[masmole]

Thanks for the input! I won't be going to road america until late september so I'm sticking with the stock pads for next few track events which are on smaller tracks (gingerman & blackhawk farms). I may even take your advice and stick it out with the stock pads at road america and if anything, just dial it back a few notches on the straights. Armed with some ideas on how to change them (thanks to your post), I do plan on bringing a backup set of race pads if I can source the proper fitment somewhere. I'm assuming this shouldn't be a problem since they're basically off-the-shelf brembo calipers and replacement pads shouldn't be an issue.

And yes I remember reading your post about the spin at road america's kink. That's pretty scary. Road america is a blast but is definitely one of those tracks that intimidate me a bit. Being on a much faster car than I've driven on it last certainly doesn't help things much but in this case fear is actually a good thing... it will keep my balls in check and prevent any daring tendencies to drive past the limits of my abilities. The last thing I want to do is put my $70K toy into a tire wall.

I'm working on a camera mount (not so easy since the SLK doesn't have headrest stems) so hopefully I can get some in-car footage of some laps to share with everyone here... and also so you all can trash my driving skills and how my line is different than kimi raikkonen's.[:D]