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Old Aug 22, 2011 | 09:43 AM
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I got that email about the garage and then I realized; where do I keep everything for 3 days? Should have rented one but $$$ is going to emergency clutch replacement. TO bearing started making gravel right after I finished putting the coolers in and rebushed a few things up front.
They were still just taking interest, so you can still email about them. The price only goes up $25 for the weekend if they don't get enough people. See ya there!
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 11:00 AM
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saw this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHlvVYortGk&feature=fvst
now laguna seca scares me that much more
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by SE5spd
saw this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHlvVYortGk&feature=fvst
now laguna seca scares me that much more
No need to be afraid of Laguna, but given the elevation changes and the walls, it certainly IS a track that deserves a lot of respect. Maybe you have seen this before, but this is some vid I took (I did not put the vid together though, hence the music). The fun starts about 2:10 with the ZCG 370: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFuOcX4MQ_U
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 01:48 PM
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I'm more scared of Infineon (I keep wanting to call it Sears Point) than I am of Laguna.
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 02:13 PM
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I'm more scared of Infineon (I keep wanting to call it Sears Point) than I am of Laguna.
Agreed. And it will always be Sears Point.
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by scotts300
No need to be afraid of Laguna, but given the elevation changes and the walls, it certainly IS a track that deserves a lot of respect. Maybe you have seen this before, but this is some vid I took (I did not put the vid together though, hence the music). The fun starts about 2:10 with the ZCG 370: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFuOcX4MQ_U
were you driving slower then normal in the video?
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SE5spd
were you driving slower then normal in the video?
Well, you can tell there was some traffic, and I was also pacing the 370. The Z has a few more HP, braking, and grip than when this video was taken, but I was still driving it hard. I think we were mostly doing mid 1:40s that day, with some upper 1:40s in traffic. I run low-mid 1:40s now, and still searching for that high 1:30. Laguna is a HP track, but I still chase down the big Vettes. Why do you ask?
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 03:15 PM
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Well, you can tell there was some traffic, and I was also pacing the 370. The Z has a few more HP, braking, and grip than when this video was taken, but I was still driving it hard. I think we were mostly doing mid 1:40s that day, with some upper 1:40s in traffic. I run low-mid 1:40s now, and still searching for that high 1:30. Laguna is a HP track, but I still chase down the big Vettes. Why do you ask?
it was probably just the angle of the camera, the video just made it seem like you were just cruising around the track.
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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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Do people get out of the way faster with the green paint?
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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by SE5spd
it was probably just the angle of the camera, the video just made it seem like you were just cruising around the track.
Definitely not cruising. I'm in 5th gear going into T2, and on the limiter in 4th going into T5.

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Do people get out of the way faster with the green paint?
Actually, I think they do.
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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 08:19 AM
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Scary Award goes to

<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3nshOCahRsc?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3nshOCahRsc?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>

Seems like a $6000 or so track day, maybe in a few years.
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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 09:40 AM
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Scary Award goes to

<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3nshOCahRsc?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3nshOCahRsc?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>

Seems like a $6000 or so track day, maybe in a few years.
The Ring is awesome; that dude can drive!
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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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that slow mo vid of the corkscrew is EEEEEEEEEERIE....
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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by wheelophile
that slow mo vid of the corkscrew is EEEEEEEEEERIE....
is what I would do if that happened to me at Laguna Seca. That is the same reason I took thunderhill really slow last time I went out, didnt wanna push myself...into a wall.
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 09:39 PM
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9/23/11 NCRC thunderhill, anyone going?
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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i should be signing up this week...still looks pretty wide open for being a friday and less than a month away...
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i should be signing up this week...still looks pretty wide open for being a friday and less than a month away...
oh okay, bringing your Z?
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Neimad
Scary Award goes to
Seems like a $6000 or so track day, maybe in a few years.
eh, that driver is alright. I've done the ring in under 8 minutes before on a modestly modified 350z.

...hehe on gran turismo

Some of those turns looked dangerous. That sun seemed directly in his face.
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I forgot I also made this trailer from our track event a couple of months ago. Just a short clip edited with my passing only.

<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/G_ED7WaVsrk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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hey, im in that video ^
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