raidernixon
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I attended the Mach 1 track attack last week, which I understand was the fourth Mach 1 event to date.
The experience was a lot of fun and got to meet some great people! The instructors and folks running the school are top notch. In my opinion, its worth the trip out to do it.
As a side note - I think it is worth it to pay for the in car camera/track keeper option(make sure they actually put the SD card in the race keeper before you start the day if you do!). They are also pretty serious about car damage, so if you want peace of mind, get the insurance option (however I will say if you do not have any track experience at all, you will likely not really be going fast enough to be in real danger of throwing the car into a wall which is likely the only real threat of any damage exceeding the $5000 deductible).
The day is split into two. During the morning, you will have a basic class and then head out to the drag strip area to:
1. practice over and understeer in a skid car on a skid pad
2. Run a mini autocross course in normal, sport and track mode to experience the differences in the modes
3. Run a course on back end of the drag strip to practice ABS braking, threshold braking, launch control and no lift shifting.
After Lunch, you head over to the track and you will get 3 20-ish minute sessions running the roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a mini class in-between each session. The format is such that 2-3 cars will be grouped to follow a lead instructors car on the track. After the first session, they make an effort to group you with like-paced participants so that the fast folks and slower folks are grouped together.
You will end the day with riding along for two laps with an instructor, followed by a closing session in the classroom.
About the cars:
They have about 10 manual M1s right now and no autos. They are waiting to receive some A10's but don't know when those will arrive. The cars all have Michelin PS4S tires (so they can run in the rain) with 4 point roll cages 4 point harnesses and are 100% stock otherwise including brake pads. All of the car chassis numbers were in the mid 2000s and each had less than 200 miles on them. The car I used started with 173 miles and ended with around 250 miles on it.
I spoke with a few of the mechanics/techs that work on all of the school's cars, and their experience with the Mach 1 is limited thus far, but so far they said they have seen no issues popping up with the cars being subject to the instructor's abuse (including rear differential overheating which I specifically asked about).
The instructors for our group used 2015/2016 FRPS spec Mustang GTs to lead the track sessions with. According to the instructors, the FRPS Spec GT is about 5 seconds slower than the Mach 1.
Here are a few photos!
The car I got to use:
More photos of the lineup:
The experience was a lot of fun and got to meet some great people! The instructors and folks running the school are top notch. In my opinion, its worth the trip out to do it.
As a side note - I think it is worth it to pay for the in car camera/track keeper option(make sure they actually put the SD card in the race keeper before you start the day if you do!). They are also pretty serious about car damage, so if you want peace of mind, get the insurance option (however I will say if you do not have any track experience at all, you will likely not really be going fast enough to be in real danger of throwing the car into a wall which is likely the only real threat of any damage exceeding the $5000 deductible).
The day is split into two. During the morning, you will have a basic class and then head out to the drag strip area to:
1. practice over and understeer in a skid car on a skid pad
2. Run a mini autocross course in normal, sport and track mode to experience the differences in the modes
3. Run a course on back end of the drag strip to practice ABS braking, threshold braking, launch control and no lift shifting.
After Lunch, you head over to the track and you will get 3 20-ish minute sessions running the roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a mini class in-between each session. The format is such that 2-3 cars will be grouped to follow a lead instructors car on the track. After the first session, they make an effort to group you with like-paced participants so that the fast folks and slower folks are grouped together.
You will end the day with riding along for two laps with an instructor, followed by a closing session in the classroom.
About the cars:
They have about 10 manual M1s right now and no autos. They are waiting to receive some A10's but don't know when those will arrive. The cars all have Michelin PS4S tires (so they can run in the rain) with 4 point roll cages 4 point harnesses and are 100% stock otherwise including brake pads. All of the car chassis numbers were in the mid 2000s and each had less than 200 miles on them. The car I used started with 173 miles and ended with around 250 miles on it.
I spoke with a few of the mechanics/techs that work on all of the school's cars, and their experience with the Mach 1 is limited thus far, but so far they said they have seen no issues popping up with the cars being subject to the instructor's abuse (including rear differential overheating which I specifically asked about).
The instructors for our group used 2015/2016 FRPS spec Mustang GTs to lead the track sessions with. According to the instructors, the FRPS Spec GT is about 5 seconds slower than the Mach 1.
Here are a few photos!
The car I got to use:
More photos of the lineup:
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