.. and have a few comments about it!
- Pulled up to race car sounds. I haven't felt giddy like that in a long time.
- Community is super friendly. I'm on the shy side, but I spoke first to a few people and it was like we had been friends for a long time.
- Apparently we have a track-run drivers school. Awesome!
I didn't get to stay for too long but I am already hooked. Not even the main season and got to see spec Miata, vintage racers, and a little of everything from a Panemera to a Focus. There was also an old caged Forester absolutely cooking.
Am I on the tipping point? How did y'all get into this?
Tom1200
PowerDork
11/16/24 5:20 p.m.
In reply to EchoTreeSix :
Mine was a multi step process. When I was 5 my cousin had just been to the New York Auto Show. He andmy brother announced they wanted to be racecar drivers, naturally I follwed suit.
When I was 10 my brother took us too see a double feature at the Akahi theatre. The films were Endless Summer (surf movie) and On Any Sunday. I was instantly captivated by flat track and road racing.
Jump forward 6 years and I saw video of Kenny Roberts riding.
It took me 8 years to save up enough money to be a race bike. I raced motorcycles till around 1989 when some local SCCA members invited me to an event. I've been a member ever since.
johndej
UltraDork
11/16/24 5:22 p.m.
I'm a fan of NASAs HPDE program.
EchoTreeSix said:
Am I on the tipping point? How did y'all get into this?
In 95 I bought my first car of my own (previously I had a hand-me-down Taurus), it was a Probe GT. Joined the Probe mailing list, heard about autocross, went by an event at Jack Murphy Stadium (before Qualcomm bought the naming rights). Took a ride with someone in a Miata, thought it was awesome, but didn't drive myself. That was like 97 or so.
In 98 I traded the Probe in on one of the first NBs, and in 99 I went to a Miata HPDE (although the term hadn't been invented yet) track school at Thunderhill. That was it, I was hooked. Did track days for a decade, then autocross for 5 years, then back to track days, then got my race license a few years ago.
