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05-27-2011, 02:21 AM
#76
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Sarge - I suggest renting a helmet until 1) you got hooked on tracking which is very likely the first time out or 2) the DE organizers don't have a rental available and you feel the unbearable sting of sitting on the proverbial sidelines (don't ask me how I know).
And then plan to buy your own for somewhere between $300 and $1400 depending largely upon how much you need to impress your friends.
Plenty of threads on here about helmets but I just bought a brand new SA2010 Bell for $300 that fits great and most importantly matches the glossy basalt black of my p-car.
And then plan to buy your own for somewhere between $300 and $1400 depending largely upon how much you need to impress your friends.
Plenty of threads on here about helmets but I just bought a brand new SA2010 Bell for $300 that fits great and most importantly matches the glossy basalt black of my p-car.
05-28-2011, 10:49 AM
#77
Drifting
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if you do not plan doing AX events and only DEs I would get closed face helmet with visor. it is very nasty to get a bug or a piece of rubber from outside into your eye at good speed.
i also do not think it is good idea to show up at DE event without helmet as if by any occasion they wil be out of loaners you will fail tech line.
i would get this one:
http://www.saferacer.com/bell-sport-...productid=2210
contact shop and ask them if they can send you 2 helmets so you could return one with no fees, get one which will be exact by your head measurment and other one one size smaller. usually you end up with smaller one.
i also do not think it is good idea to show up at DE event without helmet as if by any occasion they wil be out of loaners you will fail tech line.
i would get this one:
http://www.saferacer.com/bell-sport-...productid=2210
contact shop and ask them if they can send you 2 helmets so you could return one with no fees, get one which will be exact by your head measurment and other one one size smaller. usually you end up with smaller one.
Thanks again
05-28-2011, 10:49 AM
#78
Drifting
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Sarge - I suggest renting a helmet until 1) you got hooked on tracking which is very likely the first time out or 2) the DE organizers don't have a rental available and you feel the unbearable sting of sitting on the proverbial sidelines (don't ask me how I know).
And then plan to buy your own for somewhere between $300 and $1400 depending largely upon how much you need to impress your friends.
Plenty of threads on here about helmets but I just bought a brand new SA2010 Bell for $300 that fits great and most importantly matches the glossy basalt black of my p-car.
And then plan to buy your own for somewhere between $300 and $1400 depending largely upon how much you need to impress your friends.
Plenty of threads on here about helmets but I just bought a brand new SA2010 Bell for $300 that fits great and most importantly matches the glossy basalt black of my p-car.
Last edited by SARGEPUG; 05-28-2011 at 02:12 PM.
05-28-2011, 07:30 PM
#80
Drifting
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I am sure I will. If I am into something, I go full blown, if not, it's immediately axed! I have already driven a race car before and a big race fan, so I am sure to be hooked. Your avatar is your 993?
05-28-2011, 08:06 PM
#81
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One of my adrenaline addiction shots...
05-28-2011, 08:11 PM
#82
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05-31-2011, 04:16 PM
#83
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Seeing as I'm sitting in the right seat of paspar's lightning video, I take it you had a good time...?!
Lightning is a particularly good track for a novice, imho. Short enough to learn the line quickly, lots of variety, lots of passing zones, and, best of all, lots of runoff and few walls.
Lightning is a particularly good track for a novice, imho. Short enough to learn the line quickly, lots of variety, lots of passing zones, and, best of all, lots of runoff and few walls.
05-31-2011, 05:11 PM
#84
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I would get a closed face helmet anyway however.
05-31-2011, 07:41 PM
#85
Drifting
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Nice! I can see the load on your driver side suspension as you are entering that right turn! You must have felt that G force! Barreling down the Pocono tri oval straight @ 185 and diving into turn one, was my "baptism of fire" on what real G force feels like. That was in a 750hp Nascar. I couldn't believe the car held, it felt like it should have lifted up and flown into the woods! I think I have more than a head start on tacking my 911, from my NASCAR run. One of the most imprtant lessons I learned, was to trust the car. If you don't trust the car, you are done. I took 3 hot laps w/ a professional, as a passenger, for that reason. After that, I trusted the car and let it all hang out on my own! 
Spot on Sarge... love your facial expression 
05-31-2011, 08:36 PM
#87
Drifting
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06-04-2011, 01:01 PM
#88
Drifting
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Mounted FE and received helmet! I assume I don't need to install the tear offs on the helmet shield???
06-04-2011, 02:26 PM
#89
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06-04-2011, 05:12 PM
#90
Drifting
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Why would I have to remove the mats? Does it have to do w/ the less that can catch on fire the better?
Does the DE take you for some hot laps w/ him driving your car or he is always the passenger? I thought I heard he drives as well/\.