Frank 993 C4S

Spent the past 1 1/2 days with HCP at the Glen. Great event - What a blast! A total of 312 track miles, 9 sessions and 42.7 Gal of expensive fuel. It was my first time and any constructive comments are welcome. This is one of the "no traffic" laps:

bobt993

Frank,

Send me a speed, lat g, and distance plot so we can go over it. Looks like you had fun.

Frank 993 C4S

Here you go (sorry about the size):

RickBetterley

Hi Frank
Glad you had a good time.
Your new car is a beauty (I was in the garage next to you). Time for a new sig?

RickBetterley

That's a nice looking lap.
You might consider getting in sooner on 6 and getting power down earlier on 10.
Looked a bit early on 8 but I still think I'm too slow there and might be better trying your version.
What did Pete have to say? Your line looked a lot like what he and I were driving.

Frank 993 C4S

Rick, this is from the very last session after going out with Peter and I was looking to incorporate pretty much what he said. Thanks for the feedback! ... and great meeting you.

gbuff

Frank, that was me in the Mini right at the end--car sounded awesome as you went by!

Gary

E55AMG

here's a video and turn by turn write up of the Glen by pro racer Aaron Povoledo



The article is page 64-69 http://www.snmagcurrent.com/publication/?i=128324

Frank 993 C4S

Thanks! It's gotten a bit loud after the last mod .

Thanks for sharing!

rnh204

Nice driving, i was there but in group 1. Your car is really nice. I was in a red 996 turbo.

I think in one of the sessions, I was trying to follow Rick with the 993 (Jim the track steward told me you were in there with the pro driver coach) but too much traffic!

Frank 993 C4S

Thanks! True - I was out with Peter for the first 15 min of your session. A lot of traffic but I learnt a bunch. We had a great session.

RickBetterley

Hi rnh204
Saw you a few times; when Pete and I were out in Group 1, we tried to be polite and not surprise the novice drivers (it was after all their session). Our closing speeds were pretty fast.
Nice looking car you have, and well driven.
I still like red cars (my previous track car was a red 1984 Carrera).

MSTACH

Nice driving, it got little better second day, i was there with polar silver 6gt3

here is my few laps

Frank 993 C4S

Nice!

utkinpol

in a 'street' car with no cup grade aero be very careful in turn 3 when you'll start trying to do entire esses section flat out, do not try to repeat what that 9 cup video above shows going relatively early into turn 3 'wrapping' left side on full throttle as your car will start sliding to the right there and you should not try to lift there when it does it,so, it requires a lof of finesse to feel that edge and feel how much slide to allow. try to wrap corner 2 a bit longer first staying to right side well until white/red stripes end and then try to reduce a distance into turn 3 but very gradually to the level of your personal comfort of how close you want to allow a wall on the right side to your car. upshift into 5th when you`re next to that wall.

also, be smart, see what speed you do there and what your chances are to walk out of there if you will make a mistake to meet with that wall.

also note in that video how driver prefers not to have left side wheels on any concrete in any turns except last one, i ended up driving same exact way. any car with big wing and proper front splitter would be able to do considerably better there, but if you have almost none or no aero at all - adjust all transitions to 'fast in' very gradually with N1 priority to be safe.