Haha, we should talk one of these days. I was just talking to Chris about something similar when I was there chilling with you guys last month and grabbing that Torsen. He's on board and offered to help.
It's my home away from home, if you hear an obnoxiously loud and ugly white s550, come by and say hi, it's me. I almost always garage/pit right across from registration.
Loud and ugly and FAST which makes it perfect. I'm glad you were my instructor today and thanks again for the help. I was passed by no one and passed everyone ahead of me, and got to the front. Particularly satisfying was dusting those two Vettes and that 911 GT3. I have good speed, but need to learn how to get through those tight corners faster so I don't give up so much time. Ciao.
Not only that, but you improved by nearly a whole minute!
Wait, was this instructional laps, lead-follow? 3 min is way too slow for the Roval, you said 40% pace over 20 mins. Normally they let you go by the 2nd session on.Not only that, but you improved by nearly a whole minute!
Yes, your eyes don't deceive you, that really is a 3 minute best lap. A certain somebody misheard 40% pace as 40mph pace, and I guess didn't feel comfortable at 40mph and brought it down to 20, and took us on what has got to be the most brutally painful 20 minute session ever.
Yes. I went 2:03.299 in the last session. 5-6 and 9 are where I kept screwing up. I need more guts to go wider at 17-18 so I can have better entry speed for the straight.
6 and 9 are the hardest for me. It's really hard to resist putting that power and speed down, just have to wait, and you'll be rewarded by a really nice exit and entry into the straights. 17-18 (and like 19,20,21) on your next cooldown lap, explore that outer edge and try to really line up that exit, paying attention to those tall cones which cover the manholes. Depending on the day, like Nik said, they really, really do play with those cone setups. I've once seen them give us no room to play, because it was flooded with a hard rain the night before, and with a standing pool of water had them make it a hard 90 left which ... was a shock. If you take use your warmup and cooldown lap trying to take the long way and get a feel for it without really lifting at like 50ish, then it's just a matter of time. I'll check, but I'm only like 80-85mph there anyhow because of that hard left and exit coming out, it's the last left cone (21?) that you almost want to clip as you're rolling into power, and if you set it up right you're not fearing for hitting the wall, and shifting right about as you're now straight and about to get onto the bank.
