Mikelly Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 We just got back yesterday evening from the TRIAD ZCAR/ TarHeel Sports Car Clubs Weekend HPDE and TT event at VIR... 2 days, classroom and ontrack instruction, and time trials at the end of each day! These two clubs combined to put on these events, and MAN it was SUCH A NICE event.. some seriously high dollar cars at this event... http://www.thscc.com/timetrial/events/vir_full_course.htm I met up with Jim McNemar, who drove down in his Porsche GT3 and I finally got to meet Mark Icard. We had a good time watching Mark abuse the expert field in his yellow LT1 powered Z. His car was the talk of the paddock! I captured some really good in car footage of me running down a 1999 Ferrari 355F1 on Saturday, and some more footage of Sunday's event! We had a true blast, got to hang with some cool Zcar dudes, and abuse some high dollar rides with our little cheap C5 Corvette... I was running on crappy ceramic pads and STREET tires and passing better equipped cars on slicks... it was a real treat, and I learned sooooo Much from my instructor... I highly recommend attendance at the next event... VIR ROCKS! Mark, check your inbox! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Mike, Great to finally meet you and Jim. If any of you guys are ever planning to do a track event, you must get to VIR. Man what a fun place. Weekend could not have been better. Car ran great, I'm finally putting some turns together and the group that put this event on was really a great bunch of guys. The weather in Feburary was a question but it turned out to be like and early spring weekend. PERFECT. Next time there is early March with the BMW group. John, How was you therapy? Mine was great. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 posted by mikelly We had a good time watching Mark abuse the expert field in his yellow LT1 powered Z. His car was the talk of the paddock! Yeah, that's pretty much the way it goes. Glad you guys had a good trip with good weather and no bad deals. I had a very theraputical weekend at the beach, nice weather and a good time. TriZ/THSCC is a great group to go the track with, they do a good job. I'm going to try and make the Apr 9-10 trip to the south course, either of you interested in that one? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preith Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Man, I'm a little worried about how the weather will be at my first event April 9th and 10th at Blackhawk Farms. It's times like this where I've got to move to a warmer climate! DrSideways (Alan) is a regular at VIR. I'd like to see his car run in anger sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 Alan was there abusing the field as well... You guys want to see w well engineered beast of an L6 powered car run...WOW... That thing is AWESOME! Lot of nice Zs there this weekend... LOT of CLEAN and FAST Zs! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preith Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I'm so jealous! He has stated on here that he now has a 140mm rod motor that "pulls like a mother". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 What makes his car great is the NUT behind the wheel. He is the only instructor that has EVER riden with me that says gas, gas, gas, faster, faster. He really is a great guy and will take the time to help anyone who asks. He rode with me this weekend for a session and showed me a few different lines that really helped out. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 Funny you mention that Mark... I've been in a lot of events over the years, and Norb Watts, the instructor I had this weekend was the SAME WAY... These guys really wanted you to push it and learn at speed... Norb was amazing and got me back up to speed pretty quick. I left there yesterday with a huge boost in my driving confidence. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Track events are a huge ball. It's amazing how much you learn and how much fun you have. You guys are killing me. I can't wait to get to go myself. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSideways Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Mike & all, It was good to meet you this weekend. All in all it was a great time. The car ran fairly well. I wish I could have done a just over 1/2 second faster to beat the BMW Saturday for the overall TT win. I hope someone here took some photos and maybe can post some soon. You guys are correct about getting to VIR. Over the past 4 years I have been REAL lucky to spend about 4 days a month year round on track there. Most of those days have me on track for six hours. Two hours each for two students and two hours each day for me to wear out stuff. So @ roughly 60mph you can do the math. (Of course the time in Icard's car is much faster) ... We may bring the car back for the South course event in April. I do need to do some service work and may be out for that oe to be ready for the Gold Cup @ VIR in June. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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