Thunderbolt With Schattenbaum...What a Blast!
08-21-2008, 05:57 PM
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08-21-2008, 06:50 PM
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Anyone who has Lime Rock and Watkins Glen as their standard tracks ( hint, hint my follow CVRer's) needs to add Thunderbolt to the list. As Bobby said thanks to Schattenbaum for a great event. We all learned the track, the schedule and how to avoid the dust. The track grows on you. There is the track and the Octopus. It's tough as most of us aren't used to that much turning and turning and turning. It makes you work and think about your line. It's humbling to see someone going faster than you in the slowest part of the track. I want to go back.
I heard times of 1:35-1:40 for Red / Black for those that keep track of those things. For most of us we spent two days discussing lines and comparing notes. It was fun and different.
John - Let me know how clean your car gets now that you have my detailing trick
Dan - Thanks for letting me follow you for a session. It really helped
Rick - Thanks for organizing a great dinner
Bobby - it was great to run with you. Sorry I didn't get a picture of your "Showcar". I really enjoyed my time on the track with you and if you need help cleaning the dust let me know but Dan knows a thing or two about removing dust...
I heard times of 1:35-1:40 for Red / Black for those that keep track of those things. For most of us we spent two days discussing lines and comparing notes. It was fun and different.
John - Let me know how clean your car gets now that you have my detailing trick
Dan - Thanks for letting me follow you for a session. It really helped
Rick - Thanks for organizing a great dinner
Bobby - it was great to run with you. Sorry I didn't get a picture of your "Showcar". I really enjoyed my time on the track with you and if you need help cleaning the dust let me know but Dan knows a thing or two about removing dust...
You are right about the lap times of 1.35-1.40. I have a video of the
3rd session on day 2 (can't post it because i still haven't figured out how to convert these HD files)...but it was my quickest session running with Sasportas (white GT3), Pete (black turbo) and John (silver turbo)...and derived laps from the video ranging from 1.36 - 1.42.
08-21-2008, 07:18 PM
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You are right about the lap times of 1.35-1.40. I have a video of the
3rd session on day 2 (can't post it because i still haven't figured out how to convert these HD files)...but it was my quickest session running with Sasportas (white GT3), Pete (black turbo) and John (silver turbo)...and derived laps from the video ranging from 1.36 - 1.42.
3rd session on day 2 (can't post it because i still haven't figured out how to convert these HD files)...but it was my quickest session running with Sasportas (white GT3), Pete (black turbo) and John (silver turbo)...and derived laps from the video ranging from 1.36 - 1.42.
It will be great when grand am gets there labor day weekend so we can see what the track should be driven like
08-21-2008, 09:17 PM
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08-21-2008, 10:01 PM
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David, it was great meeting and running with you. Let's do it again sometime soon.
You are right about the lap times of 1.35-1.40. I have a video of the
3rd session on day 2 (can't post it because i still haven't figured out how to convert these HD files)...but it was my quickest session running with Sasportas (white GT3), Pete (black turbo) and John (silver turbo)...and derived laps from the video ranging from 1.36 - 1.42.
You are right about the lap times of 1.35-1.40. I have a video of the
3rd session on day 2 (can't post it because i still haven't figured out how to convert these HD files)...but it was my quickest session running with Sasportas (white GT3), Pete (black turbo) and John (silver turbo)...and derived laps from the video ranging from 1.36 - 1.42.
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08-21-2008, 10:06 PM
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I hope the pros supply their own.
08-21-2008, 10:37 PM
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Sounds like fun, I put 4 off myself in that octopus. I think the easiest line thru there is just a continuous arc up high, like on a bowl. Decent track, haven't figured it out yet.
08-29-2008, 10:50 PM
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Boys and girls we have a couple of benchmarks now...
Went to The Rolex today and learnt what the fast guys were running:
DP cars - 1.11-1.12
GT cars - 1.19-1.20
So now we know that our 1.36 was friggin' SLOW...
Went to The Rolex today and learnt what the fast guys were running:
DP cars - 1.11-1.12
GT cars - 1.19-1.20
So now we know that our 1.36 was friggin' SLOW...
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