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Originally Posted by dp1
NJMP Thunderbolt with NASANE on June 17-19
Fast lap 1m38s:
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I think I can equal that.
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That was last year with AZP, still on my Direzzas.
I'm pretty sure I saw you up at Watkins Glen yesterday with SCDA. I recognized the car but every time I walked over to introduce myself I only saw the car there. The only time I did actually see you was when we passed by each other in downtown Watkins Glen. Oh well. Nice to
almost meet you. LOL
I was only up for the one day. It was really kind of a mixed bag in the intermediate group. Most people were doing alright but there were a few guys, who were woefully off the pace and just causing 4-5 car trains to pile up behind them. It's really inexcusable in an Intermediate group on a track that's more than 3 miles long with tons of passing zones.
I actually thought about talking to Elivan after the 3rd session but I only do maybe one or two events per year with SCDA and I only had one more session to go so I didn't and don't want to make waves but I think I'm going to push to move up to the advanced group the next time out with SCDA if it's a track I'm familiar with. The last time I was at Watkins Glen in May I went with an open passing group. I was probably one of the slowest cars out there (but to be fair, probably one of the only road cars) but it was a very different experience. Out of 4 x 30 minutes sessions yesterday I only had one SINGLE clean lap. When you're mixing it up with cars that have double, in some cases close to trip your horsepower, it shouldn't be like that.
This was my FL from July 18th at WGI. It's almost 2 seconds slower than my best lap from May. Still getting some moderate push although it's better than it was. But I was down about 2-3 mph top speed with the high humidity and warmer temps.
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(Not sure why that video only rendered in low res. I'll try and republish it). EDIT: Done