Croc

Err....it is carbon fiber with downforce chin and duck tail spoiler on the back of the head. I just painted it with my design as too much carbon fiber looks a little naff IYSWIM. Yep :dupe:

For those jealous souls with boring white helmets.... :jester:

As of this morning, the Trackdaze website is showing 7 of us registered: - Sabbot - Yellowss7 - Blubarisax - Kitcat - Bball - Redgoose - Croc

Yes his white helmet looks soooo boring and does not really match the car. He has not kept ahead of the pack with upgrades on that one - disappointing! :jester: Also, my polished carbon fiber diffuser looks so much nicer than Karl's

Michael - They are the same video links - the first were embedded in the forum page and the second were just linking you offsite to a youtube page. If you are not seeing the embed then it is a HTML/Flash version issue with your computer.

Michael - it means your computer needs updating. Youtube updated its minimum specs for seeing their videos. Try these links to the Boobtoob website: (wave to yourself in this one!) and

That was really well done! I see we have a new member in the exclusive club of drivers who have made their passengers vomit

Nice write up Mike. Like sports, women and beer - everyone has a favorite number and track lines are no different. Here are two videos to get you in the mood for booking: Video 1- me cruising around at Lightning: Video 2 – 4 of us cruising around for comparison at Lightning:

Since we settled on a date I thought I would post all the links and details in one post to make it easier for you to plan and book things. This year we are going with TrackDaze on their event at New Jersey Motorsports Park Lightning Circuit on Saturday June 22 and Sunday June 23, 2013 The booking page is located here: https://www.trackdaze.com/index.php/events/event/48/June-Lightning-2013 You will need to register first at here: https://www.trackdaze.com/index.php/events/event/48/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers Cost is $435 for both days which is discounted to $400 if you book by May 31, 2013. This is much cheaper than prior years with SCDA which had a regular price of $150 higher. It is also on the weekend which should help those who actually work for a living (like most of us!). Looking at the "who's registered" page on the TrackDaze site you can see 4 of us have already signed up (click view attendees on the registration page). And I expect places to fill rapidly given it is a weekend. For accommodation, many of us stay at the NJMP Pit Suites which are located on property at the NJMP Thunderbolt circuit. A very functional motel room concept overlooking the main straight at Thunderbolt. Cost is normally $109pn plus tax. They can be booked online here: http://www.njmp.com/facility/accommodations-rentals/vip-suites-new-jersey-motorsports.html or you can ring the very lovely Leila Wulderk directly on (856) 327-7202 There are a range of other accommodation options in Millville: - Hampton Inn - Fairfield Inn/Suites - Motorsport Inn (they rent by the hour!) - etc. It is possible to rent a garage under the pit suites to store your car overnight which staying in the pit suites. There will be no access (or storage) at the garage during the day as there are 2 major events running at Thunderbolt while we are there. Since we will be running at Lightning, many of you will probably find it easier to store your car in its trailer overnight (assuming you trailered to NJMP). I do have a secure garage unit at NJMP which can fit 2 sevens in it (never tried but it looks roomy enough) so if you drove to the event in your seven I can store one person's car there if you did not want to leave it overnight in the garages at Thunderbolt. Safety stuff: - roll bar above your helmeted head - TrackDaze apply the broomstick rule - top of roll bar to the front chassis cross bar in front of engine. To the top of the windscreen is not acceptable since that will not provide any safety. - helmets must be closed faced SA2005/2010 - there are some detailed tech forms to review, print out and get signed on the TrackDaze website. - I have a question into TrackDaze on whether we are allowed to tech our own cars and will post once I get a response. Updated - TrackDaze confirmed by email today that we can sign the tech forms ourselves if we do the maintenance on our own cars. They still do a pre-event check tech prior to being allowed out on track. - This is not a race, it is a HPDE. There is no trophy for the winner and there are no times kept. I drive with a comfortable safety margin and the other past participants do as well. Instructors are available and recommended to those who want to improve their driving and have a better confidence in their abilities. Sevens go well on Lightning circuit and even if you have a Crossflow Seven you will be fast and easily able to keep up with bulk horsepower cars like Mustangs, Corvettes and Porsche/VW. It is not a challenging technical circuit but it is a little gem of a good fun driving circuit - it rewards flow and smoothness. For those who have not been to NJMP before the Lightning track layout is here: http://www.njmp.