Drive The Way You Want To, Legally, On A RaceTrack! Nov 1 & 2

irevto9k · Post by **irevto9k** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:13 pm

anybody going this wednesday? to PDX

Alikat · Post by **Alikat** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:03 pm

irevto9k;123885 wrote:anybody going this wednesday? to PDX

sure am! Both my bf and I will be out there w/our Preludes.

typer1112 · Post by **typer1112** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:09 pm

GTI-Guy;123724 wrote:You go out of town for track days too much! Registration deadlines are usually 1 week or so before the event. Says it officially somewhere via that registration link

Ya I know, that's where my good friends from out of state are going so we'll see, wife probably won't want me to go, so I'll probably be coming to this. Thanks for the info Bob.

typer1112 · Post by **typer1112** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:10 pm

irevto9k;123884 wrote:yea i would love to buy a hardtop...and have been looking i can afford to get it but they are just soooo crazy expensive...but i dont know if racing has become that serious yet ya know maybe when i get a little better and actually start to compete

Not sure how they are for the S2K (the civic and integra ones are worthless), but have you looked into a Cusco cage or even just the rollbar portion that goes behind the seats?

irevto9k · Post by **irevto9k** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:19 pm

the problem with the rollbars and stuff is that in order for it to pass there little tech thing it is so tall that the soft top will not be able to close...and since i have no garage that is just not going to work... Looking forward to seeing the Ludes out there wasnt to many hondas at the last PDX me and like 2 hatchbacks i think and that was it

GTI-Guy · Post by **GTI-Guy** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:12 pm

Tyler;123807 wrote:so is this another 18+ event? and if so, what about parental consent?

How "short" are you, and yes, all of these are 18 as a minimum

Fyi, there are "Street Survival Skills" events for 16 - 18 year olds ... not lame, plenty of challenges to make you a better, safer driver

GTI-Guy · Post by **GTI-Guy** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:14 pm

typer1112;123967 wrote:Ya I know, that's where my good friends from out of state are going so we'll see, wife probably won't want me to go, so I'll probably be coming to this. Thanks for the info Bob.

Funny how wives figure into this

Anyways, I hope you can make the event

GTI-Guy · Post by **GTI-Guy** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:15 pm

eh2_Erik;123815 wrote:man i want to do this soooo bad!!

Yep, it's a blast ... what's the issue in going?

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:26 am

GTI-Guy;123986 wrote:How "short" are you, and yes, all of these are 18 as a minimum

Fyi, there are "Street Survival Skills" events for 16 - 18 year olds ... not lame, plenty of challenges to make you a better, safer driver

i'll be 18 on nov 21st. i can easily get parental consent too. im actually getting a form notorized with parental consent for test n tune

and when are the "street survival skills" events and what goes on in them.

GTI-Guy · Post by **GTI-Guy** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:58 pm

Tyler;124055 wrote:i'll be 18 on nov 21st. i can easily get parental consent too. im actually getting a form notorized with parental consent for test n tune

and when are the "street survival skills" events and what goes on in them.

I'm purrty sure you need to be 18, parental consent under 18 doesn't count ... I've fired off a note and will holler back [UPDATE ... sorry, must be at least 18 to play]

Regarding Street Survival Skills, only 16 years old .... check out http://www.streetsurvival.org/ ... you get to do slaloms, throw your car around in emergency lane changes, spin around a skid pad, etc

As an Instructor, it's quite fun as most students think it pretty lame ... their parents have told them to do this

I just let them embarass themselves a few times attempting some offset slaloms and then they become open to learning! It's fun and gives you skilz that will help you turn what would be an accident for 95% of the population into a non-event for you