Harris Hill Road, Sunday, April 5th

Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you know - the South Central chapter of the S2000 Club of America is having a track day at Harris Hill Road course on Sunday, April 5th.

Cost is $160, and instructors will be available (required for those in beginner's group). I talked to Sondra S., who is organizing the event, and it is open to all makes and models.

Yeah, it's the same weekend as the Houston National Tour. I was planning on going to the Tour, but I've been itching to give Harris Hill a try, so I might be here instead.

Hope to see you at the track! :burnrubr:

I'll probably be there.

This should be a great pre-summer heat track day. They did a great event last year. http://forums.dfwmiata.com/showthread.php?t=12428

Chris

EDIT: I might be able to get a group rate for some people at the airport Hilton in South Austin. Let me know and I will inquire with my cousin.

Hmmm ... so what is the TCB rate at Hilton? I am counting my pennies. Need to have enough pennies left over for MSR the following month.

Awesome track...if I'm still here I'll sign up. Actually, I may just sign up anyway. Who in Austin wants to let me borrow their garage for an oil-cooler install?

I decided this sounds like more fun than the Tour, so I registered this afternoon.

I instructed at the last event the S2000 guys had there. The track is really fun. It is more of a driving course than a race track. The don't have any really long straights like ECR so the Miata would not be over powered.

It is a little tricky to find.

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Originally Posted by gabkwong

Hmmm ... so what is the TCB rate at Hilton? I am counting my pennies. Need to have enough pennies left over for MSR the following month.

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Depends on how many interested.

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Originally Posted by mr brg

Awesome track...if I'm still here I'll sign up. Actually, I may just sign up anyway. Who in Austin wants to let me borrow their garage for an oil-cooler install?

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Let me know when you wanna do it, we can work something out.

FYI, no communal showers at HHR. ::BaHump::

Chris

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Originally Posted by Miatamaniac92

FYI, no communal showers at HHR. ::BaHump::

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That's what FEMA water in the pits is for.

Also the staff at HHR is a great group.

I registered. :burnrubr:

Registered too!

Ken, what are you gonna be driving this time?

Chris

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Originally Posted by Miatamaniac92

Registered too!

Ken, what are you gonna be driving this time?

Chris

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I will be at the Tour.

too much stuff going on the same weekend

I was trying to decide between Apex on the 4th and the Tour until I saw this

Apex is a lot less money than the Tour, but I sure want to run the new track

I'm out, roll bars required for Miatas. I still have not made up my mind about the Houston Tour.

http://www.breaktaker.com/albums/pic...signs/Bump.jpg

I know there are one or two people on this board headed to this event. If you're going to be in Austin Saturday night and want to meet up with a few others and grab a beer, drop me a PM. :drink:

In for some beers.
I'm in South Austin 15 minutes from the track. What part of town is everyone staying in?

Chris

I wish I could go...I'll never get this car on the track.

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Originally Posted by Miatamaniac92

In for some beers.
I'm in South Austin 15 minutes from the track. What part of town is everyone staying in?

Chris

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Chris,

I'm in the Marriott Springhill Suites in South Austin. I"m going ot hook up with a ocuple of the Austin S2k locals and a couple of guys coming down from DFW, but I"m not sure where they are staying. Send me a PM with your number and I'll give you a call Saturday once we figure out where we're meeting.

I'm in Austin if any of you gays want to meet up at oil can.

What is oil can?

Gay bar? http://www.oilcanharrys.com/

lol...seriously though, if anyone wants to meet up for a beer or lunch or whatever I'm relaxing in Austin all weekend and there's a Cajun food festival downtown this weekend too.

I had a great time. Sondra and the S2KCA (Austin Region) put on another great track day.

Thanks for the ride along Iain. I've never had a ride in a RX-8 and it was a fun one (holding on for all I was worth). Do you have ABS? Those R888's have a ton more grip than my Kuhmo's.

The only hickup I had was my cooling issue popped up around the end of the 2nd session (and only 2-3 non-babied laps in the 3rd session). Time for a new radiator and oil cooler before the MSR trackday.

On a better note, my new 1.8 sized brakes (with Carbotech XP8's in the front) worked great. I need more rear bias though. The Kumho XS's worked great after the warmup lap. There seemed to be a considerable increase in their grip after the first lap. That being said, I'm not sure how competive that would make them in an AutoX (although I haven't AutoX them yet). I ran 36 up front and 33 in the rear, worked pretty good so I kept them at that pressure the rest of the day.

Fun times.

