Chin Motorsports Driving School Aug 13, 2000
Gloomy skies and torrential rains threatened to washout our track day as horrible weather covered the state all day Saturday Aug.12th. NSXs hydroplaned to the Chateau Elan Sebring for our 3rd track event of 2000. Despite the weather 14 cars made the trip, most on Saturday, some on Sunday morning.
For some, the first item of business was....you guessed it...cleaning our cars. Then there were the usual items that everyone forgot to bring....RAIN TIRES, long sleeved shirts and long pants (it's Florida in AUGUST for crying out loud), spare brake pads, tire pressure gauge, etc.
There were three speeding tickets that I know about....the best ticket, 92 in a 65!
Jonathan Hollar's beautiful
Integra
Nelson
Landa's red NSX calipers (which came from John Grieco, who made them from a set of Porsche
calipers...that probably came from Chris Anders!)
Matt Becker silver NSX joins us
from Jacksonville
Aaron Weiss with spare tires
for his 911....on the right he shows us the high quality tools that he has purchased!
(L
to R) Brian Rasche, Aaron Weiss, Robert Lane and guest goofing off pretending to be
working on Weiss' car
IT'S NOT GOING TO
RAIN....putting slicks on the red beast
The Chateau Elan did a great job of hosting our usual Saturday evening banquet. There was a "Around the World Buffet"....a combination of Mexican, Oriental, and Italian goodies with good ol' American DESSERT. We had our biggest turnout yet....48 people...to be eclipsed by the 80+ who made it to the lunch buffet on Sunday, overwhelming the hotel conference room. They RAN OUT OF FOOD!
Joel Janco (red 97T) and Kathy
Sorensen, Key Largo
enjoying the beautiful lobby
the buffet line
Scott McKay, Heather,
Courtney and Mallory enjoy dinner
After the classroom session where we AGAIN stressed NO PASSING in the first 30 minute novice drivers session. I checked the weather radar before hitting the sack and crossed my fingers one more time.
Sunday morning dawned SUNNY and warm with only a few high cirrus clouds glazing the sun. We all gathered for a drivers meeting at 8am, paired up instructors and students and proceeded to run the ENTIRE DAY without a single "incident". We did have some FIRSTS....and special mentions...
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE GREAT TRACK PHOTOS OF CARS INSERTED HERE. IF YOU HAVE SOME, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO wchin@NSXFlorida.com and I will put them on this page!
ALSO, MANY OF YOU HAVE GREAT IN-CAR FOOTAGE. PLEASE EITHER COPY THE TAPE AND SEND IT TO ME, OR MAKE AN MPEG FILE OF YOUR "BEST" STUFF AND EMAIL TO ME.
Scott
Neville's RX-7 at sunrise (photo by Scott Neville)
8am drivers meeting (photo by Brian Rasche)
My repainted Formula Mazda (used to have PINK wings) BEFORE the tranny broke (photo by Scott Neville)
a
low front view of the Formula Mazda (photo by Scott Neville)
Paternostro's yellow R
Dave Weldon stands at
pit-out
Rick Bernard's Formula Mazda and Tozier's Porsche on the front straight (photo by
Brian Rasche)
Matt Beckers NSX in pit road
(photo by Brian Rasche)
cars
whiz by at 100+mph in the front straight
Pat Isarankura and his Honda
Scott McKay finds out that
only the inside pad of both his rear calipers is actually doing any braking!
John Dean's Trans-Am
After the 5pm "whistle", many of us returned to the Chateau Elan to shower, cool down, and generally goof off prior to our drives home. Thanks to all the participants who helped to make this another successful Chin Motorsports Driving School.
A reminder that our next event is Sunday Nov.5th 2000. We will be either on the 1.8 mile short course OR the new 1.5 mile GT course that is scheduled to open on Nov.1. See you then!
NSX's ready to head home after the track event