TXE36

Well, at least the new hygienist I tried yesterday was actually better than the old who retired - very impressive and much better than the young jackhammer who also works in the office.

We'll have to see if SierraLima is any faster this coming weekend .

-Mike

surlynkid

I need to watch her credit card statement and make sure a bunch of sticker tires don't show up.

TXE36

I had 4 sticker tires show up yesterday and 4 more should be on my porch when I get home tonight. I was smart enough ask the missus before I ordered them, however.

I'll finally have rain tires, so we should no longer have rainy track weekends from here on out.

-Mike

sierralima

Sigh.

I’d be happy with 0.2 sec improvement in PR in the M3 at TWS on NT01s. Looking at data, answer lies in corner exit speed. So I try to squeeze throttle earlier/a bit more and the back end comes around. Next thing I know I’m sliding all over the place.

This weekend I wasn’t faster in Miata in open laps, but I was sliding around a lot more. I’m hoping it was the “new” heat cycled out Hoosier scrubs that were to blame...and not that I'm getting more comfortable with the car.

I figure either I need to learn better tire management or get stickier(sticker) tires…. We need to get them heat cycled at Tire Rack.

Veloce Raptor

https://clubregistration.net/events/...m?eventiD=6849

TXE36

Subtle .

I do think that would help - and it's not the sort of event that happens all that often. Would likely get more improvement than she'd get with a new set of sticker tires.

-Mike

ETA: Surlynkid I've got the back brace for the passenger seat and you'll get it this Saturday.

sierralima

This really has me thinking…. It has always been important to me that I support my own track habit….

However…I’m finding dentistry is not providing the unlimited funds I’d hoped, and while owning my own practice allows me quite a bit of flexibility, employees and patients aren’t always happy at my attempts to change the schedule last minute.

Therefore, I’m now looking for a job where I can make more money, work fewer hours and have more flexibility than I currently have so I can increase the amount of time and money I spend at the track.

If anyone can help with this I’d appreciate it. Thanks.

Mark Dreyer

Learn how to do root canals. Or maybe better to refer them to guys/gals like me so you can concentrate on fun profitable things like veneers on swimsuit models. :-)

sierralima

Dental humor!

Obviously I should have qualified - while I'm asking I would also like my new job to have the ease of a practice specializing in buccal pit amalgams on #19...that do not require anesthesia.

TXE36

Be honest, what you really wish for is one of those politically connected $350K/year no show jobs that put you on the left side of the "Number of heat cycles until my r-comps are done" curve and allows you to go to the track whenever you want. Unfortunately, having a moral compass and not wanting to be a deadbeat, limit the possibilities for such an opportunity.

Based on your banter with Dreyer, dental conferences must be a riot . Although, I must confess, engineering humor is nothing to write home about, however, there is Dilbert.



-Mike

tahoelife

So i was recently given the chance to drive a few different spec boxsters at a track i know pretty well. Considering i was in borrowed cars and on the "tired" tires since they were racing that weekend i am very happy with my consitent laps times that would have put me running with the top 3. I have been considering going to that class hence the chance to drive. So i started studying the one guy who holds the class record and wins everytime he shows up. He take a very different line through the corners (almost a double apex turn) leading on to the main straight . He chooses to give up the apex on the first apex by a lot his data shows him carrying more exit speed and ultimately 3-4 mph at the end of the straight. So my question is, is this the best practice for this type of corner or is there a way to get to apex and improve overall lap time?

ProCoach

Im confused. You say he takes "almost a double apex" then you say he "gives up the first apex." Which is it?

It's one corner of a track he wins on. What about the others?

Your answer is to take the complex a session doing as well as you can one way (the way you are doing it) and one session the way he is doing it. Then, create a segment and measure the sector time. Answer without spsubjective interpretation is revealed!

tahoelife

Thank you Peter sorry for the confusion it is considered two corners that you can take almost as one corner like a double apex. He choose to take a wider line through the first one and the eats it like one apex vs "two corners". Not sure this clears it up. Yes I intend to try it both ways on same day next time I am there to see what the data says.

winders

Is this 14/15 at Thunderhill?

tahoelife

Yes 14/15 Thunderhill I apex 14 like all the way on the apex berm he stays 1-2' off the white line. I made a segment to show the entire 14/15 complex and he is .7 faster through there and yet I was only .2 slower over all. This is looking at his personal best versus mine in a Spec boxster which I only have 18 laps total seat time in one and in borrowed cars. I was just amazed when I watch his video versus mine that only in this complex was his line choice very different. So as I prepare to potentially race one of these cars next season I am trying to do my homework now.