Pictures from buttonwillow

[Bowtieracing]

That color is awsome!!!!

Are those forgeline wheels??

[chr2002ca]

I've been watching all of your videos and the latest pics and all that and:

1. I love your car man!
2. I totally need to get out to track more often!

Thanks for sharing all your fun videos, stories, and pics. Very inspirational.

[rogue]

Originally Posted by Bow Tie 67

Great pics, I upgraded to power steering over the winter and was not sure how I would like it. Turns out it was a good upgrade, although I did have fun man-handling it last year on the big tracks.

Theres a certain manly quality about it, but it wears off after about 2 sessions

At streets of willow I reached my physical limits pretty early in the day. Its a tight course for a car with no power steering, especially with oil on the track...

[rogue]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

Great pics. Have any video?

Tons.. I usually upload portions of my track day footage on my youtube..

https://www.youtube.com/daign


Session 1:

Session 3:


I got some instruction from my porsche turbo friend and it helped me improve throughout the day. He offered me instruction at any event we attend together. Its fun being yelled at for your mistakes on the track. I enjoy learning

[rogue]

Originally Posted by Bowtieracing

That color is awsome!!!!

Are those forgeline wheels??

Thanks thats why I bought the car...

I said look at that badass ugly camaro. I like it because its different.

[rogue]

Originally Posted by chr2002ca

I've been watching all of your videos and the latest pics and all that and:

1. I love your car man!
2. I totally need to get out to track more often!

Thanks for sharing all your fun videos, stories, and pics. Very inspirational.

Thanks man its good fun. Get on out there. I usually post on both pro-touring.com and here when I go out and try to get people out there. It seems like people tend to have this assumption that if your car doesn't have a full 100k build you shouldn't be on the racetrack. My attitude is, if the trans am cars did it, why can't we.

It doesn't matter how far along or robust your build is. Just get out there and have some fun with your car. Thats the point right?

I'd really like to get some LSX based cars out to an event so I can ride along and see the difference in weight over the front end. It very well could be the thing that will convert me to an LSX believer.

Or at least a donavan aluminum BBC with fuel injection just to be different

[byndbad914]

Originally Posted by rogue

Actually earlier in the day I came into that corner so hot I did just that, I went straight off rather than bother dealing with correcting and possibly spinning in 2 cars behind me. In this case it was correctable, but I'm not afraid to get all 4 off, especially in the case of traffic or getting in someones way.

This maneuver was done slow, less than 15mph... I nearly locked up the tires trying to slow. It just looks fast in the photos

kosher... you're right, looks faster than it was. I have seen more than a few "saves" become wrecks, especially at BW coming out of the esses into the front stretch, that last turn is hell on cars. People go off, try to save, shoot across the track and straight into the wall on the other side and it is the most common wreck at that track IIRC. I have seen, personally, 3 cars in the wall and have heard of many more.

Look at pic 3 in your sequence, another good reason to just go straight off... when you strattle the edge of the pavement like that, the run off is lower and so forth and you oil pan looks really close - one good rut in the dirt at the left wheel and you could smack that pan. I pulled sideways back onto WSIR one time (similar angle to what you are driving back on at) and drug the bottom of my car once (fully flat bottom) so just be careful, would hate to read the "blew my motor going off" thread

[mrr1999]

Looks like a blast! I definitely need to try that sometime soon.

Great car. I have been seriously considering that color for my build...but that's a while down the road. Paint might be obsolete by the time I get there.

[rogue]

Good to see someone else with some track knowledge around here. Love your 914 its a monster

I've only got 6 track days under my belt with the Camaro so I'm still learning. I'll take that into consideration. Earlier in the day I did the right thing.. I noticed that same thing about my oil pan and said it to my friend when looking at the photos. I was going to slow by that point, I think I went off track to get out of the way of other drivers more than anything. I was definitely coming in WAY too hot though.

Better safe than sorry.

If you ever get out in your 914 toss me a PM I'd love to see it run. What groups do you run with? VARA? I Imagine the PCA guys are disgusted with you

Originally Posted by byndbad914

kosher... you're right, looks faster than it was. I have seen more than a few "saves" become wrecks, especially at BW coming out of the esses into the front stretch, that last turn is hell on cars. People go off, try to save, shoot across the track and straight into the wall on the other side and it is the most common wreck at that track IIRC. I have seen, personally, 3 cars in the wall and have heard of many more.

Look at pic 3 in your sequence, another good reason to just go straight off... when you strattle the edge of the pavement like that, the run off is lower and so forth and you oil pan looks really close - one good rut in the dirt at the left wheel and you could smack that pan. I pulled sideways back onto WSIR one time (similar angle to what you are driving back on at) and drug the bottom of my car once (fully flat bottom) so just be careful, would hate to read the "blew my motor going off" thread

[Steve1968LS2]

Someday when my car is back in town I need to get it to buttonwillow.. I've driven there more than a few times but never in Penny.

Nice shots