Before I talk about a fun track day, lets start with a teaser.
So like a few other forum members I spent Labour day at the track, we had a great turn out of Touge customers and friends. The day was great, a little windy but that kept us "feeling" cool while it was actually 26c and sunny until the end of the day.
it was my turn to help pay back Shan (the owner of the GR I have been using), so entry fee/tires/fuel all supplied by myself. This was Shan's first time driving his car on the track, believe it or not and well he LOVED it lol. SO hopefully next year he will campaign his car himself at cscs time attack. The day was there for him to learn his car and his limits. I also took the time to familiarize myself with the track. Shan had the car from 10am-3pm taking himself and friends for lap after lap.
At 330 I took the car out for a few laps but was held up in traffic and the dink in an older race prepped Camaro who wouldnt let me pass for 3 laps. There was a red flag just after passing him so this session was scrapped. After that I went out behind a yellow S2000 owned by a employee of Touge. I stayed behind them warming up and when they had enough of me they flagged me by. I was able to put in some nice laps feeling out the limits (still haven't hit them). Had another lap scrubbed by a Dbag in a 300ZX who didnt want to let me know he was pitting so I flipped him off ( we were having issues with him all day), right after that i missed a shift and scrubbed another lap LOL FML. The next lap I pushed hard and was able to get a unofficial time of 1:21.8 my goal was a 1:19 but that is still very good for now in my mind. unoffical because if you watch till the end of the video my lap timer comes to tell me the time lol. The new GOPRO's are supposed to capture some telemetry like speed/g force and a few others, but of course this didnt work as planed so I cannot check times in there. So whether it was a 21 flat or a 23 I am happy with the 30mins of actual lap time I had.
Notes from the video,
Tires were toast you will see and hear them on turn 9, all day of lapping will get ya LOL.
Still lots to improve, I say there is stubbornly a 1:19 or 2 sec off that last lap on the table.
If you just want to see the "fastest" of the laps it starts at 10:45
I didn't edit it at all LOL, so it's start to end of my session, I don't care if people see the mistakes I make. plus you get to see the whole venue for you AB guys.
OH and Crank up the sound, this car sounds amazing!!
