Private-Events Track Day @ Buttonwillow - FULL TRACK - July 29th

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Location: Buttonwillow Raceway - FULL TRACK

Date: July 29th 2005

Entries: 40 Drivers

Entry Fees: Per Driver: $130 + processing fees $5.00 - Paypal Only

7:00 am Gates Open - All driver should arrive and have all cars ready. Registration.

8:00 Tech Inspection and Drivers Check-in. Registration Closed!
Drivers Meeting Starts - MANDATORY

9:00 First Session. Each group rotates every 30 min.

5:00 End of the Event

Check out www.private-events.net for more info.

-Al

[balmo]

im there al!
your going to fd houston right? goodluck!

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im there al!
your going to fd houston right? goodluck!

Yeah pare. Salamat.

-Al

[ghostuss]

NoOooOoooOo... Damn why can't this be sometime in after aug 8. I am still in Shanghai at end of July.

[kazuo]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I need a new clutch. :/

Someone help me do a clutch job so I can go. lol

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I need a new clutch. :/

Someone help me do a clutch job so I can go. lol

Its a month away. :smash:

-Al

[ma71supraturbo]

Damn I need to move back to norcal

[Andrew Bohan]

let's fixing art's clutch!

[kazuo]

Its a month away. :smash:

The thing is, I don't really have time or a place to work on it.

And I also need to save some dough for the clutch in the first place. :spank:

[eurosil80]

sounds like fun ill try my best to make it

[Flybert]

Why did you make it a few days after driftfest? WHY WHY WHY!!!? At balcony you said you weren't gonna throw a summer event at buttonwillow. And now you do it and it's right after a comp? WHY O WHY? Somehow I'm gonna try to get my money tree to grow some more money so I can get my ass to this.

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Why did you make it a few days after driftfest? WHY WHY WHY!!!? At balcony you said you weren't gonna throw a summer event at buttonwillow. And now you do it and it's right after a comp? WHY O WHY? Somehow I'm gonna try to get my money tree to grow some more money so I can get my ass to this.

It's NOT my fault. Andy Hately asked me to throw an event, I wasn't going to since Im working with a few things here in Norcal.

Blame Andy. :fawkd:

-Al

[TurDz]

This is awsome. After going to two of them without driving at all, I'm looking forward to attending this one.

[jaae86]

This is awsome. After going to two of them without driving at all, I'm looking forward to attending this one.

Alright Chris!! You're definitely gonna have fun now! Hope you remember all my pointers. =)

[thx247]

lol, driving with jeff is nuts. As soon as the car goes sideways he goes nuts. That shits infectious.

[Rich_S14]

Must register before it's too late!!!

[TurDz]

Is there any way to get a status on how many spots are left? thanks

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We have 25-27 registered already.

We might cut it down to 36 drivers only. 3 groups of 12 = 3.5 Hours of track time.

-Al

[kazuo]

AHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHH

Al - if my clutch dies there, will you tow me back?

lol

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AHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHH

Al - if my clutch dies there, will you tow me back?

lol

Im 99% that Im driving a car down there since Gabe from T3 will be towing my car. Its a month away so changed your clutch already.

-Al

[TurDz]

just wanted to let you know that the Paypal description says January 29th, when the event is in July. :)

anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing all of you guys out there.

[OptionZero]

just paid through paypal! first time at buttonwillow, whooh oo!

[thx247]

so you would be the guy that paid, but didnt give me any phone numbers, car color, type or emergency contact????lolol

[OptionZero]

yeah, my bad! i just got out of school so reading is a foreign concept to me...hahah

yeah i replied in the email with the info

[thx247]

8-10 spots left

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5 Spot left!

[OptionZero]

Is there a place to borrow/rent helmets? My friend wants to ride along, but he doesn't have a helmet.

[thx247]

There might be someone at the event he can borrow one from. Everyone coming to our events usually brings a helmet though so we don't rent them out from the track. If I think of somewhere I'll post. But I would ask people you know who are not going if they wouldn't mind.

[Var]

sounds like fun..im thinking about it. (Seriously)

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sounds like fun..im thinking about it. (Seriously)


I giggled.

-Al

[neevosh]

I think I'm going. No car though. So take pity on me and take me for ride alongs.

[thx247]

Shoulda rocked the french car...

[OptionZero]

hope everyone made it back and had a safe track day

who's got pix? i have to wait till i get back to my own comp to upload the crap i took.

[Flybert]

Yes, please bust out the pics.

[Drunk Bastard]

how was the track event guys?

[OptionZero]

No big problems I recall; I was most miffed about changing track directions half way. As I am a beginniner I would have preferred to stick with one way so I could get as much time as possible; the first direction I was only beginning to learn and then i had to go back from scratch.

That S2000 and the wingless white EVO were kinda punks, passing during corners and shit. I drove poorly, but even worse with someone on my ass closely...

[Rich_S14]

The event was great, lots of seat time. The best part was it was full course, so there was plenty of breathing room for all of the cars (and yet there were those aggressive guys who weren't patient enough to pass safely). The only big downside was the hot weather.

Hope everybody who went had fun. It was nice meeting Jon(OptionZero), Chris(TurDz) and Peter, hope to see you guys at the next event.

[visi0n]

my little corolla passed you on the straghts!!!! hahaha...j/p...damn twin s14's...

