GTR track day Sebring

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I'm taking the GTR to Sebring raceway this weekend for a track day. Will post pics and vids. Wish I had a GoPro camera though :/

Edit: Cell phone video is crap. Already purchased a GoPro for future adventures.
 
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Nice. Keep us updated.

Buy a gopro. You won't regret it. I really like mine.
 
Sounds brilliant, and very deserving of treating yourself to a GoPro. You should be able to pick up a HD Hero 2 fairly cheaply now that the Hero 3 is out
 
Conbon14
Old thread. Did you get a video?

Sadly no interior videos, next time I go I will have a GoPro though. I'll upload a few videos I took and some pictures when I get home tomorrow. I'll be attending again next year or when the weather cools down late this year.

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Uploading more from my phone
 
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GTRs are pretty rare here in Mexico. The other day at a track day there was one which was bone stock, and the fastest cars that usually attend track days over here couldn't touch the damn thing, even tough its driver wasn't by far the best behind the wheel. I can't imagine what a 600+ hp GTR can do.
 
Cano
GTRs are pretty rare here in Mexico. The other day at a track day there was one which was bone stock, and the fastest cars that usually attend track days over here couldn't touch the damn thing, even tough its driver wasn't by far the best behind the wheel. I can't imagine what a 600+ hp GTR can do.

Its definitely very comfortable at high speed and makes you confident. Coming out of apex's you can go full throttle and the rear still comes out on you a bit but its predictable and very consistant. You always know how the car will react, there's not many surprises. It even started to sprinkle (light rain) towards the end and I was still pushing hard, the car is so well behaved on the track and makes you just go faster and faster and takes everything you throw at it.

At Sebring I was unfamiliar with the track and there were race cars running with me (my very first run comming out of the pits I merged and had a Porsche GT3 cup car breathing down my neck and a F430 challenge car later) so I was thrown in quick. Down the straight I passed everyone but in the corners me being unfamiliar I had people go past me while learning the layout. A lot of areas run really really wide so finding your line is harder than other tracks with a narrow road clearly paved for you.

After my runs I rode with my instructor in his stock '13 GTR with modified suspension and brakes. Unbelievable to see what the car is capable of in the hands of a professional. My head felt like a bowling ball on a stick from pulling so many G's. The car was glued to the road. I found a whole new respect for the car after tracking it.

Next event I'll have a GoPro. I'm going to do Sebring again and probably Daytona road course. Eventually in the future I want to run at Road Atlanta.

One of the many F430's
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Some of the other GTR's
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Its definitely very comfortable at high speed and makes you confident. Coming out of apex's you can go full throttle and the rear still comes out on you a bit but its predictable and very consistant. You always know how the car will react, there's not many surprises. It even started to sprinkle (light rain) towards the end and I was still pushing hard, the car is so well behaved on the track and makes you just go faster and faster and takes everything you throw at it.

At Sebring I was unfamiliar with the track and there were race cars running with me (my very first run comming out of the pits I merged and had a Porsche GT3 cup car breathing down my neck and a F430 challenge car later) so I was thrown in quick. Down the straight I passed everyone but in the corners me being unfamiliar I had people go past me while learning the layout. A lot of areas run really really wide so finding your line is harder than other tracks with a narrow road clearly paved for you.

After my runs I rode with my instructor in his stock '13 GTR with modified suspension and brakes. Unbelievable to see what the car is capable of in the hands of a professional. My head felt like a bowling ball on a stick from pulling so many G's. The car was glued to the road. I found a whole new respect for the car after tracking it.

Next event I'll have a GoPro. I'm going to do Sebring again and probably Daytona road course. Eventually in the future I want to run at Road Atlanta.


Cool stuff, I'll indeed keep an eye out for your GoPro vids in the future. The thing sounds like a fun track car, and of course very fast. Any other plans for it?
 
So jealous of your situation man, props for actually driving the car the way it was meant. Could I drive it if I made the trip? haha keep up the awesome posts!
 
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