March 16-18; VIR Full; Zone 2

[SH || NC]

Registration is open at motorsportreg.com (link)

I see Bman is signed up. Myself, Dell, and few other locals are also planning on attending.

[SH || NC]

Alright Fatih!

[FTS]

You are on buddy!!!

I need this so badly, need to get away from work a little, just burn some tires

[GT THRE]

I will be attending VIR March 16-18. Will be my first time on the track. Any insight into the difficulty of handling the track? Will be coming from Connecticut with a group from CVR Region.

[FTS]

VIR is challenging IMO. It is not challenging to learn the first time, but it is very challenging to master it. And since it is a long track with at least 17 turns (depending on how you count), making mistakes in any one of the turns is almost a given. Some turns are not forgiving, such as T5 thru 6a or the uphill S section, or the T9 (South Bend), so caution is the key. At the same time, it has the combination of tight turns, wide turns, increasing/decreasing turns and two long straights that you reach 150-160 mph, so it the most fun track I have been to, not that I have driven many different tracks.

Looking forward to seeing/meeting you there. I am sure you have seen many videos of the track, it will help to study them before stepping onto the track the first time

[GT THRE]

Fatih, Thank you for a bit of insight into the track. Every little bit helps. I just attended the 48 hours of Sebring. It was my first time on the track and my first time on the track with my GT3 RS. Took some time to learn the track...flat and bumpy...but by Sunday afternoon I felt good and was aggressive.

I am looking forward to VIR. Everyone says it is a great track. I will look for you there. It will be on us soon.

[FTS]

Here is a link to a nicely written VIR driving notes by a very long time VIR attendee and BMW CCA chief instructor, JoElla John:

http://www.tarheelbmwcca.org/virhotlap.pdf

[FTS]

Here is the link to our friendly Safest GT driver competition:

http://gt2gt3cup.org/showthread.php?t=370

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[Dell]

That was a blast this weekend! Great to see everyone. I'll try to get some pics and vid up later. Oh yeah, and a write-up of my first weekend in a GT3 all over again.

[FTS]

It was really good to see you (particularly in a GT3 ), Scott and others after a long period of time. I also got to meet personally, finally, 930man. I had a blast this weekend, the company was superb, and thank God, I did not loose too much of my driving, although it hasn't improved either.

Looking forward to your impressions of the GT3 Dell and the vids.

[GT THRE]

It was nice to meet you at VIR. My first time there. what a great track. Definitely will go back. Still trying to figure out the criteria for the 3rd "safest" driver award??? Must have been the smiles and waves to the corner works as I passed each lap.

[PistolPete]

Here are few quick snapshots I took of the GT3's last weekend. I have some more but I've hit the upper limit of my photo uploads!

[SH || NC]

Circling back around to this thread. I posted a few pictures and a video in the submission thread. Most of the other stuff can be found here (link)

Awesome weekend; can't wait for May