UCP Track day

[taz_rocks_miami]

Lets say UCP organized a track day and you all attended (that would be very cool BTW), what track would you pick for it and what car would you be driving?

I'd pick Road America or Lime Rock in the US. Silverstone or LeMans in europe. Car: F430 or Exige.

[Sweeney921]

Silverstone: Ferrari 360 Modena

[clutch-monkey]

i'd go patriotic style with a JOSS or an elfin. din't care what track, a fairly good sized one tho

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Nurburgring. Obviously.

Probably a Carrera Gt, or if i was being realistic, a BMW 328i.

I'd nick it from my Mother :p

[Speedracer38]

gotta go to the local one Limerock with a 333SP or Enzo or the track in Quebec

[clutch-monkey]

maybe we should actually organise a track day, but we all bring our own cars :D

[TheOne]

hmm.....that would be laguna seca with my 240sx:)(fixed with a turbocharger, upgraded radiator + oil cooler and everyfin else that goes with that, and can't forget suspension)

[fpv_gtho]

I think the mountain section of Bathurst would really sort the men from the boys, as well as right-off about half of the cars when they smack the rear quarter against the concrete walls :p So that probably wouldnt be the best of tracks, plus you cant exactly just rent it out whenever you want.

A nice, fast, flowing track though is Phillip Island, so maybe everyone in Lotus 7 replica's going around that :p

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Make it a One-Make Race Series, around the world.

We can go to each other's countries, race on the top circuits, drink in each others bars, and generally spread the good word of UCP!

.......Or we could not :P

[mduhair]

i dont know much about tracks .... but i would love to try and drive a formula one car ... actually ... i would pay to drive a formula one car ...

[clutch-monkey]

Make it a One-Make Race Series, around the world.

We can go to each other's countries, race on the top circuits, drink in each others bars, and generally spread the good word of UCP!

.......Or we could not :P
i'm keen......but imagine the finances/logistics required :)

[2ndclasscitizen]

i'd agree with clutch monkey and go the elfin MS8, turn in oversteer, mid corner oversteer and exit oversteer around whatever track is wide enough to deal with that

[Spastik_Roach]

Manfeild :D

A Mk1 Race Prepped Ford Cortina round Manfeild!

Good points about Manfeild:

Cheap: (Cheap to hire, easy to break in too :D I never pay anything to get into Manfeild!)

Good Track!

Its in Feilding!

[NuclearCrap]

Laguna Seca, in a TVR Sagaris, one of the kind. :)

[Matra et Alpine]

HAS to be Bathurst, but only slightly ahead of Laguna Seca.

[fpv_gtho]

HAS to be Bathurst,

You may regret that if its in one of your personal cars :p

Over the whole 6km, theres only really 3 run off areas: the bottom of Conrod Straight, around the chase along Conrod and right up the top of the mountain just before you start coming down. The rest of the track is literally lined with concrete walls. One mistake and youre gooooone

[henk4]

Spa...

[Matra et Alpine]

You may regret that if its in one of your personal cars :p

Over the whole 6km, theres only really 3 run off areas: the bottom of Conrod Straight, around the chase along Conrod and right up the top of the mountain just before you start coming down. The rest of the track is literally lined with concrete walls. One mistake and youre gooooone

:)

It may surprise that the IDEA of a trackday is to stay ON the track adn to drive accordignly.

Hoepully not, equally hopefully NOT a surprise that IN A RACE the idea is to stay ON the track and drive accordignlyu. Too may drivers have too much moeny that they often forget that ii the desire to be 4th instead of 5th :)

[fpv_gtho]

Even the professionals crash though :p

And whats the point in trying to find your limits if your stuck doing 90% so you can keep the car off the walls.

After all that though, Bathurst WOULD be a good track to go to

[Spastik_Roach]

Bathurst it shall be then :)

[spi-ti-tout]

I dunno much about US tracks...so anything fun will do :D

An Evo MR FQ-400 with that Turbo Lag problem fixed probably

EDIT: Whats Bathhurst?

