peterC2S

Cool moment in the first race at Taupo this morning - new track record for Porsche - Matt Whittaker ran a 1.29.9. That was after a red flag restart where he'd run a 1.29.7 according to race monitor.

And while it resulted in a time penalty for breaking out, Michael Neville ran a 1.39.8 in his 944. That's a stunning time!

996tnz

Wow, but a bit tough on Michael maybe. Trust they adjusted the time penalty thresholds when the barrel was removed at the end of Taupo's main straight?

Macca

Pete. How did you go down in Taupo?

996tnz

Thanks for posting your spin Leong. Always interested in learning from any oopsies. You look to have handled it pretty well (especially from 174 kph!) but having posted a spin or two of my own before I always try to see what I might do differently next time. As you did by recognising that it was getting more ragged prior. I'm probably a bit obsessed actually as I go down to slow motion replays of my spins and compare my inputs to the motions of the car. The biggest lesson I drew from my second spin (the one on a wet HD sweeper, chasing Chris after they'd cleaned up some on track oil) was deciding that next time I would go for a quicker, faster and larger first catch, followed by increasingly smaller and slower (but still timely) inputs to dampen the fish tailing. Obviously still reacting to what is actually happening but that dampening down is sort of the 'underlying reference program' now. Only had one real chance to put it into practice since in the Turbo but it kept me on track and in the race. Even more than the 'what will I do if my brakes fail' response, it feels a bit counter intuitive because a big burst of adrenaline is working to accelerate and exaggerate my responses at such times so I really had to consciously slow myself down. Others here will have far more experience of course and I would love to hear their spin handling tips as I'm still pretty early on my journey and I'm sure I have more to come. Thanks again for sharing Leong!

peterC2S

Class breakout is 1:40 and that should be plenty for our class. He was up with the 996 gt3s

7th in last race and PB for the track 1.44.2. Definitely has 43's in it on green tyres.

Maxem

A beauty, second only to an early 911.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/spec...1053246053.htm

mikey_audiogeek

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/spec...1052373812.htm

Yikes!

Just goes to show that being able to generate pretty 3D models doesn't guarantee good design. Some would even say it inhibits it.

How did this pass muster as a final year engineering project?

mikey_audiogeek

duplicate

Macca

Walt. I dont bother analyzing what I could have done to correct my spins. Most are in the wet and Im a realist so I know Im pretty much along for the ride. I think they biggest learning I take from them is what I should have done to prevent the spin from happening in the first place (like dont drive around a track in the pouring rain in a 475bhp RWD car is a good start!) :-)

Great stuff Pete. 1.40 is super quick. I dont think I could achieve better than that in my GT3 with the S complex entry crash barrier removed. Seriously fast. Was it a 944?

Nice find David. what a sweet little thing. Doubt youll see another like it again.

Runtothehills

that's a beauty. you know it's serious when you've got an oil catch can/fuel tank for a passenger. what is that?

check the alfaholics twin cam in this vid...

John McM

Targa sold pretty much according to my pricing matrix and prediction. The paint was inferior to an average example but $43,000 is fair.

Macca

Ooops somehow missed this. Well done Matt & Michael!

Maxem

Did he say £160000?
Beautiful though, an Alfa version of a Singer. There is a big future here with resto mods. I've probably got one myself - an older car with newer, faster, more reliable bits underneath.

Spokes

Thanks for all the lead outs on the road while the SITT boys where in QT & GY. So, finally added my own device. Easter job to direct wire up...

John McM

It may pay to check the enabled bands. I had thought a number were no longer used so I disabled them on the V1. Apparently band use has changed so I re-enabled everything.