Beginner Friendly Lapping Day at the new Mosport DDT track : September 07, 2014

[n0thing]

pictures please

[pushrod]

Originally Posted by n0thing

pictures please

+1

[Trac Toy]

Originally Posted by drewbot

Yes, it was very fun! Stock tire squealing for their lives!

My front pads and rotors got so hot my OZ wheel cap popped off while parked. LOL

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Yeah I lost a center cap last week at bogie, likely the same situation.

[funcheung]

Would have been so down if helmets werent required.

[tanner]

Originally Posted by funcheung

Would have been so down if helmets werent required.

CTMP/Mosport, it's a requirement while other smaller tracks like TMP it isn't. IMO, helmets should be a requirement for any track event.

You can get an entry level HJC helmet at JRP and has the SA2015 starting at $329 and it goes up from there to $659 (prices this past June when I was looking for a new one).

[wparsons]

There were also a limited number of loaner helmets available... I couldn't imagine lapping at more than slow speeds without a helmet, just feels wrong. It was even strange driving during alligator lapping at lunch without a helmet, even though I didn't hit more than ~80km/h.

As for pictures/video, I had my camera and gopro there but they stayed in their bags all day I was too busy to even think about taking any pictures.

For anyone that was there, I was the guy with the computer at check in. I was trying to keep mental track of who I knew from the forums, but wasn't doing a good job of it at all

[7thgear]

Originally Posted by funcheung

Would have been so down if helmets werent required.

really? that's what makes or brakes it for you?

[drewbot]

Originally Posted by wparsons

For anyone that was there, I was the guy with the computer at check in. I was trying to keep mental track of who I knew from the forums, but wasn't doing a good job of it at all

I was gonna ask for a ride along, but your car was parked at the front of the grid for some time

[drewbot]

Originally Posted by funcheung

Would have been so down if helmets werent required.

The price of a SPDA lapping day with a helmet is sometimes cheaper than another group's lapping day fees

[Trac Toy]

Safety before all else. I have lapped with touge before but I always bring my helmet.

It's not you it's the other guy you gotta watch out for.

[wparsons]

Originally Posted by drewbot

I was gonna ask for a ride along, but your car was parked at the front of the grid for some time

Yeah, I was parked up there because I was constantly doing different things. I was helping grid everyone, plus coaching, plus getting in some lapping.

I typically knew about 30 seconds before I went out that I was going out for a session

Definitely ask next time, always willing to bring along a passenger!

[pushrod]

Originally Posted by funcheung

Would have been so down if helmets werent required.

Opposite for me. If there was no helmet requirement, I'd just assume there was no interest in safety at the event, at any level.

[funcheung]

Touge requires you to wear a helmet if you drive a convertible. Thats another reason i went with a BRZ instead of a S2000.

[Trac Toy]

Originally Posted by funcheung

Touge requires you to wear a helmet if you drive a convertible. Thats another reason i went with a BRZ instead of a S2000.

You should make it a requirement to be on track in all vehicles, period.