Anyone going??

 

I'm planning on heading out there. If everything works out.. hopefully I can experience my first track day

 

where is thunder hill. address??? directions?

 

Here is their web address. It's about 2 hours north of SF in a town called willows.

http://thunderhill.com/

Come on out!. It's not going to be 100 degrees like your typical day at the T-hill. It's also the season closer that will determine who the time trial season championship will go to . Come route on Team Z Car Garage for the gold medal and possible picture with the trophy girls.

 

I'm in for sure. How much to actually get on the track?

 

www.nasaproracing.com has all the info. I think it's $150.

 

I'm there on saturday! Yay , haha so excited for my first track day.. i'll be in HPDE 2. Anyone else gonna be there?

ChiShi

 

thunderhill is an awesome track.... watch out for turn 5!

 

i just came back from thill today with unlimitedlaps.com.....

like jondi says, turn 5 is a blind turn. it's an uphill turn but instinctively you want to turn right. fix your sights on a horizon and make a left turn....turn 9 is another blind turn but when u exit from the apex, just WOT the middle of the track =) have fun out there everyone and be safe....

 

Just got back from NASA's event... and I have to say NASA is a pretty awful organization. I almost was refused because they claimed to not have any more instructors.. how do you not have enough instructors for all the new drivers?? honestly.

Anyhoo, man I felt really humbled out there at my driving ability. There was just so much to concentrate on I couldn't even shift properly sometimes. BIG PROPS to DAVE for being a great instructor and helping me out my first time. Plenty to think about and review in my head. Hope to see you out there again sometime.

ChiShi

Btw: I saw that thread in the road racing forum, are people actually running 2:11's bone stock? that seems kinda ridiculous...

 

Hey, It is very possible for a G or Z to run 2:11 bone stock. My friend and I both ran 2:11 with street tires (Hankook Ventus R-S2 ), all we had were high temp brake fluid and track pads.

 

^ by bone stock i mean BONE STOCK. oem tires, pads, fluid... everything. That's what i had and i by no means pushed my car.. so my times are pretty awful... and i lost my brakes the 2nd session.. bah... bad bad fluid -_-

ChiShi

 

Glad you had fun. Just for the record, the reason there were no more instructrors was because they were assigned to some group 2 students who attended the 7:30 drivers meeting. Set your alarm next time Instructors are required to sign up 30 days in advance, and the number of group 1 students is limited to the number of instructors who register. At any rate, I was happy to double up on students to help you out. Good job in the Z!

For those that have run 2:11 with stock tires, please post a video. You've got me beat by a couple of seconds