New Jersey Motorsports Park HPDE
 

Just had a great weekend @ NJMP (less the frive thru NY GWB) - two season in NASA/ 10 track days not a bad event yet.

A couple vids-

‪370Z NJ Motorsports Park- NJMP Lightning Course Track Tour.mpg‬‏ - YouTube

‪370Z NJMP M3Supercharged.mpg‬‏ - YouTube

(and yes I know the driver of the M3)

Have a few interior helmet cam will post latter

Very nice videos, the track looks great too!

Did you run the Global Time Attack?

No time attack. Just ran in groups 2 & 3 (day two)

wild weekend with couple NASA races and GTA- great time

gonna post a cali question under track thread

‪370Z NJMP GoPro low - fast.mpg‬‏ - YouTube

here another vid shot from drivers side in front of rear wheel

Helmet cam- interior shot-
front straight hitting ~ 130's , back straight under bridge ~ 105-110 mph

‪370Z NJMP HPDE3 Helmet Cam.mpg‬‏ - YouTube

Nice driving overall. Very smooth and consistent.

Here's a couple of notes that might pick you up some time here.

- Don't be afraid to aggressively use the curbs at T1, T4, and T7. It shortens the line and they aren't that high.

- If you early apex T1 you can carry more speed and you will use more of the track out. Do it in small increments until you get a feel for it. The apex cone is placed very conservatively here.

- There are 2 fast lines through the 2,3,4 combination. You can take 2 wide to give yourself a better tight arc for 3 which will set you up for 4, or you can apex 2 carrying in more speed and then braking for 3 before turn in.

- When you come over the crest at 5 straighten the wheel and give it some gas, drive straight towards the track out, start turning again once the suspension settles.

- I saw you using the high line at T9 which is good, this is the fastest line for exit speed onto the straight. Work your way down to the apex cone on the inside and make sure you nail it but not too early. Should be at WOT before you hit the apex. You used all the track out here which is good. No need to tight apex T10, stay off a car width to avoid the bump.

I appreciate the feedback- makes sense- plan on getting back in Oct - they may do Lightning Sat & Thunderbolt Sunday- so I'll get another shot to refine the line and also try out Thunderbolt (but most guys I talked to this past weekend seemed to like Lightning better)

was your car the graphite 370z? we were out there with our white time attack car for GTA.

Yes- car #370 -

Here's a nice vid 7AT rolling thru the gears out of pits-red line shift each time- you can hear me stomp the gas but VDC engaged (I need to drive it to work on Monday so VDC something to keep the stupid error under control) tires hot and stick no hesitation off the line

370Z NJMP helmet cam HPDE 2.mpg - YouTube

I'd love to hit the track once, but I'd have to do it on a budget.

370Z NJMP Interior .mpg - YouTube

One last vid from NJMP- interior shot