bring what ever vehical you chose to drive.

 

...as long as you don't "drift".

 

Its pretty hard to drift on A032Rs.

 

Not if you have an ass load of HP.

 

so what's the plan on driving over there... the usual SRDEC schedule?

 

sorry guys, i am going to have to miss this

 

Uh, did I miss it somewhere?

Also, can a spectator drive a few laps as well? My brother may be heading into town, and I'm sure he'd like to have a chance to do this.

 

I have an extra helmet for those who don't mind wearing one that's pink!

 

Hey Guys,
The first pre-lesson; heel and toe downshifting;

For those that are driving manuals, it is my strongest suggestion that you heel and toe downshift EVERY gear, EVERY time you slow down.

For those that are not familiar with heel and toeing, here's a basic.

As you approach a corner, or even a stop,
1) You will use the Left Side of your Right foot (not necessarilly the toes, but the left side of the ball of your foot, keep your foot straight up and down if possible) to push on the brake pedal. If your car is not loud enough to know exactly what rpm you are at, try to be aware of the tach, without looking at it, and "see" the needle sweeping down far enough to go down to the next lower gear.
2) As you shed enough speed to go down a gear, push the clutch in with your left foot.
3) Shift down 1 gear unless your car has HUGE brakes and you HAVE to skip gears on the way down. Most cars, and likely all cars being driven on the street should be able to go down the gears one at a time.
4) Roll your ankle over, and use the Right Side of your right foot, or if the pedals are far apart you may have to throw you heel out slightly, to blip the throttle (all Subaru's should be able to do this EASILY with your foot straight up and down)
5) The blip should be quick. You don't want to be rev-matching slowly like pulling away from a stop. You want a quick, sharp blip into the throttle. You will actually want to slightly "over-blip" as in the revs should come up slightly higher than exactly where they should be for the next lower gear.
6) As the rev's are dropping to where they should be in the next gear you will come off the clutch. Now you are off the clutch in the next lower gear, ready to go to the throttle as soon as appropriate. Or, when your speed drops enough to go to the next lower gear, clutch in, blip and shift, release the clutch.
7) Your goal is to be able to slow at a constant force, on the track it will be threshold braking, while able to go down multiple gears without ever unsettling the car.

Ideally as you come off the clutch you will have exactly the right rpm, not too high where the engine pushes the car forward, or too low where the clutch slows the car, or locks a tire. I usually tell people that when you have done it 100 times, you might get a few right. When you've done it 1000 it will begin to be natural. When you've done it 5000 it will be seamless every time.

Also, please get in the habit of keeping your hands near 9 and 3 or 10 and 2. Keep both hands on the wheel, when you need to shift, do the shift and get both hands back on the wheel. Most good road racers support the shifty hands method of turning. Basically, keep your left hand on the left side of the wheel, and your right hand on the right side of the wheel. Shifting one hand at a time to keep your hands near optimum driving position.

That should be enough for now, as always, please call if you have any question,

 

Ms. Chan & Others, please do bring extra helmets that you wouldn't mind letting me use and/or try on. I don't own one and I'm looking to buy one so I'd appreciate a trial run.

 

i'll be bringing my tool box along, i just refilled it with mm ratchet-wrenches and sockets along with a very large ratchet bar and other toys (including 19, 21, and 32MM sockets). if you don't want to bring tools, you prob won't need to. i can also bring along my floor jack if that helps. let me know.

edit: will also bring radios

 

I have too much stuff going on right now, anyone want to take this spot off my hands.

Matt

 

i am sooooooo temped!!!

 

really shouldn't spend the 180 right now...

I WANT TO!!! ....but shouldn't

next time definitely!!!

 

I want to also, but like Brett I don't have $180. Plus I don't have another $800 on top of that to replace my tires after the event. At least replacing the brakes would still be free.

 

alex should show up with that mean cobalt of his

 

and something else very soon, buwahahahahahahah

 

damn i was hopin' you'd draw some killer lines with that fine hunk of... machinery.
so if the rx8 is back go to the track with it

 

looks like I won't have the big turbo in time for the track day. I thought 5 weeks was enough of a safety buffer(original install date of ~Feb 3), but most of Perrin's sh&t has been backordered it seems. Still going though!

