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Originally Posted by wdfifteen View Post
This could be me. My car even looks like yours Glen. After running a few HPDEs I did some work on my car and bought racing tires, trailered my car, etc. I was working harder and spending more and wasn't having any more fun or learning anything that I couldn't learn on street tires. I went back to street tires and drove the car to the track and enjoyed the whole experience a lot more.

I avoid the "red mist" guys as much as I can. One time some dingbat in a WRX spun in front of me ON THE WARMUP LAP! He got pulled off the track and got a good ass chewing by the stewards, which was funny to hear. "WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S CALLED A WARMUP LAP???"
I watch my mirrors, keep to the right, and challenge myself on every turn.
HPDE is practice.

i still cannot grasp why anyone would spend more money, to go faster, at practice. like if you spent more than 10k on a track day car, that was a foolish waste of money. your HPDE car is optimized when its reliable, and cheap to run. laptime is irrelevant.
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