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Lightning-Classroom-Board-clean.pdf The map does not show the terrain change - nice dip and compression going into turn 1 which rises up and over turn 1 (Sabbot with instructor): http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/mjohnson555/seats/CSR/NJMP%2006252012/20120625_SCDA_NJM_IN1_1949.jpg on its way to turn 2. Turns 2 through 5 is an nice twisty area that suits Sevens well with a "hump" for turn 5 that provides a nice challenge to find the right line. The "straight" (turn 6) does allow the higher horsepower cars to stretch the legs but you usually will have dispatched them in the twisty bits of Turn 2-5 before (Bball blinding us with shiny): http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/mjohnson555/seats/CSR/NJMP%2006252012/20120625_SCDA_NJM_IN1_2164.jpg so you can hold your position into turn 7 ahead of the high horsepower cars (front to back - Kitcat, Yellowss7, Croc, Blubarisax, Redgoose and then some big old Datsun at the back): http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/mjohnson555/seats/CSR/Sevens%20track%20day%20Nov%202011/IMG_6470.jpg and out from there. Turn 9 is a nice banked turn where sevens really can be fast compared to other cars giving a great run out onto the main straight (Front to back - Redgoose, Croc, Yellowss7, and Doug who is not a member here): http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/mjohnson555/seats/CSR/Sevens%20track%20day%20Nov%202011/IMG_6300.jpg We will base ourselves on the skid pad area in front of the classrooms. There is a food concession for lunch a short walk away at the karting facility. There is a Wawa convenience store less than 5 minutes drive from the track so that covers breakfast. There is also a general store on track at the Thunderbolt circuit during the day. Friday night will probably be drinks and dinner at the Clubhouse on the NJMP property as it is easy for most of us to drop our trailers/gear at Lightning after a long drive, drop our overnight gear at the Pit Suites or elsewhere and then head to the clubhouse. Traditionally we have gone offsite for the Saturday night but we will firm up those plans as we see what numbers eventuate. Some of you have expressed interest in doing an introductory program beforehand to get some experience with your new cars on track and blow the track time cobwebs away. To those who have been in contact by PM, I will respond by PMs to you separately on this - your date choices all work so mark them in your calendars. If anyone else wants to try a gentle introductory program before attempting something like this Sevens track day (recommended if you are new to track work) then please PM me offline. So there we are - time to sign up! How many times do you get to run with so many other sevens in the environment they were built for AND have a great social time with lots of laughs with a bunch of like-minded souls? Come and join us - spectators welcome too!

ok that helps. I think you may prefer the S3. It will hold you better when driving. A large shoe size will not be a hindrance in an S3 unless you want to heel and toe in which case it may not be possible. I still cannot heel and toe in my CSR due to low pedal box vertical height for my foot. So going to an SV is not an automatic solution. An SV is good if you are doing a lot of touring and less spirited driving as there is more room to put the elbows out and shift position. Whether you go for S3 or SV, your height may dictate installing lowered floors or a taller roll bar. Either is desirable. Either way this does not solve your real problem - you really need to sit in the various types and try them out. Maybe you need to make a special trip somewhere to try out multiple types. I know it is extra cost but I did it to be certain since there were no SV's or S3's around me when I bought mine.

This might be a little personal but what weight range are you? I am a fat bastard of 5'11 with a 12.5 shoe and I can still wedge into an S3 (and a Birkin and a Westfield) and drive it. Bit of a muffin top but still a mobile muffin top. I much prefer my CSR/SV but they are pretty rare as you point out. Stalkers and Ultralites also are more generously sized. So is it a long body or a wide body that you really need? If it is just because of height then you can survive with big feet by using small race boots or other similar driving shoes and you can get a tall roll bar to cover your head. If it is width then keep looking for an SV or other wide chassis car.

