October 2021
GHIT 0246: Our Autobahn Country Club HPDE 2021
Vicki and Bill attended the recent NASA Great Lakes HPDE at the Autobahn Country Club. It was the first time Vicki was on this track and she was in the HPDE 2 run group. Bill was in HPDE 4 and instructed a HPDE 1 student Saturday and Sunday. Bill also completed his MSF Level 2 instructor in car training on Friday and had a great time with the drills and the mentors.
We cover a lot of the Autobahn South track and here is a track map if you need it: https://autobahncc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-south_circuit.pdf
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Highlights from this episode include:
1) Right off the bat, Bill mis-speaks during his joke, Herb vs Abe, my apologies.
2) Vicki goes over her track prep since this was her first time at this track. Luckily, the track is relatively flat and fairly easy to learn. Vicki’s favorite section was the 8-9-10 turn complex.
3) We both shared the 2019 Mazda Miata (ND2) and Vicki was able to settle into the new track car. We also go over her impressions of the Garmin Catalyst which is especially useful at Autobahn since the track is relatively short and you get a lot of laps in each session.
4) Our car prep issues with the 2004 BMW M3 (E46) were quite a story. We thought we had our prep processes under control but found something else we can do wrong. And then it snowballed, lol.
5) Lifting on the long straightaways? Vicki had that problem. Emphasis on “had”.
6) How did the MSF Level 2 evaluation go for Bill?
7) What trailer does Vicki envy? ALOT.
8) Vicki was unintentionally “that guy”. Or was she? You can be the judge.
9) We also cover how Vicki’s Instructor (Brandon) did vs the Garmin Catalyst? (Quite well)
10) Vicki (and Bill) had some major accomplishments during the weekend. Any guesses?
11) Some of the issues Bill had instructing at the event.
12) TREC Racing. Ever heard of it? We discuss it and we finally have a plan for this next season.
