Finally got to get down to business with this thing this weekend! Went out to St Lawrence Motorsport Park with the SCCV and had a blast, as usualy. For those that don't know the track is pretty much an overgrown go-kart track. Tons of fun for everyone except tires and brakes Of course I did camp (too cheap for a hotel) and didn't plan for it getting cold at night. That wasn't the most pleasant thing, but oh well.
There was a unanimous opinion that the track does not have the grip it used to so my times were actually running around a full second slower than last time I was there, with my (then) stock suspenion 9000 Aero! That said I was running pretty consistent 61-62 second laps.
Was very happy with the car. No issues FTW. Well balanced, tons of grip. The only thing I was complaining about is the open diff... gotta get rid of that thing! Even with stockish power and 205 Star Specs on the rear I was spinning on corner exits. Could use some decent brakes, too... these are exactly as they were when I bought the car.
Arriving:
Some variety here...
Racecar'd:
Waiting behind some more racey racecars:
OhE36 M3! Oh wait we're at the track
Couple shots of me driving:
My brother came out on Sunday and did some driving too.
My dad came out for Sunday as well to hang out, so we got him in the passenger seat which was fun
At the end of the weekend I spent a fun run or two trying my hand at drifting, which actually went better than expecting with a stockish power open diff Miata with sticky tires. If nothing else, I learned a hell of a lot about the car in those few laps.
Oh!
...or not.
Getting ready to depart after an excellent weekend. Unfortunately the black car got rear ended on Friday, which is no fun, but it still made the trip and the event and he will be buying it back (99% totalled) and fixing it so it's not all bad!
Some windshield cleaning...
Sure sign of a successful weekend!
Totally slacked on pics, but here's what I got: SLMP 1 2013 - a set on Flickr