This weekend was my 1st opportunity to drive the newly expanded 3.1 mile
18 turn road course at Spring Mountain Motorsports in Pahrump.
IT IS GREAT!!! I can't wait to go back again.

The event was a PCA / SCCA Drivers Ed.

There were a lot of nice and unexpected cars.

A Radical sets up to pass the 1954 Ford.

What a cool picture - and both blue. My friend ran the open track challenge last year and really like this track.

More pics!

Tell us about the track!

My son is supposed to work the nascar event this weekend in vegas.. he is in crash rescue. Don't look good as far as the weather.

I absolutely loved the technical aspects of this track when it was in its smaller configuration. I realize that the bigger cars really wanted to get some more speed, so the new configuration acommodates that.

I hope the character of the track hasn't been lost, though I'll probably love it now that I have a much faster car (I used to drive a stock 1.7 and the smaller track was perfect for the car.)

I saw an in-car video of the new track and it certainly was faster across the back.

Naturally there were Porsche's.
I counted 8 GT3's including this factory race car.
BTW - there were also 8 Lotus Elise.

There was even a new Cayman out there doing laps.

*Some guy had just bought this car for his wife.
She only drove in the morning sessions on Sat.
She was painfully slow.

Yes there were teeners. 3 of them.
A Chevy V-8. A Porsche CIS 3.0 and a Suby Flat 4 Turbo.

Signal to come back into the pits.

Leader of the pack.

It was great to meet another Non-Club member.
Dana (plymouth37) has a very nice Subaru conversion.

Dana did a very clean job on the custom interior.

Pick a caption:

1.) Twins.
2.) This looks like a safe place to park.
3.) I can make my car turn invisible.
4.) Who's your Daddy?

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Dana did a very clean job on the custom interior.

Not to mention the DeLorean exterior!

Most fun I ever had with clothes on? Streets of Willow against a Hooters NASCAR Ford in my 2.0. Damn, that thing is big and loud. I need more HP or driving lessons.

In action.
Man, did this thing sound sweet !

Gas Pump

No. I wasn't the one who went off in turn three. Why do you ask?

QUOTE (VegasRacer @ Mar 6 2006, 09:03 PM)

No. I wasn't the one who went off in turn three. Why do you ask?

Takes a real man to admit how well a 914 handles in the dirt!

QUOTE (Andyrew @ Mar 6 2006, 09:30 PM)

Tell us about the track!

The new addition to Spring Mountain Motorsports has two very fast sections . There is also a big dip a tight hair-pin and a fun rhythm run that starts with a tricky decreasing radius turn. The old track was very good. The expanded version is even better. I am very impressed.

The 2 hardest braking areas are in the new section. Even so, I think the new layout is easier overall on your brakes. Maybe because they have more time to cool down between some corners.

Never come back from Copperhead road!!!