Didn't need the GoPro's, they had an in-car system with front and rear facing cameras, and gave each of us a flashdrive on a lanyard that the instructor plugged in when we got into a car. Pretty neat system, overlayed MPH as well, but no RPM.
eastsidemav and I rounded a corner and the GPS said we were close. I looked up and said "hey maybe that's the place" when I saw a dozen or so Abarth's in a parking lot. Between customer cars and probably 20 race vehicles, that's the most I'll ever see in one spot.
We had two different sessions of track laps, one at lower speeds so the instructors could...instruct...and get a feel for our abilities, and ability to take direction. The afternoon session was faster and we could upshift if we wanted, but 3rd was good to mid 80's and you'd have to downshift for a corner anyway. ESM and I had the same instructor, I thought he was very good and very helpful, made me want to do a PDX even more now.
Head-to-head challenge- mirrored course pitted you against another driver. Like the autocross, but you had to come to a complete stop in the box, then hit it again for the other half of the race. Quickest driver wins but also the fewest penalties! If the other guy hit a cone or didn't stop completely, he got a penalty. If he finished first but had a penalty, and you were second but clean, YOU won.
I won 2 of my 3 rounds. Who did I lose to? berkeleying ESM, they just had to put us together out of 25 other driver possibilities. I actually had him until the very end of our run and cornered too hot & hit 4 cones...d'oh!
Autocross course was in the morning. They wouldn't let us turn of ESC, and we kept it in 1rst gear. I now know the rev limiter will hit around 30mph. Small course, and you had to start/stop within a box to avoid penalties, I stopped hard enough my last lap to activate the voice command thing somehow.
Afterwards, and after ESM won all his berkeleying awards lol, it was time for the 5hr drive home. That became 6.5hrs with two construction delays. So glad I took today off.
