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Old 07-20-2016, 11:24 PM   #304
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Originally Posted by jjaisli View Post
I think I can equal that.







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.







(Not sure why that video only rendered in low res. I'll try and republish it). EDIT: Done


Nice driving, thanks for sharing! Sorry I missed you, I looked for you a couple of times also. We had only a couple of cars that created trains in the advanced group but great pace overall. Followed a couple of fast Miatas to learn some tricks that worked well for my car. I'll be at Palmer this Fri-Sun with NASANE. Hope our paths cross again soon.
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