My pics will follow in a day or so... I am so exhausted and sunburned that I just wanted to eat and go to bed last night.
But oh yeah - I had a nice little weekend myself. Summit Point main w/ NASA. Unlike Travis, I had a school (they won't let you race here unless you have a full fledged race car (cage, window net, rigid seat and seat back brace, fire suppression system, kill switch, etc.). Nonetheless, schools allow passing on straights and provide plenty of excitement for a weekend (not to mention that you can't race w/ any groups here until you get comp. licensed).
Not only was this weekend a school, there were also various series races - SCCS (road racing stock cars... wierd), USTCC (Touring Cars), Legends and Spec Racers (little handbuilts), American Iron (Camaros & Moose-tangs), 944 Cup, and... Travis' favorite - Spec Miatas.
The School was excellent and my instructor, an s14a owner, was incredibly helpful. The only things that passed me in my group were high horsepower cars (Camaro SS, C5 Vette, M3's) on race rubber. Actually, an erratic ITR passed me too... and proceded to loop it and nearly roll it (2 wheels 12-18" up) while 2 car lengths ahead of me (I love going not being able to lift, but deciding whether to risk it by lifting slightly or just T-bone the fvcker as he spins back across the line <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'> ). The racing was also great to watch. The SCCS cars were fast as hell and managed to turn right amazingly well <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'> USTCC cars are always fun - expecially when they come from big, multi-level enclosed trailers w/ CA tags. But, I admit, my favorite spectating was during the 944's and Spec Miatas (they ran in the same race b/c neither had over 25 cars). 944's are badass, but everyone should already know that. More impressive though were the SM's. Those little things fly around that track like they have wings! My GOD they are fast.
My pics will include some general race shots, a great series of a SM car spinning into the dirt in an 80 mph right turn <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/nervous.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':nervous:'> , some overview shots, and hopefully some nice pics of the s14 in action!
Travis - those SM's look like a LOT of fun. I understand the hardest part is finding one w/ a hard top - which costs $2000 to go buy. They were not too far off the pace of the 944s! While I was on the grid waiting to go out Sunday, one of them (Sat's race winner) got loose coming around the aforementioned 80 mph right and wound up (formerly) shiny side down. Ugh! (In total, I think about 5-7 cars went off on rollbacks due to wrecks - highlights included racers: rolled Mx-5, treed Moosetang; School: M3 straight into the wall after his steering wheel came off, and a FD RX-7 that went a$$ first into an Armco - both totalled).