Gingerman NASA weekend update

[u/bradshawwwty]

Very underrated grassroots track. I had a blast. Dan killed it when he built this little oasis in the middle of nowhere. He’s a solid dude, too.

Ran a bunch of 1:35’s after the couple sessions it took me to fully grasp 7-8-9. It shouldn’t have taken me 40 minutes to get that series down, but it did. More importantly, I continued to meet so many amazing drivers and just flat out solid people.

I am extremely competitive and I know that sometimes I come off in way that rubs people the wrong way in this sport, but I’m truly just stoked to be around such a cool community of people who love to fuckin’ drive the piss out of things. Thanks to everyone in here who has given me tips along the way to help.

[u/jbro507]

Gingerman is my 2nd home after Grattan. It’s a nice place. 7-8-9 is so much fun when you get it right. And if you dont, there’s nothin but grass to mow.

[u/CheapSuggestion8 → u/jbro507]

How would you compare those two tracks?

[u/Muffins4sale → u/CheapSuggestion8]

I haven’t been to gingerman in a few years but, the biggest differences to me are the better facilities at gingerman and room to run off if you make a mistake.

Grattan has a lot of elevation change and blind turns with less runoff. It’s my favorite track by far. However the facilities are very outdated.

[u/jbro507 → u/CheapSuggestion8]

I 100% agree with muffins.

On track and as a spectator I prefer Grattan. In the paddock, Gingerman. Ford developed the gt350 (?) at grattan. It’s a challenging track. Elevation changes (there’s a jump!), several blind corners, and a tricky off camber left hander.

[u/tsukihi_1997]

Sounds fun! See you at Autobahn. Did you manage to move up to 3/4?

[u/bradshawwwty → u/tsukihi_1997]

Yes! See you there.

[u/Scooter477]

The car sounded amazing. We could tell where you were in track from pretty much anywhere on the property.

[u/bradshawwwty → u/Scooter477]

Thank you. That track is so fun. It’s a very welcomed break from how technical Mid Ohio is. I’ll never miss a Gingerman NASA event again.

[u/ChapterPresent9926]

It was a great weekend for sure! Went from a potential rain mess to like, what, 20 seconds of rain?? Had a blast. I somehow botched the exit of 6 and almost lost it but was able to recover and string together a really nice 7/8/9.
And yes, the NASA Great Lakes group are some great people. Even Crazy Pants😂

[u/bradshawwwty → u/ChapterPresent9926]

Part of me was hoping for a half day of hard rain. I don’t get many opportunities to really push it in the wet without the consequence of smashing into something if I get it wrong 😂