I could handle the lovely brunette behind the bar - she's lovely. :drool:

While you are right that we did not get an S1 on track at NJMP, DaveD on this forum has tracked/autocrossed his S1 and was hoping to put it out on track with all the sevens at NJMP at some point (hopefully this year!). Drop him a PM here and seek his input. Personally I feel the quality of an S1 is a clear step above other sevens that I have seen straight from the manufacturer. The only time that seems to differ is when you can an individual builder who goes to extreme lengths to really produce something special.

Should be open on the Friday and Saturday night given they are always booked out on weekend days. Will need to confirm this closer to the date. And I am not mounting a horse this time - someone elses turn to look silly :jester:

Congratulations Paul! Looking forward to seeing it in person when you get it into state.

Sorry Steve - I was offerring intro sessions at NJMP for those who have not been on track before. The idea is to get those seveners who have not tried out their cars on track before to get a safer approach to starting off. This does not impact the original purpose of this post - decide on a date for the June Sevens track day which seems to be settling on TrackDaze given the frustrations I know Greg (Nova) has sadly been having trying to put together a good program. Sorry if I confused you.

Roman - PM sent with details.

I hit refresh 10 times and Westfield comes up only twice, Stalkers every other time. I guess it is like Dean says - Westfield dont pay enough!

There is a distributor? I only ever see Stalkers advertised at the top of my screen? Still I think they should pay you as you are the only one visible from where I sit.

Sorry John - its a slow day here in the office while I am picking the new interior designs and finishes for my private jet that was paid for with my low tax rate at the expense of CA taxpayers.....oh...wrong thread...this should be in the political arguments section! :jester: Seriously John - thanks for being a good brand ambassador for Westfield - the UK factory should pay you for the free publicity you provide or at least establish a US distributor.

I have to say that it was an interesting article and very complimentary on how Westfield finally has got its quality act together. No longer is there the stigma of driving a canoe. For a marque that does not have much meaningful representation in the US other than a few good forum participants (JohnCH/Hank/etc) it is nice to see some positive news from the media posted in the forum. That said, I do prefer the regular Westfield Birkin SV rear end styling treatment that they copied from Caterham who copied it from Colin Chapman's seven rear end. Ultralite was a little late to the copying party - did they use a post office van as a rear end model like Colin Chapman did? :jester: Its all ok anyway as we all drive a bunch of fakes - some (owners?) better looking than others. Mind you, I am not a fan of the Westfield WTF body style which has a droopy rear end - like someone melted the fiberglass rear end with a hairdryer?

You keep away from my Uncle Albert or I will bite your leg off! :rofl:

Stupid me - I thought daylight saving was introduced by Ronald Reagan to stop the sun fading the curtains in California? :iamwithstupid: I am totally confused what "fruitloops" and "home-seexuals" in CA have to do with daylight saving? Far be it for me to judge but I suppose if the shoe fits they can wear it - leave me well out of it! :ack:

Putting aside my mischievous humor above, would it make better sense to start off with an intro session at one of the private member days? Intro group is about 5 sessions in the day, ride along instructors, no passing, always behind the pace car. The instructors are extremely well accredited and respected by me. He starts off slow and as the day progresses he increases the speed. Lots of classroom sessions and instructions. Takes the pressure off you because there is no passing so you do not worry about holding people up. $195 for the day including breakfast/lunch and all refreshments (except beers in the bar at the end of the day). I made the same offer to Pe7e on this forum for him to try in the coming months. I think it is the best way to I have ever seen to learn track driving - slower learning curve but it is much safer. We can also get you out as a passenger in a seven (either mine when it gets back from the shop in April or Karl's gorgeous car) so you see the lines from a seven perspective. Passengers are allowed on accredited private member days but not commercial track days unlike what Kitcat said above. I promise I will not let you out on track with Kitcat (wild man!) ETA - I would make the same offer to any prospective seven track candidate just so you start off the right way. Tom and I saw how bad some track day instruction can be at an event last year when some wrong lines were being taught which had some unfortunate results.

Do you want me to come and hold your broomstick for you?