I had one beginner student, a good driver, who drove nice Mercedes C300 (supercharged). I spent part of the time instructing on Summit Point's skid pad, so I got to jump into many other student cars. It was a hoot "drifting" without tire wear. SP has one of the nicer skidpad's on the east coat, so it was great time. Lotsa smiles.
I also got a few hot laps with a good friend in his fairly new Audi R8 V10 6 speed. What a great car. It just does everything so well, I wanted to kick my Z (j/k).
As with any Audi event, there were a wide variety of cars. just one other Nissan besides mine, a GT-R. As far as other japanese cars, there was an stock RX-8, a caged Integra (which is for sale), and many miatas. American cars were represented with a few corvettes, a few mustangs (including a very clean fox body vert), and an old split bumper Camaro Z28!. There were a couple of exotics as well including an Aston Martin DBS, a fairly new SL55 AMG, and a heavily modified R8, Twin turbo and tweaked to about 620hp. plus a few porsches, from race cars to old 911's to 944's.
Here are some pics.....
the split bumper camaro. The car was in really nice shape.
The SL55 AMG. Sweet car. I didn't ride in this one, but I had a student previously in an older one.
a BMW Lemons race car. It only looks bad. it's got a 6 cyl motor and is set up pretty nice for a Lemons car
(For those unaware, LeMons is a race series for $500 cars) get to see some really fun cars. This one has a wall separating the fuel cell from the interior made out of an old street sign.
the DBS - I was kinda hoping to land him as a student but one of the chief instructors took him on. Oh well. sweet car. The chief instructor was grinning widely when he climbed out...
Really clean Fox body '89 mustang vert. Set up beautifully for the track. The owner was nice, and told me he just finished building it. nice sounding car too, plus I liked his license plate
The nice R8 V10 I was in....I want one. That's his Q7 tow vehicle in the background. The Q7 ha a diesel,
and I rode in that too (not on the track) . the Q was beautiful inside, and oh so torquey
Another R8 but this was the twin turbo V10, about 620 horsepower...
nice Porsche racecar with it's hood up...
nice little 318i with a secret. under the hood lurks an Ls7. ridiculously fast car.
what many say is the last best Audi sedan, the 95.5 S6. this one is is caged...
pretty rare in the US. a brand new TT-RS. Nice looking car plus it has a 5cyl motor under the hood.
theRX8 beside my car...
The acura 'teg race car. It's gutted and caged. I didn't get a chance to ride in it, but it sounded pretty good. If anyone is interested, the owner is asking $5K.
the GTR
obligatory shot of my car + flatbed
with an exige in the background. There were a couple of them.
one of the quickest cars on the track, a stealthy GT-3 with a very good driver.
Next up for me is VIR in a few weeks. If anyone's interested in trying VIR, there might be a few student slots left...
