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Originally posted by F8LPONY:
Brian, its near Monterey. Called Marina. I was goign to talk to Jeremy Pau and see if there is any street racing on Sat night for those staying overniht too.

Its a deep drive for Sacto people but its worth the drive and its a no brainer for Bay area folks.

Its awesome, you can get completely sideways, smoke the tires, spin out and be totally legal and safe.

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Fortunately, I actually live in Monterey, Marina is a 5 minute drive from here.. However, much to my dismay, there is ZERO for street racing out here. Believe me, I have only found 3 people to race before, and 2 of them were friends of mine. We could probably hook up with some of the local ricer clubs though! heheh..

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Originally posted by ihatethesesns:
what i was saying in the past post was just what i seen that one day and i wasn't trying to say anything about any other events. Trust me what they were doing was very sad. Me, my dad, and uncle were all looking at these porsches, no joke they never got up past 25 mph they seemed like a bunch of up tight rich guys. they were all at least in there forties.I not was driving on a track is like you dont have to go fast but thats what i would like to set my car up for. I love speeding around a track. I think this is gonna be a good learning tool for me cuz i havent been in the kart for days that and the one i had b4 was not a shifter we just picked that one up. I will look for you and go for a ride along. well see you there.

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I always try to convince anyone that wants to go to a road racing track for a drivers school or lap day that they should start off with an autoX (or several autoX's) until they are comfortable with their car at (and past) the limit. There are some skills that it's easy to tell people but their instincts will be something else and could get them into major trouble on a road course, but be harmless at an autoX. Things like braking or even lifting off the gas in a corner.
instinctI'm going a little fast in this corner, I better lift or I mite touch the rumble strip on exit. consequincesIf you're going that fast in the corner and you lift off the gas all the weight tranfers to the front wheels thus off the rear wheels and the rear end comes around. If your lucky you might catch it, but don't count on it.
I also do reccomend you start at Thunderhill as there are a lot fewer things to hit. It is still possible to total your car (hit a wall, a hill, roll over...). One of the Thunderhill run schools is the best place to start as they provide plenty of instructors and lots of track time for around $200. With a little experiance you could then step up to a club like www.ncracing.org where you'll get more track time, less traffic and little to no instruction (you can usually find someone that'll ride with you once or twice if needed). Last time at Thunderhill I completly lost my brakes (blew out a piston in my RT Front caliper after going metal to metal, I actually welded the piston to the backing plate to the rotor ). I was in one of the faster straits (about 90) going into one of the slowest corners (maybe 35-40), I went straight, but everything ended up OK .

ihatethesesns, If you've never driven a shifter before there probably won't be enough time to get comfortable with it. You might do OK, but you'll be much more comfortable driving the car. Or bring both and compair your time between the 2. Your car looks like it'll be in OSP so you'l run 4 work 2. You could run the Kart in 1,3,5, or 6. If you do bring the Kart, can I drive it, it's been like 4 or 5 months since I've driven a shifter Kart . Lots of fun.

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Trust me what they were doing was very sad. Me, my dad, and uncle were all looking at these porsches, no joke they never got up past 25 mph they seemed like a bunch of up tight rich guys. they were all at least in there forties.

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Originally posted by Todd Z28:
You know the differance between a Porsche and a Porkeypine?. The Porkeypine has the pricks on the outside. (NO OFFENCE INTEDED TO ANY PORSCHE OWNERS OR PORKEYPINES THAT MAY BE READING THIS )

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