Laguna Seca...Astounding....
Whoops, been a while since my last blog. I have to catch up on certain events. Namely, LAGUNA SECA. Holy Jesus...what a track. A couple of my buddies drove down to get rides. My buddy, due to his ThePerfectline connections managed to get a free track day out of it as well!
The track is flat out gorgeous...and at the track were 2 Ariel Atoms. And unfortunately, as much as I respect it's technical prowess and sheer ludicrous performance, my love affair with the car is now dead. It simply looks like crap to me now...why? well it looks like a damn kit car. One of them had duct taped heat wrap to the frame due to heat from the exhaust...that's just stupid to me. Also, I've heard so much about it's supposed "astounding"/"face-ripping" performance, but I saw none of that. A driver in a tracked prepped Evo VIII, with no engine mods and a passenger, kept ahead of a hard charging Atom for several laps. Okay, Okay, I ABSOLUTELY KNOW these track days aren't about racing and that skill is the ultimate equalizer,..but for heavens sake!...there's NO WAY an EVO should out pace an Ariel...unless the Atom driver is an absolute schlep...and he wasnt. Talked to him and he had tons of track time/seat time. I don't know, maybe he wasn't pushing it or maybe my eyes deceived me. But none the less, the love affair is officially dead.
As for some other cars. There were the usual: M3's, 4 S2K's, a few Z06's, a ton of Porsches, and even 1 S4...and something I'm seeing more and more of, Caymans. So I got a ride in my buddy's rediculously tracked prepped EVO. As an example of his complete obsession, an ongoing joke among my group of car friends has been about how he recently "re-valved" his near new Ohlins in order to achieve better performance. I realize that most people just don't get the joke but I find it totally hilarious. Anywayz, he's real fast....much, much faster than I am. He seems quite precise lap after lap save turn one..."should I single or double apex this turn?", and one other turn I can't quite remember. And I didn't feel sick this time too, woo hoo! BTW, Laguna looks NOTHING like Playstation. It seems soo narrow...it's walls soo cavernous...and the damn carousel!! Holy Shit!...when dropping in, you can actually LOOK DOWN into a cars moon roof in front of you! What a ride.
So, I have more to write about...my sod, our groups GoG this past weekend, and my buddy's new (actually used/new) 87 Pearl Supra Turbo....which is currently sitting dead in my driveway.
The track is flat out gorgeous...and at the track were 2 Ariel Atoms. And unfortunately, as much as I respect it's technical prowess and sheer ludicrous performance, my love affair with the car is now dead. It simply looks like crap to me now...why? well it looks like a damn kit car. One of them had duct taped heat wrap to the frame due to heat from the exhaust...that's just stupid to me. Also, I've heard so much about it's supposed "astounding"/"face-ripping" performance, but I saw none of that. A driver in a tracked prepped Evo VIII, with no engine mods and a passenger, kept ahead of a hard charging Atom for several laps. Okay, Okay, I ABSOLUTELY KNOW these track days aren't about racing and that skill is the ultimate equalizer,..but for heavens sake!...there's NO WAY an EVO should out pace an Ariel...unless the Atom driver is an absolute schlep...and he wasnt. Talked to him and he had tons of track time/seat time. I don't know, maybe he wasn't pushing it or maybe my eyes deceived me. But none the less, the love affair is officially dead.
As for some other cars. There were the usual: M3's, 4 S2K's, a few Z06's, a ton of Porsches, and even 1 S4...and something I'm seeing more and more of, Caymans. So I got a ride in my buddy's rediculously tracked prepped EVO. As an example of his complete obsession, an ongoing joke among my group of car friends has been about how he recently "re-valved" his near new Ohlins in order to achieve better performance. I realize that most people just don't get the joke but I find it totally hilarious. Anywayz, he's real fast....much, much faster than I am. He seems quite precise lap after lap save turn one..."should I single or double apex this turn?", and one other turn I can't quite remember. And I didn't feel sick this time too, woo hoo! BTW, Laguna looks NOTHING like Playstation. It seems soo narrow...it's walls soo cavernous...and the damn carousel!! Holy Shit!...when dropping in, you can actually LOOK DOWN into a cars moon roof in front of you! What a ride.
So, I have more to write about...my sod, our groups GoG this past weekend, and my buddy's new (actually used/new) 87 Pearl Supra Turbo....which is currently sitting dead in my driveway.
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