PCD: 2013-2014 Till We Break It Edition
Sunday morning we got two 20 minute practice sessions with cars in similar classes. Since I was the only student that got solo'd, they advised me to bump down a group to run with a smaller run group. This was the first time I'd run in the car by myself (no instructor). First lap or two, I talked the laps out loud, which really helped me remember all the advice and visual points my instructor gave me.
Just for Chu, I ain't never gave no point by's all weekend!
But on a more serious note, in practice I discovered I was still coming in too fast on a few crucial corners before straights, under steering like a ****, and scrubbing a bunch of speed.
Anyways TT came and we got paired up with cars with similar times from practice. I don't have a lap timer (didn't get a mount for my iPhone to use TrackAttack) so I had my girlfriend and dad stand at a spot on the track and stopwatch time my laps.
I was classed with an Austin Heeley 3000 something, lol, an LS1 RX7, and a C5 Z06 for TT who were all running 1:20's-1:22's. We'd be let out of the pits at 20 seconds apart.
One warm up lap at 8-9/10th, 3 flying laps, and then back into the pits after turn 1 to cool down around the paddock.
First lap felt great, hit all my apexes, slowed down where I needed too and was flying onto the straights! Definitely felt an improvement, and early shifting points when I approached crucial (before straight) turns slower, and gripped instead of plowing through. Second lap felt even better, and on the frot straight, past the start/finish, I could start to see myself catching the vette, and fast! On the third lap, by turn 6 I was getting close, and by turn 10 I was on his ***. Turn 11a, and 11b, into 12 are the crucial slow corners before the front straight, and I had to let off because there was no passing allowed in TT. And I backed off because I didnt want to mess up his last lap for him. So my third flying lap was a throwaway.
IF we were to catch the car in front of us, we were given the opportunity to rerun, but that would cancel out all three lap times from the original TT session. I was happy with my 2nd lap, so I decided not to run.
Anyways, I ended up running my fastest time all weekend of a 1:16.782!! This was good enough to take 1st in class, and get me the 3rd fastest time of the TT. Just missing second fastest, to a Z06 (1:16.4XX) and the FTD from a little F1 car (1:13).
Had a great f*cking weekend, and my instructor was so awesome. Helped me out so much! And the car felt so dialed in. Couldn't have been happier.
Sorry for the novel, I'm writing this for my build thread.
Just for Chu, I ain't never gave no point by's all weekend!
But on a more serious note, in practice I discovered I was still coming in too fast on a few crucial corners before straights, under steering like a ****, and scrubbing a bunch of speed. Anyways TT came and we got paired up with cars with similar times from practice. I don't have a lap timer (didn't get a mount for my iPhone to use TrackAttack) so I had my girlfriend and dad stand at a spot on the track and stopwatch time my laps.
I was classed with an Austin Heeley 3000 something, lol, an LS1 RX7, and a C5 Z06 for TT who were all running 1:20's-1:22's. We'd be let out of the pits at 20 seconds apart.
One warm up lap at 8-9/10th, 3 flying laps, and then back into the pits after turn 1 to cool down around the paddock.
First lap felt great, hit all my apexes, slowed down where I needed too and was flying onto the straights! Definitely felt an improvement, and early shifting points when I approached crucial (before straight) turns slower, and gripped instead of plowing through. Second lap felt even better, and on the frot straight, past the start/finish, I could start to see myself catching the vette, and fast! On the third lap, by turn 6 I was getting close, and by turn 10 I was on his ***. Turn 11a, and 11b, into 12 are the crucial slow corners before the front straight, and I had to let off because there was no passing allowed in TT. And I backed off because I didnt want to mess up his last lap for him. So my third flying lap was a throwaway.
IF we were to catch the car in front of us, we were given the opportunity to rerun, but that would cancel out all three lap times from the original TT session. I was happy with my 2nd lap, so I decided not to run.
Anyways, I ended up running my fastest time all weekend of a 1:16.782!! This was good enough to take 1st in class, and get me the 3rd fastest time of the TT. Just missing second fastest, to a Z06 (1:16.4XX) and the FTD from a little F1 car (1:13).
Had a great f*cking weekend, and my instructor was so awesome. Helped me out so much! And the car felt so dialed in. Couldn't have been happier.
Sorry for the novel, I'm writing this for my build thread.
