And it's NOT a dragstrip, you ricers!

This was back in September at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit near Tulsa, OK...



More pics here:
http://mattblehm.com/pics/track_pics/hallett/sept_04/
High res are at the bottom if you have a humongo monitor.

 

I cant see the tire squeeling

 

you can hear them here:
http://mattblehm.com/movies/
no videos of me at Hallett (yet), but there's Texas World Speedway and Motorsport Ranch..

 

cool.

you need to to tell your photographer to do more photos with a lower shutter speed, panning the car, like in photo #17.

I wish I had a track to go take pics for people.

 

stop showing off...

j/k

maxima handling guru

 

heh.. I wish I could.. I had to buy these from the goober in the trailer at the track.. cost me a pretty penny for 18 pics, but it was worth it... I see some of the handling problems on my car that I didn't realize I had (too much body lean for one)

 

what kinda muffler is that

maybe a stupid question but doesnt having the windows open add air turbulence on high speeds like that

 

your front bumper looks a bajillion times better than when i last saw it

 

that is awesome. i saw some of the other pics, too. neat.
your car looks nice with the rx-7 wheels, if that is what those are.

oh, i finally had your stage 2 underbrace and RSTB installed. car is tyte and stout
feeling. no rattles or creaks. just solid. highly recommended to all here.

 

Muffler is a Magnaflow.. 2.25" inlet, 4" tip.. little big, but it was all I could find in the quality and price range I was looking for. running a Greddy catback w/ magnaflow 2.5" resonator and that muffler.
http://mattblehm.com/pics/car/exhaust/

Windows are required to be down because of safety reasons. If you flip your car, they won't be able to get the doors open, and then they have to break the windows in order to get you out, if they're not shattered already. last thing I want is to be dragged through a pile of broken glass. (ouch!!)


Paul.... Photochop! I finally found some red Krylon that matches (or close enough) and sprayed it on, but those pics were all fixed w/ photoshop.


Chad, those wheel are 5Zigen FN01R-C... my track wheels:
http://mattblehm.com/pics/car/wheels/track_wheels/
17x8, 14.7lb each. With tire, they weigh 38lb per corner. shaves 18lb per corner off my street wheels and tires

 

a true track! i'm definitely wanting to do that once i get the Z going. it's going to be a cornering monster once i'm done with it

 

Awesome pics! Those brakes are really hot too

 

Cool pics, Whats with the kid with the shopping cart in your exhaust pics?

 

Good stuff Matt, very nice.

 

You know, there is this dude that sells a parallel link kit that would probably lower your lap times considerably....

 

Speaking of which... did you read the 2nd half of my 1st email to you?

Judging from pic 14 I'm not sure how much it'd help, but I'd just like to know what you think.

 

Gots to love the Independant Rear Suspension. Freakin hot azz pics too. Matt is a suspension beast.

 

yo matt adopt me? plz

- im guessing you get really hot after a few laps.. thats why the windows are down.

 

10 char......

 

get in line


Matt, it doesn't look like the SE-R Cat is as long as the Maxipad cat?

 

those 5 zigens look good; what offset your running since they are 17x8

 

awsome that looks fun. too bad I don't have access to a track. enjoy!!

 

YO What the heck!! why are ur windows down??... jk

- matt, are u racing other cars too? (for position)? or is it just a time attack? do u all start togeather from a stop or rolling, ever see anyone wreck? do ppl bring crazy cars there.. like vipers and M5's and other "susper cars"
- so many questions.. i know, but i cant help it. !stop being cool....

 

hey chris read through the posts before you ask questions ? Quote from Matt Windows are required to be down because of safety reasons. If you flip your car, they won't be able to get the doors open, and then they have to break the windows in order to get you out, if they're not shattered already. last thing I want is to be dragged through a pile of broken glass. (ouch!!)
its all time trials so you race against others times but not directly with them on the track? The start you from a start and let you out one by one but there is more than one car on the track at a time. Ive seen a lot of crazy cars from vipers to m3 to amazing corvettes old school datsons anything and everything.

Now a ? for matt How do you do in the street modifided class?

