Barber is as beautiful as they say! (NO 56K - who has that?)

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Barber is as beautiful as they say! (NO 56K - who has that?) - BLINGMW - 04-16-2006

I went to Barber Motorsports Park yesterday, and what a beautiful day! Great weather, beatiful scenery, and a fun track. It really is more like a country club there, and I'm sure they have expansion plans with all the land they have. Here's some pretty pics (if the 318 wasn't in the way :lol: )

*wow, nevermind. Photobucket said it could take up to a meg per image, then resized them all to under 512k like it used to and they look like crap. Hooray. Too bad, I'm not fixing it.*

[Image: Barber009.jpg]

Cool Datsun
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Porsche driving experience fleet
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Motorsport Elise (it lapped me)
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Scubies (the STI didn't give me much trouble :wink: )
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YAY!

Fords talking to eachother
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4 cyl turblo 'stang
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For Rob

sculpture

- REED - 04-16-2006

spiders creep me out - especially ones that big

ok everyone needs to stop posting pics and talking about 240s, you arnt making my addiction any easier

- ScottyB - 04-16-2006

wow, that place is super nice. those ant sculptures are hilarious, carrying that guy and all

- .RJ - 04-16-2006

Damn, the 'ring and Barber all in the same month. Chan you're my hero Smile

- BLINGMW - 04-16-2006

ScottyB Wrote:wow, that place is super nice. those ant sculptures are hilarious, carrying that guy and all

yeah! WTF! :lol: I really dug those, what a cool random ass thing. They were pretty big too, that's a real motorcycle they have in their clutches AFAIK. I'm sorry I didn't take a pic of the odd 3 huge guys, standing on a wheel with masks and capes chasing after eachother standing outside the very nice bike museum there:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.barbermuseum.org/">http://www.barbermuseum.org/</a>

.RJ Wrote:Damn, the 'ring and Barber all in the same month. Chan you're my hero

ha! hardly. I probably won't get to do a track event for the rest of the year with the move, trying to find a job, and saving up for a house and all. Heck, it MIGHT even be the last track event ever for the 318! I didn't tell it that though. Sad

- .RJ - 04-16-2006

BLINGMW Wrote:it MIGHT even be the last track event ever for the 318! I didn't tell it that though.

Got your bimmerworld ride lined up? Smile

I'm sure you could drive better than most of those clowns anyways Wink

- bassmangrammy - 04-16-2006

Damn. I want one!!!!!

[Image: Barber023.jpg]

- John - 04-16-2006

I believe I remember writing a review about driving Barber last November, and not receiving one comment... <a class="postlink" href="http://www.mmsports.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3346&highlight=barber">http://www.mmsports.org/forum/viewtopic ... ght=barber</a>

no love?

- ViPER1313 - 04-17-2006

John Wrote:I believe I remember writing a review about driving Barber last November, and not receiving one comment... <a class="postlink" href="http://www.mmsports.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3346&highlight=barber">http://www.mmsports.org/forum/viewtopic ... ght=barber</a>

no love?

Pictures say a thousand words, and Channing posted a lot of pictures :lol: Just joking - thanks for linking to that 8)

- G.Irish - 04-17-2006

John Wrote:I believe I remember writing a review about driving Barber last November, and not receiving one comment... <a class="postlink" href="http://www.mmsports.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3346&highlight=barber">http://www.mmsports.org/forum/viewtopic ... ght=barber</a>

no love?

You gotta post ze pics baybee. I remember reading yours and hoping to get out there one day but damn that's a long ass tow/drive.

- Feersty - 04-17-2006

The focus needs:

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- BLINGMW - 04-17-2006

John Wrote:I believe I remember writing a review about driving Barber last November, and not receiving one comment...

Hey, I read it, that's why I didn't bother talking through the track because you did such a good job! Besides, I never learned the turn #'s. :lol: T12 was my favorite for sure, I ate everybody up in that area because they were skeered of that hill. An early apex there with some speed and you're dead. I dipped two wheels off once or twice at the exit there... what a rush! Confused

hock: Then near flat out for the next right and finding a visual reference for that last righthander took some work too. And that crazy corkscrew thing earlier in the track (7 and 8 I thnk), where you straightline it, left wheels way up on the concrete, braking downhill, that was QUITE a challenge for me with no ABS. Good stuff.

Oh, I forgot to mention they had one of these there:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.virtualgt.com/">http://www.virtualgt.com/</a>

I talked to one of the developers that was supporting it there, he really knew his stuff. The sim is kind of a 2nd gen of what EA games is using now, and they hope to work up to a commercial application later. They had a nice model of Barber loaded up in there, and a Daytona Prototype the guy was particularly proud of, and I gotta say, it was pretty awesome. He said their goal is to get as many real tracks as possible modeled for the game, selling these $$$$ simulators to help pay for dev costs. So let's support them and buy one for MM! Big Grin

- white_2kgt - 04-17-2006

That track looks amazing!

- Maengelito - 04-17-2006

Feersty Wrote:The focus needs:

:?:

- BLINGMW - 04-17-2006

Maengelito Wrote::?:

Don't you start any fights in here boy. He clearly wanted to recommend his paint skillz to the other SVT. Tongue

Some blury photos of me

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As the last 3 photos clearly prove, the STI and M3 were not getting away from me very quickly :wink:

- ScottyB - 04-18-2006

nice Chan! that last pic kinda looks like you're sliding it in a bit. late apex i guess?

- Evan - 04-18-2006

rollaSTi!