996FLT6

Yeah Jedi Knight- you are ready for me : ). Jk- I'll gladly stay behind u all the way around : ). I won't divebomb u yet : ). Regards. Mike

mikymu

lol. I am no where close to you and John. I will be your tail gunner for a while

996FLT6

Mikymu- have u ran with Nasa? My 1st trackday is feb 28 sun with NASA at
sp(group 4). U learn alot bout awareness of other cars as they can be aggressive as well as bonehead stuff. Regards. Mike

RollingArt

Weather looks OK.

I just don't like it when it's so crowded like that.



Phil

mikymu

Tried NASA once at Infenion and it was a freaking parking lot on the track. They packed more than 50 cars in one session. I literally park my car on most turns waiting for the traffic to clear. Yes, there are ALOT of boneheads and that is why I never went back

996FLT6

Which grp were u in? Must be grp 3- yep that's where conga lines originated : ). Quite a few cars in group 4 but after 2 laps it spreads pretty evenly. Mike

mikymu

I think it was group 3. I rather pay a little more some where else to get better acces of the track

Larry Cable

You could not pay me to run with NASA ... esp in a car that cost more than $1000 ...

While my experience was a LONG time ago ... the HPDE grp 3/4 were a bunch of irresponsible/inconsiderate 'cowboys' ... and that was just the instructors ...

my favorites were the drivers "download" meetings ...

"aw shucks ... you just shouldn'ta dive-bombed that guy in the Ferarri ... it's gonna cost him a lot to replace it once we pick the parts up ... now you go back out there and enjoy yourselves ya hear!"



(not actual conversation, merely representative of the "we dont give f*ck .. we're NASA" attitude towards on-track disipline IMHO)

Serge944

Haha. Good one. I haven't had the pleasure of attending a NASA DE, but have heard from a few that its a ****-show.

Larry Cable

That's why Mark Dadgar and I started organising our own track days under the non-de-plume of "PDC Racing" back in the good 'ol bubble days ...

nice bar you have there!

mooty

i know and we are waiting for you to show up at the next PDC day.
you dont want to know what that dadgar character is saying about you LOL.

996FLT6

I've ran with Nasa for well over 10+ years and yes I've witness- **** happens but no matter what- no car is immune from incidents from ne org. I've seen my fair share in all the orgs I've participated and fair to say incidents are bout equal. Frankly I've seen more nicer cars ate it at other orgs then with Nasa but hell we have ratcans and decent racecars in the grp. Gravitate towards grp 4- smoothest running grp in nasa. Grp 3- beware. Mike

mikymu

LOL, I can't say it any better and it sums up NASA perfectly. Not that I don't like NASA because I have a nice car but I was really turn off by the drivers and the instructors. I made the mistake of taking wife with me to NASA and she made us leave after 2 session when someone almost made her crash in the novice group.

Larry Cable

it's all true!

Larry Cable

I heard that Bo and Luke Duke learned to drive with NASA HPDE

<distant sounds of airhorns...>