First time out in the Cup Car
This past weekend I took the 996 Cup Car to the Riesentoter DE at Watkins Glen. The car was awesome and ran flawlessly. And what a kick to drive. http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforum...es/biggrin.gif
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Sweet! I bet you're still smiling. :D
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I heard you also briefly met Brian; it seems it was a terrific event.
Here are few random thoughts as I am watching the vid:
Terrific driving Larry, enjoyed the vid. |
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Fatih, mid 50's? Ouch, I'm not Leh Keen. The fastest times for this years Club race were right around 1:59 flat, so considering that it was my first time in this car, haven't driven much in the last 3 years, was on used slicks, had a bowl of goldfish on the passengers seat, etc, I'm pretty pleased. :)
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It was terrific driving Larry, including the fish bowl :D I was literally giggling when I saw the 2:03 on the outlap and thought "he'll do mid-50s by the end of the session, just warming up the tires" :)
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It's the old autocrosser in me. It doesn't take me 2 laps to get the slicks working. ;)
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Great to meet you Larry. Sorry we didn't have more time to chat; next time.
Wow! Very impressive especially considering the car is new to you. Great driving and you make it look so easy. Thanks for posting this. It allows me to overlay my laps to see where I am losing time. I already knew T1 and T2 were weak spots for me and sure enough I am losing 2 seconds from T1 to the bus stop. I plan on comparing our laps more closely. There were a few brief moments, when I was following you, that I thought I could hang.....not! But in those moments I was blown away by how stable the car looked. I want one!!! My car's new to me this year too and I don't have many days at the Glen; in any car. My goal was to turn some 2:04's but I fell just short. I was able to run a few 2:05's but struggled to find clean laps without traffic. I am surprised you found so much open track! What session was this? Oh! and thanks for not posting any vid where you pass me :o Enjoy your cup! |
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It was nice to meet you too. You are peddling that Turbo around pretty well. That was done on Sunday morning, the 2nd Red run session. Nobody went out in it for some reason. The 3rd session after lunch was just clogged with traffic.
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We do that so we get a couple of clear laps before we catch the slower cars; Pretending we are warming up tires ;-)
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Oh yea, sorry for mixing it up, good strategy :D
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Fatih, ask John Hill about not warming up his tires. He shook hands with Mr. Tirewall because of it.
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Of course, I am not saying to out 100% on the out lap and don't warm up the tires, but you can warm up tires by pushing them in the corner (a little bit of overdriving them) while going 80%.
Interestingly enough on any given session, my best times are within the first 4-5 laps, generally 2nd or 3rd lap, then it starts dropping off and leveling; generally. |
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