NASA TT March 13/14 @ MSR-C

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Originally Posted by goofygrin

What do you do if you have a gutless driver?

<--- here's lookin' at you kid!

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Same thing, basically. Keep it pinned all the way through but close your eyes ;)

Wrong form of motorsports would ensue ;)

http://www.amsracingblog.amsperforma...eurs-Rally.jpg

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Originally Posted by geezer

Same thing, basically. Keep it pinned all the way through but close your eyes ;)

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NO! I rode in that car to sign him off for TT. It would be death.

Ken, what was you vMax according to MaxQ? I looked at the log for the last session and it said 118.

enjoy.

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Cool vids Ken. Like watching the telemetry on them. Thanks for posting.

Congrats on the record, the silver bullet was flying all day saturday and fun to watch. Just curious, do they weigh the top 3 cars or any of them? What does yours weigh in at? Any kind of post tech?

I see we agree on the entrance into Rattlesnake. I had guys bombing me from the outside there the whole day. Which was only possible because I'd close by about 3 car lengths when they went WAAAAAY wide to turn in.

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Originally Posted by ken o

enjoy.

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I still hate rattlesnake....

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Originally Posted by SixAce

Congrats on the record, the silver bullet was flying all day saturday and fun to watch. Just curious, do they weigh the top 3 cars or any of them? What does yours weigh in at? Any kind of post tech?

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All TT cars hit the scales over the weekend. My car was 3523lbs with my 240lbs butt in it. I know, I am fat.

I was 3690 with my super sized ass in the car.

The white TTU "almost a ZR-1" was like 3060 with the driver (or something like that).

Video of the other TTU Vette

Interesting that he takes the inside line in big bend too...

He does have some issues with control in some corners though lol.

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Originally Posted by goofygrin

Interesting that he takes the inside line in big bend too...

He does have some issues with control in some corners though lol.

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Jeebus. Lookit the speedo fly up on that thing when he hammers it.

130 before Rattlesnake and 125 before Little Bend. Sure is tail happy though.

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Originally Posted by goofygrin

Interesting that he takes the inside line in big bend too...

He does have some issues with control in some corners though lol.

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Looks like he is about 3 feet off the curb, right where I told you to go.

Feedback from a BMW racer:
* You're binding up the car on exit of ricochet, don't be afraid to use all the track out and curbing, that'll allow you much more apex and exit speed.
* Displace the first apex of tombstone more, this will let you track out more mid way through tombstone, get on the throttle sooner, and increase your apex and track out speeds. Again, don't be afraid of track out and rumble strips.
* Get to the curbing of big bend early, there's a groove there that'll hold you in. Stay at the curbing until the apex cone and begin tracking out. There's a lot more track out room at big bend than you thought ever existed, use it.

Looks like getting to the curbing is the better line. I will give it a try next time out.

Ken, who is that directed at? Me or the vette?

Edit: your email clarified it, the comments are on YOUR video and your line.

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Originally Posted by ken o

Feedback from a BMW racer:
* You're binding up the car on exit of ricochet, don't be afraid to use all the track out and curbing, that'll allow you much more apex and exit speed.
* Displace the first apex of tombstone more, this will let you track out more mid way through tombstone, get on the throttle sooner, and increase your apex and track out speeds. Again, don't be afraid of track out and rumble strips.
* Get to the curbing of big bend early, there's a groove there that'll hold you in. Stay at the curbing until the apex cone and begin tracking out. There's a lot more track out room at big bend than you thought ever existed, use it.

Looks like getting to the curbing is the better line. I will give it a try next time out.

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In my car, I typically upshift to 4th just before Ricochet, breathe off the throttle at turn in to load the front end, then flat on the throttle all the way through the corner to settle the back end. Use all of the rumble strip on exit. As the track flattens out in the last third of the corner it compresses the car and adds grip, so you can carry more speed post apex to track out than you think you can. IMHO, if you are not drifting the car out to the edge of the rumble strip on exit, you're giving up speed in this corner, and consequently speed down the inside straight.

When he says “the first apex of Tombstone”, does he mean the apex in Boot Hill? I’ve always offset that apex by about 1/3 the track width, which gives you one nice, long, no-lift arc from the track in at Boot Hill through the track out at Tombstone, at least in a momentum car.

I’ve always gone all the way to the curbing in Big Bend, and typically end up running all the way out to the rumble strip on the exit, but again I’m typically driving a momentum car.

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Originally Posted by goofygrin

Ken, who is that directed at? Me or the vette?

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Not directed at anyone in particular. More of a correction to what I thought was a good line. It looks like the faster line is on the curb in Big Ben. I was told stay off the curb by 3 feet.

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Originally Posted by goofygrin

lol, I was trying to be the lone Evo that didn't spill some sort of fluid on the track this weekend.

(actually only three dumped something, 1 dumped oil and transfer case goo and two others dumped oil -- it was tense in the evo paddock after they shut the track down on the second dousing).

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ROFL... just saw this posted on the Vorshlag forum:

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Originally Posted by wirth

It was a great weekend although through some bad luck, attendance was down from the normal in CMC. Was able to get pole both days and win both Toyo races. Also won the inverted race on Saturday. The Sunday invert ended up getting canceled due to a yellow Mitsu oiling down the whole track apparently.

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Was that Kevin's car that did the oiling?

Yes. Big hubbalabub about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFpzaxJpFMM

Video from that yellow TT-S Civic.

Thing was crazy fast (has an Acura TL swap in it)