What a track!

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This weekend I had the opportunity to run my FR-S at Oregon Raceway Park, a gnarly 16 turn track east of Portland with over 400ft of elevation change per lap. Seriously, there is not a flat section on the whole 2.3 mile road course. We were running it in a CCW direction so many of corners directly followed longish downhill sections (FUN!).

Just watch a lap of the track (not me)

Obviously my favorite part of the track was the half pipe (0:57 - 1:07 in the video), just imagine taking this at speed

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And my least favorite part of the track was turn 14, a downhill off-camber turn which spit me right off the track at the at the corner exit (its the turn at 0:25-0:33 in the video).

The whole track is like a roller-coaster with a steering wheel and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone in the pacific Northwest who likes to give their cars a good thrashing from time to time.

Another takeaway from this weekend, my exhaust is still very loud, and kind of sounds like a spec Miata and Honda Civic had a bastard child...


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Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Decay buys too many beaters
07/28/2014 at 09:33

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Wow - this looks like incredible fun...


Kinja'd!!! WRC541 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
07/28/2014 at 11:51

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We went there coming back from Oregon Trail Rally this year. Sadly it was under constructions at the time so we couldn't get in. Looks like a blast though!


Kinja'd!!! tromoly > Decay buys too many beaters
07/28/2014 at 13:00

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Relevant.

http://youtu.be/U3I7dd8jC2I


Kinja'd!!! Decay buys too many beaters > tromoly
07/28/2014 at 13:16

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wow

just, wow


Kinja'd!!! Decay buys too many beaters > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
07/28/2014 at 13:21

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I think they said it was a 15 degree banked turn (each way)