Thunderhill - NorCal Shelby Spring event

[GregWeld]

Okay --- everyone loves "the videos". LOL So here's the only one I took.



You'll see another yellow Mustang show up --- that's Charley --- I can't keep up with him --- and then I THOUGHT our other buddy Pete was behind me (his is black with gold stripes) so slowed to let him go around - but it wasn't Pete it was a dark blue car with gold stripes.... Then I saw Chet (white with blue stripes) so I wanted to run with him, so slowed to let him catch up and go around so I could run with him. This was the first time in all our events that I've actually been anywhere near these guys and wanted to be able to run as a pack... It's fun to dice with your buddies. The Turquoise Panoz is fast --- Since we've all run together before -- you get to know who's who and if I see it in my mirrors -- I'm lifting off the gas and pointing him by. You learn to not try to race the faster guy behind you via your mirror... you can learn A LOT more by following their line rather than having them 2 feet off your ass and you over driving your car in an effort to gap them. After a few spins or "oh no moments" you grow up and start parking your ego in the trailer when the starter spins over. We're there to have FUN not get a $100K check --- or a $100K WRECK.


Sutton's post was spot on. I'm not out there to "race". I'm out there just having a great time. I love to chase people. I would never be a good racer because I have no desire to LEAD. I love to see if I can catch people -- try a different line -- act like we're racing and see if I could take 'em on the inside etc. Like they say - To each his own.

The back section of the track, beginning with T6 to T9 is very high speed. I came in and got scolded by Charley for slowing down too much in T8.... he's right --- I tend to just cruise back there... Part of the increase in my lap times was him chiding me to pick up the pace in that section, which I did. I could go A LOT faster back there.... I like corners and straights are boring... so I tend to just "get thru them" rather than attack the straights (this section is really more straights with a couple "kinks" tossed in).