Redstar Raceway (Delmas) - Open Car Track days

[sav]

Awesome pics, I also got mine yesterday. Very impressed.

[WesleyG]

very cool, seems like it was a good idea for redstar to open up to cars now as well

[Fish Eagle]

I was talking to Zac Lopes, owner of our local motorbike accessories shop on Wed, and he says that the cars noticably bugger up Red Star for bikes.
He reckons that cars create ripples in the tar in the braking areas which unsettle the bikes.

However, he does understand the economics of it, and would rather ride on a rippled track than no track.
Perhaps he should try Midvaal - then he'll never whine about ripples again.

I say so what. Everyone has the same challenges to overcome. Maybe they should straighten out the corners to make it easier

[Fish Eagle]

Originally Posted by sav

Awesome pics, I also got mine yesterday. Very impressed.

So, are we gonna see 'em?

[Fish Eagle]

Originally Posted by Fish Eagle

Preparing my car for next Sunday, and as usual, the engine oil level is perfect, the supercharger oil level is perfect, and the coolant level is perfect.
Still amazed that after 24 track days and a lot of abuse, my car has never used a drop of oil or coolant - ever!! Love it!!

Wish I could say the same for tyres and brake pads though

Copy/paste, minor edit...
Preparing my car for Friday, and as usual, the engine oil level is perfect, the supercharger oil level is perfect, and the coolant level is perfect.
Still amazed that after 25 track days and a lot of abuse, my car has never used a drop of oil or coolant - ever!! Love it!!

Wish I could say the same for tyres and brake pads though

Oh, I'll be at Red Star on Friday. Who else?
I think @JouMaSeHoes en sy broer might be, and probably Karthik with his beemer.

Looking forward to anti-clockwise.
My best AC time is 2m23.3, so I've got some work to get down to my best CL time of 2m19.1

[Fish Eagle]

Red Star Raceway 22 Jan 2016
Some pics taken by a friend

[Fish Eagle]

Maybe one day when we're big, we'll also have grunt like this.
Watch this very seriously twin-turbo'd M3 lay down 11's powering out of the right-hander

For the "unbelievers", I've added before and after pics.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc7Eszp-iMs"]Red Star 2016-01-22 F27 259-401 - YouTube[/ame]

[LostSalad]

Originally Posted by Fish Eagle

Maybe one day when we're big, we'll also have grunt like this.
Watch this very seriously twin-turbo'd M3 lay down 11's powering out of the right-hander

Those lines look weird. But it doesn't matter if you have enough POWAH! that's seriously quick.

So one advantage of Red Star being so flat is..... no blind corners!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba1EmS8KXbc[/ame]

[Fish Eagle]

Close shave. Glad you're OK.

[FT_86_SM_GP]

Originally Posted by LostSalad

Those lines look weird. But it doesn't matter if you have enough POWAH! that's seriously quick.

So one advantage of Red Star being so flat is..... no blind corners!

Wow thats hektic, im assuming this was today (Jan SuperTrax)?

How was your overall experience with the conditions ?

[LostSalad]

Originally Posted by Fish Eagle

Close shave. Glad you're OK.

Originally Posted by FT_86_SM_GP

Wow thats hektic, im assuming this was today (Jan SuperTrax)?

Thanks guys . At least I was going slow-ish due to tailing the BMW. I wonder how big the driver's eyes were when he realised he'd spun and was looking at the oncoming traffic. Strangely enough, I didn't panic at all. There was quite a lot of time for reaction - I've regularly had closer shaves in JHB traffic lol.

Originally Posted by FT_86_SM_GP

How was your overall experience with the conditions ?

It drizzled a touch in the morning but basically just stayed overcast. The track was nice and cool which made it quite a pleasant surface to drive on. None of that crazy midday heat putting a damper on tyres, brakes and engine power . I did take a bit of a chance signing up though.

The policy of the organisers seems to be "we won't cancel unless it's effectively hailing". So everyone is pretty much forced to go home due to sanity, but they keep their $$$.

[Fish Eagle]

Originally Posted by LostSalad

The policy of the organisers seems to be "we won't cancel unless it's effectively hailing".

Correct, but don't worry about the weather, just take it easy and you'll have plenty fun and learn a lot
Nice thing about bad weather is minimal traffic

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph_nTjpvCNc"]Zwartkops 2014-11-23 - YouTube[/ame]

[Fish Eagle]

22nd Jan 2016, Red Star Raceway @JouMaSeHoes and @Fish Eagle playing
Love that flat-6 Porsche sound

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4qRg7lG5K4"]Red Star Raceway 2016-01-22 - YouTube[/ame]

[Fish Eagle]

Originally Posted by LostSalad

So one advantage of Red Star being so flat is..... no blind corners!

I'd thought I'd wait a bit after your incident at the Z before sharing this.
It doesn't always work out as well as it did for you...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUruq919vk"]Zwartkops Crash - YouTube[/ame]