I present sessions 2,3, and 4 of the green group:

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

Footage was taken with my GoPro. My instructor was awesome, he tracks an FB...and he does it very very well.

Session 1 was in the rain and I don't think my driving was post worthy.

Session 2 was on a damp track. I started to get the line a little bit better.

Session 3 I had my line pretty much down. Gdawg522 and I were going at it for a bit there. I gave him a point by so he could enjoy the open track in front of me. I captured some sweet flames shooting...and my instructor and I yelling when they shot.

Session 4 Awesome. I had to bully a 135i, 335i, 370Z, and a few other cars in order to really rip through the track.

tl;dr - If you are able to do a HPDE at Shenandoah...DO IT! Its a very technical course and you will see how our RX-8's can really drive .

 

I used to race there back in my Motorcycle days

Shanendoah is One of my favorite courses. Calabogie Raceway in Canada was another one of my favs.

 

That's really cool man. I've always wanted to take my 8 to a track, but just haven't yet. I'll have to get out and do it one day.

 

This circuit (and the Jefferson) are really the only things I seriously miss about having moved out west.
I've actually contemplated trailering the car back there for a weekend just to run Summit again.

I miss the seafood, too. But that is another story...

 

awesome!

 

nice! wish my first hpde was on a track like that. come to think abt daytona international was pretty lame lol

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

Well **** jeff let me know if you want to come up to some track events. I'd love to see what a turbo'd 8 can do on the track.

I want to do some tracks in FL next year. NASA's region in FL seems to be pretty active. But I haven't researched it enough.

I must say that the changes in elevation make the track a freaking blast to drive on.

 

certainly looks like it lol... how much was the event?

 

For one day, it was just $225. Not to bad at all.

 

Wow. It's gotten expensive over here. That is typically the cost for two days around here.
Even Laguna Seca was only ~$130 a day.

 

wtf.... time to find a college in cali, i wanna transfer.

 

wtf.... time to find a college in cali, i wanna transfer.

yea jeff, tracks in florida costs around 250-300, sometimes even 350.

 

$130...for laguna seca....i hate you and the west coast. I'd kill someone to drive my car there.

 

You like the Jefferson? I knew you were OK. It's rare to find somebody who a) knows what the Jefferson is and b) likes it. I did my first track day more than a dozen years ago on that track. Learned there that early apexing is "wrong" but fast. I still love it, but rarely get to drive it anymore. Few clubs run on it and BSR doesn't run any FATTs on it. I think only NASA does TTs on it anymore.

Everything is more expensive around DC. Soaking up all that Gubmint money...

 

Funny, I was sitting in Gdawg's right seat and the way I remember it is he was all over your tail like flies on poop. If you didn't give him the point I was going to tell him to take you anyway.

Took me a little while to figure out why you only shot fireballs out one side, then I realized you have a Hi-Power exhaust. My car's still louder.

I know I had fun despite the rain: If I'm doing the math right, I used 25 gallons of gas in 165 miles. That's right, campers; 6.6 MPG W00t!

 

I used roughly 10gal on 90mi of track time. Then i got ~22mpg cruising at 75mph back home; ~10gal used and 220mi of all highway driving.

To be honest I wasn't checking my mirrors I was happy as **** that I finally found my way trough the traffic. I did glance back a few times but only when I was approaching the passing zones.

 

nice vids, thanks for sharing dude!

 

Man, I have a headache thinking about that track. It's a fun track, but you better not have motion sickness