video at willow

catwood

A week ago went to Willow in 100+ heat. Met up with Rocman and Slocal. See thread in AG.

Any way, here is a video I shot in the 2nd session. Nothing special just some laps. My friend of 33 years, Mike, was in the car with me. Somehow the camera got bumped and it's tilted.

catwood

another one

No Man

It looks like that tilted camera actually helped you stay on the track in some of those right hand sweepers.

Viper4Christ

Awesome vids, I take it you know the course quite well by now.

Rocman

That's awesome! That FGT slowed me down on my last session.

What video system do you have?

catwood

I run a Chase bullet cam into a Sony 8MM camcorder. Chase also makes a digital recorder but I haven't stepped up to that yet. It mounts via a suction cup tripod on the windshield.

sdaddy

If your tires are not going thump, thump, thump on the outside or inside of the corners you are not using the whole track.

Nice videos!

catwood

I'm not using the whole track for sure. I did run my best time ever in the session just before this one. See the pics of the tires about half way through the next session.

http://www.viperalley.com/forum/anyt...ack-day-3.html

sdaddy

Geez Louise! You ate those babies up!

Matt

Good to see you still enjoying the car Carl. Is it off the market now?

So do you trailer it out to Willow?

98GMEater

Sounds like forced induction, what mods do you have?

catwood

It's stock except for headers and minor mods for the track. I noticed the sound also. Not sure what it is, some level of interference I suspect. Maybe from the Data acquisition system.

Red Snake

That looks like so much fun.

I so wish I lived near a road course.

SoCal Rebell

You have improved grasshopper, I can find you more speed though You're late on the gas exiting #1, sweeper #2 stop hugging the inside line, run mid track, you'll carry more speed during the turn and decrease your radius to the apex and shoot out. #3, #4, #5, #6 & #7 (if you can call it a turn) are fine.

Get off the inside white line on #8 sweeper, stay a car width off you will not have to feather the gas, carry full throttle and avoid the "washboard" that is there.

Now if you get adventuresome run the race line into #9, it takes practice but you stay full throttle in #8 and stay track right flat out, you cover less ground stay full throttle and can't be dive bombed. You aim straight to the edge of the end of the track toward the dirt and break hard turn right and instant full throttle, try it you'll like it

_Mark_

I've run T-Hill in 100 degree heat and it is no fun, especially in a nomex suit.

Nice vids tho - except I can't hear your tires squealing?

Edit: never mind, I see you were running hoosiers in the other thread.

catwood

maybe, maybe not....still deciding what to do.

Yes, I trailer it up.

catwood

Actually they were Dunlaps out of the ALMS series. I think the fronts were the soft compound and the rears the medium compound.

viper spray

Nice driving Cat , I like the inside move on the FGT..

catwood

He paid me back on Sunday when I went back to street tires. I just couldn't carry the speed in the corners especially in the heat. I went sideways coming off turn 4 and when I recovered he passed me on the outside. I figured that's enough on these tires and brought it in. We talked later when I accused him of bumping me He said he could see the slide long before I could feel it.

_Mark_