coryf

Here is a video from Sebring. Unfortunately the camera didn't work during the first sprint. This is from the qualifying session. I only had one lap due to the black flag. The tires weren't completely warm but it was still a decent lap. I think we may have some rear facing footage from the first sprint. I will try to edit that and post it later.

EDIT: Added the rear view of the first sprint. Pretty cool perspective.

Veloce Raptor

Nice, nice! Look how Cory flows the car, folks. No surprises, very little drama (even on cold tires), lets the car do all the work...

analogmike

Right on, very smooth!

PedroNole

Nice Cory!

Jeff Lamb

Bummer to hear about the camera issues for the first sprint. I would have loved to see the battle between you, Sofronas and Veilleux from your vantage point. If you are able to share any of the rear facing video, that would be great.

Thanks for sharing the video of your qualifying lap. Definitely a very nice lap!! However, with such a large number of cars running in this event, how the heck did you find such a nice open spot in traffic for qualifying?? It looked like there was nobody else on track!! I kept thinking "Any second now a slower car is going to get in the way and screw up Cory's lap" . . . but that didn't happen. Very nice.

Jeff

Jeff Lamb

After I submitted my reply, I actually turned on my brain and probably answered my question. Cory, my guess is that you were at the head of the pack for the qualifying session and you needed to set a good time on cold tires on that opening lap because you would be catching traffic soon.

Assuming that is the case, that leads to a different question: How were you able to get lined up at the head of the pack for qualifying? Do they line you up by a previous best lap time? Or, when getting on the grid, is it a first come, first served system? If the latter, how did you beat everyone else to the grid with such a large amount of cars at this event? I would imagine that wouldn't be easy . . .

Jeff

fapena

I don't understand the "let the car flow" part. Can somebody elaborate on that?

Thanks a lot.

FAP

coryf

They grid qual normally based on the third practice session results. P3 ends up being a qualifying for qualifying. I was first that session so was gridded P1 for the qual run. Traffic was a problem all weekend with 80+ cars on track. Open laps were very few and far between.

Jeff Lamb

Cory, thanks for confirming how things work. Using P3 times sounds like a good approach because it puts the fast guys up front for the qualifying session. And . . . you definitely made great use of that first lap on cold tires!! That lap was great to watch.

By the way, in between your work, family and car racing schedule, do you think you will be able to make any trips to CMP to run the kart track at all this year? My race car won't be back on track for probably another 3 months and it is my plan to get my act together and start running my 125 shifter kart at CMP to attempt to get myself back in shape. Would love to run with you one of these days . . .

Jeff

al@cpt

Good work!

coryf

Added the rear view to the first post.

jakermc

My impression of that comment is how he picks a line and holds it all the way from turn-in to track out, with very gentle steering input. You never see corrections like forcing the car to the apex or diving away from or towards track out.

There also appear to be parts of Sebring that don't have a precise line. There are a couple of sections where turn-in occurs from mid-track or 2/3, depending on the prior exit. He doesn't force the issue, he follows the car. There is also a section of small, sweeping turns that require gentle smooth hands and follow that same concept.

Of course I say this having never driven Sebring. But I did do 30 minutes last night on Forza 4 while following VR's track notes.

Thanks for the video Cory! I now have my 'go to' video as I prep for my visit there next month.

Veloce Raptor

Oh dang, just now am I seeing Fernando's question. Sorry...

Yes, this is exactly what I meant. He doesn't "drive hard". He knows the car knows where to go, and he just gives it some adult guidance getting there, very gracrful, very smooth. Very relaxed.

Jeff Lamb

Cory, I just now was able to spend a few minutes to watch the video from your rear facing camera. All I can say is "Wow"!! Definitely a clinic on how to drive a slower GTC car faster than most of the guys with the faster GTA cars. There was tons of action going on including some great passing and some off track excursions that you recovered from nicely. You were definitely using ALL of the track!! It's too bad your front facing camera footage was lost. If you would have been able to edit together your front and rear facing footage on a split screen, that would have even been more amazing to watch. Looked like you probably had a lot of run driving in that race.

By the way, what kind of camera are you using for your rear view and how do you have it installed on the car??

Jeff