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Old 10-22-2025, 09:24 AM   #10
m6-lt1

 
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Drives: 2023 Chevrolet Camaro 2SS 1LE
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I have done 3 days there including 2 days 2 - 3 weeks ago. My car is bone stock.

My first time there last year it took me the entire track day to realize that I can pretty much go full throttle in the S’s. Aside from the transition in the middle of the S’s you can literally go full throttle in the S’s. This year since I knew that going in I was finally able to eclipse 140+ in the back straight which was a goal of mine. I only have 10 track days under my belt, more experienced folks can kiss 150 in the back straight.

They removed the curbing in the entry of the bus stop. I accidentally took too much curbing in the bus stop chicane (first bit of curbing you can hit) and went off track (no damage or anything, just a small off, so be careful of the curbing BUT you can and should definitely use it. Don’t avoid it. If you just kiss the curbing it’s not brutal on the car at all and it’s a lot of fun to hit it.

After you do WGI, you’re going to budget to do more days there instead of NJMP and Pocono. It’s THAT good. There is so much camber in every turn that you can give a lot of throttle coming out of them. It is unlike anything else on the east coast.NJMP and Pocono are my local tracks as well but next year I am going to try to go to WGI twice. It’s also a cool area overall. As you and others have said, respect the walls first, and then work on being more aggressive on throttle. There are a couple walls that I keep respecting “too much”. My instructor was pointing out that I was being way too scared in those sections but idk I didn’t want to risk anything. I did wind up being a little more aggressive because my instructor was telling me I was being way too timid in those areas. Glad I listened because I truly was being too scared of the walls. Still was going way slower than what the car is capable of in those sections.

Stock brake pad will work fine there but you’re stopping from 140+, 130, and 120 after the 3 straights so I am planning on upgrading to a different pad for next year. I think something with a little more bite and temperature range is better for that track.
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2016 Camaro 1SS
2007 Mustang GT
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