beaver run road course ss chevy cobalt.

[tony357 386]

This guy ran his cobalt ss at beaver run with an instructor, pretty awsome vid. May have to make a road trip and give this a go..

 

http://www.beaverun.com/thrills_test_drive.php

 

[tony357 386]

7 hour ride from south jersey, would definatly have to be a weekend stay..

[67gtonut 847]

Its fun.....

 

that guy could NOT drive to save his life..... sorry if its someone you know....

 

guy with Vette in front of him...... was worse.

 

Instructor was annoying.....

[Jon 264]

7 hour ride from south jersey, would definatly have to be a weekend stay..

 

I'd rather run NJMP.

[tony357 386]

that guy could NOT drive to save his life..... sorry if its someone you know....

 

 

don not know him, he posted on cobalt.net.. looks like that would be alot of fun..

 

I'd rather run NJMP.

 

will have to look it up and check it out..

[matt6669 71]

7 hour ride from south jersey, would definatly have to be a weekend stay..

 

Don't be a wimp! We just did the CMP which is 8 hours. Drive out, do your driving and drive home. 26 hour trip at most!

[SpecOps2087 3]

That's a very fun roadcourse, we had a s2000 event there some years ago.

[tony357 386]

http://www.njmp.com/gallery/photos20080629.html#

 

I remeber this place now, a few years ago i worked on a guy's boat and he was an engineer desighning this track.. forgot all about this place..

[tony357 386]

looking into both of these beaver run is 180.00 with training. njmp is 500.00 still checking their website..

[Jon 264]

looking into both of these beaver run is 180.00 with training. njmp is 500.00 still checking their website..

 

Gotta factor in the hotel, fuel to get there, trailer to get home if you break, food, drinks, etc. When it's all said and done the cost is about even.

 

Not to mention NJMP appears to have a much better track.

[tony357 386]

Gotta factor in the hotel, fuel to get there, trailer to get home if you break, food, drinks, etc. When it's all said and done the cost is about even.

 

Not to mention NJMP appears to have a much better track.

 

 

I was thinking about that, 40.00 in fuel to get their and 40.00 back hotel 120.00 and tolls would make it about the same..

 

question is which track would be better ?

[67gtonut 847]

If you want to travel..... look into VIR

 

Virginia International Raceway

 

http://www.virnow.com/

[Jon 264]

I was thinking about that, 40.00 in fuel to get their and 40.00 back hotel 120.00 and tolls would make it about the same..

 

question is which track would be better ?

 

Beaver Run's one track:

 

 

NJMP available tracks:

 

 

 

In my worthless opinion, NJMP looks like it's the better track. I have not raced on either, though.

[EchoMirage 137]

ive been on both NJMP tracks. dont look at the $500 price. if youre serious, look into a group that does track days at NJMP or other tracks. PDA, track daze, etc. most days ive been to cost 300 or so. for an even better deal, go to e-towns road course. 250 your first time, then 125 every other time. for the money and amount of track time you get, you cant beat it. plus its more centrally located to many people.

 

as far as the cobalt not being able to drive, if youve never been on a real track or even an autox, then most people have no idea how to drive a car at 10/10ths. it was obviously the guys first time, so how would he know where the apex is, where/when/how to brake, how much to hit the gas, etc. its better he learns on a track with an instructor then messing around on the street. where else would you go to learn? everyone is new at some point.

[Jon 264]

ive been on both NJMP tracks. dont look at the $500 price. if youre serious, look into a group that does track days at NJMP or other tracks. PDA, track daze, etc. most days ive been to cost 300 or so. for an even better deal, go to e-towns road course. 250 your first time, then 125 every other time. for the money and amount of track time you get, you cant beat it. plus its more centrally located to many people.

 

as far as the cobalt not being able to drive, if youve never been on a real track or even an autox, then most people have no idea how to drive a car at 10/10ths. it was obviously the guys first time, so how would he know where the apex is, where/when/how to brake, how much to hit the gas, etc. its better he learns on a track with an instructor then messing around on the street. where else would you go to learn? everyone is new at some point.

 

Echo, LMK when you plan on running etown again. I'd love to get some seat time on their road course in the vette.

[SpecOps2087 3]

Echo, LMK when you plan on running etown again. I'd love to get some seat time on their road course in the vette.

 

 

I'll be there october 16th for the autox on the roadcourse with my s2000. 50 bucks for probably 5-10 runs depending on how many people, always a good time.

[Jon 264]

I'll be there october 16th for the autox on the roadcourse with my s2000. 50 bucks for probably 5-10 runs depending on how many people, always a good time.

 

Very good possibility of that happening.

[Redfish62 1]

ive been on both NJMP tracks. dont look at the $500 price. if youre serious, look into a group that does track days at NJMP or other tracks. PDA, track daze, etc. most days ive been to cost 300 or so. for an even better deal, go to e-towns road course. 250 your first time, then 125 every other time. for the money and amount of track time you get, you cant beat it. plus its more centrally located to many people.

