April 1 Test and Tune Results
I was extremely happy with my performance... I really
am getting the feel for driving the car.
There
were 24 cars there, including a "Solo V" which
is a lot like an Indy car (except much smaller), and a
sort-of Fiero (all that was left was the body, floorpan,
and part of the dash). Those were the 2 fastest cars,
doing around 29-30 second laps.
Now,
there was no official results but all the times were
posted. I'm happy to say that besides those heavily
modified race cars, I was in the Top 5 fastest cars!
The
cars that beat me were a Porche Boxter S with racing
slicks (250hp Porche, what do you expect?) who ran a fast
time of 33.1 and 2 Honda Civic SiR's (running fastest
times of around 33.3), but both had racing slicks, were in
the "modified" class because of suspension and
engine modifications, and the drivers both had 5+ years
experience. And a Mazda Miata beat me also, but again he
was on racing slicks and was modified (plus he has 15+
years experience!).
Bottom
line is I was the fastest on street tires and even beat
some modified Camaros/Firebirds that were on racing
slicks. I was one of only 5 street legal cars that got
into the 33-second range, with a fastest time of 33.8.
The
thing I was most happy about was that the track layout was
very similar to the one I ran on last year. Last year my
fastest time was 39.5! So I took almost SIX SECONDS off my
times!
My times
(in order of running)
| Run
1: |
36.753
(with rider) |
| Run
2: |
35.659
(with rider) |
| Run
3: |
34.666 |
| Run
4: |
34.687 |
| Run
5: |
35.08 |
| Run
6: |
34.575 |
| Run
7: |
34.193 |
| Run
8: |
35.563
(missed a shift) |
| Run
9: |
34.743
(had engine hesitation) |
| Run
10: |
34.395 |
| Run
11: |
34.560 |
| Run
12: |
34.245 |
| Run
13: |
33.805
(BEST RUN) |
| AVE: |
34.84 |
Here's some pics, you
can click on the picture to get a full-sized view!
| Hard
Launch, look how she squats down and explodes
forward! A beautiful sight! |
Hard
Launch 2nd pic, a split second later. Still
pushing me back and really squatting! |
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| Final
Hard Launch shot. |
Comin'
right at you at around 40 mph. |
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| Into
the big round corner |
Later
in the corner. |
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| Even
later in the corner |
Back
Slalom |
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| Accelerate
to finish line, see her squatting under
acelleration! |
Braking
after finish line. Time to relax! |
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| Multi-Pic
of front big looping curve. Sequence is top left,
across to the right, then middle row across, then
bottom row. |
Rear
slalom turns multi shot... I guess I was going so
fast my cameraperson lost me in the last part! :) |
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