Living on a Racetrack this Weekend

Neat eh!

Arrived about 5pm after work was done, and traffic was conquered. Half of which was in the Nissan Juke, NISMO edition; shift up shift down whooooot goes the boost.

Gone to opposite ends of the spectrum this week – 2 days ago I was Montreal, staying at the W Hotel and testing my shooting skills against that NHL guy, and now here I am with my boots on in a trailer, half done my first beer, watching two lunatics start a fire using 5 gallon gas can.

This is NASCAR.

After I hit publish that is IT; no more work till Tuesday, have a great long weekend too xo

 

 

 

First Track Time of 2014

Started the season with Canadian Tire and Continental Tires last week.

(the test car was an Audi A4 TFST quattro. 2.0 L outputting 220 hp and 258 lbs/ft.)

Despite being all black and round, all tires are not created equal.

Continentals compete with the high-end tire lines.  This model is exclusive to Canadian Tire, and are reasonably priced at $129 /each. For a barometer, cheap no-name tires are about $80 /each. But remember what I always harp…

… don’t cheap out, on the only part of your car, that touches the road.

It wasn’t all track time, the tires were tested in a braking exercise (stop accelerating Keri), and this is how potholes are simulated.

Run through the course once on the competition, then again on Continentals. The latter was a smoother, less jittery ride and sounded less hollow. In tire ratings, that’s “comfort”.

Best part of the tire is this:

1 – compare the wear pattern of those boxes each side of the tire, to know if things are balanced
2 – Dry / Wet / Snow – when that letter wears off, the tire is no longer good in those road conditions

Continental claims these will last 145,000 km, which is on the high side of things.

This is nicely framed.

The girls of Canadian Tire; welcome to my blog guys!

Middle is Melissa Arbour, CT’s Senior Business Manager for Tires, Wheels and Accessories, and right is PR megamind Nicole Grant.

Spot my Jag.

This was all last Thursday afternoon, kicking off the best night of the week.

 

 

Going to a Race Track? Do This

It’s car season in Canada now, nice.

If you’re going to the track, here’s a few tips to keep in mind. Ladies – pay most attention to the last one.

Favourite line:

The race name I gave myself:

Keri Amateur Hour of the Put-put Division

“Keri Queen-of-the-Late-Brakers Potipcoe” is another possibility.

Here’s the blog post about the day on the track I mention, and here’s the video.

Ahh that iconic checkered flag.

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