 

as far as the cobalt not being able to drive, if youve never been on a real track or even an autox, then most people have no idea how to drive a car at 10/10ths. it was obviously the guys first time, so how would he know where the apex is, where/when/how to brake, how much to hit the gas, etc. its better he learns on a track with an instructor then messing around on the street. where else would you go to learn? everyone is new at some point.

 

The driver looked like he was doing a pretty dam good job for his first time and the instructor has got to have a big set of balls to sit in the passenger seat with a new driver going that fast. Looks like it would be a lot of fun to do.

[tony357 386]

Very good possibility of that happening.

 

maybe we should all go..njgf road course trip..

[Wojo 98]

One of the driving courses I did for my EP training in evasive / security driving was at Bill Scott Raceway on this track. We ran the track in Crown Vics and Impalas which was fun as hell. At the end of the day, we got to ram, push and essentially do some demolition derby type of stuff as part of the training. I'm not sure what was more fun, doing J-turns, boot-legs, high speed or crashing stuff. Driving and shooting are some fun things to do. I love training.

 

http://www.bsr-inc.com/about-bsr/driving-facilities

 

http://www.summitpoi...&id=6&Itemid=23

[EchoMirage 137]

the next track day is oct. 10, sunday. as for autoxing, once you drive on a full track, you wont bother autoxing again.

[Sleeper 8]

I have run Beaver run many times on my bike. Very fun course. NJMP Thunderbolt is ok, and it is close but I don't love it. VIR North is incredible but 8 hours away. If you get a chance check out this track. It is awesome and in a beutiful part of Ontario.

 

http://www.calabogiemotorsports.com/

 

3 mile track 20 turns.

[Sleeper 8]

Oh...what about Summit Point. http://www.summitpoint-raceway.com/

The main track is very fun and not too far away. I like it way better than NJMP.

[Krdshrk 3,878]

If you guys like stuff like this, try going to a Skip Barber driving school. I went to a mini school that Scion held for us at NJMP. I've ran NJMP before, as well as the road course at Englishtown.

 

This guy in the video is horrible.

[BRN169 6]

This guy ran his cobalt ss at beaver run with an instructor, pretty awsome vid. May have to make a road trip and give this a go..

 

http://www.beaverun.com/thrills_test_drive.php

 

 

 

LOL Guy's 64 with a Cobalt SS... I love it! My wife makes fun of my fat 40+ year old a** with a Cobalt SS... Have to admit my SS would eat that car for dinner tho...

[SpecOps2087 3]

LOL Guy's 64 with a Cobalt SS... I love it! My wife makes fun of my fat 40+ year old a** with a Cobalt SS... Have to admit my SS would eat that car for dinner tho...

 

 

Don't feel bad, my father drives my highly modifided honda s2000 and he's in his 60's. Kids will drive up next to him and give the WTF look when they see who's driving lol.

[BRN169 6]

Don't feel bad, my father drives my highly modifided honda s2000 and he's in his 60's. Kids will drive up next to him and give the WTF look when they see who's driving lol.

 

I have done some work to my SS, GM Stage II, extra heat exchanger, Injen intake, SLP shorty header, ZZP 3" down pipe with high flow cat, Magnaflow exhaust and had Matt at Tune Time dyno tune it... The car was rated at 205hp/200ft lbs from the factory, last it was on the dyno it put down 262whp/224ft lbs to the wheels... Best part is I went from 26mpg highway (factory rated at 29mpg) to 33mpg highway... And I drive 75mph-85mph routinely... I can't tell you how much I love that super-sipping little rocket...

[SpecOps2087 3]

I have done some work to my SS, GM Stage II, extra heat exchanger, Injen intake, SLP shorty header, ZZP 3" down pipe with high flow cat, Magnaflow exhaust and had Matt at Tune Time dyno tune it... The car was rated at 205hp/200ft lbs from the factory, last it was on the dyno it put down 262whp/224ft lbs to the wheels... Best part is I went from 26mpg highway (factory rated at 29mpg) to 33mpg highway... And I drive 75mph-85mph routinely... I can't tell you how much I love that super-sipping little rocket...

 

 

Nice,

 

 

 

My s2000 stock put out 198hp and 137tq. With the addition of a big a** turbo (and bunch of other goodies), she now puts out 505hp and 320tq to the wheels . Fastest time on street tires has been a high 11 and fastest on drag radials has been a 10.9 at etown. However, I don't drag race much anymore. I've added an oil cooler in hopes to get on some real "tracks" again like etown roadcourse and NJMP in south jersey . As far as gas mileage goes, usually I get 18mpg but if I do all highway I get over 30 suprisingly.

 

She also looks the part with CF goodies all over....so you can imagine the looks my 65 year old father gets LOL.

 

 

 

I'll def be at etown on the 16th. I've already requested not to work OT that day, plus a few of my friends might be coming. I'm not expecting to break any records since I don't feel like dropping 1k on 4 autox race tires, so it'll just be a fun event of going sideways, tire smoke, and flames out the rear