AISA race school @ Autodrome St-Eustache

This past weekend, we held our annual AISA race school at St-Eustache. After a few weeks of pretty cold weather, we were happy to have a sunny and warm weekend on hand. There were still snow banks in and around the track... it was a rare sight.

As is often the case, there was a broad mix of cars at the event, from lowly stripped out Honda's to exotics (including our first Lamborghini), and everything in between. My group was mostly made up of small stripped out front-wheel drive cars and high-powered rear-wheel-drive German cars. I got to drive a couple of laps in a Cayman GT4, and it was fantastic. The car just feels so planted and has so much grip coming out of the corners.

I think we all had a great time, I know I did. I brought out my Civic on Sunday, still on some old 2016 tires, and essentially matching my lap times of last fall. When I look at the data, my speeds were pretty much identical at all the reference points I use around the track. The car performed flawlessly and the suspension dealt superbly with the bumpy track.

Here is a photo of all the instructors from the 300-400 group (I'm third from the left). 

300-400 instructors

My group of 400-level students

Cousins

A couple of V8's

A few generations apart

Two very different cars, same goals: to be a better track driver

400-group

Lovely GT4

Cool 944 Turbo among the spectators

Another GT4, among the spectators

A beautiful Hurracan Performante

Cool JDM track cars. Sadly the RX7 was out of commission after the first session.

Java green M3 and Cayman GT4

The Civic, ready for the weekend