 

so.. no one is going to tell me why his windows are down??? no one at all?!?

offtopic... yo ok, i made a mistake (its me) and i didn't read that one part.. but that was like 2 weeks ago.. I'm not commin down on you but, it's just funny that u said "read the thread before posting" to me .. and you didnt read it yourself.
!!FUNNY!!
matt u still rule... moderator or not..

 

Your question about the windows has been answered in this thread. I suggest you read the whole thread before posting so you can avoid looking like an imbecile.

 

whats the point of the windows being down when ur racing?, bet its the heat!!
-update **yeah its the heat matt told me it was the heat! he said " Yo, that S**t is bacon up in therr, i gotsta roll down them windows"

*mtcookson wins.. you guys lose.. and I lose too, i guess
-why dont both you guys read the entire thread togeather, before u post?? -HUUU whats wrong with you ppl *sarcasim

anyone else wana tell me why the windows are down??

imbecile? look at ur self!

(sry)

 

whoa.... put down the pipe man... everything will be ok once you do.

 

haha... i would but, the irony cracks me up…
great, I Fu**ed up another cool thread.

 

matt if i'm ever in texas visiting family, any chance i could take a ride in your car to see what the differences are between mine and yours? i might be there next summer

if i grow some marbles, maybe i'll drive my max down

 

Originally posted by ChrisCheezer whats the point of the windows being down when ur racing?, bet its the heat!!
-update **yeah its the heat matt told me it was the heat! he said " Yo, that S**t is bacon up in therr, i gotsta roll down them windows"

*mtcookson wins.. you guys lose.. and I lose too, i guess
-why dont both you guys read the entire thread togeather, before u post?? -HUUU whats wrong with you ppl *sarcasim

anyone else wana tell me why the windows are down??

imbecile? look at ur self!

(sry)

 

lol...............

 

MadMax.. Ride, maybe. Drive, HELL NO. (I don't even let my dad drive this car!)


Umm, more info... the stuff I'm doing is just basically lapping.. you're not technically racing out there, but of course we all keep time and race each other on paper. it's also fun to reel in other cars.. passing is only allowed on the straights with a point-by from the driver in front so they KNOW you're coming around them. so it's not like it can be truely called racing.. but it's still the most fun I've had with my clothes on! (and yes, I've done bungee jumping and other stupid sports.. this costs much less and lasts much longer).

other cars out there that day?. mostly Zs of all years- it was a Z club event that I went to. Many Porsches, Miatae, several M3s, a badass Supra, and a few other cars.
I've been to some other events where I'm out there with Ferraris, a Lambo, tons of Bimmers and Porcshes, etc etc. depends on which club I'm with that day.
and yes, I pass many of them. depends on the driver in the other car.. I've passed lots of $$$$$ cars (Ferraris and M3, M5, etc), only to be passed up later by the same car with an instructor driving. they have a lot more capability than the Maxima, but it's the driver that makes the difference.


Stree modified class.... my only goal is "don't get dead last!".. my local Auto X competition in SM consists of three VERY modified M3s, a Supercharged Cobra, and usually a modified EVO or STi or two. so I'm definitely outclassed out there, but I still hold my own.

 

holy crap!
- that sounds like so much fun, passing M3's in a maxima, great!
theres a park in Staten Island, where i live, that has a road that runs though it. It's only open on weekdays. but its alot of fun to push my max into corners and take the racing line though the whole thing, thats about as close as i get to track racing.

 

And reasons like that are why I go to the track. doing it on the street is stupid and endangers everyone around you, not just yourself.. if you want to drive fast, do it on the track.

 

Aren't you the one in NY who almost ran some other maxima guys over at a local meet or was that crazy4maxima?

 

yeah i know its wrong,and stupid,but dont misunderstand me, im a very reserved driver, i have respect for the road and other ppl on it.

-craig LOL!! awsome! not me tho, thats def. sounds like crazy4maxima...whatever happen to him anyways?

 

.......

 

i dont really care to drive it...okay maybe i do but i totally understand not letting anyone else drive it. the only people i allow to drive mine are those who are respectful and have the same trust in me(my buddy with a turbo 240sx, another with an '00 A4 1.8T w/lots of mods and julio). my dad used to ask for my keys to move my car out of his way and i'd always tell him no...

 

I heard this car has bump steer from hell!