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 Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject: Track Day @ Road Atlanta... Wow |
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A friend of mine invited me to go to a Track Day at a local race track... man was it a blast. I was able to get a ride with the owner of a 400HP RX-7, as well as in my friend's dad's Camaro. There were a bunch of cars there... 2 ferraris, a Porsche GT2, and 3 Lotus Elises to name a few.
You can read the rest on my blog here http://www.paulstamatiou.com/index.php/2005/09/17/road-atlanta-track-day/
and see some of the pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauls/sets/965568/
I should have about 5 or so video clips online in a little while.. i'll link to them in the blog
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That black Ferrari is sweeeeet! 
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Yeah... unfortunately it was a C class which meant the driver was new or something because C is the slower and suckier car class. It was a shame, the driver didn't seem to push the car at all, he was letting people pass him all the time.
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| TheModWiki.org wrote: | | Yeah... unfortunately it was a C class which meant the driver was new or something because C is the slower and suckier car class. It was a shame, the driver didn't seem to push the car at all, he was letting people pass him all the time. |
Can you blame him. I wouldn't want any weekend Mario Andretti's to do in my Ferrari! 
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Cool pics. Looks like you had a really cool time!
I work part time as a racing school instructor but have never been to Road Atlanta but have always wanted to. Almost got a drive there this year in the American Le-Mans Championship in a Porsche GT3 but my sponsor never came through with the money in time so had to stay in the UK. Oh well always next time  |
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| blazer wrote: | | TheModWiki.org wrote: | | Yeah... unfortunately it was a C class which meant the driver was new or something because C is the slower and suckier car class. It was a shame, the driver didn't seem to push the car at all, he was letting people pass him all the time. |
Can you blame him. I wouldn't want any weekend Mario Andretti's to do in my Ferrari! |
You shouldnt have a ferrari if your not going to drive her proper, buy merc or rolls or something slow. nice elise, nice gt2, nice wrx, wow that corvette looks awesome how fast was it?
what kind of car do you have ModWiki?
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that corvette was the fastest car on the track
i've got an '02 mustang gt (V8 ) with a some exhaust work done, but fairly stock... its hard deciding to put money into car or computer... computer usually wins
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| TheModWiki.org wrote: | that corvette was the fastest car on the track
i've got an '02 mustang gt (V8 ) with a some exhaust work done, but fairly stock... its hard deciding to put money into car or computer... computer usually wins |
Why don't you put your Mac mini in the Mustang? That's a win-win! |
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g-forces would surely kill the hard drive within days  
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