CCW wheels and other various 997.1 gt3 parts
07-22-2010, 01:19 AM
#17
Race Director
Did you sell the wheels? I sent a couple of guys from another forum your way.
07-22-2010, 10:39 PM
#19
Rennlist Member
It is amazing. If you want to just try their schools send me a PM and Ill get you a discount on the 3 days schools.
You get instruction by pro drivers and race in an open wheel car that handles up to 1.5 in cornering. It has very little aero downforce, but it doesnt matter.
Real racing is amazing and I got hooked badly. WARNING!
It costs about 6 to 10k to start and then you can spend 2.5 to 4k per race weekend. (assuming no crash damage) the great news on crash damage though is that they do limit it.
I have lost 30 lbs since I started in skippy racing just because weight makes you more competitive and i train for the races now. Im 40 and Im in much much better shape than when I was 35.
We race all around the country on great tracks like seca, road atlanta, america, glen, ViR, Lime Rock, Sebring and many more.
I cannot recommend it highly enough. There are some issues though as well. The car technology is old, but I actually prefer it that way. No TC, SC, PSM, etc.
Greg
You get instruction by pro drivers and race in an open wheel car that handles up to 1.5 in cornering. It has very little aero downforce, but it doesnt matter.
Real racing is amazing and I got hooked badly. WARNING!
It costs about 6 to 10k to start and then you can spend 2.5 to 4k per race weekend. (assuming no crash damage) the great news on crash damage though is that they do limit it.
I have lost 30 lbs since I started in skippy racing just because weight makes you more competitive and i train for the races now. Im 40 and Im in much much better shape than when I was 35.
We race all around the country on great tracks like seca, road atlanta, america, glen, ViR, Lime Rock, Sebring and many more.
I cannot recommend it highly enough. There are some issues though as well. The car technology is old, but I actually prefer it that way. No TC, SC, PSM, etc.
Greg
it was an expensive (but hey it was in the bubble days so who's counting) but a total blast ... and very enlightening as to the significant differences between driving a street car and a race car on track (not least of which is it is miserable in the rain ... imagine sitting in a cold puddle of water, with your visor fogging, cracked slighty so you can see ... with the rooster tails from the car in front hosing you down as you drive ... no ABS etc).
Sitting in the cockpit of the mazda car was fun in 102 of heat watching the semi-clad models drape themselves over the TRG 911 ... and watching my rear wing catch fire as we lined up on the grid was also an experience I will not forgot anytime soon ...
it's totally captivating ... DO IT!
07-23-2010, 03:20 AM
#20
it was an expensive (but hey it was in the bubble days so who's counting) but a total blast ... and very enlightening as to the significant differences between driving a street car and a race car on track (not least of which is it is miserable in the rain ... imagine sitting in a cold puddle of water, with your visor fogging, cracked slighty so you can see ... with the rooster tails from the car in front hosing you down as you drive ... no ABS etc).
07-23-2010, 12:20 PM
#21
Rennlist Member
speaking of "the art of racing in the rain" ... the author includes a lap of Thunderhill with a dog in the car ... pretty funny!
07-23-2010, 07:38 PM
#22
Rennlist Member
I'm a little too late
07-23-2010, 07:52 PM
#23
What amazed me was the amount of lift that you felt with a regular helmet in place ... I see now why the open cockpit guys helmets have those little "ducktails" ...
speaking of "the art of racing in the rain" ... the author includes a lap of Thunderhill with a dog in the car ... pretty funny!
speaking of "the art of racing in the rain" ... the author includes a lap of Thunderhill with a dog in the car ... pretty funny!
I have had a duckbill and ducktail helmet ever since
