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View Poll Results: Do you track your 911?
Hell no! I spend my days cleaning it with wipes made from baby seal fur
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Hell yes! Rubber marks on the hood are a badge of honor
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46.43%
Kinda: I have another track car; my main 911 stays home
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Do you track your car?

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Old 09-09-2015, 12:26 AM
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Never tracked a car before in that never on a track... Just a course made of cones in a parking lot w plenty of run off aka autox. Would do with GTS in a heartbeat. Car comes 12/11.

Now... Taking GTS into a real track, as in boo boo = very expensive. Donno yet.
Old 09-09-2015, 11:05 AM
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Me and a few friends at COTA:


All 85 survived T1!
Old 09-09-2015, 01:09 PM
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This has been my first summer of tracking and I can say that I'm completely hooked

For those that have never tracked their 911 -- You're missing out on so much joy that these cars can give. Controlling a rear engined car on the limit through sweeping corners is just so much fun.
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I have gotten my track kicks by taking my 991 to a Porsche Driving Experience at Atlanta, parking it paying to drive a GT3 or TT on the track. However, I do get my kicks by stuffing my GTS around mountainsides in NC with Sport plus activated. Transporting a change of clean underwear is appropriate for either venue
Old 09-09-2015, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 1Gunner
I have tracked 3 of my 5 Porsches, including the present TT.... but I prefer and enjoy something a little more track focused now-a-days.



Nice!
How do you like the Radical? How do the operating costs compare to a street based car in your experience? Do you wrench it yourself?
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Originally Posted by electron mike
Nice!
How do you like the Radical? How do the operating costs compare to a street based car in your experience? Do you wrench it yourself?
Thanks!!
It's a fantastic car and to date (4 race weekends, 5 club races and a test and tune day).. it's been rock solid. Gas 'n go!!

I do my own fluid changes, and also "spanner" the car between sessions and also maintain brakes and tires. Because it's so light, both of those consumables last much longer than on my track focused GT3.

To run similar lap times in a Porsche I'd need to be in a 997.2 Cup car and the running cost would be exponentially higher....

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Track? You mean drive, on a track?

You guys actually drive your cars?
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I would like to experience mine on the track, but I have a dedicated, gutted, track prepped 370Z with all appropriate safety equipment that I track instead. At the speeds these cars are capable of, I'd rather not drive it with just a 3 point belt and a helmet. I do plan on doing the Porsche thing at the HQ in Atlanta though, just to see how the car behaves on track. I have a friend who is a coach there.
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Originally Posted by MJG911
I would like to experience mine on the track, but I have a dedicated, gutted, track prepped 370Z with all appropriate safety equipment that I track instead. At the speeds these cars are capable of, I'd rather not drive it with just a 3 point belt and a helmet. I do plan on doing the Porsche thing at the HQ in Atlanta though, just to see how the car behaves on track. I have a friend who is a coach there.
could not agree more...a cage and proper safety equipment, always. I had no problem getting on track with 84 of my friends for a wheel to wheel race event (see photo above), which included a spin by another that I could not avoid and some damage in T14, all injuries were to my wallet.



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