1st NASA event in the NW
 

NASA held their first event in the NW this last weekend at Pacific Raceway. Anybody thinking about taking your car to the track should look them up. They are well organized and if you have never been to the track they have instructors for everyone in the HPDE 1 class.

Here's a few laps around the track

Nice, NASA is awesome.

Haha, what happened to the poor frs/brz between lap 3-4. hope you guys didn't have any incidents :icon43:

He just bought the BRZ and now needs a good body shop. Rear quarter and door need some work. Don't know how fast he was going but thats around a 60mph corner that he went off on and hit the tire wall

Did they talk about it in the driver's meeting after? My guess is that he oversped into the middle right, tried to scrub speed mid corner and ended up over-rotated, hit the brakes and completed his spin.

NASA had their 3rd NW event this last weekend at PIR in Portland. Need to see some other G's out there.

I think i've only seen one other g at the track before.

I think everyone on this forum is too busy playing dress-up-barbie with the cars to actually drive them.

I'll agree with that, spend money on aftermarket performance parts to sit in parking lot:dunno:

I bought my g35 sedan just so I can take it here. I need some work to do until its track ready though. Wish it were stick :(

I took the high performance driving clinic in march just before they repaved the track. It was awesome, got to play in the rain for most of the morning and in the afternoon the track dried out a bit and got to experience both types of conditions. Great instructors at Proformance Racing School.

Bring your car out to the next NASA event at Pacific Raceway, it comes from the factory ready for the track. Sure you can always make it better but the best thing you can do is get more experience on the track. Sign up for HPDE 1 and you get an instructor for the day.

Here's the link, I will be out there the 14th

http://www.nasaproracing.com/event/1642

Thanks. Need brakes big time atm. Hope the budget will allow.

Here's a lap from my last trip to Pacific Raceway. My season for track days is over, have a couple of Auto-X events left in October. Hope to see some of you out there next year.

Mark your calendars

NASA NW 2014 Schedule (Tentative)

May 3-4 Portland International Raceway

June 7-8 The Ridge Motorsports Park

July 19-20 Pacific Raceways

Aug 23-24 The Ridge Motorsports Park

Sept 20-21 Portland International Raceway

Oct 4-5 (TBA)

Looking forward to the next season. Just ordered stillen rotors and sway bars. Going to leave the stock ride height for now and just get some nice shocks. Car is in body shop right now. Hit a dog and messed up my front bumper and washer reservoir. Oh and steel braided brake lines. Cannot wait to hit the track!!!

Look forward to seeing another G out there

For any of you thinking about taking your car to the track another good group to go with is Hooked on Driving. They have instructors for first timers. Here is their 2014 schedule

HOD PacNW 2014 event schedule
April 11th – Friday – THE RIDGE MOTORSPORTS PARK
(2 drivers for the price of 1)
April 24th – Thursday – PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
May 8th – Thursday - PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
May 18th – Sunday - THE RIDGE MOTORSPORTS PARK
May 29th – Thursday - PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
June 12th – Thursday - THE RIDGE MOTORSPORTS PARK
June 29th – Sunday – OREGON RACEWAY PARK (Breakfast is
included)
July 18th – Friday - THE RIDGE MOTORSPORTS PARK
July 31st - Thursday - PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
August 28-29 – Thursday - Friday THE RIDGE MOTORSPORTS
PARK
(one day options available), BBQ and paddock party Thursday night
September 9th – Tuesday - PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL
RACEWAY
September 21st – Sunday – OREGON RACEWAY PARK
(2 drivers for the price of 1, Breakfast is included)
October 4-5 – Saturday-Sunday – The Ridge Motorsports Park

Well, I have the car mostly ready to go. Installed Stillen sways, rotors and pads. Steel braided brake lines. Wheels and tires brand new. Also have a trailer for my car to ride on to the events. Lets hope I have enough money to participate now.... lol

What tires did you buy?

I had a friend get me a pretty good price on these.

Bridgestone Turanza Serenity Plus

http://tires2.costco.com/product.asp...3-bf9c2dac14f1

All season tires are not the best for the track but at least you will get some seat time and enjoy your car. Once you get faster you will want to get better tires and brake pads.

Yeah tires are my least favorite upgrade. Expensive. Plus being in the northwest, weather changes quick during the early season for tracks. Thanks for the info. I really want some proxes, they had a set of those on the car I rented from proformance racing school. Crazy grip.

What I have upgraded so far.
Front
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Rear
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Well it's that time again, June 7th at the Ridge Motorsports Park with NASA,. Anyone coming out to join the fun?

Out at the Ridge and took a friend Sue for a ride, set a personal best on lap 4 with a 2:04

Head-On Photos was out and took pictures of our group, I was the only G

http://headonphotos.net/gallery/NASA...203/index.html

OK, if any of you are really serious about a track day read the information below from NASA, this is a good deal for a chance to take your car on the track


We are offering a new INTRODUCTORY session on Saturday July 19th known as HYPERDRIVE! Hyperdrive is a great way for new drivers to get on track and test the waters for minimal cost! The Hyperdrive event will include a ground school, one session of track orientation and etiquette, and one FULL HPDE 1 session. NASA membership is NOT required to participate in HYPERDRIVE and the cost is only $99. Anyone over the age of 18 with a valid drivers license may participate.

http://www.nasaproracing.com/event/1...2f10d-30882685

Nice, I really hope I can make it to this event! Thanks for the info.

