First Track day of this year *Pissing rain* - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

AJ PwR · 04-09-2013, 07:36 PM

The Pacific Northwest region is famous for RAIN, so it's not a surprising thing lol.

Did my first track day at Ridge Motorsports Park, Shelton WA this year and it was pissing rain

This year, I changed the alignment setting along with wider tires/. It's beena great experience on WET. Power understeer and unpredictable oversteer

Here's a couple of videos !

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlKm-htPybk"]AJ BRZ Testing at Ridge Motorsports Park April 2013 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILHg_kW5vMc"]AJ BRZ at Ridge Motorsports Park (Heavy Rain) - YouTube[/ame]

Enjoy

Huehuecoyotl · 04-09-2013, 08:20 PM

man, thats gotta take kahunas, to push the limits in the rain

watching made me envious!
thanks

what are your alignment specs, curious

Mr.Jay · 04-09-2013, 08:27 PM

I wish my dash cam was setup right. my power adapter got unplugged during my 1st run cause I got about 5 mins of my prep talk and thats about it lol

great learning exp and a load of fun tho

thanks to AJR for bringing the tents LOL would of been even more soaked if not!

Want more time on this track but hopefully in the sunshine this time around

AJ PwR · 04-09-2013, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

man, thats gotta take kahunas, to push the limits in the rain

watching made me envious!
thanks

what are your alignment specs, curious

Camber F -3 R -2 F/R toe 0. I was going to push if it was dry !

Quote:

I wish my dash cam was setup right. my power adapter got unplugged during my 1st run cause I got about 5 mins of my prep talk and thats about it lol

great learning exp and a load of fun tho

thanks to AJR for bringing the tents LOL would of been even more soaked if not!

Want more time on this track but hopefully in the sunshine this time around

You are welcome

rice_classic · 04-10-2013, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by AJ PwR

The Pacific Northwest region is famous for RAIN, so it's not a surprising thing lol.

Did my first track day at Ridge Motorsports Park, Shelton WA this year and it was pissing rain

Enjoy

Welcome to the NW right? Living here for just over a decade I've learned that if I'm unwilling to play in the rain, I'm not going to do much playing.

Anywho, great videos and on behalf of the IRDC, thank you for attending the event. I was there with a 200hp CRX running the 6 hour enduro on Sunday and it was really neat to see all the FRS's at the track and I think all of them were down from BC.

Dezoris · 04-10-2013, 02:46 AM

Gotta ask, why the distracting rear view animal? Its right in line of sight?

AJ PwR · 04-11-2013, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dezoris

Gotta ask, why the distracting rear view animal? Its right in line of sight?

That's my G-sensor ! LOL

Mr.Jay · 04-11-2013, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rice_classic

Welcome to the NW right? Living here for just over a decade I've learned that if I'm unwilling to play in the rain, I'm not going to do much playing.

Anywho, great videos and on behalf of the IRDC, thank you for attending the event. I was there with a 200hp CRX running the 6 hour enduro on Sunday and it was really neat to see all the FRS's at the track and I think all of them were down from BC.

Nice was it the red one? All the frs and brz that I saw there were from B.C. haha actually there were a lot of canadian cars in general. I was the blue frs. Next time come say hello

rice_classic · 04-11-2013, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr.Jay

Nice was it the red one? All the frs and brz that I saw there were from B.C. haha actually there were a lot of canadian cars in general. I was the blue frs. Next time come say hello

Yup, Red #5. If we happen to be at the Ridge again at the same time I will come over and say hi.

Some updates about the event if you're curious: http://racecraftinstruction.com/

Also, what did you think about the club that hosted the day you attended (IRDC). Any feedback? Would you run attend another one of their events in the future?

mrk1 · 04-13-2013, 10:51 PM

I actually like the rainy days, looks like fun

Kamran · 04-13-2013, 11:35 PM

Tom said the morning was dry. Three sessions in the dry is not bad this time of year. Besides rainy trackdays make you a much better and smoother driver.

I'll be there with the Porsche club (in my FRS) in May. Hope to see a few frs's.

ajrcow · 04-19-2013, 03:07 PM

There's one coming up on May 4th with Turn 2 lapping. Just checked out the entry list, DAMN a lot of fast cars...... don't know if I should go :S

Kamran · 04-19-2013, 03:13 PM

Going up against the guys with twice the Hp makes it that much more sweet!

Just make sure that they are a long ways behind at the start of the straights!!!

I'll be there May 3rd.

04-09-2013, 07:36 PM	#1
AJ PwR Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: R35 R56 CZ4A ZC6 Location: Vancouver B.C. Posts: 284 Thanks: 1 Thanked 190 Times in 77 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	First Track day of this year Pissing rain The Pacific Northwest region is famous for RAIN, so it's not a surprising thing lol. Did my first track day at Ridge Motorsports Park, Shelton WA this year and it was pissing rain This year, I changed the alignment setting along with wider tires/. It's beena great experience on WET. Power understeer and unpredictable oversteer Here's a couple of videos ! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlKm-htPybk"]AJ BRZ Testing at Ridge Motorsports Park April 2013 - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILHg_kW5vMc"]AJ BRZ at Ridge Motorsports Park (Heavy Rain) - YouTube[/ame] Enjoy

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Mr.Jay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Drives: FRS :D Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 545 Thanked 699 Times in 438 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I wish my dash cam was setup right. my power adapter got unplugged during my 1st run cause I got about 5 mins of my prep talk and thats about it lol great learning exp and a load of fun tho thanks to AJR for bringing the tents LOL would of been even more soaked if not! Want more time on this track but hopefully in the sunshine this time around __________________ Out of the FRS game

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Dezoris Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: IL Posts: 2,857 Thanks: 519 Thanked 2,998 Times in 1,095 Posts Mentioned: 159 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Gotta ask, why the distracting rear view animal? Its right in line of sight? __________________ SAVAGEGEESE

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mrk1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: Sterling BRZ Ltd Location: New England Posts: 1,702 Thanks: 403 Thanked 1,389 Times in 671 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I actually like the rainy days, looks like fun __________________ The Build Thread GT28RS - eBoost2 - 3.91 Final Drive - Supra LSD

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Kamran Pepe Le Pew Wannabe Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: WA Posts: 147 Thanks: 10 Thanked 26 Times in 18 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Tom said the morning was dry. Three sessions in the dry is not bad this time of year. Besides rainy trackdays make you a much better and smoother driver. I'll be there with the Porsche club (in my FRS) in May. Hope to see a few frs's. __________________ My middle age crisis started prematurely… at 16! I'm also independently very, very..... dependent!

04-19-2013, 03:07 PM	#12
ajrcow Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	There's one coming up on May 4th with Turn 2 lapping. Just checked out the entry list, DAMN a lot of fast cars...... don't know if I should go :S

04-19-2013, 03:13 PM	#13
Kamran Pepe Le Pew Wannabe Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: FR-S Location: WA Posts: 147 Thanks: 10 Thanked 26 Times in 18 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Going up against the guys with twice the Hp makes it that much more sweet! Just make sure that they are a long ways behind at the start of the straights!!! I'll be there May 3rd. __________________ My middle age crisis started prematurely… at 16! I'm also independently very, very..... dependent!

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