Practice Day!
Drove up to Willow Springs this morning for an open practice/test day. This means that only race prepped cars/drivers are allowed on the track in an open format - meaning that you can drive whenever you want and as much as you want thru the day. I did four 20-min sessions in the morning and headed back home just as the temp was cresting 100F.
The goals - get back on the horse that spit me off into the dirt in May; work on a few corners where I'm giving up a lot of time; and test the car to make sure that everything is running well before I head up to race at Laguna Seca in two weeks.
Everything went great and the car ran beautifully in the heat - no problems whatsoever.
In the first two sessions, I slowly built up to qualifying times. Then in the 3rd session, I underestimated how slick the tires would get once the weather heated up and found myself in a big power slide on entry into Turn 2 at a bit over 100mph.
The video shows how easy it is to slide a Boxster - they rotate very quickly because of the mid-engine layout and so your hands need to be fast but smooth to catch the car. If your hands are slow, it will come all the way around. Just remember, quick-smooth, not lazy-smooth.
Ready for Laguna Seca.
