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Summit Point SCCA Road Racing School Impression
Article by: Sebastien Richard - March 18-20, 2005
What a fun weekend that was.
First and foremost, big thanks to Gregg Ginsberg and the J&L
Automotive Crew, and the fans. You guys were awesome and kicked
major ass all weekend. No way I could have gone through the school
without ya.You handled 3 civics, 1 CRX, and one Rabbit for two days, and
didn't even bitch about it much. Major thumbs up!
I passed the school, which was the most important and learned much about driving and racing. Goal met. I also learned a few other things:
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225 Hoosiers really do not quite fit in the rear of the civic (at least on 15" wheels) - they rub, and if you forget to completely roll a fender, they will get sliced up...
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Brand new stainless steel brake lines can fail if there is a wheel weight rubbing on them.
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Bring spare underwear in case the aforementioned brake line POPS when you are trying to brake deep for turn one.
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It's good to have spares. In addition to the brake line popping, the master cylinder was bad. Big props to the crew for changing all that so quick I didn't miss a single minute of track time. Did I mention <thumbs up>?
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Gravel traps will stop you in a hurry, and destroy your air-dam, and fill the car full of f...ing gravel. Thanks corner workers, another big ass <thumb up>!
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Cobalt brake pads are awesome. After a full HPDE weekend at VIR and a full racing school (total of over 300 race miiles) the pads are barely half worn, if that much. The car otherwise ran great.
I do have some work to do though. I mis-adjusted the clutch cable and completely destroyed the throw-out bearing. Bummer. I need to take care of my brake lines since I currently have 3 steel and one rubber line. I need to straighten out my tire situation. I am debating on what size tires to run. I think in the end I will just use 205-50/15 R3S04s all around.
The practice starts and
short race were interesting, and frustrating. I got stuck behind a POS
SLOW prod car, who hit the brakes on the first start and pretty much
stopped. By the time I got around, I was nearly dead last. Second start,
i got jammed up and couldn't really gain much, if any. On the race
start, I got a decent start and found a hole so that i got back to the
middle of the field. I then proceeded to crank the boost and start
catching up to the other ITA cars (I was running a couple of second
faster). By the time the race ended, I had the ITA pack in sight. Dave
[Hess] (emwavey) won the ITA group, and did an awesome job all
weekend. He was getting faster and faster, and is very safe on track. We
had some fun a few times during the practice sessions. Two wide through
the carousel was a lot of fun.
Video of the practice race
http://www.sirrommotorsports.com/photopost/data/500/420race.wmv
Please right click and save as.
As a whole, I really enjoyed the weekend. I met Jon Marhefka who was there crewing for a friend of his, and a bunch of other cool people. Had some fun with Beno Rubin on track as well since he got shafted and his car is back in ITA. Give the man another 20 hp, and he'll be damn hard to catch.
I need to find another 3-4 seconds to run with the big boys at the front, but 1:31s should at least keep me in the pack, so when i can start racing there'll be some people around to play with. My instructor, Sean Thompson was a really cool guy, who despite not knowing anything about FWD, gave me a lot of really good information, tips and tactics. More kudos there. I also think that I would have made Corey proud as I went drifting through 10 quite a few times.
I highly recommend this
racing school to anyone who wants to go racing, regardless of the
sanctioning body. But be warned: - this is highly addictive - you will
need a crew: the entire weekend is a succession of track time, class
time and debrief time with your instructor. Rinse and repeat until you
are exhausted. Happy, with a shit-eating grin on your face, but
exhausted.
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Editor's Notes:
*After "trashing" the front air dam at the Summit Point School, Road Race Gear Air Dams, an official sponsor of MAD FROG Racing, supplied Sebastien with a new air dam.
*Photos are from a NASA sanctioned event at VIRginia International Raceway in February.
Look
for Sebastien in the "Featured Ride" section of the May
edition of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine.
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KONI North America | Road Race Gear Air Dams | SBMS | Honda-Tech.com
MAD FROG Racing | Wash. DC SCCA
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