vir n first weekend in april

clinehall · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:12 pm

Kendt, good lap!

michaelsmiller · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:29 pm

I want to thank everyone for a wonderful but terrifying weekend. Stephen W, setting me up with Eric Hardcastle was a stroke of genius. He was able to anticipate what I needed to hear. Speaking of that Eric, I’m sorry if I damaged your hearing. I think that I was screaming down roller coaster a couple of times. I find it amazing that the little patch of asphalt called hogpen lets a car hurling down a hill like a slalom skier pull it’s self out into the straightaway. I really thought that there’s no way we could make it, but I had faith that you where not suicidal. I think that my ears popped on the way down. It takes real stones to sit in a car with someone like me who has never been on a track before. Thanks to all of the instructors. I have been thinking at home about the four times that Eric said, “Nice save”. I would have left the car if I thought that someone was losing it on the track just once. Lastly, I want to thank my MazdaSpeed. I have never liked it because it’s just not in the same league as my Miata for autox. On the track, the car started talking to me, it said, “ I belong here” and “ Let me go faster”. There is nothing wrong with an overpowered front wheel drive car on the track, it slid out of the corners so naturally and accelerated faster than I ever imagined in the straights and for the passes. Best of all, the brakes worked every time. I felt that I went way faster than I ever imagined that I could. Thank you Vincent Keen for taking me for a very memorable ride in your Mustang. It showed me that with practice there’s a lot more out there than I was getting. I also learned something else, don’t buy a car who’s maniacal first owner Armoralled the leather seats every week. I don’t know how you could drive the car so fast and with so much precision when your butt wasn’t planted. Me, I’m taking two aspirin to relieve my thigh and buttocks muscles from wedging myself between the dash and the door panels. I have never spread my leg for that long or that hard. It was however, the ride of a lifetime. Thanks again to all for putting this together. BTW, the track still scare me sh__less. Does anyone know what the web site is for the guy who was taking the pictures? :twisted:

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

michaelsmiller wrote:

I have never spread my leg for that long or that hard. It was however, the ride of a lifetime.

I hereby nominate this for Quote of the Year :lol:

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:45 pm

KendtEklund wrote:

michaelsmiller wrote:

I have never spread my leg for that long or that hard. It was however, the ride of a lifetime.

I hereby nominate this for Quote of the Year :lol:

that is funny

the Photography group was F&S enterprises

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steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:03 pm

personally, i prefer....... "the track still scare me shitless"

healthy attitude to keep Michael. i don't know if you noticed as you slid thru hogpen but there is a tire wall way out to the left.

ask me how i know.

clinehall · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:05 pm

KendtEklund wrote:

michaelsmiller wrote:

I have never spread my leg for that long or that hard. It was however, the ride of a lifetime.

I hereby nominate this for Quote of the Year :lol:

I second the nomination. Having ridden with VK in the Waxed Pony, I do know what she is talking about.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:42 pm

clinehall wrote:

KendtEklund wrote:

michaelsmiller wrote:

I have never spread my leg for that long or that hard. It was however, the ride of a lifetime.

I hereby nominate this for Quote of the Year :lol:

I second the nomination. Having ridden with VK in the Waxed Pony, I do know what she is talking about.

she?

i gots to start back on some DEs again. Ya'll are having too much fun.

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

clinehall wrote:

Kendt, good lap!

Thanks! now in HD

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:48 am

michaelsmiller wrote:

Thank you Vincent Keene for taking me for a very memorable ride in your Mustang. It showed me that with practice there’s a lot more out there than I was getting.

You are welcome. Just remember I have a lot of experience at VIR and with more seat time you'll get nothing but better.

michaelsmiller wrote:

I also learned something else, don’t buy a car who’s maniacal first owner Armor-alled the leather seats every week. I don’t know how you could drive the car so fast and with so much precision when your butt wasn’t planted.

I swear the PO of my car put Armor All on everthing that wasn't glass or painted. I added a piece of that shelf-liner stuff to my seat, which did help some, but it is a challenge to stay put.

michaelsmiller wrote:

Me, I’m taking two aspirin to relieve my thigh and buttocks muscles from wedging myself between the dash and the door panels. I have never spread my leg for that long or that hard. It was however, the ride of a lifetime.

Thanks Mike....now I will have to hear that quote repeated from now to eternity. :oops:

Judi Westerfield · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:41 am

What an awesome weekend! Can't wait until NCCAR in May!

clinehall · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:49 am

[I hereby nominate this for Quote of the Year :lol:

[/quote]

I second the nomination. Having ridden with VK in the Waxed Pony, I do know what she is talking about.[/quote]

she?

i gots to start back on some DEs again. Ya'll are having too much fun.[/quote]

Sorry I didn't read that fully, I knew some lady got a ride along with VK.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:55 am

clinehall wrote:

Sorry I didn't read that fully, I knew some lady got a ride along with VK.

Not true. Jennifer was supposed to ride along, but the schedule conflict prevented that.

Jason Tower · **Joined:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:31 pm **Posts:** 1173

vk, any idea what your lap times were? C&D has a writeup of the new boss 302 this month, i've been drooling over it.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:10 am

Jason Tower wrote:

vk, any idea what your lap times were? C&D has a writeup of the new boss 302 this month, i've been drooling over it.

No idea, but I wasn't pushing my new-to-me street car to the limit either. I didn't exactly putt around or anything, but I lifted right after the kink almost every lap and then coasted before braking conservatively at the #6 marker . I saw no real point in seeing just how fast I could go on the front straight or how late I could brake. In Stevie Wonder however, I went as fast as possible with the HP and grip I had available, which was damn fun in the Mustang. :twisted:

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

KendtEklund wrote:

michaelsmiller wrote:

I have never spread my leg for that long or that hard. It was however, the ride of a lifetime.

I hereby nominate this for Quote of the Year :lol:

Members at large, paying attention? This must be integrated into the christmas party this year.

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