Track Day No. 2: Thunderhill

After my excellent experience at Infineon Raceway, I sign up for a SCCA sponsored HPDE at Thunderhill. For Christmas, my dad splits the cost of new exhaust for my subie. I shop furiously, and settle on the stainless MRT turbo-back model. It arrives the week of my HPDE, and I take Friday off to install it. Dad and I work all day putting it on, but it was worth it! My other mods at this time include a Kartboy short-throw shifter with a Momo Race Airleather Aluminum knob, and Whiteline adjustable rear sway bar with end links and every ricers' fav, a 50-50 atmospheric blow-off valve from Go-Fast Bits. Since the WRX was only about 6 months old, my car caught a lot of attention from the other students and instructors. One instructor begs me to let me ride with him. He later explains that he is a former stage rallyist from the U.K and has done events all over Great Britain and Europe. The day was great, the track superb. I learned TONS about the handling of my car, and how much it could be pushed. Although I never lost grip, I gained a lot of confidence in my driving. This was an excellent event, and I highly recommend it to anyone.