It seems like these track days just don't come often enough. Or maybe they come too frequently, as the cost of maintaining a car like the GT-R for the track is quite high, especially when it is also your daily driver. Then there is the unexpected tweak that can try the best laid plans.

After going to the ROVAL in November, I was sure that I could knock down my times some more. I even thought I might be able to drop from a 1:55 to a 1:49. I'd been looking forward to this track weekend for some time. This past week, on Tuesday, I made a short road trip with my wife. On the way home, the car started running roughly. My first thought was, "Oh shit, I'm going to miss the track weekend." Long story short, it turned out to be a bad aftermarket injector. The diagnosis was ...

Friday November 20th was the first of a three day weekend at Fontana with Speed Ventures. My hope was to break my previous best lap time of 1:59.1xx that I got the previous weekend at the RTA open track day. This was my third trip to this track and my third track day ever. My best lap my first track day August 16, 2009, was 2:09.xxx.

Since it was a Friday, the showing was pretty light. However, since there was no novice group, the first-timers were put in my group, low-intermediate (blue). There were 15 drivers. The traffic was such that I could not get more than one or two hot laps in per session, and couldn't really get into a rhythm. My instructor was getting frustrated, as well. My best time for the first two sessions was 2:00.xxx.

It turned out there ...