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Old 01-21-2015, 07:33 AM   #1
steved0x
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My progress at Roebling Road Raceway from January 2014 to January 2015

I just got back from my 4th DE at Roebling Road Raceway with the Florida Crown Region PCA. I don't have any video of my first time which was September 2013, but I have a few sessions from January 2014, September 2014, and September 2015.

Edit: I also forgot to add, I have a 2000 S with Traction control. I have been leaving it on and it has never activated up until this past sunday in the last session, which was the session where I ran the backside of the track in 3rd. Sometimes coming out of turn 7 as I was tracking out, I would very slightly feel the power dropping out, and a quick glance showed the traction control light on. In the previous session I was sliding around like crazy and it never activated during that, but in that final session it lit up a few times. Thoughts: if I am at the edge of the traction circle finishing a corner, wouldn't that be the worst place for power to be interrupted to the back wheels? Or was I too hot coming out of that corner and the traction control "saved" me?


This video is a composite of my best time January 2014, September 2014, and my best Saturday Lap and Best Sunday Lap from January 2015. Watch these in HD, the "regular" video is terrible.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=773991329337100&l=4678585286081156803

This video is a composite of my best lap from Saturday and Best from Sunday.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=774346109301622&l=5677160104506060540

My son came too with his 99 Miata and he had a great session and was promoted into the Blue instructed group on Sunday. He had the same instructor as last time, JC, who was fantastic and spent tons of time with him. Here is his best lap combined with one of my laps of approximately the same duration to compare.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=774418569294376&l=329200210301143424

Here are my lap times for the final session on Sunday, which was my best and most consistent session all weekend. Except for a few laps where I was stuck behind traffic I ran low 1:33 and high 1:32. I kept the same pressures as my final session on Saturday which were good, but I slid around so much the previous session I think they got overheated and so I evened them out, I believe I used 35 rear (255/40/17) 33 front (225/45/17) Hankook RS-3 "warm", and I didn't get a chance to check them after the session because we were in a hurry to get packed and get out before the combined final session of the day.



From watching my videos I see that I am still not very consistent with corner entry speeds which hurts me all the way around the back side of RRR which is all curves. My son and his instructor like to brake a little early going into 1 so they can get the car settled and the entry speed set. I was working on braking later and my speeds were all over the place.

I also rode a session as a passenger with the chief driving instructor in his wife's 2000 Boxster, all stock except for coilovers and Nitto NT1, that was an experience! It was crazy fast!

Me and my son can't wait to go back. Maybe we will win the lottery

Fast lap/session from Sunday 1/18/2015
http://trackattackapp.com?raceid=9425f254-6f6a-4292-92e7-4de296104a9d&lapid=b6c6c229-5698-463e-a634-47f388cfb59f

Fast lap/session from Saturday 1/17/2015
http://trackattackapp.com?raceid=28b55a3d-0273-4cdb-a0b4-a6d9cc3f3a01&lapid=2f15a4b5-a20e-4b67-872b-9b882d04af32

Fast lap/session from 9/7/2014
http://trackattackapp.com?raceid=3339b750-225f-44e1-aa16-f9be5497667a&lapid=d44f8f5e-5679-45b9-9dc7-4f686b0ced70

Fast lap/session from 1/18/2014
http://trackattackapp.com?raceid=0d1a025f-9f6f-4e5f-acc2-b17a7245d019&lapid=69630deb-6891-43e7-a340-321877161422

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