Went to winton on saturday.....
hey guys just thought i would share with you the story of my first track day at Winton on Saturday, and some info on 2, s2000's there.
I went with a mate that owns a 99 model wrx that's been stripped bare of anything it doesn't need (no mods yet though except bucket seats, roll cage, and esparco steering wheel) and boy was it mad i honestly cant remember the last time i had this much fun in my life, flatting footing round corners with not a thing to worry about and so much space you have plenty of time to react, was an amazing feeling i don't believe i have ever pushed a car that hard before and felt so comfortable about it, and proper bucket seats and harnesses hold so well i want them all the time lol.
Now the rexy had woeful tires, i was getting tire squeal round almost every corner and did much powersliding which was fun but annoying when trying to overtake the occasional ss, or skyline, but we pretty much where able to maneuver through the whole course overtaking everything bar the occasional evo or pimped out wrx so all in all.....i want a track car! lol.
Now there where 2 s2000's at winton a black one and silver one both ap1's now the guy with the silver one recently set a record at a track recently for the fastest n/a non modified 4cyl car so i was expecting big things from this guy when i was watching him and was not dissapointed, from the very last corner on his first lap he was getting sideways due to lack of warming up the tires but from then on he was overtaking commodore, skyline, wrx, etc. until he was overtaking a guy from the outside, kicked the car out sideways and snapped his lower control arm on the ripple strip and almost ripped his rear left wheel off with the pads, calipers, and rotors all being completely destroyed, i was going round kitome corner when i swear i saw broken brake pads scattered all over the road and was thinking 'oh o some idiot has stuffed up' and then i saw a sad sad site, of which was a silver s2000 about 15m's off the course just sitting therein the grass, i was so deprest i really did feel for the guy =(.
But of course i must not forget to tell you about the other s2000, a black ap1 s2000 that my mate could not shake off his tail at all pushing the car to its absolute limit, until he thought 'its ok the s2 isnt built for straights and ill brake off on the main straight' and boy was i stunned, amazed, baffled i dunno what, but when we pulled out of one of the final corners and planted it at 6500rpm nearly red lining it this s2 flew past like we where nothing else, all that me n my mate where sayin in the car was......wtf? about an hour later i found out that the car was apparently turbo charged so instantly i was like 'of course' after that i wanted it to overtake me just to hear it roar lol so if anyone knows this guy who owns a black ap1 s2 that is turbo/supercharged with black no. plates, black wheels and duel cannons on the rear please let me know cause i would love to talk to him as i never got the chance on Saturday, anyway that concludes my little write up so please feel free to leave any comments =)