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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 12:47 PM
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Dark Side Drivers Ed (all dates)

The DarkSide Drivers Ed (2 Track Days with Instruction) at Roebling Road (Savannah) will be on May 3rd and 4th. Roebling is a 2 mile road course with no outside walls and lots of run-off area. It is a great track to start out and learn speed (125 + at the end of the straight, brake and turn right). Multiple run groups with multiple sessions a day, class time for the "green" group and in-car instruction for green and blue. Data on DarkSide is available at Dark Side Index. Registration will be through clubregistration.net (open now). Register for account, then go to http://www.clubregistration.net/even...?event_id=5646

For a tour of the track, check out
, it is from one of my first events. For those who have seen the "other" video, there is a new "other" video ; ).

Come up for a great weekend. There is usually a good Mazda representation, 7's and 8's, I remember a 6 wagon tearing up the track as well as 3's and 2's. DarkSide does Taste of the Track ride-alongs. I will happily give RX8 Club rides at speed.

FYI, this is a great track for the 8, very easy to drive.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 03:28 PM
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FYI, A great weekend planned. Groups are starting to fill up. Remember, DarkSide does a Taste of the Track? That means a guest can get instructor rides. A lot of the groups out there do not provide this option.
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Dark Side Drivers Ed (all dates)

Next Event, November 8 and 9, 2014.
Roebling Road Raceway, Savannah, Georgia.

The DarkSide Drivers Ed (2 Track Days with Instruction) at Roebling Road (Savannah) will be on November 8th and 9th. Roebling is a 2 mile road course with no outside walls and lots of run-off area. It is a great track to start out and learn speed (125 + at the end of the straight, brake and turn right). Multiple run groups with multiple sessions a day, class time for the "green" group and in-car instruction for the newer folks. Data on DarkSide is available at Dark Side Index. Registration will be through clubregistration.net (open now). BTW, that is a 911 going down on the straight...

For a tour of the track, check out
, it is from one of my first events. For those who have seen the "other" video, there is a new "other" video ; ).



Come up for a great weekend. There is usually a good Mazda representation, 7's and 8's, I remember a 6 wagon tearing up the track as well as 3's and 2's. DarkSide does Taste of the Track ride-alongs. I will happily give TBMC rides at speed to drivers and guests.

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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 12:05 PM
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Some of the past event posts, this goes back to before I even got my 8. See you there.


https://www.rx8club.com/se-rx-8-foru...course-247654/

https://www.rx8club.com/se-rx-8-foru...-5-6-a-230549/

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multime...-beast-249516/

https://www.rx8club.com/se-rx-8-foru...ebling-156628/
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Old Oct 8, 2014 | 12:36 PM
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Folks,

The DarkSide Drivers Ed (2 Track Days with Instruction) at Roebling Road (Savannah) will be on November 8th and 9th. Roebling is a 2 mile road course with no outside walls and lots of run-off area.* It is a great track to start out and learn speed (125 + at the end of the straight, brake and turn right). *Multiple run groups* with multiple sessions a day, class time for the "green" group and in-car instruction for the newer folks. *Data on DarkSide is available at www.darksidede.com.* Registration will be through clubregistration.net (open now).*

For a tour of the track, check out
, it is from one of my first events. *For those who have seen the*"other" video, there is a new "other" video ; ).

Come up for a great weekend.* There is usually a good Mazda representation, 7's and 8's, I remember a 6 wagon tearing up the track as well as 3's and 2's.

*DarkSide is one of the few that does Taste of the Track ride-alongs for your guests. *
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Checking the roster for Dark Side. What a mix of cars. This will be grand. But, um, rotary folks out there, right now it is one little RX8 up against BMW, Porsche, Corvette, Panoz, Nissan, Honda, Lotus, Ford, Mini Cooper, Volvo, VW and Scion. Need a little help here. Especially from the FI community.

For the rest of the Mazda community, We have 1 Speed3 and 3 Miatas. Some help would be appreciated there as well.
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Originally Posted by 04Green
Checking the roster for Dark Side. What a mix of cars. This will be grand. But, um, rotary folks out there, right now it is one little RX8 up against BMW, Porsche, Corvette, Panoz, Nissan, Honda, Lotus, Ford, Mini Cooper, Volvo, VW and Scion. Need a little help here. Especially from the FI community.

For the rest of the Mazda community, We have 1 Speed3 and 3 Miatas. Some help would be appreciated there as well.

04Green,
I'd love to attend one of these but I just cant right now due to a career change which in turn means low car FUN FUNDS
When things turn around I look forward going and representing for the FI guys


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Bummer. We used to have a pettit based one. Denny was hell on wheels and great fun to watch. I am getting tired of being down 200 hp, but cannot do much about it for awhile.
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2 weeks left, only 2 8's. Black 04, if you are here, you take the 30 on the left, I will take the 0 on the right. The miata's will help.....

Anyone still free weekend after next, Dark Side is a great track weekend. Great People, great cars, great fun. 125 on the straight, hit the brakes and turn right....
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Old Feb 23, 2015 | 09:17 PM
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May 2nd and 3rd jut opened up in ClubRegistration.net.

Dark Side Track Day:

The DarkSide Drivers Ed (2 Track Days with Instruction) at Roebling Road (Savannah GA) will be on May 2nd and 3rd. Roebling is a 2 mile road course with no outside walls and lots of run-off area.* It is a great track to start out and learn speed (125 + at the end of the straight, brake and turn right). *Multiple run groups* with multiple sessions a day, class time for the "green" group and in-car instruction for the newer folks. *Data on Dark Side is available at www.darksidede.com.* Registration will be through clubregistration.net (open now).* Search for Dark Side

For a tour of the track, check out
, it is from one of my first events. *For those who have seen the*"other" video, there is a new "other" video ; ).*

Come up for a great weekend.* There is usually a good Mazda representation, 7's and 8's, I remember a 6 wagon tearing up the track as well as 3's and 2's. *My son did great with the Speed3 last time.

DarkSide does Taste of the Track ride-alongs. *Instructors can take your guests out at speed.
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I have friends there, maybe I should visit.

What did you record that with, the audio is painful!
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Old Apr 16, 2015 | 10:05 PM
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All the may event is coming up. The second and third. Register at ClubRegistration.net.

Groups are small, plenty of track time, and a great group. There is room in all run groups.

@ Article, the parcel shelf seems to rattle at speed with the windows down, or there is some really bad buffeting. We played with a helmet mount last time that worked really well. The camera is an old gopro on a mount attached to the kiddie seat bolts.

And yes, you should visit, it is a great weekend.
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