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thstone · 09-07-2014, 07:04 AM

I had a great day yesterday at Willow Springs!

The day started out warm (it was 75F at 6am) and was up around 100F by late morning. The rule of thumb is that hot days do not produce fast lap times but I was able to post up a personal best time of 1:34.7 during the second practice session! With the POC Spec Boxster track record of 1:33.2, my PR in hot weather is not too shabby. We'll see what happens this winter when the weather cools.

During qualifying it was difficult to get a clean lap due to traffic and then when I had a good one going, Little "t" spun in front of me coming out of Turn 9. No big drama but I had to lift for a moment to decide whether to go in front of him or behind him (went behind and he did a good job of stopping the car and not rolling forwards or backwards). When all was said and done, I qualified 2nd behind Little "t".

For the race, I got one of my best starts ever getting past three 911's from other classes before Turn 1. From there on, my race was pretty uneventful; Little "t" jumped out to a lead of 3-4 seconds which I was never able to whittle down much and I never had any pressure from behind so the 12 laps went by rather easily.

Thus, I finished 2nd for my very first podium! All cars that podium are required to be weighed immediately after the race to ensure weight compliance and I had to ask about how to do this since I had never been in this position before (what a goober!) I passed weight 20lbs over minimum of 2650 (including driver) which is right where I had calculated. So yes, that means that my car is around 2435 lbs with 1/4 tank of fuel or more than 400 lbs lighter than a stock 986.

The rebuilt engine ran great and had very good power. I plan to get it dyno'd this week and will post up a graph of the old 136,000 mile engine vs the new rebuild by next weekend.

Sorry but I don't have any race video since I suffered brain fade and forgot to turn it on!

Speaking of brain fade, I am skipping the race today because the heat from yesterday really took its toll on me - I am spent!

Pic's or it never happened? Here you go;

09-07-2014, 07:04 AM	#158
thstone Certified Boxster Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 7,669	I had a great day yesterday at Willow Springs! The day started out warm (it was 75F at 6am) and was up around 100F by late morning. The rule of thumb is that hot days do not produce fast lap times but I was able to post up a personal best time of 1:34.7 during the second practice session! With the POC Spec Boxster track record of 1:33.2, my PR in hot weather is not too shabby. We'll see what happens this winter when the weather cools. During qualifying it was difficult to get a clean lap due to traffic and then when I had a good one going, Little "t" spun in front of me coming out of Turn 9. No big drama but I had to lift for a moment to decide whether to go in front of him or behind him (went behind and he did a good job of stopping the car and not rolling forwards or backwards). When all was said and done, I qualified 2nd behind Little "t". For the race, I got one of my best starts ever getting past three 911's from other classes before Turn 1. From there on, my race was pretty uneventful; Little "t" jumped out to a lead of 3-4 seconds which I was never able to whittle down much and I never had any pressure from behind so the 12 laps went by rather easily. Thus, I finished 2nd for my very first podium! All cars that podium are required to be weighed immediately after the race to ensure weight compliance and I had to ask about how to do this since I had never been in this position before (what a goober!) I passed weight 20lbs over minimum of 2650 (including driver) which is right where I had calculated. So yes, that means that my car is around 2435 lbs with 1/4 tank of fuel or more than 400 lbs lighter than a stock 986. The rebuilt engine ran great and had very good power. I plan to get it dyno'd this week and will post up a graph of the old 136,000 mile engine vs the new rebuild by next weekend. Sorry but I don't have any race video since I suffered brain fade and forgot to turn it on! Speaking of brain fade, I am skipping the race today because the heat from yesterday really took its toll on me - I am spent! Pic's or it never happened? Here you go; __________________ 1999 996 C2 - sold - bought back - sold for more 1997 Spec Boxster BSR #254 1979 911 SC POC Licensed DE/TT Instructor Last edited by thstone; 09-07-2014 at 09:54 AM.