FTS
07-18-2011, 09:58 AM
We were at Summit Point this past weekend, the weather was so nice on Friday and morning of Saturday, almost like spring. But it got hotter Saturday afternoon and Sunday, although it was not humid.
The best news? They have new bathrooms at Summit and they are NICE! :) Also, they paved the track once again and they did a great job this time around. There was grip all around, especially on T1 more than I ever remember. T3 was also pretty good, but a little bumpy at the apex that jumped the rear and took away a little confidence, we had to really play with the steering to keep the car off the sand box on the exit. T6, the carrousel, was also very good, very smooth and grippier than before. They smoothed out T9 a lot, so we picked up some speed past the apex there.
The company was great as well, good social environment, beers after track close and corn :D I was lucky that I had a great student; it was here first time on track, but had autox and stage rallying experience, so she knew how to control the car, just had learn the line, which only took a day. Her speeds on some corners were getting close to mine, especially on T3, and I was just smiles ear to ear.
My car keeps doing well, except that I lost some wheel weight I think getting on the gators on T10, and the shaking got bad enough that I did not run the last session on Sunday. I ran shotgun on a lot of GT2s and Turbos, and boy was that a treat or what. Amazing thrust back there. There were a lot of cars for this track, especially in blue and black groups, and it looked like the black group got a little slower this weekend for some reason (I did not get faster, that I know), I had to zig-zag through cars more than few times on straights and corners, but overall it was not a huge problem, manageable.
The best news? They have new bathrooms at Summit and they are NICE! :) Also, they paved the track once again and they did a great job this time around. There was grip all around, especially on T1 more than I ever remember. T3 was also pretty good, but a little bumpy at the apex that jumped the rear and took away a little confidence, we had to really play with the steering to keep the car off the sand box on the exit. T6, the carrousel, was also very good, very smooth and grippier than before. They smoothed out T9 a lot, so we picked up some speed past the apex there.
The company was great as well, good social environment, beers after track close and corn :D I was lucky that I had a great student; it was here first time on track, but had autox and stage rallying experience, so she knew how to control the car, just had learn the line, which only took a day. Her speeds on some corners were getting close to mine, especially on T3, and I was just smiles ear to ear.
My car keeps doing well, except that I lost some wheel weight I think getting on the gators on T10, and the shaking got bad enough that I did not run the last session on Sunday. I ran shotgun on a lot of GT2s and Turbos, and boy was that a treat or what. Amazing thrust back there. There were a lot of cars for this track, especially in blue and black groups, and it looked like the black group got a little slower this weekend for some reason (I did not get faster, that I know), I had to zig-zag through cars more than few times on straights and corners, but overall it was not a huge problem, manageable.