Graham1728 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Okay guys I am starting to panic. All these cars are really nice!!!! I am showing up to my first HPDE in a bone stock 1994 ford probe. Are the cars seen here the norm???? Graham1728 NORCAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trhoads Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 run what you brung. here in the SE, we see all sorts, from late model anythings to brand new 911 GT3's in HPDE. I have seen a Toyota Corolla drive down the back straight at RA slower than you would on the freeway. All that matters is that you are out there having fun, enjoying your car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboShortBus Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Okay guys I am starting to panic. All these cars are really nice!!!! I am showing up to my first HPDE in a bone stock 1994 ford probe. Are the cars seen here the norm????Graham1728 NORCAL Bring it! Here is the turdmonster of a 1986 Mustang SVO that I brought to my first HPDE day, as prepared by/given to me by FFC and AI racers. What a heap. I turned it into an even bigger heap later that day. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1728 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Great info guys, thanks. I am really looking foward to getting the Probe out there and having a blast!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck schultz Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 This one ain't exactly pretty: Looks pretty good, from this angle, though: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getfast Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 run what you brung. +1. It's not about the car, it's about the driver. We had an automatic Toyota Echo at one of our HPDE's last year. Heck I've been known to take rental cars out in HPDE3/4/TT (most recently a base model Cobalt.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheap_Thrills Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 there were 2 elderly ladies at Infineon last year driving identical Jaguar XJ sedans, not your typical track car. They were pretty overwhelmed at first, one quit after 1 session. But the other stuck with it and got her confidence up and was actually doing pretty good by the end, even with that luxury car suspension. Of all the events I've been to, she got the biggest round of applause I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aben8057 Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Ditto..bring whatever has four wheel. These are some of my favorites which I had the pleasure to see and I don’t mean that sarcastically. Its all about having fun and learning the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_matt Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Factory Five SBF 351 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsboost90 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 my 86 951 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2002639&id=1318899561&saved#/photo.php?pid=30063631&id=1318899561 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renesisfury Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 2004 RX-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trhoads Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 my 86 951http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2002639&id=1318899561&saved#/photo.php?pid=30063631&id=1318899561 doesn't show up, linking from facebook, especially if you don't have a facebook page. renesisfury, what track is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRINGER Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 my 86 951http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2002639&id=1318899561&saved#/photo.php?pid=30063631&id=1318899561 doesn't show up, linking from facebook, especially if you don't have a facebook page. renesisfury, what track is that? This should help out to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renesisfury Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 my 86 951http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2002639&id=1318899561&saved#/photo.php?pid=30063631&id=1318899561 doesn't show up, linking from facebook, especially if you don't have a facebook page. renesisfury, what track is that? That would be Turn 12 at Road America, its just shot from the bleacher area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trhoads Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I thought that looked like Road America. That 944, um, wow, that is one nice looking car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renesisfury Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Agreed about the Porsche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssdeuce Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 The daily driver 3.8 V6 powered FC that I ran in HPDE all of last year. And the V8 powered FC that I hope to bring out sometime this coming season. Is that an SB2 engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDenbigh Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Here's my `85 Merkur XR4Ti that I run with NASA Mid Atlantic, HPDE 3: It has not been out much the past two years but I plan on running nearly every event this year if the car holds up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trhoads Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 we see one of those here in the SE from time to time, one of the drivers is wicked fast in it. I don't know what was under the hood, but it was really quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboShortBus Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hell yeah, a 2.3L turbo! Our 1987 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe (with 120k miles on the original head gasket) held up for 14+ hours in the 24 Hours of Lemons last year, so you should be fine for a while if you take better care of the car than we did! Then again, I sawzalled the hood and bolted a mailbox to the intercooler as a scoop, so that might have helped us a bit. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheap_Thrills Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I thought that looked like Road America. That 944, um, wow, that is one nice looking car. Thanks! oh, wait...you meant the one with the turbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trhoads Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 is that what those cars have in them, I can't remember if the one I see is a boosted car or not, I seem to remember it being an NA V8. Could be wrong. I will have to look next time I see it. It is usually passing me at a high rate of speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr20goofus Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I dont have many good pics from the tracks i have been to (Summit Point, VIR, CMP, Beaverun, Mid-Ohio, Gingerman) These are from Summit Point tho. (HPDE 4/Instructor Group) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRINGER Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I should go ahead and post mine as well...nothing much...just a slow little Me-Otter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAST01GT Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Here is my husband's 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo in HPDE 3 at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosemond, CA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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