Laguna Seca January 7, 2007
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Laguna Seca January 7, 2007
Great day of fun at Laguna Seca with Track-masters Racing. They had a run group within the NASA sponsored track day for advanced and high intermediate drivers. A "mixed run" group where it is basically "polite" racing rules and one neat feature. The feature is that if you are not comfortable in a totally open passing scenario for anywhere on the track, and prefer that you as the driver give pursuing cars a point-by (because somebody diving underneath into turn 11 might cause you to goof up, for example), then you have a yellow circle sticky put on the back of your car. This gives the overtaking car the signal the he/she has to wait for the signal. Otherwise, anytime, anywhere, with the "polite" proviso being that (1) give a point by anyway even if you are running open passing status and (2) this is fun and not competition, so don't go dive bombing underneath and stealing driving lines etc. There were about 4 cars with the sticky, so it was pretty much wide open.
Driving conditions were absolutely perfect. The temps were in the 50-60F range (great stuff for FI motors), and the sun was out so that after the first morning session the track surface was warm enough to allow you to heat up your tires.
Car was just perfect, and we got in four full sessions, with one meatball flag at the end of session three for over the 92db limit for sound (I did not short shift by the sound station and WOT at the top of fourth gear registered a 94.4db reading...oh well, lesson learned. At least it did not cost more than a couple of laps).
One lad lost a steering knuckle in his spec miata coming down full throttle out of Turn 9 and went screaming down the straight and into the litter at the bottom of Turn 10 right in front of me, which was a bit disconcerting. Not at the chance of running into him but the concern he was going to roll over. Fortunately he just put up a huge shower of pea rock and dug in.
Couple of pics below.
Above is a shot coming through apex of Turn 8A, the "corkscrew"
Above is coming out of apex WOT through Turn 5 and beginning drift to track out on right side of track.
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Driving conditions were absolutely perfect. The temps were in the 50-60F range (great stuff for FI motors), and the sun was out so that after the first morning session the track surface was warm enough to allow you to heat up your tires.
Car was just perfect, and we got in four full sessions, with one meatball flag at the end of session three for over the 92db limit for sound (I did not short shift by the sound station and WOT at the top of fourth gear registered a 94.4db reading...oh well, lesson learned. At least it did not cost more than a couple of laps).
One lad lost a steering knuckle in his spec miata coming down full throttle out of Turn 9 and went screaming down the straight and into the litter at the bottom of Turn 10 right in front of me, which was a bit disconcerting. Not at the chance of running into him but the concern he was going to roll over. Fortunately he just put up a huge shower of pea rock and dug in.
Couple of pics below.
Above is a shot coming through apex of Turn 8A, the "corkscrew"
Above is coming out of apex WOT through Turn 5 and beginning drift to track out on right side of track.
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wow. that's fricken awsome. I'm shipping both of my bikes up there for some club racing and race school this summer. those pics make me pretty ansy to get on the track again.
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