Road America track day pix

[Mattjs33]

Here are some photos of my 1980 Firebird at Road America with the Midwest F-Body Association event this past weekend (F-Body is GM-speak for Camaros and Firebirds). About 65 cars in attendance, including an F355 and two Nissan GT-R's (sadly no Spykers!).

I'm admittedly not a big Japanese car fan (save for the NSX), but the new GT-R has got to have set a new record for Least Inspiring Exhaust Note Ever, just displacing the early side-exhuast Vipers. At idle the thing sounds like an odd-fire Buick 231 V6, down a cylinder, under water:

bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh

Anyway, other than the 50 degree (F) weather, we had a good time, as you see the fall colors were coming in nicely! I even managed to crack a few brake rotors, so in spite of the cold track we were pushing pretty hard!

Matt

[SpykerOwner]

Originally Posted by Mattjs33

.. but the new GT-R has got to have set a new record for Least Inspiring Exhaust Note Ever, just displacing the early side-exhuast Vipers. At idle the thing sounds like an odd-fire Buick 231 V6, down a cylinder, under water:

bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh bwuh

Good to hear you had a fun day.

[Wouter]

That looks like a lot of fun Matt

[Mattjs33]

Definitely!

We are hoping to get to Road Atlanta yet, in mid November. That will be our sixth event for this year. We try to get to 4-5 events a year, although last year we only got out twice.

By "we" I mean my father and I. He also has his own Firebird, a 1987, that he runs track days with. He's 70! And often I can't catch him! Here's a picture of his car, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, a few years ago.