SSTHO

This past Saturday, several Vancouverites braved the elements and drove down to Shelton, WA for a trackday at the Ridge Motorsports Park (RMSP). This was my first time there and it's been highly hyped by the track community in the PNWR.

This was my first time there and it's a fantastic track. 16 turns, a few blind corners, good elevation changes and crests. There were enough straights to make the use of more HP.

Few notes: I am hitting 232km/hr - 238 km/hr according to my digital speedo at the end of the straight. GT2 driver was hitting 250 km/hr+. Track was a bit wet in the morning due to rain and snow (yes, snow in the early hours). It was very sunny in parts of the afternoon, but my GoPro decided to run out of batteries unfortunately. I had a good few laps with a 997 GT2 on MPSC and I was able to keep up with him until my tire pressures shot up (I am on RE11's).

Here are some pictures:



Me, Targa Tim, and his friend in 993 TT at the Shelton Inn



Vancouverites packing up after an enjoyable day (note the sunny weather)



Vancouverites pitting for gas and air for tires before journey home. Little did they know they were about to head into a snowstorm(!) Thankfully, everyone was ok. Completely snow covered roads and traffic on I5 was 30mph.

UPDATE: Video is FIXED!

lopro

great post, the track looks amazing. Good scene out west. Thanks for the views of Ridge and beautiful sunny BC

GTgears

Sorry I missed it, but the weather forecast scared me off. However, I'll be at the Bullet sponsored event at the end of April. Can't wait to get on that track.

SSTHO

Glad you enjoyed it. I'll have to fix the lighting and the mirror image of the video.

It was snowing at registration. Then raining in the AM. Sunny breaks in the PM and a frickin' snowstorm back to BC!

NorthVan

Thanks for sharing Stephen, glad the weather worked out for you.

SSTHO

UPDATED w/new video. Fixed lighting and mirrored image now.

h20skier

Interesting seeing the track run backwards

h20skier

How did it mirror your run?
That was odd. I couldn't figure out which way was up.

SSTHO

That was super strange. My GoPro hangs upside down and I need to edit it. On the first video (mirrored), I fliped it upside down, but could not flip horizontally as well with the software. Experimented with other software and had to flip both ways.

It was VERY odd and confusing while editing.

h20skier

Well I watched it 3 times to figure out which track it was. I was just on it a week prior lol

Thanks for clearing it up. Still a touch dark.

SSTHO

Video: learning the track w/GT3 RS at the Ridge

tcsracing1

Sounds great! Would have loved to join you guys but im up north running in a snowmobile race!

Thx for sharing pixs as im eager to try it myself

DLJ

Looks like a great track. Thanks for sharing!

SSTHO

Tom - you were the first one to notify me about the Ridge! Wish you were there to join in the fun. GL to you in your snowmobile race!

Basal Skull

Nice pics! You guys in the newer cars are really fast and Stephen you certainly have more track experience/ability than you let on!
Apart from the scary drive home (I'm still having flashbacks spinning out on I5...), it was a great day with great company. Looking forward to the next time. And how about Targa Tim winning the "free/unlimited tack days for a year" prize - lucky guy! (I've posted some of the intercooler data I was working on in the 993turbo section, take a gander if interested, I'm pretty happy).