Nasa SoCal Season Opener - Buttonwillow

[5.2 liters of democracy]

This is the Event Thread for Nasa SoCal Season Opener - Buttonwillow. Discuss the event below.

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[ChrisM]

Signed up for Saturday...HPDE 1 with an instructor all day.

 

[Don Lariviere]

I'll be there in Super Unlimited with my TA2 car.

Don

 

[5.2 liters of democracy]

I'll be there in HPDE 3. Excited to see you guys there!

 

[navseng]

This sounds fun... I will probably try and get out there. Work on getting my TT license I suppose, need to finish HPDE 4 i think?

 

[PaddyPrix]

I'm in, because I wasted money on another transmission and looking forward to another last place TT2 finish.

 

[PaddyPrix]

Signed up for Saturday...HPDE 1 with an instructor all day.

I'll be there in HPDE 3. Excited to see you guys there!

This sounds fun... I will probably try and get out there. Work on getting my TT license I suppose, need to finish HPDE 4 i think?

Regardless of what you gents think about Toyo, if you haven't already, make sure you ask your instructor/chief for a NASA Passport, something like a race logbook for your HPDE progression. When they promote/sign you off, you get "Toyo bucks", and I believe on HPDE4 -> TT you get a whole set, or damn near with how cheap they are and how much they're giving you. And not being preachy, but they're pretty good tires if you're looking for consistency from 1st to 20th heat cycle, and throughout the session as well.

Edit - now with link!

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[ChrisM]

Regardless of what you gents think about Toyo, if you haven't already, make sure you ask your instructor/chief for a NASA Passport, something like a race logbook for your HPDE progression. When they promote/sign you off, you get "Toyo bucks", and I believe on HPDE4 -> TT you get a whole set, or damn near with how cheap they are and how much they're giving you. And not being preachy, but they're pretty good tires if you're looking for consistency from 1st to 20th heat cycle, and throughout the session as well.

Will do. I had previously ran with NASA a few years back and was working my way up, but then I took a long hiatus, so just starting over.

 

[trackdao]

I've ran NASA a few years back, up to HPDE 3, looking back into it. Been running Speed Ventures events recently. Anybody also doing the Roval on the 15th? I may have time to do both series in 2022 or mix them up. Thoughts?

 

[5.2 liters of democracy]

Regardless of what you gents think about Toyo, if you haven't already, make sure you ask your instructor/chief for a NASA Passport, something like a race logbook for your HPDE progression. When they promote/sign you off, you get "Toyo bucks", and I believe on HPDE4 -> TT you get a whole set, or damn near with how cheap they are and how much they're giving you. And not being preachy, but they're pretty good tires if you're looking for consistency from 1st to 20th heat cycle, and throughout the session as well.

I'm certainly not going to turn down a set of free tires. They could give me winter tires and I'd still get seat time out of them. Thanks for the recommendation and looking forward to seeing you out there!

 

[Bjorn Laukenmann]

I’ll be there in ST4

 

[5.2 liters of democracy]

Looks like I'm probably out. While getting new tires and an alignment, it looks like three of my wheels are bent after my trip to Buttonwillow earlier this month. That Apex group buy can't come soon enough it seems.

 

[5.2 liters of democracy]

Looks like I'm back in the fight. Apex let me know I should have wheels delivered next week. If not, an offer from a great member here should save my bacon.

 

[Don Lariviere]

Looks like the forecasted rain has moved on to Monday, should be a nice but cold weekend!

 

[trackdao]

Looks like I'm probably out. While getting new tires and an alignment, it looks like three of my wheels are bent after my trip to Buttonwillow earlier this month. That Apex group buy can't come soon enough it seems.

Bent wheels are the stockers? Ouch didn’t know they’re that soft. Are most of you running square setups for track?

 

[5.2 liters of democracy]

Bent wheels are the stockers? Ouch didn’t know they’re that soft. Are most of you running square setups for track?

Nope, I was running a square set of BC Forged wheels.

 

[trackdao]

Looks like I'm back in the fight. Apex let me know I should have wheels delivered next week. If not, an offer from a great member here should save my bacon.

Did you get your Apex wheels? Curious which model, I'm trying to decide also, square 19x11 setup with proper offsets.

 

[5.2 liters of democracy]

Did you get your Apex wheels? Curious which model, I'm trying to decide also, square 19x11 setup with proper offsets.

I did. I snagged some SM-10s that came in yesterday. On top of looking great, Apex was awesome to work with.

 

[5.2 liters of democracy]

This will be my first event with NASA. Does anyone know how long it takes to pass tech for HPDE? I plan to get to tech as early as possible since my driver's meeting is 30 minutes after tech opens. I've already reviewed the sheet and everything should be taken care of.

 

[67GTA]

This will be my first event with NASA. Does anyone know how long it takes to pass tech for HPDE? I plan to get to tech as early as possible since my driver's meeting is 30 minutes after tech opens. I've already reviewed the sheet and everything should be taken care of.

Are you going both days? Saturday tech is typically busier than Sunday with the ST/TT groups. This being the first event of the year, probably more so as many will be getting their annual inspection completed. If you’re driving Saturday, get in line early as possible.