[Mustang]

for me it would have to be bathurst :)

love the twisty roads over the Mt and then the HUGE!! straight :)

for me its prob one of the best tracks in the world :)


EDIT: see you ther ein 2 years ay sam ;)

[fpv_gtho]

Its definately a track where you need both power and handling, afterall you need to get up the mountain to get down.

[Esperante]

Road America.....30 minute drive from my house! :D

[Quiggs]

Sebring and besides the exotics I'd want to drive the POS in my backyard. But on some nice H&R coils and a 3 liter VR with a big hair dryer attached to it.

[ballafureal]

Take the F2004 or the F430 around Nurburgring or the Fiorano test track.

[johnnynumfiv]

Lime rock with any vintage racer or a Mclaren GTR or an Enzo.

[taz_rocks_miami]

Matra and Henk, what car would you guys be driving?

[crisis]

911 GT2. Lets play it safe.

[taz_rocks_miami]

911 GT2. Lets play it safe.

I like the way you play it safe crisis :)

[2ndclasscitizen]

i'd like to see what he would drive if he wanted some danger, maybe a superccharged Speed 12?

[Chinky_boi]

Id pick a Koenigsegg on the Nurbururing.
If I wanted some handling fun, Ill choose the Exige on a twisties circuit
I might also bring a high tuned muscle car and drive it on the Indinaopolis speed way.

[clutch-monkey]

i'd love to take an ariel atom to bathurst against a V8 supercar :)

[2ndclasscitizen]

make sure you bring a helmet, otherwise it'll wreck your face

[clutch-monkey]

otherwise it'll wreck your face
no losses there :)

[2ndclasscitizen]

try and find the top gear review of it, it's hilarious watching clarkson drive it without a helmet, his face actually ripples

[henk4]

Matra and Henk, what car would you guys be driving?

No idea, is that mandatory? :D I would surely bring my Vector, and may be I could borrow a certain MR2 :)

[Mustang]

speed 12 for me lol

[Manik]

Nurburgring. Obviously.

Probably a Carrera Gt, or if i was being realistic, a BMW 328i.

I'd nick it from my Mother :p

Yes I would pick Nurburgring too, although I would probably pick a 360 Challenge Stradale (nice race-ready car) or a BMW M3 GTR (very awesome car :))

On GT4 that track is sooo fun, although it is fairly long for each lap..... :o

[carlover]

Either the N-ring or sarthe, either is good.

I can't drive but if I could probably a elise (a little more realisticly) or unrealisticly a Saleen S7. :D

[ZeTurbo]

Porsche 911 turbo (993) in Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

[my porsche]

911 gt3 rs on somewehre fun :p

quattro and i and taz and i were talkin about this about a month ago, we should organize a track day at road atlanta in 2008, run-what-ya-brung type of thing...whos in?

[taz_rocks_miami]

911 gt3 rs on somewehre fun :p

quattro and i and taz and i were talkin about this about a month ago, we should organize a track day at road atlanta in 2008, run-what-ya-brung type of thing...whos in?

I'm in!!:)

[fpv_gtho]

EDIT: Whats Bathhurst?

Officially called Mt Panorama, its a track open to the public during the year as a scenic route located about 150km west of Sydney. It holds the annual Bathurst 1000 for the V8 Supercars and in 2002 and 2003 held the Bathurst 24hr event

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Bathurst is the Local in which the track is based.

[Mustang]

Officially called Mt Panorama, its a track open to the public during the year as a scenic route located about 150km west of Sydney. It holds the annual Bathurst 1000 for the V8 Supercars and in 2002 and 2003 held the Bathurst 24hr event


nice pictures but they dont really show the change in height of the track, those last few corners before conrod are quite steep in the track world. ive been watching videos from the 1987 - 1995 bathurst 1000 :D some great races there :)

[henk4]

Porsche 911 turbo (993) in Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

I walked that track last year, nothing to get excited about :)

[fpv_gtho]

nice pictures but they dont really show the change in height of the track, those last few corners before conrod are quite steep in the track world. ive been watching videos from the 1987 - 1995 bathurst 1000 :D some great races there :)

Nor do they show the severe camber going through the corners. Having driven on the track, i reckon you coul wedge a car in between the inside concrete walls and the track. Luckily most people only clip the inside, and end up on the outside :p