Hi, Guest
It was a really good day @ the track except for the fact that it was crowded and a few (very few) drivers who didn't follow the rules.
I showed up in my 1991 Nissan 240sx (I know, I know, I own a Focus but don't track it)...
CanadaSVT, it was nice to meet you, that marauder is awesome!
If anyone is worried about running on the track and screwing up, please come to one of Dip's days. This is an introduction to running a car on a track and 1/2 of the drivers are new or new to the track and screw up all the time.
No one has a "race" line but everyone is looking for it. People were discussing heal-toe, how to tackle the carousel and what exit speeds they were coming out of on curve grande.
I also overhead and participatetd in conversations on brakes and tires. There's a wealth of information regarding tires @ these events. Personally I was running Dunlop FM-901's ... not that they helped as I was running on the wear bars before I got to the track.
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When I first ran the track (last year) the Len's wasn't paved and we had to go through Dagmar's curves. In my opinion, it was the as challaging as the kink/carousel combination.
My favourite is curve grande and the paddock. I could exit curve grande at 123km/hr+/-5km/hr, shift into fourth and book it to the paddock. Right were you see "front straight" I'm at 152km/hr +/-2km/hr and hard braking down to 3rd gear to enter the paddock and again downshift to second to get around the club.
On one lap, while approaching the paddock I was sliding on all 4 tires since I shifted the weight of my car in such a peculiar way that I had no control (i had more grip on the inner wheels). Thankfully I recovered and got around the club in a less stressful fashion.
There's one rule of thumb for all new drivers attending a track event. Do not let go of the steering wheel.
I showed up in my 1991 Nissan 240sx (I know, I know, I own a Focus but don't track it)...
CanadaSVT, it was nice to meet you, that marauder is awesome!
If anyone is worried about running on the track and screwing up, please come to one of Dip's days. This is an introduction to running a car on a track and 1/2 of the drivers are new or new to the track and screw up all the time.
No one has a "race" line but everyone is looking for it. People were discussing heal-toe, how to tackle the carousel and what exit speeds they were coming out of on curve grande.
I also overhead and participatetd in conversations on brakes and tires. There's a wealth of information regarding tires @ these events. Personally I was running Dunlop FM-901's ... not that they helped as I was running on the wear bars before I got to the track.
When I first ran the track (last year) the Len's wasn't paved and we had to go through Dagmar's curves. In my opinion, it was the as challaging as the kink/carousel combination.
My favourite is curve grande and the paddock. I could exit curve grande at 123km/hr+/-5km/hr, shift into fourth and book it to the paddock. Right were you see "front straight" I'm at 152km/hr +/-2km/hr and hard braking down to 3rd gear to enter the paddock and again downshift to second to get around the club.
On one lap, while approaching the paddock I was sliding on all 4 tires since I shifted the weight of my car in such a peculiar way that I had no control (i had more grip on the inner wheels). Thankfully I recovered and got around the club in a less stressful fashion.
There's one rule of thumb for all new drivers attending a track event. Do not let go of the steering wheel.
"Know, think, choose, do." Orson Scott Card