First time road racing at the track!

MopaR&D said
After years of wanting to see how my Duster would do on a road course I finally attended a Time Attack series event at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Not to ruffle any feathers but I've had my car down the 1/4 mile several times and there's no comparison, this is WAY more fun! Flooring the gas off the line coming up to the first turn, easy on the brakes, start turning and you feel the tires start to slip and giving it gas coming out of a turn and getting the rear end to swing out, DAMN what a rush! I'm totally addicted, the last event of the season is October 6th I hope to have front and rear sway bars installed by then and get the ride height more leveled out.

Here's a video a friend of mine took, it was just with a phone so he wasn't able to zoom in much but you can start to see my car pretty well about halfway through. I love how you can see the torque twisting the car coming up to the finish line and then it drops when I let off and hit the brakes.

The coolest part is I only ran about 6 seconds slower than a newer Mitsubishi Evo with sticky tires. My best run was 60.11 seconds and I think his best was a 54.8. Everyone I met was surprised at how well my car did it was great! "Don't underestimate the torsion bars!" lol

Glad you had a good time and glad you got out there.
That's the most important thing.

Can't quite see what the course is made up of, but looks like there is a fair amount of room, which is nice.
I was planning hitting a couple track events this year, but its not going to happen. Just sticking with autocrosses, and will try to squeeze in one time at a drag strip.
Its OK. I'm having fun and working on my skills.

Get the front sway bar on and lower the rear if you have room. The rear sway bar if you have time. Not sure how fast you may be going in the turns, but if above highway speeds, be prepared to disconnect the rear bar if neccessary.