Pictures in Race Mode!!

[C7 B8]

Very picturesque track with rocky hillsides and trees as backdrop! I don't think I have seen another like it.

Here's a few pictures of my car from Palmer Motorsports Park. The track is very interesting. The apex of several of the corners is in the next county. Note also the track heading steeply uphill in the background.

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[tedj101]

I don't have any luck attaching photos from my phone, I usually do it from a computer. I'll upload pics from my phone to FB, then save them to my computer.

Palmer is a blast, did you record video, laptimes?

No, I don't do video and I tend to stay away from lap times too. It was my first time at the track and it is, uh, different. Loads of fun, but hard to maximize. I used to race bikes and I'm way too competitive for my age (I'm 75). If I get all caught up in lap times, I'll do something stupid<g>! Not to say I haven't taken any, just not at Palmer. Good times seem to be just under 2 minutes. I'm sure I wasn't anywhere near there.

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[Optimum Performance]

No, I don't do video and I tend to stay away from lap times too. It was my first time at the track and it is, uh, different. Loads of fun, but hard to maximize. I used to race bikes and I'm way too competitive for my age (I'm 75). If I get all caught up in lap times, I'll do something stupid<g>! Not to say I haven't taken any, just not at Palmer. Good times seem to be just under 2 minutes. I'm sure I wasn't anywhere near there.

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Always good not to hit anything because at Palmer, it will hurt. I always lifted on the not straight, straight. Stock GT's get too floaty.

 

[tedj101]

Always good not to hit anything because at Palmer, it will hurt. I always lifted on the not straight, straight. Stock GT's get too floaty.

That "straight" is something else! The common wisdom is you put the car right alongside the wall to the left and then turn to the right to try to create a straighter braking zone. That means you are weaving from right to left and then making a turn just before (as) you brake! I never felt real comfortable there.

My GT was totally stock at the time, with the PP, but I have been pleasantly surprised at how capable it is - recognizing that you are bound to get understeer in a big heavy front engined car. (I come from a small car and bike background so maybe I don't have anything to compare it with.) I have gone to different tires, brakes and have set up the front end a bit since. I'm going to bigger wheels with a square set up next. Hope that improves the understeer a bit.

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[Optimum Performance]

That "straight" is something else! The common wisdom is you put the car right alongside the wall to the left and then turn to the right to try to create a straighter braking zone. That means you are weaving from right to left and then making a turn just before (as) you brake! I never felt real comfortable there.

My GT was totally stock at the time, with the PP, but I have been pleasantly surprised at how capable it is - recognizing that you are bound to get understeer in a big heavy front engined car. (I come from a small car and bike background so maybe I don't have anything to compare it with.) I have gone to different tires, brakes and have set up the front end a bit since. I'm going to bigger wheels with a square set up next. Hope that improves the understeer a bit.

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I picked up about 5 seconds when I returned for my second time at Palmer. Square set-up and camber bolts and a little more driver skill(I like to think)

 

[tedj101]

I picked up about 5 seconds when I returned for my second time at Palmer. Square set-up and camber bolts and a little more driver skill(I like to think)

I'll be back next year with square setup and camber plates (already have the camber plates). Driver skill is an unknown quantity. I certainly will know the course and the car better! Palmer was only my 3rd track day in the car...

Nice to hear from someone who does track the car that a square setup actually works! I can't understand why it isn't stock...

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[Ryan1112]

Here are a few from Daytona.

 

[MaverickGT]

A couple shots at Texas World Speedway.

 

[TNcoupe]

Little Talladega today

 

[TNcoupe]

One more time

 

[ddozier]

Road America in fall 2016

Here are a few more from Road America.

 

[tedj101]

That first one is a beautiful picture - as a picture!

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[Rambl3r]

Some of these pictures need to go on the Mustang6g calendar.

 

[RidetechJosh]

A couple shots at Texas World Speedway.

I was scrolling down the page and saw your first picture... swore that you were flipping through the air and then I realized that you were on the banks at Texas. :lol:

 

[MaverickGT]

Haha, I love that bank. It's a rush.

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