Track Weekend Photos BMW event with Cayman

**K-Man S** · #1 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 12:05 PM

Here are the photos I promised from the event, I still have video to get extracted from the camera and posted sometime later. First a couple of shots of my car.

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Here is a picture of my DMC harness bar from Farnbacher Loles along with their camera mount which worked very well. Despite having the wind sock piece on the microphone I still picked up a lot of wind noise at high speeds, I need a true remote microphone.

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A few of the logos adorning my car these days, our croc logo, pca logo and my recently added DE instructor logo!

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And now some pictures of the dirty car and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires. I still need some more negative camber (I'm still running factory setup) but all in all these tires seem to be doing well.

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I should mention that I found a good setup for tire pressures that being about 34 front and 36 rear cold.

Now here's that Z06 I mentioned, it was trailored to the event along with a bunch of tires.

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Here is the 997 C2S and another instructor's turbo parked next to it, both with GT3 seats and full harnesses. Someday I'll splurge for some GT3 seats...

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Here is the 944 that the PCA DE instructor was driving (Joe) when I passed him. It is a car that belonged to an ex PCA racer that passed away recently I guess.

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This next 944 is Greg's that he drove in the BMW Club Race and came in third. I did not get a picture of Richard's that came in 2nd.

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Remember that Viper I mentioned? Check out the headlights those aren't real, NASCAR style stickers.

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Yes, gutted interior, lexan windows the works, as I said this is a race car.

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Running on big, and I mean big, meaty Hoosiers!

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I mentioned that the C6 Z06 driver was having an aligment issue (why the regular C6 driver thought he was as fast as the Z06), here is a set of his Goodyear racing slicks that he corded which do seem to indicate that something is wrong with his alignment. I can only imagine what these tires must cost...

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I hope you enjoyed the pictures, please feel free to post your comments and/or questions. If you'd like to get out on the track, come attend the Croctoberfest event!!!

F1 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 12:17 PM

Great Pics!!! I bet you had fun.

**Brian E Freeze** · #3 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 12:52 PM

K-man S, thanks for the great story and pics. I have never driven a car on the track but you make it sound so fun I think I will drive in our next DE (Lonestar).

Moleculo · #4 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 12:52 PM

You kicked their ***! They should be taking YOUR picture! [img]/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/thumbsup.gif[/img]

**K-Man S** · #5 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 01:07 PM

Quote:

K-man S, thanks for the great story and pics. I have never driven a car on the track but you make it sound so fun I think I will drive in our next DE (Lonestar).

Brian,

You should come up to KC for Croctoberfest, an easy drive from your location, and get some instructing from me or Tom, both of whom regularly drive Caymans on the track.

**Brian E Freeze** · #6 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 07:40 PM

K-man S, thanks for the personal invite! I will look at my schedule and see if I can make it.

Pargolfer · #7 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 08:03 PM

Once again, K-Man S comes through with an outstanding account and photos. Thank you for sharing. Moleculo is right, you really cleaned their clocks, and they should be showing taking your photos and sharing on their web sites!

**K-Man S** · #8 (**permalink**) 08-21-2006, 08:30 PM

I could be showing up elsewhere I don't know, I barely have enough time for this site let alone others. I used to check other Porsche related sites frequently now I hardly look at those. If anyone spots me on another site send me a link and I'll check it out!