Poor-sha

Does anyone have a set they'd be willing to share? I'll be back there next weekend and it'll be the first time since before the repave. I'm also instructing so I'm looking for reference markers for a student. Thanks.

gpuglisi

You may be aware, here are set of track walks by some well known coaches. I haven't used them yet, have read nothing but positive feedback from those that have.

https://speedsecrets.com/virtual-track-walks/

Mordeth

Heya Sean. I have some track notes from Watkins I can send to you. I'm there almost every week. Send me a pm with your email and I will get them right over.

Poor-sha

Thanks. I forgot about those. I actually used the similar online seminar that Mike Skeen did on VIR and actually picked up a fair bit of time.

Thanks. Sending you a PM now.

EdsC6Z06

I believe Ross is going to be there this weekend and last year he did a track walk. Heading out Friday AM!

Bill Dearborn

I doubt you have time to get it but there is a very well done DVD that is narrated by Brock Yates and includes input from one of the classroom instructors that I know at the Glen. It is called Speed Secrets at the Glen. .

If you send an email to me at bdearborng@gmail.com I can send you a pdf file that I put together for a couple of Charlotte guys who went to the Glen earlier this year. Also look up info from Walt Leising. He used to be a class room instructor in the 90s and put together some great diagrams on how to drive the track. He passed in 1994 but most of the diagrams haven't changed from then and since the repave and removal of the concrete they are even more appropriate. A lot of class room instructors have been using those diagrams since Walt put them together in the early 90s.

Bill

Twiggs

Aim for the storm drain going down the hill into the boot. That's about the only thing I remember 100% from my HPDE there.

555ss

The track is HUGE fun with the repave....Ran a 2:02.1 on several cycled R7's. last year oil pressure issues this year kept me from running hard... went 2:05.4 in 4th gear only.
BUT Watch turn 6 do not turn in too early. there is no grip and the car will push over the good camber. My GF found the armco and got a $3400 dollar bill for pavement and armco damage.....never mind the 5k in parts to fix the car

TKOGTO

Agree with Bill on the Secrets of the Glen video. Yates does a great corner-by-corner break down of the track. The concrete patches are gone so some of the references are outdated but he has some suggestions for T2 and T7 I have never heard repeated and they work great.

I have a set of notes comprised of suggestions from Bill, Yates and several pros augmented with my own experiences. Be glad to share. PM me your email address and I'll send it over.

Dave Schotz

Agree with the Brock Yates Video, that's what I purchased before going there for last years NASA National Championships.

Here's my two fast laps from TT if they can also help, since repaving etc...


Best Regards,
Dave

Dennisscars

We went cross country from Kalifornia to WG and didn't want to go that far to n00b the track. I seem to be a visual learner, I found it helpful finding a similar car's video (similar to Dave's above) then I downloaded it and cut it so that it would loop at the same spot on track so I had a clean looping lap. Fortunately for me the car in the video had the same shift points and even the camera mounted in a similar spot. I bet I spend hours sitting in my car with the laptop in the front simulating shift, brake reference and turn-in points. Hooked up the speakers in the garage for full effect. The last week I strapped in, helmet and all.

I was strikingly similar to the same time as my training video and thoroughly enjoyed time there.

I didn't spend near the same time/effort for Mid Ohio and wasn't near as fluent. I suggest a similar speed car, time to reference points not same for miata's vs F1 cars.

Poor-sha

Thanks everybody. The event was a bust for me. 3-day event and I came in after the second session on day 1 to find a puddle of coolant under the car. Some debris hit the intercooler and it was leaking. I managed a 2:08 on that second session but I was just starting to figure things out.

I'm not sure if I'd call this fortunate but my student for the 3 days also had a mechanical and had to call it early. His C5 would spontaneously cut out mid-corner and after it did it in T9 and we nearly got rear ended we were done for the day.

I guess this is still an improvement on my last trip there when my C6Z wouldn't run a single lap without going in to limp mode and the only car I got to drive at speed was a friend's BMW loaner car.

I do love that track though. So many high speed corners it's like the whole track is as much of a gut check as the climbing esses at VIR. Maybe next year.

Mordeth

Ahh sorry to hear that Sean. A 2:08 is a screaming lap for anyone, and for just figuring things out it is super impressive. Hope you get the issue sorted. Sorry I missed you.

Anthony

Racingswh

Sorry to hear about your misfortune Sean. Fun place. Not a lot of room for mistakes though. I was in a crash there this season as a passenger and the C7Z51 car I was in was totaled exiting turn 9.

Put down my personal best there this season with a 1:59.66. I would expect you to be quicker after a couple days getting comfortable with the layout.

I know it's after the fact but for reference here's a couple recent DE laps you could save for next time.

Gary Wimble has a nice video of a 58 at the Glen as well as one at VIR in the 55's. I used his video/data at the Glen to find a couple seconds as I was in the 2:01's last season.



Here's another and this from a C7Z done during the same event as Gary was at with Chin.


We are trying to be at Summit to end the season November 3-5 with Potomac PCA if you're interested? That is if the pavement is finished. Otherwise the backup is another event at NJMP Thunderbolt that same weekend.

Poor-sha

Thanks Steve. I'm headed to VIR Nov 2-5 with TrackDaze and Audi. I had an opportunity to get on the new SP Main on Nov 2 but won't be able to make it due to VIR.