Holiday Laps @ VIR
 

"Holiday Laps, VIRginia International Raceway’s popular charity fund-raising event, arrives on Friday, November 14 a couple of weeks early for 2008. As always, fans and guests are allowed to drive the historic 3.27-mile road course for a donation of $25 in new toys, non-perishable foods or cash. "

So anyway, for 25 bucks a shot you get about 20 - 25 mins on the track behind a pace car. Now these aren't parade laps at 45mph nor are they at speed laps as in an HPDE. They're... somewhere in between. :) Really it depends on where you are in the pack and if you're following someone who doesn't know how to take corners but can put the pedal down on the straights... Anyway you look at it it's a lot of fun and for a good cause. We're also looking into getting a Mazda only session since it looks like we're going to have a pretty good turnout of RX-7 and RX-8 owners there.

So take next Friday off, get there EARLY (trust me!) and have some fun!!!

Oh well, I missed this thread Greg. I posted some pics in the Virginia threads. Here's one for you....

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...rgeWebview.jpg

I bet it was a fun time!! Anymore pictures?

Thanks for the pic John! It was a blast even in the rain. John has some pics here. We had a pretty good Mazda turnout and everyone got to practice spinning out and getting loose. ;)

I forgot about this! I could have spent a fortune on pics they took at the track. You got one for free so I choose this one.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...olidayLaps.jpg

Nice picture!!! Oak Tree in the fall getting the checkered from Santa's helper... nice!!! :D

He got to wave the yellow a few times also... people off roading on the exit! I'm surprised more people didn't spin out there trying to get on the power too early since it was so easy to get loose anyway. The worst places I saw for everyone were Hog Pen, 4 and 5. Everyone got in and through the Hurry Downs fine but as soon as you went into 17A there's a little dip and it caused everyone to get squirrely. Everywhere else was just a matter of people applying to much power (imagine that!) in the turn. I did hear of a couple of Mustang owners that made contact with a tire wall, otherwise lots of spins and getting loose.

me also missed it .......:banghead:


but dude thanks for the pics to all ....


its really nice to see cars in colors ..... :icon_bs: