Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted videos. Ran quite a few local/nationals events in ESP form on older/newer tires.
March 23rd and 24th event was the first time we put on relatively fresher 295/18 Hoosier A7's that were ran from nationals of 2018. However, we bagged them when we received them back in September. Cars balance on new A7's versus old A7's really felt a lot similar balance wise but just more overall grip.
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 (295) AAS 3/23 Jeff
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 (295) AAS 3/23 Nicole
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 (295) AAS 3/24 Jeff
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 (295) AAS 3/24 Nicole
The Crows Landing Pro Solo was the first time we ran stickered Hoosiers and also in the 315 size. On the practice course, just mounting the 315's on the front, it was close to .7-.8ish difference over the Nationals ran 295's. Age could have easily affected time deltas. Balance seemed to have shifted towards the front with the 315 setup, the initial response was much sharper and transition speed was increased.
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 (315) Crows Landing Pro Solo Left Jeff
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 (315) Crows Landing Pro Solo Right Jeff
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 (315) Crows Landing Pro Solo Nicole
Fontana Pro Solo courses were painfully tight after the crossover to the finish with no line choice on the exits pretty much. Hoosiers on the lower grip surface definitely required fresher tires to feel the confidence in the car. Time wise, it could be worth about .3-.5 on the 30 second course. Not much changes to the car surprisingly, just a minor shock change to the front and it was handling as anticipated. Also thanks to Scargoes for making a class happen with his co driver so we didn't have to run in bump class.
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 Fontana Pro Solo Jeff
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 Fontana Pro Solo Nicole
Crows Landing Tour, we had no class unfortunately. Ended up splitting up to run in SM and SSM since it was a 90 degree weekend. We acquired 335's and decided to test them at this event, so we didn't have any surprises for Spring Nationals. 335's over 20ish run 315's on a modified test course showed to be .4-.5 sec faster on the 30 second course.
With all this potential speed possibly found and not having your own class to run in, it is really hard on me and making me bench race all the time. I just want to run against like cars! :(
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 335 Crows Tour Saturday Jeff
ESP 2017 Camaro Hoosier A7 315 Crows Tour Sunday Jeff