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      05-27-2009, 06:35 PM   #1
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Buttonwillow & Cal Speedway roll call(BMW CCA)

May 29th Buttonwillow, 30-31st Cal Speedway

On Friday and Saturday trying to set up some meet points for members of the Post forums.

Friday- From the entrance, park in the front row area to the left of the main building and tower.

Sat/Sun - Farthest area from the entrance, near the classrooms.

So if you see a black M3, with red interior, plate starts 6FL you found one person at least.

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      05-27-2009, 09:40 PM   #2
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I am coming from Arizona. Will be at the Saturday / Sunday event. Looking forward to this track since I have only done the ones in Arizona. I have a white E92 with Dark Grey G-force track wheels. See you there.
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      05-27-2009, 09:51 PM   #3
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I'll be there too Saturday and Sunday. Black on black...

Really looking forward to it!
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      05-28-2009, 12:46 AM   #4
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Come up from SD to join in the fun.
But will be there Saturday only. I'll be in the SSII E90 trying not to make an ass of myself.
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      05-28-2009, 12:53 AM   #5
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Good to see a few M's going. There's a 7 page thread on the E90 side, and no response on a thread I started in the "California" section.
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Let me get this straight... You are swapping out parts designed by some of the top engineers in the world because some guys sponsored by a company told you it's "better??" But when you ask the same guy about tracking, "oh no, I have a kid now" or "I just detailed my car." or "i just got new tires."
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Good to see a few M's going. There's a 7 page thread on the E90 side, and no response on a thread I started in the "California" section.
I started the thread on the e90 side, more traffic in the e90 side.
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      05-28-2009, 11:37 AM   #8
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Should be even more m3post members going. Last year, good number of e92s where there. Sayemthree was there also, was even my instructor for a session.(in the 335i)
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XP10's and Motul are in and I'm squeaking ready to go.
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Anyone have a pic of the garages and where the students are allowed to park?
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Anyone have a pic of the garages and where the students are allowed to park?
Not a picture, but here's a map.
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Not a picture, but here's a map.
Thanks for the map.
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Nice meeting a few of you there, after 3 days of being in a car. I'm getting some sleep.
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It was good to see a LOT of E92's!!

The B&B exhaust one guy had sounded really nice.
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Really nice M's out there! I wanted to drive Pencilgeeks car for a lap.
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WOW - that oval was AWESOME without the Chicane!!!! A+++++++++++++++
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If you missed the event, here is good shot of the oval and a little slide at 5/6 from not unwinding. I only recorded a little bit of the first day, wish I had more memory. The last and best session would have been great as a learning tool if I had it recorded. All the instructors and A group guys, just WOW. Being in that group was humbling!


Coming up to turns one and two w/o traffic at 140+ while apexing at around 120, was mind numbing!!! Not on the video, it was just the second lap and not pushing it on the oval.
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What a great time. Must go back soon.
Entering the turn on the oval at 120 qualifies as thrilling. You don't realize just how gentle you have to be on the throttle when you're above 6k RPMs at those speeds.
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If you missed the event, here is good shot of the oval and a little slide at 5/6 from not unwinding.
Thanks for posting that! Now I can show my kids/wife what I was doing being absent on a Saturday. It's also humbling to see just how effective DCT is (vs. my 6MT) on the same track.
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Really nice M's out there! I wanted to drive Pencilgeeks car for a lap.
That thing sounded awesome on the track. Total beast.

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WOW - that oval was AWESOME without the Chicane!!!! A+++++++++++++++
I saw your car, but you guys looked pretty busy with the B/C's combined. Some instructors only got 1-2 sessions in.
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What a great time. Must go back soon.
Entering the turn on the oval at 120 qualifies as thrilling. You don't realize just how gentle you have to be on the throttle when you're above 6k RPMs at those speeds.
Hitting that bank the first time at a high speed feeling the car settle into the line was crazy. Only thought in my head was, smooth, don't lift, smooth, don't lift. How do the yellow shirts always stay so calm?

My instructors late that day and the day worked with me on the gearing, going to a higher gear to get the rpms down to around 4-5k, worked out better than being in that 6k region going around the turns. Was able to put more power down and smoother.
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