MJones

If you have not done it.
You should

If you have done it...
You should do the Masters Program.

What are your excuses for not doing so??

Yep I'm in Birmingham to attend the Masters yet again.

Barber is just such a fun place to drive, and beautiful too.
2.38 miles long, 16 turns, most of which are flowing
80’ of elevation change

Looking forward to Track Lapping, Skid Pad (black ice), AutoX and all the rest.

Driving is all about seat time, and it's so fun to drive the P car in the environment and manner for what it was designed
Driving public roads you have NO idea of the cars capabilities

Tomorrow the fun begins!!!

dstrimbu

MJ -

Have fun! How long is the longest straight at Barber?

-don

icruze

I will be at PDE before this driving season is over. I've gotton a taste of my 997S on the track and now I want more. I always appreciate your reports from Barber. Keep them comming.

Also, can you ask the insturctors about the issue discussed on another thread regarding whether the throttle body will automatically close during heel toe shifiting if you come on the brakes hard.

allegretto

I'd be interested too

Cruz, when did you go to Autohahn?

icruze

So as to not hijack this thread, I updated my post.

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-forum/271938-first-tack-event-with-my-997s.html

JohnnyBahamas

Daaaay-ammmmmn, M you are HARDCORE!

I had two masters as one of the options... came up on the side of diving for six weeks with semi-naked, hot women in a beautiful location instead.

MJones

Longest straight is 1595'

MJones

There is never a problem heel toe downshifting getting a blip. (clutch is in)

Problem is when you try to left foot brake, throtle is cut. (clutch is out)

Guess if you want to left foot brake, a disable/bypass of the clutch safety interlock would do the trick.
The DME is fooled thinking that the clutch is in.

Bob in NY

I signed up for a day in August, can't wait!

MHC2S

Jeff,

Have you done the PDE yet? I only ask since it's in your back yard.

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no!
i'm waiting on brian to get me a discount but he hasnt come thru!

i plan to take both standard and masters in the near future!
hopefully by the end of the summer.
have to drop some lbs. first!
get my personal power to weight ratio in line!
have been to the track several times though!

MHC2S

Jeff,

Let us know when you do and Mjones please take some pics. Oh yeh one more thing, Have a Blast !!!

MJones

PDE today was GREAT

Drove a Cayman on the AutoX course, A great handling car that I like better than the Boxster. Course is the same basic layout but has been tightenes up a bit...did a 27.44

Around 75 miles of lapping....pretty hot today, a bit over 90°, which can make for some greasey driving conditions with the car sliding about = FUN !

Here are a couple of videos showing some instruction insight:

Instructional ride w/ spin

Lunch Theory w/ Jeff


More tomerrow

Eggplant Cab

Well a compromise would be a ride with Sabine Schmitz at the ring. She's running the 997 Frike this year so she knows the 997 and on the ring, she's as good as anyone in a road car.
Sure she won't do it seminaked (but if you buy her enough beers at her pub, you never know, but I wouldn't try!). But she's cute( in a bavarian woman sort of way) and a helluva driver. She even impressed my wife enough to run a few laps on the ring a few years back.

PogueMoHone

Brian,

Say Hi to Richard (and all the gang) for me.

I'm taking my kids to do back to back programs in June.