First Track Day for 2007

Nordstern PCA's Spring Fling. Took the intermediate class on Friday. Ron Johnson was my instructor. Weather was perfect, Track was great, Instruction was top notch. We worked primarily on lines, and Ron gave me some new shift points... some excellent new shift points. Some 9 seconds a lap better lines and shift points.



There were 2 other 944s and an older 911 SC that were all very closely matched. It was a blast to grid up together and trade spaces. In addition, at the end of the first day, the students were allowed to ride along in their instructors cars as passengers. I can't adequately describe how cool this was. Ron drives a 968 Club Sport. A 968 Club Sport is apparently a factory built track car. Fully prepped by your friends at Porsche, and very very fast. The run was done with group 4 passing rules. These guys know each other well, and are used to running neck and neck... and they did. A lot of wheel to wheel work. I could not believe how good these drivers were and how fast we were going. This was dramatically faster than I will -ever- drive, and more fun that I could have imagined.

That really sums it up... save for some pictures... and video. John broght a bullet cam, which we attached to the roof of a couple cars to capture some fine track video. I'll post some once we get it cut into a palatable size clip or clips.

The paint is, once again, CarArt washable paint. The livery is the official Trackpedia livery, of course.




Given that I was one of the slowest cars on the track, I decided that a little bright orange tape would help ensure that my point-bys were very very clear.