Really hope that I can make it to the track this weekend. Just picked up some 350z coil springs. Installed rears last night. Taking the fronts off tonight and having my buddy take it to work to change the fronts. He has a spring compressor. Just going to run the shocks that are on the car now. Should be enough to get me through weekend.

Just registered with login only. Going home after work to get my name in for hyperdrive event.

Great, it's a good way to get some seat time without spending a lot I won't be able to make it out to this event but it will be a good introduction to NASA. Hope to see you out at some future events. Have a good time.

Just paid for the event. Didn't know what the car number bit was about so I just put question marks. Need to buy helmet now.

I really hope that I dont need a helmet. I have one that is ordered but wont get her until next week.

Hyperdrive starts in 20 minutes.

Have fun,post some video's

What a blast! So tired. Thanks for letting me know about the event. Had Bill for my instructor. Even got to ride in his miata during hpde 2.

Here is the only video I was able to get, gopro app was being a jagoff.

Glad you had a good time and it looks like you were able to borrow a helmet. We need to get more G's out there.

I was able to use my motorcycle helmet. Have zamp SAH2010 on the way. Thinking that I want to join nasa. Bill was a great instructor.

Thought I would share this weekends auto-x events. Saturday was the annual SSSCC event in Ellensburg where I placed 4th out of 15 and then Bremerton on Sunday and had another 1st place.

Cool man.

I'm headed to PIR with NASA on the 21st, anyone else coming?

Hot day at PIR, it was 97 at the track and had a tuff time keeping the car cooled off. This was the last NW NASA event of the year. Good times

It looks like for now there will be no NASA events in 2015. Next best group to get on the track with is Hooked on Driving. Here is their schedule Hopefully NASA works things out. Come on out

2015 HOD preliminary track schedule

Date Day Track
3/18 Wed PIR
4/10. Fri. TRMP
4/19. Sun. ORP
5/7. Thu. TRMP
5/21. Thu. PIR
5/31. Sun. ORP
6/11-12. Thu-Fri. TRMP
6/25. Thu. PIR
7/16. Thu. PIR
7/31-8/1. Fri-Sat TRMP
8/23. Sun. ORP
9/3. Thu. PIR
9/26-27. Sat-Sun. TRMP
10/11. Sun. ORP

I seen that on their fb page. Might drive with proformance again.

Here's one more video from PIR trying to run down a Cayman R

For anyone interested in auto-x, Bremerton Sports Car Club is a good place to start and they have novice school for those interested. Below is their 2015 schedule and a link to their website.

http://bscc.net/



BSCC EVENTS - 8 event season with 3 Drops


Date Event

2/7 Practice and Banquet
3/14 Novice School
3/15 Event 1
4/26 Event 2
5/24 Novice School
5/25 Event 3
6/7 Event 4
6/21 Event 5
7/26 Event 6
8/9 Event 7
9/7 Event 8
10/18 Practice Day

The NW Region of the SCCA has posted their scheduled dates for the 2015 Auto-X season

Practice (Emerald Downs) March 3/7:
Event #1 (BMP) 4/12:
Regional Pro Solo #1 (Packwood) 5/2:
Event #2 (Packwood) 5/3:
Novice School (BMP) 5/23:
Event #3 (BMP) 5/24:
Regional Pro Solo #2 (Packwood) 6/6:
Event #4 (Packwood) 6/7:
Open Practice (Packwood) 6/27:
Event #5 (Packwood) 6/28
National Tour (Packwood) 7/11-7/12: Laurie Hyman?
Pro Solo (Packwood) 7/18-7/19:
Event #6 (BMP) 8/2:
Core Worker’s Practice (Packwood) 8/22:
Event #7 (Packwood) 8/15:
Event #8 (BMP) 10/4:

Another opportunity to get on the track. The SCCA has a new program they call Track Nights. They have four dates at the Ridge and also dates for PIR. An hour of track time for $150 They have groups for novice to advanced

http://www.tracknightinamerica.com/

Anyone interested in getting started in Auto-X, Bremerton Sports Car Club is having a novice school on May 24th. This is a great opportunity to learn more and then follow up the next day at there second event of the year. Follow the attached link for more details

http://bscc.net/index.php/schedule/d...chool-may-2015

I went out for one of the SCCA Track Nights at the Ridge Motorsports Park this last week http://www.tracknightinamerica.com/ and have to say I had a good time. A very good deal for $150. They have another event next month at the Ridge and also events at PIR.

Here's a link to one lap around the Ridge
http://www.tracknightinamerica.com/videos/1971226

Thats cool, I seen the advert for that(track night @ PIR) the day of. Is it something that you have to pre-register for or can you just show up and pay?