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If he heeds the advice in this thread, by the time the OP finally gets to the track, he’s gonna be pretty waisted.
Between the martinis and cocaine, how’s he gonna drive at all?
And once the hookers finally get done with him.....
Yeah, that's always a good one.......lotsa good peeps from both NNJR and MOR.
I wanna come out more than just our event, especially with the new to me 981S that’s being track modified and prepped as I type. That track is pure Cayman heaven.
What are the other events you’re doing there this season? I’ll try to get to some of them.
What dates and regions ?
I wanna come out more than just our event, especially with the new to me 981S that’s being track modified and prepped as I type. That track is pure Cayman heaven.
What are the other events you’re doing there this season? I’ll try to get to some of them.
What dates and regions ?
I drive my cayman to and from the track so I try to bring as little as possible, but I’ve basically adopted the philosophy of “if you need something once, you can probably borrow it at the track. After you’ve had to borrow it twice or you couldn’t find someone with it the first time, just bring it with you.”
so basically I bring everything needed for a brake job (jack, stands, pads, rotors, tools), fluid top off (oil, coolant, brake fluid), jump starter, air compressor, valve stems, a couple of wheel bolts, etc. Somehow also manage to cram in a camp chair, soft cooler, and a one person pop up canopy that fits perfectly across the parcel shelf behind the seats.
I drive my cayman to and from the track so I try to bring as little as possible, but I’ve basically adopted the philosophy of “if you need something once, you can probably borrow it at the track. After you’ve had to borrow it twice or you couldn’t find someone with it the first time, just bring it with you.”
so basically I bring everything needed for a brake job (jack, stands, pads, rotors, tools), fluid top off (oil, coolant, brake fluid), jump starter, air compressor, valve stems, a couple of wheel bolts, etc. Somehow also manage to cram in a camp chair, soft cooler, and a one person pop up canopy that fits perfectly across the parcel shelf behind the seats.
That's a pretty good way to look at it. I try to bring enough stuff to do my own sway bar adjustments and pad swaps and other emergency repairs that I want to get done quickly between sessions, but if I'm running out of space, I'll trust my friends with well-equipped trailers to help me out.
Likewise, I know in a pinch that my friends that trailered street legal cars to the track will help get my car home. Helps eliminate some of those last few excuses.
We used to have a guy show up with just a fold up chair and news paper He would go out lap the field, then come in and back to his paper.
He was a racer (in a different car and series) and his car was very well prepared so never had issues that needed attention at the track. Always envied that guy.
I try to be that guy. I spend enough time and money for track days, I don’t want to spend them working on the car. During the many years I was instructing, I didn’t have time to work on it anyway. As such I only bring a small box of basic hand tools and virtually no spares. One advantage of tracking the same car for 22 years is that you get a good handle on how long things last. In 30 years, I’ve only had a DNF at two events. Knock on wood......
02-18-2021, 03:55 PM
