PASA - FIR West - 12/20

[RufusAZ]

Here are a few vids from this last event.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQmsmTOKd0k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYFfxfUNFao

Feel free to take a look and critique my driving. Every time I go out I learn something new and improve my times but some pointers would help.

Big improvement over the 9/28/2008 West day. I took a little over 2.5 seconds off my lap times. I'm happy. The only change in setup between the two was the brake ducts. Being more comfortable with the tires/wheels/coilovers helped a lot.

[RufusAZ]

No tips? OK, the parts I feel I could do better at West are:

- The sharp left going onto the straight
- The left at the end of the straight
- The right going into the looper
- The right going out of the looper ( I am probably taking this too sharp but I went deeper once and started to get loose )

[wgnths]

i completely missed this post! i'll take a look at it later!

[phoenixZ33]

it's hard to tell by watching a video. your driving line looks fine.. it's difficult to tell if you're driving aggressively enough without riding in the car.

and where's the yellow M3 that was running?? :)

[RufusAZ]

I only saw that Yellow M3 on track a few times. We were gridded (sp?) up pretty far apart. Who was that? Was that you?

[J0oftheworld]

I like the late braking after the left sweeper.. your lines around the mini oval are real nice.. barely moving the wheel mid corner! The corner after the straight I like to do a slight "pitch" early and if everything works out you end up flying.. :D Also with all the 90+ degree corners you should be rotating that mean machine more.. sounds/lloks like you got the horseys! Plus it's a slow track so it makes it fun.. :)
That 2nd vid looks painful w. all that slow "green group!?" traffic!!
WTF was that white mini doing!? haha

[RufusAZ]

Thanks for the tips!

Yeah, the left after the straight is probably the one I do the least consistant. It probably has to do with the agricultural racing i did one time when i took the turn too hot.

Yeah, the traffic was brutal the 1st through 3rd sessions. There were a lot of peeps out there that didnt belong in the Green group. Even more in the Orange group. I heard they busted about 15 guys down to the Red group after the second session. I wish they had done the same in Green.