First Track day at NJMP - Lightning
07-06-2008, 09:18 PM
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Weather in the afternoon was perfect. There were only three run groups, and two of them had the pretty much the same cars in it. The last session had only one car in it, me! I ran until the car sputtered from lack of gas, and then limped into town to fill the tank and drive home.
Everyone seems to expect Thunderbolt to be better than Lightning, but Lightning is pretty neat. The issue I see for DEs will be that there is really on the front straight for novice passing. All the other straights (and none of them are altogether straight) have an issue or another. For intermediate and advanced drivers it will be lots of fun. The concern I have for races is that pit out has a short blend area and it's on the blind side of T1. Careful running two or three abreast in T1!
The staff this weekend was eager to please, friendly and interested. Great weekend.
07-06-2008, 09:36 PM
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Fun to run with you, Bobby. I just LOVE the color of your car, and it goes pretty good, too.
Weather in the afternoon was perfect. There were only three run groups, and two of them had the pretty much the same cars in it. The last session had only one car in it, me! I ran until the car sputtered from lack of gas, and then limped into town to fill the tank and drive home.
Everyone seems to expect Thunderbolt to be better than Lightning, but Lightning is pretty neat. The issue I see for DEs will be that there is really on the front straight for novice passing. All the other straights (and none of them are altogether straight) have an issue or another. For intermediate and advanced drivers it will be lots of fun. The concern I have for races is that pit out has a short blend area and it's on the blind side of T1. Careful running two or three abreast in T1!
The staff this weekend was eager to please, friendly and interested. Great weekend.
Weather in the afternoon was perfect. There were only three run groups, and two of them had the pretty much the same cars in it. The last session had only one car in it, me! I ran until the car sputtered from lack of gas, and then limped into town to fill the tank and drive home.
Everyone seems to expect Thunderbolt to be better than Lightning, but Lightning is pretty neat. The issue I see for DEs will be that there is really on the front straight for novice passing. All the other straights (and none of them are altogether straight) have an issue or another. For intermediate and advanced drivers it will be lots of fun. The concern I have for races is that pit out has a short blend area and it's on the blind side of T1. Careful running two or three abreast in T1!
The staff this weekend was eager to please, friendly and interested. Great weekend.
07-06-2008, 10:28 PM
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I would be glad to bring a mix of sausages from Nodine's Smokehouse ( http://www.nodinesmokehouse.com/products.asp?dept=11 ) if that helps! Maybe some Andouille, Chlorizo, Bratwurst, Hot/Sweet Italian, and Kielbasa to start out! Anyone get Paolo's recipe for the peppers?
07-06-2008, 10:47 PM
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07-06-2008, 11:09 PM
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Bobby C, Scott it was great meeting you this weekend. The weekend was great and the hospitality even better. I was running in the High Speed group with 12 other cars yesterday and about 8 today. We had a tremendous amount of track time and traffic wasn't an issue, I ran over 50 laps in 3 sessions today. The track has a tremendous grip, especially "light bulb". The exit speed from light bulb is approaching 100 mph. I have some video which I will post soon. The paddock area is paved and is huge. The kart track was open as well. My son and I raced in two sessions with over 10 karts in our group. The kart track length was over 1 mile. Food was good. I stayed at the Quality Inn. The room was clean and roomy. No "hourly" workers in sight. No disappointments here.
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07-06-2008, 11:30 PM
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Charlie, it was great to see you and meet your son. Great guy...he's looking forward to seat time in your car. Chris, I apologize for not stopping by to say hello...
Nice track, it will be a fast one!
Nice track, it will be a fast one!
07-07-2008, 10:02 AM
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07-07-2008, 11:59 AM
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You're a great cook, Steve, but there are additional reasons to walk over to the Ovations concession stand in the karting building. One of them is the CDOC pro shop there. When I was there yesterday there were two more reasons to stop by. Here is a photo of one of them I snapped with my phone:
07-07-2008, 12:46 PM
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Nice to meet some new people this weekend.
What a track!! I was expecting something totally different from the track map. It is definitely not the no-brainer the map look like. It is going to be a great race track as you can find multiple lines through a few areas for great passes. It has a few areas that are far faster than they first appear, such as turn 1 an uphill hard on the gas right.
Also Chris nailed it on the head by far the best looking women I have seen working at the track so far( I am guessing some southern Cal guys might disagree LOL)
Now the summer is set. I will be back this Friday with emra and of course the big schattenbaum event in 2 weeks
What a track!! I was expecting something totally different from the track map. It is definitely not the no-brainer the map look like. It is going to be a great race track as you can find multiple lines through a few areas for great passes. It has a few areas that are far faster than they first appear, such as turn 1 an uphill hard on the gas right.
Also Chris nailed it on the head by far the best looking women I have seen working at the track so far( I am guessing some southern Cal guys might disagree LOL)
Now the summer is set. I will be back this Friday with emra and of course the big schattenbaum event in 2 weeks
07-07-2008, 02:33 PM
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You're a great cook, Steve, but there are additional reasons to walk over to the Ovations concession stand in the karting building. One of them is the CDOC pro shop there. When I was there yesterday there were two more reasons to stop by. Here is a photo of one of them I snapped with my phone: