Track Day Chat

Hotrodz · 06-07-2019, 06:45 PM

Since we have beat tires to death and sure that horse won't stay dead, I have another topic for discussion. We were having a down load session and a statement was made that most fast times come in the first couple of sessions in the morning when the weather is best, not to hot and the driver is fresh. I generally would agree but my experience this year has not been so. I have run my fastest laps in the next to the last and mostly the last session of the day.

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Rusty · 06-07-2019, 10:56 PM

My best times come in the middle sessions. First session, I getting up to speed and feeling everything out. Middle sessions, I feel great, comfortable, and focus. This is where everything for me starts to slow down. Last session. This is where I start to screw around. Seeing how far I can hang the rear out, and trying to get that great drive out of the corner. I've looped a time or two doing this.

Trying slightly different lines.

Hotrodz · 06-08-2019, 09:02 AM

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Since we have beat tires to death and sure that horse won't stay dead, I have another topic for discussion. We were having a down load session and a statement was made that most fast times come in the first couple of sessions in the morning when the weather is best, not to hot and the driver is fresh. I generally would agree but my experience this year has not been so. I have run my fastest laps in the next to the last and mostly the last session of the day.

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For me I tell myself on the last session to just 85 to 90% and slow down bring the car home in on piece and just hit all you marks. I think it just what experience but it happens later for me. Everything slows down including me and I go faster, sometimes a couple of seconds faster. I got to find away to get into the zone sooner.

Rusty · 06-08-2019, 11:29 AM

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For me I tell myself on the last session to just 85 to 90% and slow down bring the car home in on piece and just hit all you marks. I think it just what experience but it happens later for me. Everything slows down including me and I go faster, sometimes a couple of seconds faster. I got to find away to get into the zone sooner.

When you get into that zone where is seems like things slow down. You know you are cooking.

Hotrodz · 06-08-2019, 02:58 PM

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When you get into that zone where is seems like things slow down. You know you are cooking.

Exactly, it all about vision for me. It seems my eyes just go where they need to and my steering and baking inputs follow.

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Spooler · 06-08-2019, 06:08 PM

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I got to find away to get into the zone sooner.

That is the quest for everyone. It comes with more seat time I guess. On the dragon I am slow on the way down. Just waking up I guess. On the way back, I am usually cooking with grease. I have to make myself slow down a little so I don't get too carried away.

Hotrodz · 06-09-2019, 04:01 PM

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That is the quest for everyone. It comes with more seat time I guess. On the dragon I am slow on the way down. Just waking up I guess. On the way back, I am usually cooking with grease. I have to make myself slow down a little so I don't get too carried away.

Seat and track time coupled with track familiarity is always the deal! Getting into the right mental state for me is like I said vision and relaxation. If I can rid myself of tension I am able to see and focus. It is the the same thing with hitting a baseball or a golf ball. I was an excellent curve ball hitter because I could see the dot the seams would make on the rotation of a curve ball and being relaxed help me with making adjustment to wait and hit it.

Downhill runs are always scarier than uphill runs because of simple physics and car dynamics. There is a reason that closed road time trial are called "Hill Climbs" because going uphill is significantly safer and and faster. That is if you stay on the asphalt!

AlWakRa · 06-09-2019, 06:02 PM

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Seat and track time coupled with track familiarity is always the deal!

Familiarity to the track is something that makes you fast in any car. Driving in one circuit only for more than three years, made me getting to 80% or more of any car performance easily within few laps. BUT you reach a point where you get bored with the track, I want to try other tracks so badly to test my skills, but cannot.

Jmatchley86 · 06-12-2019, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hotrodz

Since we have beat tires to death and sure that horse won't stay dead, I have another topic for discussion. We were having a down load session and a statement was made that most fast times come in the first couple of sessions in the morning when the weather is best, not to hot and the driver is fresh. I generally would agree but my experience this year has not been so. I have run my fastest laps in the next to the last and mostly the last session of the day.

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I'm the exact same. Even on day 2 of a weekend event my last sessions are faster. I would think the first runs on day 2 would be your best but for me they aren't.

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Rusty A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 70 Posts: 35,574 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684440	My best times come in the middle sessions. First session, I getting up to speed and feeling everything out. Middle sessions, I feel great, comfortable, and focus. This is where everything for me starts to slow down. Last session. This is where I start to screw around. Seeing how far I can hang the rear out, and trying to get that great drive out of the corner. I've looped a time or two doing this. Trying slightly different lines. Hotrodz, Spooler and jchammond like this. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

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