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Posted by DanA_F99_1977 (Member # 118) on :

How have you been driving since you got back?? Just curious, I know that my driving habits changed after I got back last year!!

Do you use Visual Scanning?
Do you heel toe?
Did you change your seaing postion?

Just wondering!

Posted by Joey Red (Member # 550) on :

I've been wearing my helmet and apexing intersections as well as regular turns. Oh look at the time. It's time to go out and terrorize the populous once again.

Posted by EWB SS (Member # 148) on :

YES! I have been hee/toeing, blipping, scanning and hunting for apexes like a dog in heat!

My wife said that while I sleeping, I was heel/toeing and making rev sounds

LOL! I also have changed my seating position. Damn, I can't stop smiling! I have been bitten!!!

[ 15 November 2001: Message edited by: EWB SS ]

Posted by HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :

I've ridden MAX (Portland's Light Rail Train every day since we arrived home. We even took it home from the airport.

Steve has been driving our All-Wheel Drive Astro Van all week. When he apexes his corners, it jumps the curb! YIKES!!! No heel-toe though...it's an automatic.

Posted by Doug Harden, Pres CICC (Member # 326) on :

Heck yeah, I took the course back in April and I'm still doing it all.

I just changed my 1994 Z28 form an A4 to a MN6 and now, with all my mods, I'm ready to do it right!

Gonna' do a ton of road racing (legal kind) next season.

[ 15 November 2001: Message edited by: Doug Harden, Pres CICC ]

Posted by HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Doug Harden, Pres CICC:
I just changed my 1994 Z28 form an A4 to a MN6 and now, with all my mods, I'm ready to do it right!

Wow, I bet that was a chore!

You will be at Bragg-Smith with us next year I assume?

Posted by Bill 97 SS #1422 (Member # 1182) on :

quote:
Originally posted by HTWLSS:

Wow, I bet that was a chore! Nothing for him
You will be at Bragg-Smith with us next year I assume?

Watch out for this guy, and his son... They do things to camaros that is more than is legal.. Hi Doug
Hehe hee

[ 15 November 2001: Message edited by: Bill 97 SS #1422 ]

Posted by Doug Harden, Pres CICC (Member # 326) on :

quote:
Originally posted by HTWLSS:

Wow, I bet that was a chore!
You will be at Bragg-Smith with us next year I assume?

Wasn't too hard, but a lot of work...great "mod" though!

Come hell or high water, I'd LOVE to go with you all!!

BTW, if you've been there before...do they still put you through the initial braking, blipping trials?? Or can you just get a "refresher" and get out there for the fun stuff??

Posted by HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :

Our group this year was comprised of 1st timers and 2nd year repeats.

They had everyone go through the braking, shifting and blipping exercises. The newbies stayed in the paddock, while the blended 2nd timers hit the track.

When the 1st timers went on the track, the 2nd year people came in for advanced instruction (power circles, etc.)

All in all, each group got an appropriate amount of track time and classroom instruction geared to their level.

That was my perspective.....how about you participants?

Posted by Craig Leres (Member # 931) on :

quote:
Originally posted by DanA_F99_1977:
Do you use Visual Scanning?

As it turns out, I had been doing that before!

quote:
Do you heel toe?

Yes (in addition to the non-braking downshift bliping I had already been doing.)

What shocked me is that I can usually heal-toe blip in my SS without the Bragg-Smith plate; the stock throttle is just a hair too narrow for my Adidas. If it was about 1/2" wider, it'd be perfect for me. (And I've already picked up a spare pedal to modify... They're cheap: $2.50)

quote:
Did you change your seating postion?

Yes! Long gone are the days of the Dale Earnhardt super speedway all-but-prone seating position.

[Edit: boy I hate uub...]

[ 16 November 2001: Message edited by: Craig Leres ]

Posted by Hawkeye (Member # 88) on :

pulled the seat up in the Subby first thing

Posted by EWB SS (Member # 148) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Hawkeye:
pulled the seat up in the Subby first thing

After Dave took us out in the 'burban to watch you guys on the track, he whipped around afterwords like he was driving a Zed O6
What a ride! He nailed every apex

Posted by Hawkeye (Member # 88) on :

Now that's a challenge I could handle. I've done the Skyline drive in a Suburban. 454 V8, 3/4 ton,
4X4. Yee Haww!!

cya next year!!

Posted by Vicki (Member # 1274) on :

Bragg-Smith was awesome. I was a bit intimidated not being a "stick" driver but I had a blast. I was in a level 1 class all by myself. I'm using the techniques I learned but they aren't quite the same in my Blazer, oops! I need to steal one of Neil's cars. It was great meeting everyone and thanks for posting all the pictures. See ya next year?

Posted by DanA_F99_1977 (Member # 118) on :

Welcome Vicki. It is nice to see you here!!! We all had a great time, by next year, you will be a pro!! Hopefully, we will all be going again!

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