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A few thoughts:

1) I have Am Fam Ins, and as long as I am not "racing" or "timing" I'm apparently OK with my ins company. One of the reasons I don't do the timed runs.

2) You're much faster than I was after my first DE. You can expect your streets (forgot to see if you're PS2's or not) to last a few more weekends. Mine made it from April to August before going to MPSC's. They make a huge difference! I was running 2:02's when I happened to be timing them. Not as much work with the R Compound tires, there is so much less slip in the corners.

3) I was a bit surprised with the amount of body roll you had on the slalom. If you stick with the Cayman for the track, maybe a Bilstein setup would be in order. But then again, car 36 (silver CS) runs in 4, and he's very fast. He says he hasn't done any suspension work, and I didn't notice too much roll on the track when I was in front of him (for awhile) or behind him (most of the time). Maybe the slalom isn't a good judge of the suspension.

4) Speaking of turbo's not making it to the track, did you see the GT3RS make a round of the paddock and then take off?

5) Incidents - I was about 2 turns behind the rolled 911, I don't understand what happened either, I heard he dropped a wheel off where they are putting the addition on, but that was on the right side of the track, and he shouldn't have been there unless he was passing (and its not a passing zone), or way off line. At last year's fall fling, when the dragstrip devoured Brad's setup 996, there was also another really bad one that took out a cornerworker stand between 1 & 2. Notice that "NO PORSCHE PARKING" sign where it used to be?

I'll be interested to follow your progress and see what you do. If I was closer to a dealer/shop, I'd consider a less expensive car too, but I'm happy just participating, and really don't expect I'd push it so hard that I'll do tremendous damage to the car (knock on wood).

John