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MJanowich · 05-03-2014, 03:19 PM

Summit Point FATT recap:

FATT on May 2nd was our (my wife and I) second time there. The first time it was raining all day. This time the weather was awesome, which was good and bad because it meant that we were pushing our cars harder than ever before. I drove the Camaro so hard during the last 20 minute session that the brake fluid started to boil, even with DOT4 fluid and HP+ pads, which is not a good feeling. Luckily it happened right after the checkered flag which ended the session and started the cooldown lap. My oil temp was high too (good thing I have the extra gauges in the Camaro that shows that stuff). We also met a lot of nice people there. One of them was another Abarth fanatic so we had him park in our paddock. I'm also a huge Abarth fan so it was cool being able to talk with him about what he's done to his car, giving us ideas as to what to modify on our Abarth.

Since my wife's camera doesn't have an external mic, there's a ton of wind noise so it's best to just turn down the volume. Otherwise, the crackling sound is a bit irritating. I ran an external mic through my trunk and taped it to the back side of my bumper, so turn it up for some ground pounding American thunder!

Camaro, last session. http://youtu.be/xSubEUkPoBY

View of the Abarth, from the grandstands, turns 4 through 8. http://youtu.be/6ODhJexo5b4

Abarth in car, end of 4th session (turn it down a bit). http://youtu.be/rfBbRNu_WhI

Flyby of the Camaro recorded on my wife's iPhone. http://youtu.be/bHVDo6nZN10

I would like to point out that the aggressiveness of some of the other student drivers there was getting on my nerves. I mentioned this to my instructor and he did say that it's always an issue trying to reign in overly aggressive students. That's a nice way of putting it. Having other drivers so close to my rear bumper through the technical part of the track that I was concerned about getting rear ended was really pissing me off. The Porsches seemed to be the worst offenders.

So, for anyone who reads this and tracks their car, don't give Camaro owners a bad name by driving like a jerk on the track.

Special thanks to Chris aka LostPony for the great classroom instruction and running the show.

Shake n' Bake,
Michael, #127, Black 2010 SS

05-03-2014, 03:19 PM	#12
MJanowich Door ding magnet Drives: 2010 Black 2SS/RS Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 288 View My Garage	Summit Point FATT recap: FATT on May 2nd was our (my wife and I) second time there. The first time it was raining all day. This time the weather was awesome, which was good and bad because it meant that we were pushing our cars harder than ever before. I drove the Camaro so hard during the last 20 minute session that the brake fluid started to boil, even with DOT4 fluid and HP+ pads, which is not a good feeling. Luckily it happened right after the checkered flag which ended the session and started the cooldown lap. My oil temp was high too (good thing I have the extra gauges in the Camaro that shows that stuff). We also met a lot of nice people there. One of them was another Abarth fanatic so we had him park in our paddock. I'm also a huge Abarth fan so it was cool being able to talk with him about what he's done to his car, giving us ideas as to what to modify on our Abarth. Since my wife's camera doesn't have an external mic, there's a ton of wind noise so it's best to just turn down the volume. Otherwise, the crackling sound is a bit irritating. I ran an external mic through my trunk and taped it to the back side of my bumper, so turn it up for some ground pounding American thunder! Camaro, last session. http://youtu.be/xSubEUkPoBY View of the Abarth, from the grandstands, turns 4 through 8. http://youtu.be/6ODhJexo5b4 Abarth in car, end of 4th session (turn it down a bit). http://youtu.be/rfBbRNu_WhI Flyby of the Camaro recorded on my wife's iPhone. http://youtu.be/bHVDo6nZN10 I would like to point out that the aggressiveness of some of the other student drivers there was getting on my nerves. I mentioned this to my instructor and he did say that it's always an issue trying to reign in overly aggressive students. That's a nice way of putting it. Having other drivers so close to my rear bumper through the technical part of the track that I was concerned about getting rear ended was really pissing me off. The Porsches seemed to be the worst offenders. So, for anyone who reads this and tracks their car, don't give Camaro owners a bad name by driving like a jerk on the track. Special thanks to Chris aka LostPony for the great classroom instruction and running the show. Shake n' Bake, Michael, #127, Black 2010 SS __________________ "When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting."