"While I was at LOG29..." the update thread

[spectre]

Originally Posted by MickOpalak

I bet most of you didn't catch it, but on Saturday night the LOG committee presented me with the Ultimate Bond collection on DVD. Every film up through the last one and several music CDs too. Awesome.

That's a gift that keeps on giving! Well done!

[petroboy]

I appreciate that folks are continuing to post images or links to photos they took this past weekend - those are fun to see. At Barber, I think I vaguely remember an "official" track photographer at the drivers' meeting, but I can't find any websites or links concerning this. Can someone please post a link to the this person's website, if such a person actually exists?

[Phantom]

Originally Posted by petroboy

I appreciate that folks are continuing to post images or links to photos they took this past weekend - those are fun to see. At Barber, I think I vaguely remember an "official" track photographer at the drivers' meeting, but I can't find any websites or links concerning this. Can someone please post a link to the this person's website, if such a person actually exists?

Also, each car was purposefully stopped and photographed in the winners circle at the Talladega Superspeedway- Was this through Taladega, or Lotus LTD? I'd really like to get a copy of that one-

[slaughtr]

Originally Posted by petroboy

I appreciate that folks are continuing to post images or links to photos they took this past weekend - those are fun to see. At Barber, I think I vaguely remember an "official" track photographer at the drivers' meeting, but I can't find any websites or links concerning this. Can someone please post a link to the this person's website, if such a person actually exists?

There was an "official" photographer, but chances are you'll have to pay. Just follow RacyTracy's posts. She took tons of high quality photos.

[Bgwilly31]

Slaughtrs new avatar. :lol:

[jmiesse]

My Slow butt on the track...It was my third ever track day. Thanks to all the Instructors... Scott, John Skip

YouTube - Barber Youtube

[jmiesse]

Coming down the straight, beginners group.

YouTube - Coming down straight

[petroboy]

Originally Posted by slaughtr

There was an "official" photographer, but chances are you'll have to pay. Just follow RacyTracy's posts. She took tons of high quality photos.

Sure, I figured that. I"m looking forward to Tracy's, too. It's only that I'm narcissistic enough to want to see every single glorious photo of me, me, me.

[Valenz]

Originally Posted by Phantom

Also, each car was purposefully stopped and photographed in the winners circle at the Talladega Superspeedway- Was this through Taladega, or Lotus LTD? I'd really like to get a copy of that one-

Those photos were available for pickup after lunch at Talladega in the room where we ate. It was the same crew who took the group pictures at Barber on Saturday. I picked up the printed copy, but the digital image files weren't available. I'd like to have the jpeg or whatever the format was.

A.J.

[Dave111]

LOG29 was so much fun! The people were great.
I'm looking forward to the next LOG. 16 months is too long of a wait.

Here's a link to three Youtube videos I posted.
The quality isn't that great though.

LOG29 concourse.

LOG29 autocross

LOG29 Barber track day

[Moto44]

Originally Posted by Bgwilly31

Slaughtrs new avatar. :lol:

Repost: Slaughter and I finally squared off face-to-face at LOG29.

In this shot, Ronnie is indignant at being told that the roll bar
would have to be modified before he could drive the car.

[Moto44]

We were finally able to settle the debate over which is faster on track - cars or motorcycles. As this ultra high speed shutter photo taken by RacyTracy proves, I was so much faster on track than y'all that you couldn't even see me go by.

[Moto44]

But in all seriousness, I couldn't have gotten luckier than to get a ride with RichS in his NA Exige. The man has mad skills behind a wheel! Thanks, Rich.

[111Geek]

Melissa and I had a great time at LOG! Hats off to Mick and the other organizers. I just put a bunch of pictures up on Photobucket. If you see something you like and want a higher res copy, PM me. Things are mostly sorted by albums (listed on the left side of page).

LOG 29 pictures by DempseyFamily - Photobucket

Things I will remember...

- The banking at Talladega is incredible.
- A gentleman from Florida let me sit in his Caterham. Then gave me the keys and told me to have fun!
- Alabama has some wonderful scenic roads, especially the mostly empty stretch from Cheaha up to I-20. Cheaha drive, however, was stuffed with SUV's at every turn.
- The Esprit is still a striking design. Its been a long time since I've seen one in person and I'd forgotten just how cool they are.
- The Evora is like Talledega... much more impressive in person. Can't wait to get a chance to drive one.
- Barber Motorsports Part is truly a park. What a great setting for beautiful cars!
- BS Levy and Peter Egan are both great writers and entertaining speakers, in their own different ways.
- I'm amazed at the many different faces of Elises and Exiges. Lots of modifications in lots of ways and they all looked great!
- I now want and Elan, a Caterham, and an Evora.

[DeanG]

Wow!

Met some great people and reconnected with some friends. I bought some cool stuff from the various vendors. The special guests were very friendly. It was a joy to talk with these folks one on one and in small groups.

A few people had problems with their cars. I always saw people pitching in to help out. Loaning tools, sharing parts, turning a wrench or offering advise. I almost wish that my carburetor problem had eluded me a bit more, then I could have gone hat in hand to Bob Dance for advise.

The sponsors were great! I talked with several of them and they made good impressions on me. I want to give my business to people who care about their customers. Thank you for supporting LOG with your time and money.

There was more to do than I could handle. I had to make some hard decisions on priorities and sit out some events . Notably the car control stuff looked like a load of fun.

I don't know of another marque group where a lowly enthusiast can get access to company executives and behind the scenes information like Lotus and LOG.

[coulthard fan]

Originally Posted by spectre

RichS

I hear ya on the corkscrew...
I think my best lap was a 1:52 and that was fast enough

After watching your video and mine, I see I left a lot on the table...like braking and on throttle moments.

On the corkscrew I took the approach of early apexing the first curb at 7 and going in so hot that I was still braking rather than accelerating down to the 2nd and 3rd curbs. I'm not sure if that was the fastest way through, but I was certainly up the tailpipe of anyone in front of me by the end of that complex. (My fastest lap was a 1:42.9) I really liked this track... I'd be a regular here if it wasn't a 12 hour drive!

[spectre]

I got a bit gun shy after spinning out, sliding backwards down the corkscrew then ending up turned around and ready to go again, so I eased it back a bit after that.

I posted a link to it a page back that goes to an exhaust thread (its at the end of the video if you want to see the craziness)

What the...1:42 is crazy fast!!!

[Bgwilly31]

So does anybody know what happened to the lotus and the suv on the exit ramp next to the hotel>?

[slaughtr]

Originally Posted by Bgwilly31

So does anybody know what happened to the lotus and the suv on the exit ramp next to the hotel>?

From what I saw, the damage was very minor, just some tire scrapes. No body damage. It appeared to be the Elise's fault.

[DeanG]

The Evora Unveiling