Guys I cant come on the 21st---have to work--dang sick people. Yall have fun and tell us all about it--- i will be there in march!
Olddragger

 

We'll all do a few laps in your honor, sideways of course!

 

Top ten signs you need some track...
10. You have the turns of your drive to work numbered.
9. You early apex the entrance to your driveway.
8. You wait for a point-by before passing the slow *** car in front of you.
7. You videotape your run to Kroger then create a highlights reel of all the cars you blew past on your trip.
6. You heel/toe every downshift.
5. You brake late and hard when you approach a stop sign.
4. You tape up your headlights to drive to work.
3. You get blackflagged by the neighbothood watch for drifting the entrance to your subdivision.
2. You look for any excuse to put on your racing gloves, shoes, and helmet.
1. You are counting down the days to TGPR by marking them off your calendar every morning - 26 to go y'all!

 

so fitting, since I wore my new driving shoes to work, practicing rev matching, and working on my driving line to work. So true, so true. It is time for some track, and soon.

 

OMG, I need track!


- You drive 163 miles to go somewhere that normally would take 41.
- Every turn is a challenge
- You build up to speed even in short distances just so you can practice rev matching
- The racing shoes you got for Christmas are already broken in 2 days later.
- Anyone riding with you thinks you are exceeding the speed limit but it's just the sound of the engine/exhaust and the aggressive driving
- You have never had track and you are already addicted!

 

^^you have had plenty of second hand track, it is just as addicting, and can lead to dependence.

 

*Passengers are scared because you take racing lines when driving on on/off ramps.
*While everyone else slows down for turns, you speed up.
*You're pretty sure you can do a pass by on the right hand side, on the offramp leaving the interstate.
*You catch yourself doing a cloverleaf exchange 4 times before taking the exit you should have the first time.
*You get to work and have to pop your hood to let the engine cool down.
*Your friends tell you you need to change you bald tires, not knowing you have R compounds on for the street.
*Your wife refuses to ride with you for the 3 weeks leading up to a track day.
*You pull over on to the median on an interstate to make a suspension adjustment.



I can't wait either. I'm so psyched!

 

I forgot about that one, had to do that this weekend while on a roadtrip, the wife complained that the ride was to firm. Stopped to get gas, and made an adjustment back to full soft.

go ahead, make your jokes...

 

Your exhaust tips are white after driving to work.

 

-your track pads, do double duty as your daily pads.
-your track tires, never come off the car.
-you put your numbers on the door, just to practice.
-you get 9 miles per gallon driving around town.
-the gutter along the side of the street is your rumble strip, and lis painted like one in your head.

 

Ok, here are some I have thought of over the years.....(*) next to my symptoms.

1)(*)you tune your car for every drive
2)(*)you become the 'guy' who knows WAY too much about cars
3)(*)you know the guys at your service dept by first name, and they refer to you as track ****.
4)(*)Tires are the cheapest mod you have done in two years.
5)(*)your wife thinks you are cheating with your car
6)(*)you read EVERY book you can get your hands on refering to physics or chassis/suspension design.
7)(*)you refer to track time as a 'need'.
8)(*)you tweak your car at the track, even though you are the fastest there for your clss, and you aren't even competing.
9)(*)to you perfection is a moving target
10)(*)You critic peoples' lines merging on on-ramps
11)(*)you realize on your way to work, you HAVE lost all perception of what 'too fast' is.
12)(*)your UPS man put a hit out on you due to the number/size/frequency of packages you recieve.
13)(*)You become known at every driving club, and you make instructor in some by reputation, rather than asking..
14)(*)you get moved into the race group at some clubs, because you are faster than all the other instructors
15)(*)The standard intercooler upgrade isn't good enough, you have to have one the size of your radiator.
16)(*)your wife is beginning 'not' to understand
17)(*)ALL of your suspension components are matched, and you had to translate documentation from Japanese to do so.
18)(*)you have to put your car on a diet
19(*)you watch leman and know what they are doing wrong.
20)(*)you refer to F1 drivers as folks you 'used' to run with.
21(*)you have a friend who lets you use his loading dock as a second location for delivery.
22)(*)your car travels 3000 miles to be tuned, and you aren't with it.
23)(*)people give you parts, to report back on.
24)(*)you have respect from all car drivers, even though you drive an Evo.
25)(*)you can match your habit to the staging book for crack addicts.

That is just mine, I will put more later.

 

We are going to need to complie a comprehensive list

 

agreed, make a good list and get some T-shirts made, lets start a poll to see which ones to put on the shirt.

but really, we could come up with 10 really good ones, and get them printed, i am sure it wont be that much.

 

A classic series of post!

 

Yes, T-shirts would rule.

 

to add my own:
1- you go to the eye dr because your bifocals are a handicap in seeing the right apex line
2- AARP rejected you for their road side coverage
3- "I used to be able to gain 50hp with just an intake swap!"
4- Wife says "why don't you ever shift into 6th gear?"
5- you disable the traction control/dsc just to go to the Kroger.
6- you find yourself (a 56 yr olf man) cruising on Saturday nights (and embrassing your kids)
7- anyone that rides with you automatically grabs the "oh crap" handle!
now I guess I had better get back to work.
I am in for a T shirt!
Olddragger

 

then we need to come up with a good list of 10. this should be fun. i will look at it in the morning, got a calendar to work on right now.

http://garx8club.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=1308#1308

 

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are!... That's funny!

 

With volumes....

 

A white T-Shirt with one color on the back and the GA RX-8 club logo on the front chest corner could go for about $10-12 each. I'll check with the T-shirt place my work deals with.

 

Easy front logo,

Top Ten Ways You Know You are a Track Addict:

10.
9.
8.
7.
6.
5.
4.
3.
2.
1. Your friends have nicknamed you "Vette Slayer!"

 

^^I put you in charge!

 

Guys, I will put a comprehensive list together soon, maybe tomorrow. I am absolutely swamped, and I have no time this week to work on that. Hope all is well....for the record, my daughter looks great, she is eating normally, which leads me to believe it was malnutrition, not something much worse. Thanks for your prayers / thoughts.....

 

Great to hear about your daughter! We're all glad she is ok.

I sent you a PM, but whenever you get a chance to respond..... I know you're busy.

 

Just talked to our T-shirt place here we usually do business with. They'll give me a quote in the morning when their manager comes in.

I asked them for 20 shirts (hope we have 20 buyers)
Gray in color - beafy T
GA RX-8club logo on the front (can also just go with RX8club)
Top 10 list of "Need for Track" stuff on the back.
Single color.

Interested??? I'll start another thread on it and we can vote on the list to put on the back.