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Originally Posted by CSG David
If that's one of the cases, I usually go 10% on warm-up lap to make sure everything gets up to temp and pull into the hot pit. Shut off, start up, do pedal dance, and go back out. It also allows some people to get out of the way for me so I can run some cleaner laps. 
Most of the time I start up the car 5 minutes early and drive around the paddock to make sure everything else is warmed up. I have a LSD too.  |
Valid point, but doesn't always work. While I'm in the same boat as many here and would rather plug in a Solo DL, the car not being up to temperature is often a problem without a solution. Track days are busy for many of us, especially track veterans who instruct as well at events. Also hot pitting isn't always ideal if you're in a Time Trial session that's already too short. Normally in our region they arrange the grid in order of fastest time to minimize traffic and the chance you'll be stuck behind someone slower, hot pitting to do the pedal dance may get you stuck in traffic again, when otherwise they optimized your position.