Friday, September 18, 2020

Back on track again, still some work to do...

After my successful outing at ICAR, I decided to attend a track day held by VAG Autosport at Tremblant. It rained almost non stop. Lap times were 30 seconds per lap slower than in the dry. I got black flagged three times in 5 sessions: the first time for forgetting to turn on my headlights, the second because I was leaking too much oil, and the third, because my car was too loud (93.6 decibels when the max was 92). I was officially kicked out because of the sound level of the car, but after 5 sessions in the rain, I was pretty much ready to leave. Speed-wise, I held my own. I was being passed by Porsche GT3's and GT4's, and a slew of Golf R's. I really wished my car had adjustable suspension, as it would have been nice to have softer settings in the dry. 

Rob was there with his M3 and we got to hang out quite a bit, which is nice, since I haven't seen my friends too much this year.

I had fun, but did not gather any useful data to see how much faster the car is now with the new engine. I really have to address the oil leak and, eventually, the sound level of the car. To be continued...

The Civic is ready for action
One of 2 new C8 Corvettes at the track

Not every car was super expensive

Ford-powered Lotus Europa

My neighbours had Vettes
Cool Alfa 4C

The official car of the day: Golf R

Cool track-focused 993

One of many 991 GT3's

This Locost seemed to be street legal... impressive

Cool Camaro

Vantage, not a car you see at many track days

Very different V8's

The Elise is tiny beside an M2

GT3 and GT4

My Civic and Rob's M3

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