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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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Laguna Seca - 5/31/2008

This was a very last minute thing - this event sold out very quickly and I barely squeezed in because someone else cancelled :D

It was quite an eventful day, starting off with some light drizzle in the morning that made Rainey Curve and the Corkscrew quite a handful. Rainey curve more or less feels like you're about to die because the camber changes mid corner and suddenly you have an insane amount of grip that you did not expect.

As usual, I had a ton of fun and funny enough managed not to spin out until the very last lap of my last session of the day


I didn't feel like paying $80 for 5 shitty pictures of my car on the main straight so these are as good as it gets...

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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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In other news, I discovered that the RX-8 sucks in air when you hit a corner hard at 1/4 tank of gas. Losing power in mid corner was fun* :icon_rolleyes:
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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I would have loved to drive on such an amazing track next to such amazing cars. It looks like you are passing the F430, but it could be him passing you.
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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awesome pics. ^hopefully you re passing the ferrari
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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nice pics, my dream to drive on that track!
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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The Ferrari driver was a turtle...I think he had just gotten it recently and understandably was taking it very easy - Laguna Seca is a dangerous track and I would do the same thing if I'd just dropped a quarter million dollars on a car.

All in good fun
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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RX-8 on Laguna Seca?

I am very jealous of you

nice pics
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Old Jun 1, 2008 | 11:05 PM
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RX-8 on Laguna Seca?

I am very jealous of you

looks like a fun day

that guy in the Z06 looked like he has had a bit to much cake in his lifetime
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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Here's a tiny but fun video - last lap of the last session of the day

http://norcaltouge.com/laguna-5-31/laguna-spin.html
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 06:26 PM
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I want to drive that track one day....

Quick question. Why do some of the cars have blue tape on the headlights?
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by KpaBap
Here's a tiny but fun video - last lap of the last session of the day

http://norcaltouge.com/laguna-5-31/laguna-spin.html

haha your spin looked just like mine when i drove a rental Mazda6 on that track

i did mine on the rainey curve though lol


http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...84865052&hl=en

(spin is at the end of the video lol)
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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Must have been a blast to drive on that track. I want to do that one day.....
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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Sweet!
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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And a somewhat longish, more boring video of "highlights" + 1 full lap...

http://norcaltouge.com/laguna-5-31/laguna-hilite.html
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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^^ GREAT VIDEO. Im am more jealous now.

Question.

I see that on the hard turns you use one hand but on the straight aways you use two lol. Just an observation =)

Trying to find something bad to say cuz im so jealous that you got to drive at laguna seca you derty dog you lol

Congratz, nice vids!
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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ROTARYROCKET7
^^ GREAT VIDEO. Im am more jealous now.

Question.

I see that on the hard turns you use one hand but on the straight aways you use two lol. Just an observation =)

Trying to find something bad to say cuz im so jealous that you got to drive at laguna seca you derty dog you lol

Congratz, nice vids!
Heheh, it's a bad habit of mine from having driven in the mountains on tight twisties quite extensively. I tend to forget that I don't have to shift quite so often on the track
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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 03:42 AM
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damn that looks fun!
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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 07:26 PM
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Great pics!!!!
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