dkraige

Some footage from most recent track weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park:

Feel free to point and laugh at the bright green Corvette who spins on the warmup lap at Thunderbolt when we're all at 50% throttle under yellow flags. I don't get serious about going fast until about lap 3 or 4.


Lightning raceway was wet, this is after it somewhat dried out. The footage from the wet sessions is a little boring since it's 20 seconds off the lap pace and you can't feel the car sliding like you can in person:


Some external footage here, illustrating what the Milltek exhaust sounds like at WOT:

https://goo.gl/photos/xuGnD8JhGZxuVrD8A

https://goo.gl/photos/DPM9XoweVEkchafv7

TonyTwoBags

"I was trying to drift

bro"

Nice work

Gator996

Was he wearing the official Corvette owners uniform?

dkraige

Yes. It's well-known there is an exception to the long-pants-required rule at track days as long as you drive a Corvette. If you have a mustache and a decal or piece of clothing with the "Jake" logo, you're also exempt from giving point-bys.

IkoIko911

thanks for sharing - looks like a fun track.

what's the top speed on that long straight?

dkraige

For my car, which is more or less a stock 996, I hit roughly 130 at the end of the front straight at both tracks.

Lightning is shorter, and appears slower and more technical on a map, but the average speed there is actually slightly higher. Thunderbolt has more slow corners that slow the entrance to all the long straights.

Both are fun tracks. Could use more elevation change, but Schattenbaum PCA has about the cheapest track days around, so I can't complain much!