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pitstain
08-24-2007, 08:52 AM
Hey guys I was just at my first on-track hpde at Watkins Glen with Poenix CMR, and I had so much fun I am now hooked !

I saw that CarGuys are doing an hpde at VIR oct 20-21 and was wondering how the weather normally is that time of year, I would hate to drive 9-10 hours only to be rained on....

thanks

Ian
good dawg
08-25-2007, 10:14 AM
There might be frost on the pumpkin in the morning but it is a great time to run VIR.
I instructed with him last year, he gets a lot of cars on the track but it is a big track.
Worth the trip!
pitstain
08-26-2007, 07:46 PM
Thankyou sir,

I am thinking I may want a tow vehicle to use for someplace that far from home......i am still on the fence, also TrackDaze said no trucks....but carguys said they would have to ask, but I know people who had L's on VIR......what the heck...?
good dawg
08-27-2007, 05:53 AM
First time I went to VIR I rented a U-Haul car trailer. It is a long way to try to get a broke car home.
pitstain
08-27-2007, 10:22 AM
ok I have decided to bring a spare 20 with a tire...:) and my checkbook.
svt2205
08-29-2007, 08:44 PM
One thing to consider, Rain is your friend at OT events. It often limits the number of folks who will run, but it offers a great opportunity to learn "smooth" driving. Rain experience can help you become faster on dry pavement.

When you ran The Glen, did you run the boot? What a fun place, even in the rain.

VIR looks like a cool place. I've only experienced it thru a high end racing simulator running a Formula Mazda.

Have fun!
pitstain
08-31-2007, 09:15 AM
Yep we ran the boot, real fun section of track for sure!

And I ran one session in the rain on a very wet track the second day.......to Quote another Lightning owner at the event "If you put a piece of coal in my butt, I'd poop out a diamond"
shlbygt
08-31-2007, 01:05 PM
Yep we ran the boot, real fun section of track for sure!

And I ran one session in the rain on a very wet track the second day.......to Quote another Lightning owner at the event "If you put a piece of coal in my butt, I'd poop out a diamond"
Ah yes, Dave has a million great quotes. "Those aren't my pants." is a classic.
pitstain
09-03-2007, 06:31 PM
Ah yes, Dave has a million great quotes. "Those aren't my pants." is a classic.

LOL that you knew dave said that LOL