Chris

What an awesome weekend! Big kudos to Sondra, Stefan, Kurt, Jack, and the rest of the CenTex S2kCA gang for putting on a great event at Harris Hill Road yesterday.

Two random thoughts:

• I met black roadster's old cat Allie (sp?) Saturday night in downtown Austin. It really is a small world.
• I think I have a new favorite track. :mrgreen:

I had my fair share of drama this weekend, including a cracked rotor before I even made it out of DFW, a big off between 8 & 9 on Saturday afternoon that knocked a trailing spark plug wire off (but thankfully did no additional damage), and a student that had an off on Sunday morning that damaged two wheels, but I still had a great time this weekend. It was good to see Chris and Alan (apex2apex) from the board out at the track. I only wish I'd had more time to socialize, and a few more sessions to take people out.

Harris Hill Road is a 1.7 mile track located about 13 miles north of San Marcos. It's pretty technical and it's a momentum track. It is a great track for a Miata or an S2k or an RX-8 or any other torque-deficient car. It's a very fast, very fun, and very challenging track with several blind corners and some really fun elevation changes. I loved every minute down there, and I'm already looking forward to the next time!

R888's any better????

Where's the videos iain?

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Originally Posted by MadMerv

R888's any better????

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Not really. They are definitely quicker than the RA1s, but I really don't like how they get greasy after 6 or 7 hard laps. That said, even when they get sloppy, I'm not seeing the lap times change drastically. I datalogged two sessions, and here are the lap numbers from fastest to slowest:

• Session 1: 4-8-5-7-6-3-2-1
• Session 2: 2-5-7-4-1-6-3-8

Still, I pitted in before the end of every session because the tires were getting greasy and less predictable. I don't think I'll be buying another set.

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Where's the videos iain?

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My camera decided not to cooperate with the camera mount this weekend. No video, sorry.

I had a great time, S2KCA put on a great event! This is my first time running on Harris Hill Road, and it's a blast to drive on.

Sondra put me in the yellow group without an instructor on . But I got a ride in a Spec Miata after my first session, Ron (the spec miata driver instructor) really showed me the lines around the track.

I got faster through out the day and got down to a best of 1:35 according to the video. Looking back the video, I left quite a bit of time out there. It's definitely a momentum court, great for low power good handling cars.

Nice seeing you altiain, thanks for instructing my friend.


Miatamaniac92, sorry I missed you. There was quite a few of miatas on sat, does anyone know the driver of a siliver NA with rollbar and 6UL wheels? I followed him around 2 laps, I can share the video with him.

For those interested to see the track, here's my video in HD.

Alan

That was Nick, I emailed him a link to the page. So you were in a black RX8?

I'll post some pictures later this week.

Chris

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Originally Posted by apex2apex

does anyone know the driver of a siliver NA with rollbar and 6UL wheels? I followed him around 2 laps, I can share the video with him.
Alan

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If it was missing large chunks of paint (Flaky!) that would be me. I'd love to take a look at some video of my car.

Nice video apex2apex! Always fun to vex a Vette. That blind left hand looks like a thrill. What tires were you using?

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Originally Posted by mcfandango

If it was missing large chunks of paint (Flaky!) that would be me. I'd love to take a look at some video of my car.

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I will edit my video and send u a link later. :D

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Nice video apex2apex! Always fun to vex a Vette. That blind left hand looks like a thrill. What tires were you using?

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They are Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD07 in 245/40/17 size.

I have edited out video segments with miata in it. Looks like I have followed at least 2 miatas telling by the colors.

Various Miatas on HHR

Alan

I was pretty pissed off to go out there and just watch. I want to run sooooooooooooo bad, and to get some of that vette action.

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Originally Posted by altiain

and I'm already looking forward to the next time!

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I'll go next time, and we need to eat at Black's BBQ so you we can all have something to live for.

Get an Evo and you can join us in May :D

Or I'm looking for a few qualified instructors :)

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Originally Posted by goofygrin

Get an Evo and you can join us in May :D

Or I'm looking for a few qualified instructors :)

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date? I may be able to make it. You need some miata action. I'm fairly certain I'll have enough car if I can figure out how to drive this thing.

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Originally Posted by goofygrin

Or I'm looking for a few qualified instructors :)

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Sean,

Sending you a PM about this. I think I've got some people lined up for you.

Ya we're good on instruction now :)

This is specifically a Texas Evo track day, so if you're not in an Evo or you're not instructing, we're not looking to fill spaces right now. Once we get closer to the date, we might be though ;)