07-30-2007, 06:04 PM
Great time except for having a cracked valve cover which caused oil to squirt everywhere for the first 2 sessions until we realized there was a crack. Then my car kept creeping up to 215 water temps, and I was freaking out at first and then I rode with everyone's cars and noticed everybody else was running those temps and so I pushed back my warning in my own mind and she ran fantastic.
Overall I came away with a LOT especially this weekend. For the first time I got a REALLY GOOD instructor and he really helped me push back my fears and start working on trying to get to the limit. My main problem is compressing brake zones as im apparently a "not confident" of my brakes. So especially when he SOLOed me on Sunday I mainly worked on trying to compress those brake zones and I really noticed that I was becoming much calmer than I had before on my previous 2 track weekends. Even when I came in a little hot on 17 trying to compress my brake zones and got sideways coming around 17 I didnt freak out and just adjusted throttle and used smooth inputs on the steering wheel.
Had awesome rides with Maeng and Channing and I really appreciate the help from them. Thanks to everybody out there and another thanks to Channing for the rtv and tools to get that crack in the valve cover fixed up.
Overall I came away with a LOT especially this weekend. For the first time I got a REALLY GOOD instructor and he really helped me push back my fears and start working on trying to get to the limit. My main problem is compressing brake zones as im apparently a "not confident" of my brakes. So especially when he SOLOed me on Sunday I mainly worked on trying to compress those brake zones and I really noticed that I was becoming much calmer than I had before on my previous 2 track weekends. Even when I came in a little hot on 17 trying to compress my brake zones and got sideways coming around 17 I didnt freak out and just adjusted throttle and used smooth inputs on the steering wheel.
Had awesome rides with Maeng and Channing and I really appreciate the help from them. Thanks to everybody out there and another thanks to Channing for the rtv and tools to get that crack in the valve cover fixed up.
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2009 Z06
1986.5 Porsche 928S