03redzo6

well i decided to go have some fun with speed ventures this past saturday and i had a blast. my best time was 1:58.945, i feel pretty good coming from a 2:06 and up. i have definitely improved from the past times ive been out there.

heres a couple videos of me from the track, i just gotta remember to bring more batteries for the stupid go pro camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FlMNarc51A


and here is the footage my friend took of me with his camera


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOUgktqRU1E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lHBRo-095k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3iK44nCDMQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUY6pHD_6tI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-C4qf7Lt3k

ZexGX

iTrader: (28)

Looks like fun. I'll have to run one of these events some day.

Like this, without the whole crashing thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6a688YBf3U

03redzo6

its definitely a blast, but there is always some danger to it. there was a rx7 that got totaled that day on the last session. he was coming out of a corner pretty quick, somehow he lost it and went into a wall, luckily he was okay. he is a pretty good driver to and was turning impressive times.

SIK02SS

iTrader: (11)

I raced against a lot of those BMWs you see in the video, and the grey Porsche that hit everyone, I beat him and the BMWs the weekend before that..That really is not a common practice, and that whole race start was botched (I wasn't there but spoke to some other drivers that were). In any club racing organization contact is shunned on. If you make contact, you go straight to the pits and are done for the day (some groups say you're done for the weekend). That Porsche driver actually hit the wall in Nascar 2 the weekend I beat him...watched it in my rear view none the less (I just came on track and the session started a few minutes prior, so I was warming things up and staying out the way, he was already at speed)

NASA has a few different run groups, they have HPDE for thus who don't want to "race" and just want to be on track, they have 'Time Trials' for those who don't mind being on track with others and being in close quarters at speed (not racing), and they have race groups, like TTS and ST2/ST1, etc.

Speed Ventures is pure HPDE (high performance driving event) where you can get on track as a beginner (with instructor) or as an experienced track addict and just have fun. No racing, still the BS (that you find in racing), but lots of fun and lots of track time.

Here's a video from the weekend I'm talking about:

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if that doesn't work here's the link: http://vholdr.com/video/vara-race

SIK02SS

iTrader: (11)

To the OP, great job! I saw your post on CF also, and as Oli and Howie mentioned, come out to some of the Corvette Challenge events. Lot's of great guys, drivers, and you can easily get some great pointers by some of the other more experienced drivers to help you get faster, or safer...or both!