Nor-East R32 Club Shenandoah May 19-20th

[Sijray21]

CarNoreast is a great group to run with pretty relaxed schedule and a bunch of track time and not many cars on track. Paddock was MAYBE 1/2 full.

+1 Great club to track with - lots of track time, friendly atmosphere, good paddock space (not a lot of trailers), free food, tee shirt, and raffles for a relatively low price! I won one of the raffle drawings to drive the new MKV R32! It was the only one in north america since they don't go on sale until august. Very easy to drive, DSG worked beautifuly, good brakes, and very comfortable. I wish i could've taken off the traction control and 4wdrift that bitch!

This was my first event at shenandoah and i've had 5 previous weekends (4 of them at Summit Main). I found out that i was in a group that were not issued instructors. At first i was a little hesitant to go out there on my own, but with a ride along from Evan and some tips from Maeng, Mike, and Andy i was able to get more of the track down as the day progressed Saturday and on Sunday. The crowns and camber on this track really affect how you approach the turn! i found that out the hardway in turn 2 (the hammer) and finagled my way through turn 7 before the bridge straight. The ass-pucker moment of the weekend was in big bend. I was moving pretty quickly all session so my tires were hot with grip and coming out of the corkscrew (T14) i tracked out of little bend to a small puddle that i hit. I then loaded the same side for big bend under full throttle and the rear gave out to leave me spinning sideways at (what i thought) was a high rate of speed. A lot of tire screeching later i found myself just off the asphalt after i went two-feet in. I learned to never hit that puddle again.

I miss tracking my integra...

...how much was that bolt-in roll bar again? :wink: