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

[BLINGMW]

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.*















Cool Datsun


Porsche driving experience fleet


Motorsport Elise (it lapped me)


Scubies (the STI didn't give me much trouble :wink: )


YAY!


Fords talking to eachother


4 cyl turblo 'stang


For Rob


sculpture

[REED]

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]

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

[.RJ]

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

[BLINGMW]

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:

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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.

[.RJ]

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?

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

[bassmangrammy]

Damn. I want one!!!!!

[John]

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no love?

[ViPER1313]

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

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]

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

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]

The focus needs:

[BLINGMW]

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! 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:

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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!

[white_2kgt]

That track looks amazing!

[Maengelito]

The focus needs:

:?:

[BLINGMW]

:?:

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

Some blury photos of me









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

[ScottyB]

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

[Evan]

rollaSTi!