First day at the track with the 7. (slow connection beware!)

[sporqster]

I had a great time driving my locost at the track last weekend with the local Porsche club. Just FYI, the 'Darkside' DE at Roebling road hosted by Coastal Empire Region PCA is, IMHO, the best run HPDE in the southeast. Weather was great, people were great, event was well-managed, all-round awesome time.

Here's a couple of pics-
I'm not exactly a phenom driver, but I held my own, and was able to pass every car in the blue group (about 20 Porsches and assorted sportscars) except a Viper R/T and an old gutted BMW E30 (go figure!!!). They moved me to solo by the end of the weekend - wow what a difference a passenger makes!
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[JBH]

Nice car - glad to see it on the track. What kind and size tires were you running? What engine do you have.

I am going to try to get down to Roebling one of these days. If you ever come up to VIR, give me a shout.

FYI: Many Porsche Clubs would not allow you to run with your current roll bar - your helmet is clearly above it. If you are serious about track, I strongly recommend changing to a taller roll bar - it's for your safety.

[sporqster]

those are 225/45-15 Hoosier A3S03's I got used off the GRMS forums - At $25/tire I can't complain much about them for the price, but I can't get any heat in the front tires to save my life. A stickier cold compound would probably help, but those are considerably better than "street" tires.

About the bar - I'm torn as to what I should do about it. If it weren't for my XL size head it would be fine- and I don't know if I should make the bar higher or lean my seat a little further back. I hate cutting through so much perfectly good steel - but you make a valid point.