I'll start with mine:
I have been autocrossing for five years and have participated in the Solo 2
natoinals at Topeka for the last two years.
I also started solo 1 this year (it's a form of time attack) and go lapping
at the nearby racetrack once a month. My only wheel to wheel experience
comes from go kart racing (mostly indoor during the winter).
Your turn now.
>I'll start with mine:
>I have been autocrossing for five years and have participated in the Solo 2
>natoinals at Topeka for the last two years.
>I also started solo 1 this year (it's a form of time attack) and go lapping
>at the nearby racetrack once a month. My only wheel to wheel experience
>comes from go kart racing (mostly indoor during the winter).
>Your turn now.
Eldred
same here, just indoor / outdoor karting and a driver safety training at
the Nordschleife in rental cars, including two laps on my own and one
lap with Frank "Stippi" Stippler in his Alfa (he's currently driving a
DTM Audi).
Cheers, uwe
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GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
I did some Formula Ford racing back in the late 60's, and a bit of
GT3 racing in the 70's. Mosport Park, Shannonville, Harewood (no
longer in existence). Once every year or so, I go to Mosport to
_watch_ real life racing. Does that count? <grin>
--
Darryl (no better in RL than in sims, however)
Truthfully, though, rFactor has me asking "why?" It's too expensive
and too much work to do real life racing. I haven't had much fun with
karts this year. There is a kart race tonight I'm planning to go to,
but it seems like I'm just looking for an excuse to stay home and drive
on the computer.
Pat Dotson
:
1/2 a season later, car was torn up, money was gone, motivation was
non-existent, and before we could build another car, the partner bolted, I
found a girl, and everything was sold.
The End
Sure was fun while it lasted, though......
Ed
> Truthfully, though, rFactor has me asking "why?" It's too expensive
> and too much work to do real life racing. I haven't had much fun with
> karts this year. There is a kart race tonight I'm planning to go to,
> but it seems like I'm just looking for an excuse to stay home and drive
> on the computer.
SCCA Amature in the 60s, mostly Elkhart and Milwaukee Mile infield road
course and a few trips to Mid-Ohio with my club. There were several other
road courses in the Midwest then that no longer exist that we visited for
club races. I did another stint in an RX4 in the 70s but it got far too
expensive and the "true" amateurs had all but disappeared. The entire cost
of getting started in the mid 60s was about $2,000, including my
car........:-) (TR3 in great shape, $850), safety items (roll bar, belts,
suit, kill switch and moving battery), and SCCA school at club's rates.
Those were great days for amateurs, especially if you were in a club. I
would hate to try and get into a TR3 today.........:-)
Ed
>> This might be a funny way to learn more about each other. So here is the
>> question:
>> What are your real life racing experiences?
>> I'll start with mine:
>> I have been autocrossing for five years and have participated in the Solo
>> 2 natoinals at Topeka for the last two years.
>> I also started solo 1 this year (it's a form of time attack) and go
>> lapping at the nearby racetrack once a month. My only wheel to wheel
>> experience comes from go kart racing (mostly indoor during the winter).
>> Your turn now.
> SCCA Amature in the 60s, mostly Elkhart and Milwaukee Mile infield road
> course and a few trips to Mid-Ohio with my club. There were several other
> road courses in the Midwest then that no longer exist that we visited for
> club races. I did another stint in an RX4 in the 70s but it got far too
> expensive and the "true" amateurs had all but disappeared. The entire cost
> of getting started in the mid 60s was about $2,000, including my
> car........:-) (TR3 in great shape, $850), safety items (roll bar, belts,
> suit, kill switch and moving battery), and SCCA school at club's rates.
> Those were great days for amateurs, especially if you were in a club. I
> would hate to try and get into a TR3 today.........:-)
> Ed
Here she is at rest - http://lrg.zorpia.com/0/892/5709900.1e97ae.jpg
and attacking the uphill at LRP -
http://lrg.zorpia.com/0/913/5844679.caa741.jpg
G Patricks
>I'll start with mine:
>I have been autocrossing for five years and have participated in the Solo 2
>natoinals at Topeka for the last two years.
>I also started solo 1 this year (it's a form of time attack) and go lapping
>at the nearby racetrack once a month. My only wheel to wheel experience
>comes from go kart racing (mostly indoor during the winter).
>Your turn now.
Good luck........lol........
Ed
Beautiful ride there G. Does the old long course at LRP still exist? Our
old club went out there many years ago (didn't make the trip myself) and it
seems to me that it was much longer then. You gotta love the PCA. They have
been around a long time and have always been a class act.
Ed
It was a 1/8 mile drag strip.
I beat the hell out of a Vette one day. Boy, was that guy pissed! I had
one of the rarest GTO's made that year (one of 252 with factory disc brakes
from what I understand), and for some bizarre reason it came from the
factory with an open-diff. He got beat by a car with an open diff. LOL!
I fixed that problem evenually :)
-Larry
