Who's ready for some track testing?
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OEM Cup 2 tires and carbon ceramic brakes. I'm bringing a set of Pirelli scrubs along though.
Depending on how the CCBs hold up I might leave them on for NCM at VIR but if it looks like they might not last another two days I'll put the AP Racing kit on.
Depending on how the CCBs hold up I might leave them on for NCM at VIR but if it looks like they might not last another two days I'll put the AP Racing kit on.
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Summit Point Main. I'll admit that I'm getting pretty nervous about the whole thing - lots of expectations riding on this. With all the rain we've had I'm hoping there aren't any rivers or lakes on the circuit.
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I can understand. You are a very skilled driver and you're in possession one of the very fastest cars on a road course of all time from any manufacturer.
The results with you as the owner/driver will be very telling as to what we can expect the real world road course performance to be in a new ZR1.
Try and get some sleep if you can so you are fresh. Tomorrow is supposed to be nice and not too hot. Good luck!!
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Yup, replied to your mail. See you tomorrow. Bring your helmet and driving shoes
Summit Point Main. I'll admit that I'm getting pretty nervous about the whole thing - lots of expectations riding on this. With all the rain we've had I'm hoping there aren't any rivers or lakes on the circuit.
Summit Point Main. I'll admit that I'm getting pretty nervous about the whole thing - lots of expectations riding on this. With all the rain we've had I'm hoping there aren't any rivers or lakes on the circuit.
It will be great to see Jason, too. I haven't been at Summit for a few years now.
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Thanks to Sean, I can now count myself among the lucky that have driven a ZR1 on the race track. After Sean finished burnishing his brakes and making some adjustments to the rear wing, he let me go out, unsupervised.
Bear in mind this is NOT my car, and I can't afford to replace the Not-My-Car. So I didn't push it as hard as I might normally. I did run into some traffic here and there, including a McLaren of some sort that tripped me up by pointing me by on the wrong side of the track. But no matter. I managed a 1:22.4 which is pretty close to the best I've done in my Z07. This after 3-4 laps in the car.
It's stupid-easy to drive fast. The Z07 is immensely easy to drive fast on the track. This one is just that much more so. Lots of mechanical grip, silly amounts of go-juice, and all the same track prowess as the rest of the C7 line-up.
Big fun. YouTube is still processing my 4 laps, but here's the link. I dunno if it'll be in 1080p by the time you click on it.
Bear in mind this is NOT my car, and I can't afford to replace the Not-My-Car. So I didn't push it as hard as I might normally. I did run into some traffic here and there, including a McLaren of some sort that tripped me up by pointing me by on the wrong side of the track. But no matter. I managed a 1:22.4 which is pretty close to the best I've done in my Z07. This after 3-4 laps in the car.
It's stupid-easy to drive fast. The Z07 is immensely easy to drive fast on the track. This one is just that much more so. Lots of mechanical grip, silly amounts of go-juice, and all the same track prowess as the rest of the C7 line-up.
Big fun. YouTube is still processing my 4 laps, but here's the link. I dunno if it'll be in 1080p by the time you click on it.
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Thanks to Sean, I can now count myself among the lucky that have driven a ZR1 on the race track. After Sean finished burnishing his brakes and making some adjustments to the rear wing, he let me go out, unsupervised.
Bear in mind this is NOT my car, and I can't afford to replace the Not-My-Car. So I didn't push it as hard as I might normally. I did run into some traffic here and there, including a McLaren of some sort that tripped me up by pointing me by on the wrong side of the track. But no matter. I managed a 1:22.4 which is pretty close to the best I've done in my Z07. This after 3-4 laps in the car.
It's stupid-easy to drive fast. The Z07 is immensely easy to drive fast on the track. This one is just that much more so. Lots of mechanical grip, silly amounts of go-juice, and all the same track prowess as the rest of the C7 line-up.
Big fun. YouTube is still processing my 4 laps, but here's the link. I dunno if it'll be in 1080p by the time you click on it.
Bear in mind this is NOT my car, and I can't afford to replace the Not-My-Car. So I didn't push it as hard as I might normally. I did run into some traffic here and there, including a McLaren of some sort that tripped me up by pointing me by on the wrong side of the track. But no matter. I managed a 1:22.4 which is pretty close to the best I've done in my Z07. This after 3-4 laps in the car.