 

you guys have a blast!!! take pics, and VIDEO!!!


wish i could go too...

alex, when do you think you will have another one planned???

 

hey, Stephen's 20g turbo blew the f&$# up tonight, so he needs to sell his spot.

Drop Stephen a PM if you want to take his spot!

--
Brian

 

well sadly there will be one more open spot...drop me a pm

 

I might try to head out....

 

the track day was awesome... i only got to run my car for a 10 min session due to brake issues... for details read this...

thanks to everyone who tried to fix my problems...

special thanks go out to ryan (wrxguy)... i cant begin to thank you for the amount of time you spent trying to fix my brake issues... you sacrificed lunch and a LOT of track time helping me out... i owe you one bro :bigthumb:

 

this was more fun than a barrel of drunken horny monkeys on red dawn... in a good way
milo i am SO sorry your day got fucked up by the fluid blend. when will it get fixed?

it was awesome getting this much track time in, i really had a blast will definitely be there next time. it was also great meeting everyone (brett, brian(s), ryan(s), mere, ... i know i'm missing some names-i'm horrible with names, but it was awesome hanging out with you all yesterday) hope to see more faces out there next time!

thank you alex/alex/scott/milo et al for putting this together.

 

First off, big huge thanks to SlowWRX!!! I owe you one! I had so much freakin fun, i can't even put it in words! Just awesome, to be able to push my car to the limit (and then some... Kink, how was the ride Alex?) in a safe environment.

I was very nervous at first, with no prior auto x or track experience. Took some lap rides with gt9729b. Then I went out with SS. Drove a few laps slowly, as Scott instructed me on the lines. Then Scott drove my car. WOW!!!! Sweet Jesus, WOW!!!! I very quickly gained a whole new respect for my car!!!! Spent some time on the skidpad at lunch learning more about weight transfer and gaining confidence... lift throttle oversteer is very very fun! As the day when on I was able to push my car more and more and started hitting my apexes better.

Except for this one time! Came out of turn 3 great, carrying a lot of speed, thought i was going to miss my apex late. I guess it was fear that made me turn in too soon and hit it early? Came out with my backend sliding out. Instead of adding more throttle, i lifted and tried to correct... spun out at about 55-60!!! All 4 off the track, huge cloud of dust and grass!!! Front windows down, so i all came in the car. I was fine, as was the car. Probably scared the shit out of alex... come to think of it, he never rode with me agian. Hahaha! But I went out some more and got my confidence back and finished with some great laps.

It was great hanging out at the track all day and meeting new people! I'm terrible with names as well. Thanks for all the advice guys. Alex, thanks for riding with me and helping me out! I've got an addiction now! And it's the track!!!!

Thanks again SlowWRX!!! Scott, thank you for everything!!! Alex & Milo, thanks for working with Scott and putting together this awesome track day!!

Looking forward to the pics and video!!!

 

Hahah, yeah that is what we were doing on the skid pad. But when it happened on the track, my mind was telling me something totally different. Come to think of it... it felt a lot faster that 55-60!!!

And yes it was fun!

 

here is the url for the videos

http://www.subytuner.com/video/wrxatl.wmv
http://www.subytuner.com/video/wrxatl2.wmv
http://www.subytuner.com/video/wrxatl3.wmv
http://www.subytuner.com/video/wrxatl4.wmv

 

awesome videos! :bigthumb:

 

what direction did you guys run? anyone clock quick lap times?

 

Wow! I thought i was cookin' but didn't know we going that fast!!! hnoes:

we ran counter-clock wise (normal direction, i quess).

lap times... *cough* maybe *cough*

 

nice vids guys, the cut together was nice stuff. i can't wait for the full wrxatl DVD to come out!

 

"IF" a stopwatch was running, did any street tire cars get under 70 sec?

 

yeah brian was the one i remember getting great lap times.

i believe my best was 76... is that good/bad for my first time?