or just buy your own?
god, it isnt free 100$ bills.

 

after you left.
who ever it was, rocked the auto 350z.. and a turbo RX8

 

that would have been 'Blake Fuller'

 

A lot of your front tire wear woes will be alleviated by better alignment settings, better tire pressures, and better driving!

Front tires get abused when you ask too much of them. Lots of you guys were pushing too hard, trying to turn in too quickly, and understeering. This rapes the outer edges of your front tires. You should all be running at least 32-38psi in your fronts depending on your profile. I suggest anywhere from 1.5-2.5 degrees of neg camber up there as well.

Secondly, having a really cruddy tire in the rear is fine for practicing. In fact, it's actually better, because it does two things. For one, it forces you to commit EARLY. Why? Because the cruddy tire does not have enough grip to overcome the momentum of the car, and it will slide forever as it comes to a stop. This is a really good training technique.

On the other side, having a cruddy tire means you're more susceptible to heat. As the tire begins to overheat it loses grip rapidly which can exaggerate the lack of grip. This can also happen having too little tire (and was part of the reason for my crash at FD Irwindale in '04).

Also, remember that a slightly better tire will actually wear/last longer than a used junkyard special or a new cruddy tire. Sportier tires have better heat handling and resist chunking better.

This event had the most novices/newbies we've had in a long time, and I'm happy for that. It means people are interested in learning. I just hope those people will come back again.

For those of you who are new, you definitely want to start slow and explore the track turn by turn. No one is requiring you to drift every corner. There were a few drivers who exemplified this very much. Pick a few turns and get bigger progressively. Don't come out of the box expecting to combo the whole track because it's not going to happen. Even the Enjuku boys had some moments, as do I.

I look forward to seeing all of you at the next event and we definitely take your suggestions to heart. Keep them coming!

 

The event was great, It was my first time there and the track was awesome. My car was acting great, event though i had alot of spin outs but hey I was just learning now that i have a better suspension set up. I am 100% sure i will be there the next time. Erick & DG thanks for throwing such a kick ass event, and all the drivers were doing great from the most experienced to the least, i saw constant improvement the whole day. Regina, How is the car? The lap before the one you went into the ditch i kept on telling myself becareful there, but i am glad you and your car is ok. And to SISTANDsFORSUCKIT dude if you thing that all these guys did so bad, why not get yourself a car and participate before acting like a jerk and putting down people.

 

you fuck you must not know how to read! i never said that it was easy and i did give props to those who did it, and accept for a few cars, most everyone improved as the day went on! all i was saying was that it sucked to see the "Novice" bitches the whole time, plus it must of sucked for the advanced for having to waite so long between runs.

GOD DAMM why do bitches always stick their fuckin dumbasses in everything when they don't know shit?

 

UHMMM CALM DOWN BROTHA, THE FORUMS IS JUST TO EXPRESS SOMETHING NEXT TIME IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE ADVANCE GUYS GO TO A FORMULA D EVENT OR D1 COMP. DONT GO TO A PRACTICE.

 

damn...don't have a coronary.

Look, I was in the advanced group and yes, it does suck having to wait, but that's the name of the game. There were what? 9 people in Advanced? that leaves 31 people in 'novice'. Odds alone mean they will use up more track time.

The other thing you have to consider is safety. Even in Advanced, we spin out...but I know if Taylor is behind me, he will make a good decision on how to handle the situation. He's a good driver and I trust him. People in Novice don't have the same control. If a novice were behind me...I'd be scared shitless that they may hit me, so for safety reasons, they are spaced out more.

And you fail to realize that EVEN SOME advanced drivers did not like the Hot-lapping. Personally...it rocked, but only because I trusted the other drivers on the track.

 

well i was just saying, i wasnt trying to be all loud and shit. my intent was never to put someone down. " i did give props to those who did it, and accept for a few cars, most everyone improved as the day went on! " ~ i didnt know that was being a jerk...