dbratten

Here are segments from four run groups from this past Thursday where we (several CF members) snuck in between two storm fronts and had perfect weather.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lru4b_ZzVSc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut2WcMJLbnI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn445SZ6zjI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Indw995dTKU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEjIyBnKPI8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMjvPtNSQ4E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN-gfsDtFks

Full commentary can be found in the NorCal Forum here.

--Dan

63Corvette

Cool video, very sharp pictures, thanks for posting. What were your lap times?

jmorgan07z06

I would love to drive that track. Nice video quality, what kind of camera do you have?

0Finspeed

Now that is a racetrack!

J.Yo

Thanks for sharing the videos. On some of your laps, you hear a "bang" at the apex of Turn 6. Do you know what that is? I happen to see a video of a S2000 running Laguna Seca, and he had an even louder bang at the apex of Turn 6. Just curious what might be going on at that turn.

dbratten

That's the sound of my tires self-clearancing the fenders as I had the front just a little too low. To take 6 fast you need to drop into the apex and use it as a berm to hook the inside tire. I was also hitting in 8a and 10 but not too bad.

Camera is the new GoPro HD Motorsports shot at 720p. YouTube is only 480p.

Best was a 1:44.3 in the last video posted. All five laps were within 1 sec. I dropped 2.5 sec from 12/4/09 there on my first visit. Still aways to go.

--Dan

FredSM

There is a depression at the apex in T6, which is a very high speed kink . . . our cars fully compress and can bottom out at speed! Also at the bottom of T8 (corkscrew).

Thanks for the vids, Dan.

FM

63Corvette

"To take 6 fast you need to drop into the apex and use it as a berm to hook the inside tire."
"There is a depression at the apex in T6, which is a very high speed kink . . . our cars fully compress and can bottom out at speed!"

Turn 6 is very deceptive, the possible speed is much higher than it appears. Taken correctly, there is just a "dab" on the brakes, then drop the driver's side front tire off the rumble strip at the apex. This produces an almost violent "lurch" around the apex of this turn, quite unlike anyother turn that I have ever experienced.

DarkMastyr

Just be careful not to go too far off the inside of T6... I did that once and the tire went up on the red marker and tore a blister in the sidewall.

Cloaked323

Thanks for posting this up Dan I can get a really good look at the track and driving line

dbratten

Glad it can help. See you at LS on the 10th.

Cloaked323

Very much looking for to this event, just putting the finishing touches on the car.

SIK02SS

I wana go!!