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Can you give a baseline of "if you can't run a lap under X:XX time in car Y please don't even bother"?
I know the default answer is "don't worry about it" but racing people way faster or way slower sucks. I've been in both spots.
It's more of a problem if you can't make it around the track without spinning or going off track. There's guys of all speeds through the field to race with, but it's no fun racing if you haven't learned the track and put in some practice laps.
If you're really looking for a number, I'd say if you can do a lap of Mid-ohio in the RUF track in under 1:25, you'll be right in the thick of the racing. I don't have a good feel for the times at Laguna yet for our next race.
It's more of a problem if you can't make it around the track without spinning or going off track. There's guys of all speeds through the field to race with, but it's no fun racing if you haven't learned the track and put in some practice laps.
If you're really looking for a number, I'd say if you can do a lap of Mid-ohio in the RUF track in under 1:25, you'll be right in the thick of the racing. I don't have a good feel for the times at Laguna yet for our next race.
Exactly. I appreciate the good natured c'mon out responses, but I feel like I need to be minimally competent to join you guys. For reference, what kind of laps do you run in the Miata cup at Summit Point Main?
It's more of a problem if you can't make it around the track without spinning or going off track. There's guys of all speeds through the field to race with, but it's no fun racing if you haven't learned the track and put in some practice laps.
If you're really looking for a number, I'd say if you can do a lap of Mid-ohio in the RUF track in under 1:25, you'll be right in the thick of the racing. I don't have a good feel for the times at Laguna yet for our next race.
Exactly.
Don't worry about lap times. A lighting fast lap does you no good if the next 3 have you off in the dirt, or you hit something and have to finish the race with a bent car.
Practice running laps for 25 minutes without any spins or off-track-excursions and I bet you finish in the top half, easy.
Exactly. I appreciate the good natured c'mon out responses, but I feel like I need to be minimally competent to join you guys. For reference, what kind of laps do you run in the Miata cup at Summit Point Main?
If you can do 1:26s consistently without going off, you will be in the race.
Don't worry about lap times. A lighting fast lap does you no good if the next 3 have you off in the dirt, or you hit something and have to finish the race with a bent car.
I think I ran one of our seasons in which I never set fastest lap in a race that I won. Consistency is king. Chasing hotlaps is fun, but won't win races.
Totally agree consistency it the key. Make sure you get a headset, we all talk through the sessions, let people know which side to pass or someone coming up. We also share setups a lot in the sessions.
It was cool hopping in a random practice session last night and seeing a fellow Rennlister practicing for our Wednesday night races. Sorry I jumped off so abruptly. Wife informed me I had to cook dinner
Here is a picture I took at said racer at Indy a few weeks ago.
Sean, Yes seen you I was going to say hi but you were gone. Could of used your setup, with some practice I was only able to get within a second of you. Nice panning shot, to catch the motion!
Thanks.
Yeah I finally got the car comfortable to drive again. I couldn't for the life of me get the damn car to turn in. The baseline setup pushes like crazy. I finally pulled off Jon Hall's mid-ohio set up and dropped the gurney, lowered the tire pressures a bit and messed with the rear toe and the car was much more stable.
His original setup was nice, but a bit too loose on throttle for me.
I think it would be nice if there was a feature on iracing to share setups with your team or league. I'm sure most groups don't share as much as we do, but it would make things a little easier.
09-22-2015 | 11:23 AM
