S7 Scuderia, Nürburgring, Germany
 

Right now I'm at the Dorint hotel at the Nürburgring. Thought I'd share some images before I go to the briefing and diner.

Oh, my instructor is a 60 year old accountant-type-of-person who i funny and probably drivers better than anyone here (at least on the Ring).

Had lots of fun in the (mostly) wet on R888's (no, there are better tyres out there for that type of weather):

Must be nice to have The Ring within driving distance.

<--Is jealous and only gets to drive it on Gran Turismo.

I will drive it when I visit Germany.

Chris

You are my new role model.

I use to go there when I was stationed in Germany. Great place.

Sucks it was wet, nothing like a little rain to put a damper on a trip.

WAT?!?

I love the wet. I've had one wet track day in February in the NW. I escaped snow by only a week or two. I partly loved it cause for once I didn't have overheating problems, and for once the all-season tires I race on were better than others $200 r-comps. Plus I secretly like to drift. All day long everyone was spinning. Myself and Gary Brockman were the only two to not spin. Granted he was setting wet track records, and I was just going sideways everywhere, BUT I DIDN'T SPIN DAMMIT!

Rain is the great equalizer.

I've said this before, but it bears repeating. I used to LOVE watching Ayrton Senna run like a scalded dog in the ran. That man could DRIVE, and was an absolute magician in the wet. I was pretty young, but it seems all the other teams/drivers would just stand there scratching their heads and watch him bring it home for a victory.

That has to be why I secretly enjoy driving hard in the rain. I recently had the chance to take one of my favorite roads (just under 60 turns in 11 miles) in the wet practically by myself. This was pre-turbo, and when I was still running the lighter BBS wheels that communicated tire placement so well. When I got to the end of it I stopped, and thought to myself: "There is no way you could have gone a single bit faster down this road in this car in these conditions." Absolutely terrific feeling.

i would pull