| Duane: |
St.
Valentine must be turning in his grave!!!
Last Saturday, albeit Valentines day, we convinced
our significant other that if we were going to subject
ourselves to a romantic evening of extreme mushiness
then we at least deserve the opportunity to redeem
our masculinity by spending a day on the track. Well
some of us just plain begged and pleaded, but never
the less, we made it to Wallerfield (significant other
riding shotgun).
Three Evo's, two cameras and a partridge in a pear
treeeee!!!!
So
as usual I reached late, this had nothing to do with
having the only stock car in the group. Nebert (Sasman)
and Sean (PearlZ aka Porn Star) were already up there
on the drag strip duking it out on the quartermile.
I opted for spectator status keeping my transfercase
safe and sound. A few runs later Narend (Zorce) pulled
in and loaded up the cameras. We moved over to the
circuit track to begin the festivities. And what a
time it was. Narend's dad came up a little while later
with his yellow 300Z, made a few laps with us and
shared some of his racing experience. |
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| Narend: |
It
seems to me that women by nature, especially on Valentine's
Day's will lap up just about as much good treatment
as you can throw at them. We men however, (typically
more prone to car-craziness) were less anxious to
receive v-day foreplay and got straight to the action
of making our own laps! |
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| Duane: |
 It
was a complete BLAST!!! Never had so much fun with
my car. I've driven around the circuit track a few
times before, but actually racing with some friends
in their cars made it feel like real life Gran Turismo.
My Evo7 making good use of the yaw control system
at the hairpin, I actually got some oversteer, which
is rare in any Evo. With Nebert at the wheel, the
Evo6 laid down the law on the straights but PearlZ's
Silver Evo7 was being pushed hard in the corners and
managed to keep up despite this. After driving the
Evo6 myself though I have no doubt that the potential
is there, Apexi N1 suspension et'al. |
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| Narend: |
 Getting
into the car I actually wondered if this would be
a hair-raising, sideways getting, madness making experience.
I honestly didn't know what to expect from the Evo6.
Having driven a few 7s I expected it to be similar.
Off boost in the corners the Evo6 exhibited mild understeer
but I expect that given enough seat time, off-boost
would be a fairly rare occasion. Once the power kicks
in though neutral handling can be coaxed into catchable
oversteer. Speaking of power that part is great! The
brakes are excellent, fade-free and really throw out
the anchor minus the grabbing. They were so smooth
and powerful I was actually able to back down from
190kph on the main straight to enter the top corner
at around 110kph.
Taking
it easy for the DaCosta proved prudent as I was able
to hit 4th gear before exiting the chicane and braking
for the hairpin. This was the part of the track where
PearlZ (PornStar) in the passenger seat was making
all the woo-hoos!
I
even had PearlZ making noise like a PornStar, well
up until lap 3, he got a bit quiet and asked to be
let out! |
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| Sean: |
That
was only so I could get into MY Evo and run you down!
All in all it was great. Woooooooooooohoooooooooooo!!! |
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| Nebert: |
I
had fun with my good friends on Valentine's. What could
be better. Thanks Sean, Narend and Duane |
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| Duane: |
No
problemo, it was great, just keep in mind that next
time its business!! |
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