[OptionZero]

hey man, those hachis are light as crap, most of 'em are stripped

Besides, I took horrible lines throughout the day...

At buttonwillow, late apex rules the day, and i sucked at it

[thx247]

I wouldn't worry about it option. Takes time to learn the track. You guys did fine out there.

[OptionZero]

Things I learned:
1. Forget coilovers, or wheels, or an engine, or anything else.
I NEED A SEAT. Most turns I was practically sitting in the passenger seat; when I had a passenger, I had my head on his shoulder. Even normally, my head is tilted to the side just to keep from smacking the roof.

Stock S14 seat height + helmet + sunroof = soooooooore neck

2. Weight transfer owns. You read about it, you play gran turismo, you ride in cars...but damned if it isn't important to DO it.

3. Get rides. Going the first direction (clockwise? i forget), i rode with Rich, made driving 100x easier. Going the other way, didn't get to ride or work the track (flagging even), learning curve shoots up

4. Apex. Learn 'em. Do 'em.

5. Trying to drift w/ fresh new tires? Hard! (haha, rich...it was fun!)

sucks because i'll be starting to work THIS WEEK full time, so i'll have a little more money left to pay for more events....but less time to go to them. Shit man, life ain't fair.

[TurDz]

Barry,

I did a little research on Club4AG using your SN and the terms "20V Power" and I saw a thread that you were making 130whp!! niiice...and also, I hearrd you got robbed, sorry about that.

thanks for the driving tips in the bathroom, haha.

Jon,

We should keep learning the lines of BW (with the guide) and also, start reading other guides plus more in car videos. Did you want to see some other in car videos of the full track of BW? I haven't looked at them yet but it will be good to analyze the differences with our driving while it's still fresh in our mind.

[dball33]

Chris & Jon: Sounds like you guys had a blast out there. I want to be out there soooo bad!!! I'll be back at the end of August so we gotta go to some track events before school starts. I hope you guys can make it out to the Speed Ventures event at the end of September. It should be lots of fun since it's a 3 day event at Buttonwillow. Erik said that Speed Ventures have pretty good events.

Erik: When's the next Buttonwillow event!?!?!?! Did you see the 95 Spec R on craigslist. It's soooo tempting. Man, I really wish I'm back in the states!!!

[thx247]

The one for like 1700 bucks? Yeh I was trying to buy it for you, no joke. No response from the seller though. assholes.

I need to look into the SV events that month. I need new tires by then I think.

http://www.pca-ggr.org/pdf/bw-clockwise.pdf
www.pca-ggr.org/pdf/bw-counterclockwise.pdf

Buttonwillow guides


Or were you thinking about that other one for 7800 bucks? Sorta a high price imo, you get stuck with the spec suspension. I think all my stuff cost 5600 total. 2k for spec suspension isn't worth it, and you are stuck with a VLSD instead of the torsen that car SHOULD have come with it was actually an R package. So unless he sold parts from the R, he just pieced it together.

[TurDz]

Yeah, I actually printed out those guides and reviewed them after every session. It makes more and more sense the more you get comfortable to the track. Too bad they cover the Star Mazda turn rather than the sweeper.

With the sweeper, in the CCW direciton , I remember touching the last of the Esses outside right berm, then turned into that triagular berm which leads ot the sweeper. From there, I took the sweeper with a late apex, similar to the the line of Turn 2 @ Thunderhill. Dunno if that was correct, but I had good exit speed with that.

In the other direciton, I did something different. I stayed around the middle for most of the sweeper, then I experimented and started going a bit more outside near the end of the sweeper so I could prepare to enter the esses with a better speed. Dunno if that's right either, but it seemed fastest to me.

[visi0n]

TurDz,
hhahahah, catching me off guard asking me questions while in the restroom... LOL...

hey...next time you guys should ask me to follow behind. you guys can try to take the same line as me. When the S2000 caught up to me, i began to follow his racing lines to see how off mine were...OH MAN...if i had MORE grip and more power i coulda stuck with that S2000 noooo problem. The lines he was taking i couldn't take(at high speeds), the azenis were overheated by the time he caught up to me.

[jaae86]

Where the pics and vids yo???

[dball33]

The one for like 1700 bucks? Yeh I was trying to buy it for you, no joke. No response from the seller though. assholes.

I need to look into the SV events that month. I need new tires by then I think.

http://www.pca-ggr.org/pdf/bw-clockwise.pdf
www.pca-ggr.org/pdf/bw-counterclockwise.pdf

Buttonwillow guides


Or were you thinking about that other one for 7800 bucks? Sorta a high price imo, you get stuck with the spec suspension. I think all my stuff cost 5600 total. 2k for spec suspension isn't worth it, and you are stuck with a VLSD instead of the torsen that car SHOULD have come with it was actually an R package. So unless he sold parts from the R, he just pieced it together.

There was one for $1700?!?!? Hmm....was that a while ago? I sort of remember one that was that good of a deal. Well, I changed my flight and I'll be back the 24th so yeah, the search begins. Still looking for an used rollbar. There was one seller that was actually in Milpitas!! I think it was for $250, the double loop Hard Dog one.

[thx247]

hm, just buy any roll bar you can get your hands on that fits otherwise you end up eating shippings costs on a new one. And its a bar...how used can it get

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More pics at www.everythingdrift.com

-Al