These are posted in the track times thread but that doesn't get as much activity. Figured I would share here as well to my fellow ZL1 owners. Two videos of flyers at Sonoma Raceway and Laguna Seca.
While I have run different tires etc., the car in both video's is stock except for an alignment and SRF brake fluid. I am
amazed at this car in stock form, especially the brakes. Stock pads went 4-5 track days and handled 4 25min sessions at Laguna Seca which is notoriously hard on brakes. My previous SS 1LE did nowhere near that. The added cooling and larger surface area must do wonders.
I forced myself to drive Laguna a bit easy in an effort to make the brakes last the day and it may have actually benefited me. I drove the crap out of the SS 1LE, and while it may have picked up a few tenths, the brakes would fade after a few laps. I might actually shelf my Hawk DTC70/60's and use another set of stock pads. Caliper temps were a few hundred degrees cooler than my SS1LE using G-loc pads. No caliper paint discoloration or melted rubber seals (both happened after 1 day at Laguna in the SS).
Don't mind the passenger in the Laguna video. Gentleman is a new Grand Sport owner and wanted to see how it was done
