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The following text is from Chad Austin's
post to Rennlist last week. I met Chad at this DE through a mutual
acquaintance, Mark Litherland, also of the Peachstate PCA. We hung
out all weekend, compared 968 notes, and dominated the others in the
first run group. Hope you enjoy Chad's take. More later.
Many thanks to Mark for taking these photos.
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First of all a couple things. One, many thanks for the
great advice from
the Rennlist instructors. Two, for those of you new to the DE/ track
experience, prepare to immerse yourself in an incredible experience!
Roebling Road in Savannah, GA is a 2 mi. road course with very
little
elevation changes. However, the course itself is tricky to navigate.
But,
once your lines are established, it is serious fun. If you are
interested
here is the Raceway's site:
http://www.roeblingroad.com/
The experience was, well, AWESOME! My initial instructor was not
very
good. He didn't express a very good feeling of confidence and I got
rather
anxious trying to get information out of him to learn the course.
Not to
mention he was 2 laps late for my second run. Needless to say I
changed
instructors. My second, was great! She was very helpful in showing
me what
I wanted to learn. And, she said that I did so good through the
course I
was ready for Group 2! Yeah-buddy!
As for ego...none. In fact I feel a bit humbled. I simply had a
great time
learning what the limits my 968 could handle.
Summary...leave your big head at home with your installed knowledge
of
'driving.' You don't know anything. And definitely be prepared to
enjoy a
TRUE driving experience.
I will have a summary that is more in depth after I get a chance to
gather
my notes. I will post a little later on in the day.
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Yours truly preps
for his first run. Note the high-tech number on the rear
window (thank gosh for racers' tape). |
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Chad and I in line
for run 1. I cropped the car between us. We ran 1/2 for much
of the afternoon. |
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This photo made the
home page of the Peachstate PCA. It was cold and rainy, but oh
so fun. |
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After my first run.
Note the shit-eating grin. My gosh that was fun! |
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Greg and Chad
discuss the finer points of, well, I don't know. Either cars
or women. |
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Chad just finished
adding the white X's to my headlamps. The car looked pretty
good! That's Mark's bad-ass 914 next to my 968. |
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Chad and Blake
examine Blake's rocket-fast Honda. He destroyed much of the
competition that weekend, including two factory SuperCup cars
and a 2001 996 Turbo. |
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The journey home,
from Mark's pickup. Since I had the Valentine 1, I led us
through bacon-infested areas. |
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