Norcal Altamont Track Attack JULY 15th Options

[srt4geezer]

Altamont Time Attack autoX

All Day Event!

WHEN:
July 15th. Gates open 9am. Will wrap up about 7pm

WHERE:
Altamont Motorsports Park http://www.altamontmotorsportspa
rk.com/
About 20 minutes from Pleasanton or 10 minutes from Tracy .
This is a real track with minimal cones. Not a parking lot!

HOW MUCH:
Total cost for all day is $80. This covers the Driver & the car. Extra persons are $20 ea.

DETAILS:
This is an all day event.. Lots of run time with at least 2 different track configurations.
All varieties of cars are welcome & beginners to experts expected.
Great fun for a first timer & challenging enough for a veteran.
This is a private event hosted by the people for the people.
There will be multiple run groups small enough to get you a couple laps per series.
You will also be asked to work in the safety area for a group to help pick up a knock over cones

We will have a timing system to measure your lap to the 1000th of a second. Times will be posted after each run group.

WHY?:
If anyone has ever wanted to have fun without worrying about the law & really see what your car can do, this is the event for you. Come on out & have fun. Bring a friend to see who really is the better driver.

WHAT IS IT LIKE?:
Here is a pic of the track. Imagine the gazillion track options. Also a couple videos for you to enjoy.
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http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n131/Ac...rrent=Movie.flv

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/acd03cd...94401881652.htm

WHAT TO BRING:
Need your own helmet. DOT approved. It can be a full face motorcycle helmet (no harley skull cap type).
You will also need closed toe shoes.

Feel free to call me if you have any questions. 209-204-3917

[grantsfo]

Who are the event organizers? What kind of expreince do the orgnizers have running events like this? Who is being invited? I'm shy about going to events where any yahoo with a Honda Civic shows up to "race". "Track Attack" sounds like an import tuner crowd event.

[grantsfo]

LOL! Didnt watch the videos. They actually look fairly safe and sane. I know my car would be sliding sideways more than anything in those videos. Maybe I'd be the yahoo?

[Nathan Breitling]

(IMG:http://www.914club.com/bbs2/style_emoticons/default/yellowsleep[1].gif) are those videos slowed down?

[Brad Roberts]

I think we have some Porsche pilots that get crazier than that.

Randal

[Brad Roberts]

"My car wont shift in the middle of this 2G corner, I keep missing the shift"

Then adjust your exit of the last corner before the problem area so you dont have to shift in the middle of the corner.

"NO, make the car so it can be shifted in the middle of the 2G corner!!!"


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[Randal]

"My car wont shift in the middle of this 2G corner, I keep missing the shift"

Then adjust your exit of the last corner before the problem area so you dont have to shift in the middle of the corner.

"NO, make the car so it can be shifted in the middle of the 2G corner!!!"


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OK Mr. SP, tell me what you do when your 3/4 through a flat out 7-8 cone saloum and you have to upshift to 3rd.

Careful with your answer now.

[Brad Roberts]

I was totally razzing him (IMG:http://www.914club.com/bbs2/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) The answer is to upshift BEFORE you transition the car side to side. Dont try and do it when both hands should be on the wheel, or run the car against the rev limiter and forget the upshift if it is going to require a downshift within 30feet of the upshift (not worth it)



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[Trekkor]

Same coversation we had a month ago , Brad.

I told you I missed an 3rd gear upshift into 1st and you asked me if I was in a hard right hander...



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[J P Stein]

On an even spaced slalom your speed should be about the same all the way thru....unless there's a slow section beforehand. In that case, short shift to 3rd before the slalom. The car is much less likely to break loose the back end accelerating in 3rd rather than 2nd (or 2nd/1st)....the bit of acceleration you loose is made up by stability.
Torque is gud.....quick, write that down somewhere.:D

I never change gears in a corner of any type.... too much chance of blowing a shift/run.....either create a short straight or short shift before hand.

[grantsfo]

I'm always mis-shifting into 4th or 5th in AX. ...and I have witnesses. Thats why I'd love a sequential gear box - I'd improve in AX tremendously with a slick shifter. On the track I have plenty of time to shift and rarely catch the wrong gear. In AX if you arent in gear quick youre giving up hundreths of a second - I risk occasional mis-shift by just slaming my shifts mid corner. ...It would help if my damn leg wasnt in the way too! One of these days I have to video my shifting and foot work. You guys would be in hysterics.

[Brad Roberts]

Grant,

I call it the "The Dance" Road racing: slow dance AutoX: fast dance

I actually think about the Garth Brooks song "The Dance" before I make my runs. "but I'd a had to miss... the.... Dance...

I tell students, you should be using all THREE pedals. It should be a choreographed dance each pass.


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