Quikag

You bring up a good point. When I was running the stock Michelin PS2 tire on my Vette, it was nice, but car still slid around. Then I upgraded to the ZR1-spec sport cup and it had awesome grip for 2 track days and then it went to crap. Even on the 2 great track days I got out of the cups, the tires would still get greasy towards the end of the session and the car would start sliding around. My last session on the Cups, my car was so loose, it wasn't even funny. So not funny, I even slid off the track at MSR Cresson, slid through the wet grass, and jumped over the inside curbing ripping off my factory CF splitter ($1500). Car was otherwise fine luckily, but still made me mad as that was my first and only track damage to date.

Anyway, rambling now, but since I got the slicks, the car is so consistent from the second lap (1st lap warmup) to the very last lap, it's actually easier to drive. If you are sliding, oversteering, rotating, etc. you are doing something wrong because the tire gives huge grip and don't like to slide. When it does slide, it's pretty abrupt, so even intentional trail braking rotation doesn't really help. Tires don't get greasy either.

996FLT6

[quote=mooty;10195183]That BMW racecar at TH didn't even flinch when you're front bumper was perpendicular and 3 feet away from driver door going thru t1- hahaha. Mike

Evo997

What a great weekend!

tgavem

Does anyone know what car puked the oil in the paddock and the pit lane?[/QUOTE]

I was the red Spec Racer ford parked at the far end opposite from the media center. He left the remaining 4 quarts in the parking lot. What a mess!

tasman

Evo997 thanks for sharing the pictures.

jenk12m

Evo, you should have some good vids of a bunch of gt Porsches running around

jenk12m

Tasman, sorry you weren't able to really enjoy the tracks after coming such a long way

deputydog95

Hoosiers are cool for setting down amazing lap times, but I still enjoy the thrill of keeping the car under control with the Nitto's. Hoosiers are a lot of fun and they make a great tire, but unless there is a trophy involved, I'd rather stay on R comps for DE's.

I still want to see video of the stock GTR doing 228's on stock tires!!!

TrackToyz

Yup. That turned out to be the trick. A couple of us in green had figured out the lap time pecking order and out lap warm-up cycle and would head to grid at ten minutes 'till. By the time the out lap was done, everyone was in correct order and you basically had the track to yourself for about 6-7 laps until you caught the back of the field. And then the shenanigans would start. A couple times I just gave up at that point as there was some really goofy stuff going on back there.

Do I even need to mention the red/white rental SRF driving 50 mph all the way through the esses? I had a nice non-accusatory chat (hey, how can I help you see me?) with that guy the first day and realized that both oars were not in the water. No use rocking the boat when the captain isn't on board.

Evo997

I sure do! Did you happen to see a Green GT3RS with plates K3RMIT? Loved its exhaust. I believe it was a Sharkwerks car.

paver

Damn, just looking at the facility as a whole, COTA makes even Barber look bad. Unbelievable.

sstjohn

Yeah, I should have done a better job of getting in the front more often. It was the best session of the weekend. I was always waiting for DD to finish polishing Greeks nails before he would saddle up.

TrackToyz

I see 85Gold and myself there in the background...

tasman

Are you giving him point by cues? Sorry I had to miss dinner saturday!

tasman

Thanks. Kind of bummed me out but is was still nice to put some faces with names and hanging out/seeing COTA was pretty amazing.

Could not get my car off the trailer when I got home though. Ramps were frozen in place. Had to put in garage to melt the water! Beauty of returning home to Wisconsin.