Spotted at POCONO last year with NASA Northeast |
The NMS drivers will be meeting up in October at the historic Watkins Glen track in New York! This legendary track has hosted everything from Formula 1 to NASCAR and IndyCars over the years, and on the first weekend of October, it will be the home of NASA Northeast. With two full days of different driving events, races, time trials, and practicing, there will be a lot of miles put in and plenty of fun to be had!
NASA sponsors fun driving events |
The NMS FIAT will be practicing with the High Performance Driver Education beginner group 1, with an instructor to be named, along with all the cars listed below. Keep in mind this not racing, or I imagine the Porsche Boxster and Aston Martin Vantage would tend to be faster than the rest of us! My point of listing the cars in HPDE 1 is that ANY car can get on track and have fun!
Looking at the more advanced HPDE 3 group below, you see more track-like cars, so those drivers are more serius about having fun on track, like Brian Nixon's Miata.
Looking at the more advanced HPDE 3 group below, you see more track-like cars, so those drivers are more serius about having fun on track, like Brian Nixon's Miata.
FIAT 500 Abarth |
NMS Driver Bob Nixon states that he's done HPDE events with NASA at Carolina Motorsports Park and Pocono, so he's looking forward to taking on the challenge of Watkins Glen and it's elevation changes (and corners of course). With multiple driving sessions each day, the drivers will be working to improve their racing line at this epic track, and continuing to improve their road handling skills.
NASA places a big emphasis on safety, so even though this is not racing, drivers must wear helmets and only pass in certain places so that everyone is predictable and safer.
The NMS Miata of Brian Nixon will be driving in HPDE group 3, so that group will be able to pass at will, as the drivers generally are on their own and don't require having an instructor on track.
Driver | Class | Car |
Stefano Viti | HPDE1 | Chevy Camaro SS2 |
Jennifer Skripchuk | HPDE1 | Mazda MX5 |
Christopher Russell | HPDE1 | Volkswagen GLI |
Steven Phelps | HPDE1 | Honda S2000 |
Robert A. Nixon | HPDE1 | Fiat 500 Abarth |
Christopher Keeny | HPDE1 | VW GTI |
Pierce Kazilionis | HPDE1 | BMW M5 |
Richard Hedderick | HPDE1 | Chevrolet Camaro |
Henry Fishbein | HPDE1 | Mazda Miata |
Vicki Fischer | HPDE1 | Mazda MX5 |
Liam Fischer | HPDE1 | Toyota 86 |
William (Bill) Fischer | HPDE1 | Porsche Boxster |
Phil Fisch | HPDE1 | Mazda Miata |
Howard Finch | HPDE1 | Aston Martin Vantage |
Robert DeLuca | HPDE1 | Ford Fiesta ST |
Driver | Class | Car |
nawshin basher | HPDE3 | Honda s2000 |
Christopher Ziotas | HPDE3 | Acura Integra |
Jim Unrein | HPDE3 | Chevy Corvette |
Brian Nixon | HPDE3 | Mazda Miata |
Sean McElgun | HPDE3 | BMW M3 |
Jeff Levitt | HPDE3 | BMW M3 |
Alexander Kanfer | HPDE3 | BMW M4 CS |
Dan Hagenbuch | HPDE3 | Mazda Miata MX-5 |
JOHN HOLLIS | HPDE3 | CHEVY CORVETTE |
Adam Glogowski | HPDE3 | BMW 335i |
John Fatcheric | HPDE3 | Pontiac Firehawk |
Matthew Cohn | HPDE3 | BMW M3 |
Jason Burns | HPDE3 | Chevy Camaro Z28 |
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