[glamcem]

from the last event at the Ridge (RMP):



And OEM vs NT01 tires from ORP:

[BowtieRocket]

Originally Posted by glamcem

from the last event at the Ridge (RMP):



And OEM vs NT01 tires from ORP:

Man I wish we had tracks like that out here

[OminouSS]

Originally Posted by glamcem

from the last event at the Ridge (RMP):

The more I see that track, the more I want to head up your way. It looks like a roller coaster. Your track-out strips seem smaller than what I've seen. At a lot of tracks we have in Cali, the soft section just before the entry as well as track-out rumble strips have holes. It would cause me concern to get off-line from a pass or, just bad driving and hit the turf by mistake and bend rims. Do you find the smaller strips problematic?

[glamcem]

Originally Posted by BowtieRocket

Man I wish we had tracks like that out here

Pacific Raceways is another track with the good layout but the problem is that it's dangerous ( a brand new ZL1 totaled there like a month ago) on a few spots and it seems like they don't seem to be fixing those certain areas

Originally Posted by OminouSS

The more I see that track, the more I want to head up your way. It looks like a roller coaster. Your track-out strips seem smaller than what I've seen. At a lot of tracks we have in Cali, the soft section just before the entry as well as track-out rumble strips have holes. It would cause me concern to get off-line from a pass or, just bad driving and hit the turf by mistake and bend rims. Do you find the smaller strips problematic?

Same here! "grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" for sure

I want to add different tracks in the mix so NorCal tracks (Sonoma Raceway, Laguna Seca and Thunderhill Raceway) might be an option maybe during winter as I cannot track my car here that time.
I want to go the PIR (Portland International Raceway) sometime also but it doesn't look like the other tracks here in PNW when it comes elevation changes, and rollercoster-ness

I am not certain about those strips TBH with you. I only bent one wheel in the past 5 years and that happened very recently when I ran off the track going over 40 mph

Is this what you're referring to?



Here's another video taken from that day:


and how it happened. I bent the passenger front wheel:


ordered another one right away after that happened and had them install within a couple of days to make it to another event

[PolynesianPowerhouse]

Due to the music I had playing, I had to mute it before youtube.... theres was a car that blew the engine and they had to put down the kitty dust stuff, youll notice it about half way thru on the uphill section. there were two other SS 1LE out that day. ItSSlow and FNxR3DNECK

[FNxR3DNECK]

Originally Posted by PolynesianPowerhouse

Due to the music I had playing, I had to mute it before youtube.... theres was a car that blew the engine and they had to put down the kitty dust stuff, youll notice it about half way thru on the uphill section. there were two other SS 1LE out that day. ItSSlow and FNxR3DNECK

Yea look at me go at the beginning there! Haha good run brother!

[apexit53]

Originally Posted by OminouSS

Extremely fast driving there. Please let me know what you think of the stiffer sway. Solid!

Thanks man! I hope to get it soon. Still waiting for it but I have a month before my next event so it better be here by then.

[rotis]

Here is a quick autocross run in Packwood, this was good enough for #1 overall on index:

https://youtu.be/asogaxx5cio

[whiteboyblues2001]

Originally Posted by PolynesianPowerhouse

Due to the music I had playing, I had to mute it before youtube.... theres was a car that blew the engine and they had to put down the kitty dust stuff, youll notice it about half way thru on the uphill section. there were two other SS 1LE out that day. ItSSlow and FNxR3DNECK

I was just at FedEx Field last week for the U2 show and parked right there. Of course it looked a lot different. Wish I could have drove like that after the concert. Leaving FedEx after an event is a nightmare.

[Alpha1BC]

Here's a lap from SCCA Track Night at Gingerman I did last week. 2nd time at an open track day, first time tracking the 1SS 1LE. Still have to work on apexing earlier, but still got a 1:46.46. Easily shaved 3-4 seconds from the first track day I did with the 2016 1SS!

[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by Alpha1BC

Here's a lap from SCCA Track Night at Gingerman I did last week. 2nd time at an open track day, first time tracking the 1SS 1LE. Still have to work on apexing earlier, but still got a 1:46.46. Easily shaved 3-4 seconds from the first track day I did with the 2016 1SS!

Apexing earlier or getting in tighter at the apex? Hard for me to tell in the somewhat dark video.

I tried searching Youtube on the stuff in between your [u 2 b][/u 2 b] tags but wasn't getting anywhere.


Norm

[OminouSS]

I LOVE watching AutoX. I get bored watching track, but that AX stuff is cool beans.

Speaking of boring...Here's the full race version of the SpeedSF Challenge from Saturday. I finally got the steering dialed in. Just the day before I had horrific understeer on this whole 2 mile section. So I did what every dumba$$ with credit card does to fix it...put on hoosiers. The vid is posted in another thread, so sorry if you already watched it. I intended to put it here originally but used it to illustrate how tires can help the turning, elsewhere.

[BowtieRocket]

Originally Posted by OminouSS

I LOVE watching AutoX. I get bored watching track, but that AX stuff is cool beans.

Speaking of boring...Here's the full race version of the SpeedSF Challenge from Saturday. I finally got the steering dialed in. Just the day before I had horrific understeer on this whole 2 mile section. So I did what every dumba$$ with credit card does to fix it...put on hoosiers. The vid is posted in another thread, so sorry if you already watched it. I intended to put it here originally but used it to illustrate how tires can help the turning, elsewhere.

I happen to prefer track...cones are boring to me. Nice video btw

[Norm Peterson]

I find autocross to be the more difficult to follow unless it was of an event that I ran (so I'd know where the course was going to go next before the car started to turn that way).


Perhaps the solution to 'boring' track videos is to limit them to no more than about two complete laps at a time.

Originally Posted by a couple of the video posting "rules" on a site dedicated to corner-carving

Now, there's a catch or two...

I don't want a 20 minute, paddock to paddock race - just one clean lap. Two if absolutely necessary.

I don't want an overdub of "Crazy Train", "In da Club", "Smooth Operator" or any other music - it sucks in driving videos.

Norm