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Originally Posted by bimmer98
Hey all, this track is 6.5 hours from me. Pretty far but I've heard great things about it. On the fence here at the last minute it seems. Just taking delivery of LCI this week and seeing an opening in my schedule these same dates. Would be a great first road trip. Would have my girlfriend in tow, not all bad, she seems like a gear head and excited about the car. And also provides a good excuse to stay somewhere nice.
Any suggestions?
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Grattan is a great track, and perfect for all skill levels. It's a challenging course with lots of turns and elevation changes, but at the same time plenty of runoff in case you get in trouble
The Motorcity BMWCCA group is a great group of people. Just a ton of car folks that love to talk shop. Not elitist attitudes to be found.
Your girlfriend is also most welcome. My fiance comes on occasion and she spends plenty of time chatting with others around the track.
I will say, it may be worth while to get yourself a set of track pads and have your brake fluid flushed with some RBF600 (or some other race fluid). There's some heavy brake zones at grattan and can be pretty abusive on stock pads. You'll have to get a tech inspection before you go anyways, so that would be a good time to have them flush the brake fluid (also required within 6 months of track day)
Feel free to shoot me a message if you have any questions. Can also give you a hand swapping out your brakes at the track if you need, it's pretty easy