Re: Let's do SIR

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

At 09:51 PM 6/4/96 -0700, you wrote:

>When I rode around at our track day last year, there were a few P-cars out
>as well.  Let me tell you:  those guys will blow your butt right off the
>track on the first straight.  You got horsepower to compete with a
>turbocharged 911?  If you're not worried about *that*, then let them blow
>by and have all the fun you can on the turns.  The guys are *gentlemanly*
>-- and observe the rules of the day.  The ones with AWD stay up to speed
>even in the rain, so that's kind of depressing to a Quattro owner, but
>everyone else moves off the track so you can have some fun.  Last year
>(this same track day) there was a Lotus Elan, at least 3 Ferraris, a few
>911 bodies with various engine and drive configurations, a souped up 2002,
>a racing Rabbit (webbed driver's window and all), a jag E type, ALFAS of
>course, and:  my favorite of favorites:  a Volvo station wagon.  That baby
>was fun to watch in the turns (just like a go-kart).  Plus, some rental
>Neons.

Thanks for the response.  I was pretty confident after the last Alfa track
day I attended at PIR.  It was raining on that day, and except for the C4
Porsches, I felt I could hold my own.

This past Saturday was entirely different.  The track was perfectly dry.
All the fast cars you mentioned were out as were some very fast Corvettes.
It was very stressful.  Check my mirrors and no one was there and WOW! all
of a sudden we're four cars wide going into the first left hooker (can't
remember the #).  These guys were so close to me I couldn't see the hoods of
their cars!

My 200+ hp TQC was a joke compared to the 400+ hp C4s and race prepped cars.
A race prepped 914-6 passed my on the front straight like the Starship
Enterprise going into warp.  I was going 80 mph out of turn nine and he
passed my like I was going backward.

I had a great time though.  Learned a tremendous amount about tires and
pressure too.


Regards,

John Karasaki

The Karasaki's, proud owners of AUDI automobiles

1981 Coupe
1982 TQC
1984 5000S Wagon
1990 V8