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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 08:13 AM
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Yep, Sunday around 2.30. Track was great...nice and rubbered in and the asphalt was warm but ambient temperature was cool.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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Yep, Sunday around 2.30. Track was great...nice and rubbered in and the asphalt was warm but ambient temperature was cool.
... the *big* question is.... did you blow by the wagon train
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 08:31 AM
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... the *big* question is.... did you blow by the wagon train
The E46 in front yeah, but not the M Coupe. I kept up with the M coupe even though it pulled on me on the straights like I was standing still. Brand new car so the driver wasn't pushing it too hard in the turns. Soooo distracting driving behind it since I had to wipe drool off my chin after every turn.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 10:27 AM
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Great pics Shane. Pretty funny looking at that track compared to ours here!
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 10:35 AM
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Great pics Shane. Pretty funny looking at that track compared to ours here!
Check out an in-car vid in a fully prepped version of my car.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-2659245334850828321
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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That was awesome.Like the sound of the rotary and rev limiter. For a comparison have a look here and click on the high res video. That will give you an idea of the type of track we have.
Bumpy, tight, no run offs and much less speed.

One thing the vid doesn't seem to do is give you an idea of the elevation changes.Turn 1 to 2 is a good downhill and 2 to 3 is good uphill. 4 is a weird off camber turn. 11 is blind coming sharp uphill onto the front straight.

Enjoy.
http://bluenosebmwclub.ca/
 

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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 11:23 AM
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Great vids guys!

I see what you mean about the bumps Deane
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 11:39 AM
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Glad you enjoyed, Ian.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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AMP looks like a fun twisty learning track.

Here's a really lame incar vid of me at Shannonville during a warmup lap.

www.outbraking.com/files/shannonvilleincar.avi
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 12:54 PM
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Nice pics and videos! Thanks for sharing.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Balzz
AMP looks like a fun twisty learning track.

Here's a really lame incar vid of me at Shannonville during a warmup lap.

www.outbraking.com/files/shannonvilleincar.avi

Yeah that's what instructors with other track experience say. Quite safe with lower speeds and very technical to learn all the fundamentals.

I couldn't see the video. All I got is that groovy screen saver type of thing.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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You'll need the divx codec.

http://download.divx.com/divx/DivXInstaller.exe
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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^ thanks for the help.

Fun video - what are friends for.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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After the cage goes in, I'll have a proper mount for a video cam and decent in-car vids.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Balzz
After the cage goes in, I'll have a proper mount for a video cam and decent in-car vids.

Looking forward to seeing it. I wouldn't want anyone to see my mistakes.
yeah, that Miata guy I mentioned had a real nice mount on his cage rear bar. He popped it out in about 15 seconds.
 
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