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wojo (EVO owner and forum member) and i went to summit point raceway this past friday to participate in this month's FATT. when we arrived, we were blown away at the level of cars present: 350zs, m3s, m5s, a ferrari, a viper, several lotuses, heavily modified vettes, porsches, s2000s, a couple audi s4s, stangs, many modded japanese imports....and a rented pt cruiser.
(his s2000 was in the shop and he'd reserved an altima, but this was what budget gave him.) anyway, amazing lineup.
the experience....OH MY GOODNESS!!! fellaz, this was so much fun! it was by far the singular day of hedonistic fun i've had in my life!
the car...DAMN! the car was simply *stunning* on the track; great handling, very agile, *amazing* acceleration out of the corners; and the brakes..oh man...going from 125mph+ to 30mph lap after lap with no fade. (realize these comments are coming from a virgin track racer with a little autox experience.)
the comments...wojo and i parked next to each other throughout the day and we had at least 50 people come by to check out the cars. they drew a lot of attention from the instructors and drivers alike.
so i know you're wondering: so tell us how the STi and EVO compared on the track. while wojo and i were, of course, in the novice group (since this was our first time doing anything like this) we got placed in different novice groups. so we could not race together. next time.
late in the day, there was an accident in wojo's novice group. a wrx legally passed an s4 but probably shouldn't have since there was too little time before the next corner. the wrx made an early apex (bad at this corner) and went off, then back on, then sideways, then up in the air, rolled, came down on its roof and rolled 3 more times...all *on the @#$* tarmac*!!! egads. the instructor walked away; the student was flown out. they said his injuries were not serious but this track has a habit of being overly cautious when accidents happen.
anyway, i'm so hooked! unfortunately i'm outa town for the aug and sep FATT events, but i'm signing up for one or both of the october events (17th and 24th). if you're in the mid-atlantic and haven't done this kinda thing, i urge you to check their schedule and give 'em a call. it'd be cool to have more than one sti and one evo there in future. hmmm. maybe we should plan a regional sti-evo meet at one of these events.)
the experience....OH MY GOODNESS!!! fellaz, this was so much fun! it was by far the singular day of hedonistic fun i've had in my life!
the car...DAMN! the car was simply *stunning* on the track; great handling, very agile, *amazing* acceleration out of the corners; and the brakes..oh man...going from 125mph+ to 30mph lap after lap with no fade. (realize these comments are coming from a virgin track racer with a little autox experience.)
the comments...wojo and i parked next to each other throughout the day and we had at least 50 people come by to check out the cars. they drew a lot of attention from the instructors and drivers alike.
so i know you're wondering: so tell us how the STi and EVO compared on the track. while wojo and i were, of course, in the novice group (since this was our first time doing anything like this) we got placed in different novice groups. so we could not race together. next time.
late in the day, there was an accident in wojo's novice group. a wrx legally passed an s4 but probably shouldn't have since there was too little time before the next corner. the wrx made an early apex (bad at this corner) and went off, then back on, then sideways, then up in the air, rolled, came down on its roof and rolled 3 more times...all *on the @#$* tarmac*!!! egads. the instructor walked away; the student was flown out. they said his injuries were not serious but this track has a habit of being overly cautious when accidents happen.
anyway, i'm so hooked! unfortunately i'm outa town for the aug and sep FATT events, but i'm signing up for one or both of the october events (17th and 24th). if you're in the mid-atlantic and haven't done this kinda thing, i urge you to check their schedule and give 'em a call. it'd be cool to have more than one sti and one evo there in future. hmmm. maybe we should plan a regional sti-evo meet at one of these events.)