Early morning setup

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Tech Inspection


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Track pics


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Those are sweet I'm guessing you know the guy in the Sti lol thats a good shot!!!

those pics are BAD ASS, how'd you do?

Beautiful car man. Sucks you got owned. Tough competition.

Those are sweet I'm guessing you know the guy in the Sti lol thats a good shot!!!

He is a coworker and was pointing to let me know to pass on the right. I gave him some grief that it looked like he was giving me the finger :lol:

those pics are BAD ASS, how'd you do?

Had a great day. Unfortunately had a small incident and broke the front lip.

Beautiful car man. Sucks you got owned. Tough competition.

Thanks. Believe it or not these are the pics of me getting ready to pass everyone on the straight :) Granted I do not have the straight away speed to take these cars but they all let me pass for one reason or another. The NSX driver was fairly inexperienced and could not drive the line necessary to carry speed through the corners. The GT40 was not running as well as it should.

O hahahaha i looked closer and noticed he wasn't giving you the finger lol but yes tough competition sweet cars

That guy in the STi is giving you the bird!! What a Jackass!! Haha ;)

Is that the GTM Factory Five car I see there?

Great pics...looks like you had fun. Sucks you cracked your lip.

That guy in the STi is giving you the bird!! What a Jackass!! Haha ;)

Is that the GTM Factory Five car I see there?

It is a Superformance GT40. Good thing I know the guy in the STi ;) He is actually pointing for me to pass him on the right. But him giving me the finger would be a better story :lol2:

Great pics...looks like you had fun. Sucks you cracked your lip.

It definitely sucks and hopefully it gets fixed soon! I had an awesome day so no regrets :)

That course has a great backstretch doesn't it? ;)

nice love your car ... that ford gt40 looks good ... look how low it is compared to the 8 and even the lotus

That course has a great backstretch doesn't it? ;)

There is a back straight that is not exactly straight ;) Not sure why no one went back there to take pics.

Awesome Pictures man. Your ca r is definitly the nicest! But how did you stack up to those cars(more details =])?

Read your thread on the LEG lip - bummer indeed. Now you need to buck up for the Feed replica front from Shine. :)

nice love your car ... that ford gt40 looks good ... look how low it is compared to the 8 and even the lotus

Thanks man :) Here are a few more pics of the GT40

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GT40 is all time fav car,,,,

So Im assuming all the pics occured before the "incident"

Nope :) It happened in the first of four sessions and it never gave me any issues.

ah, the practicality of a gt40 =p

well thats good , hopefully you can get it restored with new resin,,,

Read your thread on the LEG lip - bummer indeed. Now you need to buck up for the Feed replica front from Shine. :)

I have insurance money coming to paint the front bumper. If the lip is not repairable then I have considered getting a new bumper ;)

^or just get the lip painted black if the cf isn't fixable

I bet it would look awesome

^or just get the lip painted black if the cf isn't fixable

I bet it would look awesome

Have you seen the pics? I was going to PM you and Rotr8 to see what you guys think if it is repairable.

yeah I saw them

it's a tough call really from looking at the pics
as long as the cf weave isn't ruined, it should be a fairly easy fix

By far the nicest brilliant black on this site hands down man. Good stuff.

those are some great shots! and your car looks good i like the lip!

Some more pics of other nice cars

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By far the nicest brilliant black on this site hands down man. Good stuff.

Thanks man. I do not know about the nicest though because there are some really bad ass BBs on the board!

those are some great shots! and your car looks good i like the lip!

Thanks! I can not take credit for any of the shots though.

Looks like you had a good time. Except for,,,
Lota nice cars out there.

Looks like fun Wish I could have joined! Its to bad about your front lip though Is the crack pretty noticeable?

looks like fun!!

I would love to get my 8 in track shape

i didnt know your lip was cf ... its really sexy though

Looks like you had a good time. Except for,,,
Lota nice cars out there.

It was a blast! My instructor took me for a ride in a spec miata and holy crap :SHOCKED:

Too bad I was the only 8 out there. But there was a red FD in another group and a sick RX3 on trailer for the race on the weekend. I wanted to go back to see it race but just too busy with the kids.

Looks like fun Wish I could have joined! Its to bad about your front lip though Is the crack pretty noticeable?

Nothing like running on the track so you should definitely do it! The lip is more noticeable now that I added a another scrape pulling out of my garage :banghead:

looks like fun!!

Next year we need to get a NW track day meet. The car club let several us from my work all be in the same run group which made it a lot of fun.

Looks like a lot of fun, just zip-tie that lip and go back. What bumper you looking at?

No zip ties for my car man :lol: Actually it is still securely attached to the car and I'm driving around with it now. As for the bumper, anything that around $900 (insurance money). If I can not repair the lip then I will may apply the insurance money towards a bumper and then get another lip for the OE bumper and use it for track days.

Great pics. The Scion definitely doesn't belong.

anything that around $900 (insurance money).

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the gt40 is nice but it really looks like a go cart next to the rest. glad you had fun!!!

I am in the NW I would love to do some kind of track day!!!

Thanks man. I do not know about the nicest though because there are some really bad ass BBs on the board!



Thanks! I can not take credit for any of the shots though.



Meh maybe Jedi and Ross Dawg might be competitions. But other than that, youre up there in terms of BB man. Sorry about the lip.

Fantastic images, thanks for sharing

Nice pics! Looks like a really fun day! Lot of sick cars!

....man I need to get my 8 on the track *sigh*

Next year we need to get a NW track day meet. The car club let several us from my work all be in the same run group which made it a lot of fun.

i'm down. that'd be a lot of fun.

Just got a video of the track day. If there are any good shots of my car then I will post it up later today :)

low res screen shots with flames from the video :rock:

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great pics and looks like a cool track event. I love all the elises/exiges. favorite car ever. hands down. i've only ever tracked with a hole bunch of other 8s. it must be weird being able to corner better than alot of the cars on the track, but having to watch them take it right back on every longish straight.

BTW, isnt it just awesome when you shoot flames? i used to go to the track catless and man was that awesome. still make flames after a long day at the track with a cat, but nothing like actually being catless. every time you downshift. Pop! haha. had it a few times where it was more of a whoosh sound with the pop and that appearantly meant big flames. haha. oh how i miss the track...gearing up for winter sucks!

The video was taken from a supercharged Elise :) It is the blue one on the 1st page.