It's stupid-easy to drive fast. The Z07 is immensely easy to drive fast on the track. This one is just that much more so. Lots of mechanical grip, silly amounts of go-juice, and all the same track prowess as the rest of the C7 line-up.
Big fun. YouTube is still processing my 4 laps, but here's the link. I dunno if it'll be in 1080p by the time you click on it.
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Some more notes:
The first half of the day saw some dried mud on the track at some very inopportune points: the apex of 9, and near the apex of 10. There was a little at track out on 3 as well. During lunch they sent the street sweeper out to fix that.
Sean's car is the first one since my 1996(!) that I've driven on the course without harnesses on. That was a bit unnerving for me, to be completely honest.
At lunch, Sean swapped the SC2s out for his slick scrubs. He offered me a chance to go dice the track up with the slicks on the car, but I passed. I think I've gone fast enough in Not-My-Car, so more fun wasn't necessary.
Pete (range96) came down from PA to visit for the day. I haven't seen him since we were both driving our C6 ZR1s at Summit in the rain one day. That was... almost 8 years ago? Something like that. If I'm not mistaken, he ran as a passenger with Sean after lunch.
I won't steal Sean's thunder, but his lap times were significantly faster than mine. Like "holy crap, are you guys driving the same car?!" faster. But I'm OK with that.
The first half of the day saw some dried mud on the track at some very inopportune points: the apex of 9, and near the apex of 10. There was a little at track out on 3 as well. During lunch they sent the street sweeper out to fix that.
Sean's car is the first one since my 1996(!) that I've driven on the course without harnesses on. That was a bit unnerving for me, to be completely honest.
At lunch, Sean swapped the SC2s out for his slick scrubs. He offered me a chance to go dice the track up with the slicks on the car, but I passed. I think I've gone fast enough in Not-My-Car, so more fun wasn't necessary.
Pete (range96) came down from PA to visit for the day. I haven't seen him since we were both driving our C6 ZR1s at Summit in the rain one day. That was... almost 8 years ago? Something like that. If I'm not mistaken, he ran as a passenger with Sean after lunch.
I won't steal Sean's thunder, but his lap times were significantly faster than mine. Like "holy crap, are you guys driving the same car?!" faster. But I'm OK with that.
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Awesome account of your day, looking forward to Sean’s as well.
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I started a new thread for my track impressions from today.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ay-report.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ay-report.html
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Some more notes:
The first half of the day saw some dried mud on the track at some very inopportune points: the apex of 9, and near the apex of 10. There was a little at track out on 3 as well. During lunch they sent the street sweeper out to fix that.
Sean's car is the first one since my 1996(!) that I've driven on the course without harnesses on. That was a bit unnerving for me, to be completely honest.
At lunch, Sean swapped the SC2s out for his slick scrubs. He offered me a chance to go dice the track up with the slicks on the car, but I passed. I think I've gone fast enough in Not-My-Car, so more fun wasn't necessary.
Pete (range96) came down from PA to visit for the day. I haven't seen him since we were both driving our C6 ZR1s at Summit in the rain one day. That was... almost 8 years ago? Something like that. If I'm not mistaken, he ran as a passenger with Sean after lunch.
I won't steal Sean's thunder, but his lap times were significantly faster than mine. Like "holy crap, are you guys driving the same car?!" faster. But I'm OK with that.
The first half of the day saw some dried mud on the track at some very inopportune points: the apex of 9, and near the apex of 10. There was a little at track out on 3 as well. During lunch they sent the street sweeper out to fix that.
Sean's car is the first one since my 1996(!) that I've driven on the course without harnesses on. That was a bit unnerving for me, to be completely honest.
At lunch, Sean swapped the SC2s out for his slick scrubs. He offered me a chance to go dice the track up with the slicks on the car, but I passed. I think I've gone fast enough in Not-My-Car, so more fun wasn't necessary.
Pete (range96) came down from PA to visit for the day. I haven't seen him since we were both driving our C6 ZR1s at Summit in the rain one day. That was... almost 8 years ago? Something like that. If I'm not mistaken, he ran as a passenger with Sean after lunch.
I won't steal Sean's thunder, but his lap times were significantly faster than mine. Like "holy crap, are you guys driving the same car?!" faster. But I'm OK with that.