Comments on: Anatomy of a Track/HPDE Day

By: RachelD

RachelD — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:51:10 +0000

Right now ACNA, multiple chapters. Have instructed with BMW White Mountain and the Boston chapters as well.

By: Noah

Noah — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:40:12 +0000

Who do you instruct for?

By: RachelD

RachelD — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:39:14 +0000

Well, I suppose any sort of lug tightening device works… I’ve had students not realize that they needed to check lugs. I worry about the ones who show up with brand new wheels that haven’t been cycled. Cheaper wheels have paint between the rotor and wheel that eventually burns away. If you’re not careful you can shear lugs that way.

I’ve never lost a wheel, but I’m still ribbing my husband for losing his once upon a time.

It’s easy to forget about the Audi clubs since they’re more the driving-with-training-wheels experience for a lot of people. Great way to start with HPDE and learn correct lines, but generally slow and frustrating for people wanting to move faster and take things to the next level.

By: Noah

Noah — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:22:18 +0000

Thanks Rachel. We go back and forth on the torque wrench. I have one, but I’ve never used it for anything. Clint, however, always uses one religiously when he tightens his lug nuts. At the end of the day, neither of us have lost a wheel (at least not due to lug nuts coming loose).

Thanks about the Audi clubs too - I had forgotten about those.

By: RachelD

RachelD — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:32:25 +0000

Another nice tool to have besides the tire pressure gauge is a torque wrench… not that it’s *required* and most instructors will have one, but it’s not a bad idea to get used to the thought and to maybe sort-of figure out how to use it (to the student who was jumping up and down on the borrowed ‘wrench:you fail).

Also, another coupla clubs in the Northeast that work with people just getting their feet wet are the BMW clubs as well as the Audi Club of North America.