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  1. SVCalifornia

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    Did the same after your pointer. Worked very well!

    SV
     
  2. SVCalifornia

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    Uploading now the hd footage from the last session. Only 6 cars on the track! Hope it turns out!

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  3. 308gts79

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    Dave Wilson is a great coach, he was the chief coach for the Ferrari 2004 International meet in Monterey... Can't wait for the 2015..
     
  4. PinoyP

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    Great pics guys!
     
  5. TOOLFAN

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    That was interesting trip. It was great to see everyone, I hope to see a bunch of guys at the track again soon. Marco of FNA was very cool and full of compliments, I spoke with him a number of times through out the weekend and hopefully he'll actually take under consideration my suggestions. The touring sessions were the slowest that I have ever been on in my life. Three days of sun even with sun screen has resulted in amazingly bad sunglasses tan. I look like I've got a pale race stripe over my eyes, still it was a very fun weekend. I think my girlfriend had more fun than I did through out the weekend. I finally got to put her in a vintage V12 Ferrari for some laps, she loved it. I can't wait till next year, as we are do to potentially get the XX and F1 cars back.
     
  6. SKUSA

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    Butcher, thanks for the kind comments. Really just having pure unadulterated fun. A very needed break from work. It was so great to get out and catch up with friends I have not seen in a while. Work has been over the top, in fact if you look at the in car video you will see my brief case on the passenger floor as I had to do work on my laptop in between sessions. I wish we could do this every month. Thanks again to FoSF, Kevin E and HOD for making all of this possible. BTW, if anyone has video of my car running the track, I would love to see it. I have never seen or heard it from the outside and would love to see both in the braking zone and accelerating out of the corner.
     
  7. TCBoiler

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  8. TOOLFAN

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    Yes sir, that's her in the Spaceball helmet :).
     
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  11. Chrigel

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    What a fantastic weekend it was. A big thank you to the organizers and safety people at the track. Couldn't have been more enjoyable.

    Here is one of my videos from Sunday morning. Trying to stay with Kevin's blue F430 and learn his line. Traffic separated us and off he went.....

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGk8whkN1vI]Sonoma Raceway: Behind Kevin Sunday Sport Session 1 - YouTube[/ame]
     
  12. TOOLFAN

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    Awesome video Christian. It was great to see you this past weekend. We've got to find more time to hangout. Thank you again for letting my dad check out your car.
     
  13. Vraiment

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    wow - seems like you guys were the only ones on the track!
     
  14. freshmeat

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    Keith told me there were only 6 ppl on the track!
     
  15. Need4Spd

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    Yeah, I think a lot of us skipped the last sport session on Sunday, as it was at the end of the day after a long weekend of Ferrari. But only six cars! Wow, it would have great not to have to get around the clueless (one guy in a 430 pointed me by on the yellow flag warm-up lap, then wouldn't let me by after the green flag for maybe 2 laps; one of the guys driving the F12 (I think someone who borrowed the car!) ran straight off the road instead of turning at T9), or have to keep pointing by all the rockets (maybe the cars should line up in order of estimated performance, like at least put the Challenge cars and Scuderias (along with known rockets like Dave Wilson) up front, followed by 458s, then (probably in any order, as it is now) 430s/550s/575s/360s/355s/Californias (they're closer in performance to each other, and driver ability usually makes the difference with these cars), and all rookies at the back; of course driver ability can make any of these cars faster (or slower) around the track, but it would at least in theory make for fewer needs to pass, I would think.) Not sure how you would get that done without massive confusion or being unfair to those who line up on time when there is a need to limit the number of cars, however.
     
  16. 308gts79

    308gts79 Formula Junior

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    Great vid, Christian. Very hard to follow Kevin :)
     
  17. 1974gt4

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    Nice,
    I l-o-v-e the split screen.
    Seems like Kevin is getting on the throttle a bit sooner than you on the exit, in what is it ? 9a?
    Your steering inputs are really smooth, I would have liked to be a passenger in that high horsey power 430 Christian, the car looked well cared for and balanced in the corners.
    Bravo.
    good fun.
     
  18. Chrigel

    Chrigel Formula Junior

    Sep 23, 2005
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    Thank you very much Italiani, Your comments really mean a lot to me. You know how much I adore your driving style. I would love to learn from you.

    See you on the 14th?
     

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