1. I did a "track day" at GIR about 2 years ago, when I first got the MR2. The MR2 is slow in a straight line, and infact, it gets worse the faster you go. The short 1st and 2nd gears run out and then you feel like you're driving something with about 60 hp... it's sad.

2. For my autocross purposes, the Toyota OEM brake pads are fantastic, and they're very good daily driving pads as well. However, they will fade badly on lap #2 of a hotlapping session on GIR running clockwise. I'm not about to buy a set of pads that I'll use once for this event, as it's expensive enough.

3. Cars with a lot of power aren't something I've driven a ton of. Most of my "success" has come driving smaller cars, so things with power are FUN for me as far as learning to drive goes.

4. I like driving other cars, to see how they are.

5. My own car is in the process of getting quite a few near parts that may or may not be available at the time of this event. With the 1.8 M1 miatas showing up in ES, the decision was made by myself and Jim that we should show the Miatas what's up and go win.


so... there you go.