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04-10-2011, 09:20 PM
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Read the fine print, in my area all cars have to have an independant track inspection for DEs make sure to get that done if required or the day will. End before it begins. Track inspecdtions are pretty cursory for DEs but required non the less
As for the warning - don't worry, you don't have to inhale
As for the warning - don't worry, you don't have to inhale
04-10-2011, 09:45 PM
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Read the fine print, in my area all cars have to have an independant track inspection for DEs make sure to get that done if required or the day will. End before it begins. Track inspecdtions are pretty cursory for DEs but required non the less
As for the warning - don't worry, you don't have to inhale
As for the warning - don't worry, you don't have to inhale
04-10-2011, 09:50 PM
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The LSR PDS program is a great way to start to learn how to drive your car. It includes among other things, a wet skidpad, which is a hoot. You guys will love it, and I predict we'll see you at one of our DE events at TWS. I instruct at all the PCA DE's at TWS. Look me up when you get there.
04-10-2011, 09:57 PM
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Yea, Pete is so right on...the street benefit is 10X! - I find I am fully engaged just driving to work...I tend to apex every turn and that makes a more comfortable ride for passengers even though they have no idea you are doing it (can be done in a single lane, naturally) My level of concentration has risen and when things go wrong I have a tool set to work from.
example: we do a station called "accident avoidance" and I have done it many many times... one Monday after a track day, coming home from work, the car in front of me (65mph) tried to change lanes. As he changed he noticed a car already there (I was following him pretty close in traffic....) he swears back radically, causing his car to loose tracton. - in accident avoidance we have to wait for the flagger.... this car suddenly became my flagger.... I waited as he
began to spin to the left.... wait, no flag yet... and THEN his car violently spun RIGHT!... well since I waited the correction was very subtle and I just drove around him as he litterally spun a 720 on the freeway. I watched in the mirror and thought, that was easy!!! - BUT, had I not waited and turned before it was time, I would have chosen the wrong way and the whole thing could have turned out much differently had I been collected in the spin....
I attribute the "save" to the skills days and have heard many other stories that drivers feel the skills learned at the track saved thier bacon on the highway
sorry so long.
example: we do a station called "accident avoidance" and I have done it many many times... one Monday after a track day, coming home from work, the car in front of me (65mph) tried to change lanes. As he changed he noticed a car already there (I was following him pretty close in traffic....) he swears back radically, causing his car to loose tracton. - in accident avoidance we have to wait for the flagger.... this car suddenly became my flagger.... I waited as he
began to spin to the left.... wait, no flag yet... and THEN his car violently spun RIGHT!... well since I waited the correction was very subtle and I just drove around him as he litterally spun a 720 on the freeway. I watched in the mirror and thought, that was easy!!! - BUT, had I not waited and turned before it was time, I would have chosen the wrong way and the whole thing could have turned out much differently had I been collected in the spin....
I attribute the "save" to the skills days and have heard many other stories that drivers feel the skills learned at the track saved thier bacon on the highway
sorry so long.
Maybe you need a refresher on aggressive driving, if you weren't tailgating this guy he would've had a chance to see you out of his blind spot. Just because you are anticipating someone's suprised reaction to you tailgating, doesn't mean that you have a higher sense of driving skill, just that you are a dick.
I'm not surprised you didn't stop to see if the guy made it out of his 720, considering that you could've been charged for the fault of the accident, by anyone witnessing your road rage. Goof.
04-10-2011, 10:14 PM
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Read the fine print, in my area all cars have to have an independant track inspection for DEs make sure to get that done if required or the day will. End before it begins. Track inspecdtions are pretty cursory for DEs but required non the less
As for the warning - don't worry, you don't have to inhale
As for the warning - don't worry, you don't have to inhale
04-10-2011, 10:21 PM
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Usually there is a form on the local PCA site for a DE inspection. A Pcar dealer or a good independent Euro car mechanic can do it. Sometimes the local Pcar dealer will do it for free.
04-10-2011, 11:03 PM
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http://lsrpca.com/linked_docs/de/201...202%20Page.pdf
For the PDS event, cars are inspected on-location on the day of the event.
04-10-2011, 11:09 PM
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Hey Copper, welcome aboard. I just retired after 25 years. 20+ in a patrol car & 13 with a K-9. Congratulations on the P-car. I would take advantage of the department's track in the patrol car....if they will let you spend extra time there, it's hard to beat getting paid to drive a dept. car on the track (their gas, tires, brakes, etc.) I never took advantage of it, but my assocciation also sponsored local racers.
04-10-2011, 11:32 PM
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Hey Copper, welcome aboard. I just retired after 25 years. 20+ in a patrol car & 13 with a K-9. Congratulations on the P-car. I would take advantage of the department's track in the patrol car....if they will let you spend extra time there, it's hard to beat getting paid to drive a dept. car on the track (their gas, tires, brakes, etc.) I never took advantage of it, but my assocciation also sponsored local racers.
I need to take advantage of it. Since I work at the academy I can get on the track a lot. The higher up wants us to cross train. I guess that would be a good excuse to get on the track
