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[yarin]

This past Saturday was my first track day in my 914. Day 2 was cancelled due to rain/snow, but Saturday was a lot of fun!

Last time I drove at Pocono I was in a 300hp 944 Turbo so this experience was slightly different. I could walk away from most people in the twisties, but I felt really down on power entering the bowl. Most people were curtious enough to let me pass coming onto the bowl. Short of hitting the brakes they really had to back off a lot to let me crawl by, hehe..

I ran on old ass BFG R1s that actually gripped OK given their age. Heads temps were always on my mind and kept distracting me. I have to get rid of the vague VDO gauge and go with something digital.

The car handled really well, no real under or oversteer to speak of. The brakes grabbed well, locked up once or twice.. very little fade. Porterfield R4-S brake, new stock rotors.

There was some drama going on with the admins of the group. A lot of people complained because they let the insructors drive the first entire run out of four in both novice and green groups. Previously my brother and I shared a car, he ran in yellow and I ran in green. They changed their rules and made both of us run green, so drive time was cut in half.

Only a few mechanical issues, clutch needed adjustment 1/2 way through the day. Either the clutch cable is stretching or the pressure plate is cracked. An injector connector loosened up during my brother's run, luckily i was there when he pitted in.

Normally this club pairs you up with instructors that have experience in your car, my guy was good, but didn't know anything about 914s.

Looking forward to the next track day... either pocono south or Limerock. Pocono full or north course would be painful given the longer straights.

Without further delay.. here is the video edited with Adobe Premiere 2.0 Pro:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3...66809&hl=en

and pics: http://flickr.com/photos/infinitelydigital...57600079457633/

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