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jjaisli · 10-17-2016, 06:09 AM

Friday, October 14th, NJMP Thunderbolt with Chicane - NASA NE

In the session below, I started out (first flying lap) behind a C7 Corvette (Stingray?). I'm assuming his tires were cold so while he was brutally fast on the straights, I was eating him alive in the corners for the first lap. I then had an S2000 with aero work slowly gaining on me for 2 laps and I gave him the point by. Through traffic and pace I was able to keep him in sight. And then I had a great tussle with a BMW 135i. He was faster on the straights but I made it up in other areas. Over-all, it was a great run, a lot of fun with a bit of aggression and a few small opposite lock moments here or there. Not always ideal lines and more than a few missed apexes. Just a very enjoyable session.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-SHVkPJiw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-SHVkPJiw[/ame]

During the afternoon, I sought out the chief instructor, Ron Solomon. As it turned out, I found him first on track, rather than in the paddock. He was lined up behind me to head out on track during a mid afternoon session. He drives a blue BRZ and I thought it would be a good opportunity. So I just drove my line for a few laps to let him observe me and then let him overtake me. (This is where the video starts). I then tucked in a drove behind him, pretty much matching his pace for the rest of the session. Well, almost the rest of the session. I realized I didn't have enough fuel to make it all the way to the end so I had to come in about 2 laps short of the checkered flag. But it was great how nearly everybody gave way to the two of us. Look out everybody--86 train coming through.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pmifwVptw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pmifwVptw[/ame]

It was my first time driving driving Thunderbolt with the chicane and I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, during session II on Saturday (3 day weekend), I couldn't shift in or out of gear anymore. I stopped twice on track on the same lap, managed to get it going and came back to the pits. I was told it's a broken spring on the clutch, easy to fix but difficult to get to. And not something that could be done on track. So that ended a weekend of fun much too early. It's fortunate that I bought my trailer at the right time.

* My fastest lap ended up being a 1.39.78, but I'm guessing with an extra 2 days to fine tune my lines, I could have gone at least a second quicker. There's always next year.

10-17-2016, 06:09 AM	#344
jjaisli Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Firestorm Location: The Ramapo Mountains NJ Posts: 248 Thanks: 212 Thanked 155 Times in 94 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Friday, October 14th, NJMP Thunderbolt with Chicane - NASA NE In the session below, I started out (first flying lap) behind a C7 Corvette (Stingray?). I'm assuming his tires were cold so while he was brutally fast on the straights, I was eating him alive in the corners for the first lap. I then had an S2000 with aero work slowly gaining on me for 2 laps and I gave him the point by. Through traffic and pace I was able to keep him in sight. And then I had a great tussle with a BMW 135i. He was faster on the straights but I made it up in other areas. Over-all, it was a great run, a lot of fun with a bit of aggression and a few small opposite lock moments here or there. Not always ideal lines and more than a few missed apexes. Just a very enjoyable session. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-SHVkPJiw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-SHVkPJiw[/ame] During the afternoon, I sought out the chief instructor, Ron Solomon. As it turned out, I found him first on track, rather than in the paddock. He was lined up behind me to head out on track during a mid afternoon session. He drives a blue BRZ and I thought it would be a good opportunity. So I just drove my line for a few laps to let him observe me and then let him overtake me. (This is where the video starts). I then tucked in a drove behind him, pretty much matching his pace for the rest of the session. Well, almost the rest of the session. I realized I didn't have enough fuel to make it all the way to the end so I had to come in about 2 laps short of the checkered flag. But it was great how nearly everybody gave way to the two of us. Look out everybody--86 train coming through. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pmifwVptw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pmifwVptw[/ame] It was my first time driving driving Thunderbolt with the chicane and I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, during session II on Saturday (3 day weekend), I couldn't shift in or out of gear anymore. I stopped twice on track on the same lap, managed to get it going and came back to the pits. I was told it's a broken spring on the clutch, easy to fix but difficult to get to. And not something that could be done on track. So that ended a weekend of fun much too early. It's fortunate that I bought my trailer at the right time. * My fastest lap ended up being a 1.39.78, but I'm guessing with an extra 2 days to fine tune my lines, I could have gone at least a second quicker. There's always next year.