Track Day Video Thread

[ELVA164]

Here's my last video of the Cortina from that weekend. It's the larger rear view of my IMSA reunion race, my best session of the weekend. If you want to switch back and forth between front and rear views, I have a link on each of these new videos to do that!

[MJockey]

That's a pretty hilarious wing on that GT-R in the first video. Barber looks like an interesting track, I've never seen it before. What type of camera are you using? I've never heard of one overheating.

I agree on the wing. Barber is a lot of fun. The straights are short enough that if your quick enough in the corners you can keep up or pass higher hp cars.

The camera is a Drift Innovation Ghost -S. I think I'll be giving customer service a call.

[S50ti]

Here's a lap from Mid America Motorplex last fall.

http://youtu.be/htUrUimOD2I

[wadd3456]

The daily driver out at VIR.
Stock is still fun...right?

[Steve91T]

Great video wadd! I can't wait to driven VIR after the repave. Your car did great. Is it 100% stock? What kind of tires and pads?

[LivesNearCostco]

DE at Laguna Seca with CCA, Golden Gate Chapter. One of my rare track days when I didn't go off track at all, just dropped 2 wheels off once. Instructor must have been keeping me on track! We had A/B combined because there were few A students and many (two run groups) of D students. I feel like I was a little faster than at O-fest but the A students and instructors make me look and feel quite slow out there.

Last 2.5 laps of session 2. Passed an instructor in a red Acura NSX but only because he backed off and let me pass. 6 minutes length


Entire session 4, last session of the day for the A/B group. Got passed by every instructor and all the fast students it seemed. 23 minutes length.

[Jab31169]

From C group at Barbers. Guy in a 993 was nice enough to upload video with me in it. Not my first time at Barbers, but my first time in a high HP RWD car. Turn those speakers up for the pass at the beginning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmyS8CEoiLA#t=353

[wadd3456]

Great video wadd! I can't wait to driven VIR after the repave. Your car did great. Is it 100% stock? What kind of tires and pads?

It lacks any engine modifications, but does have a set of NT0-1's and HT10s on the front. It's my daily driver, so the interior is still there as well. I guess it's how you define "stock"

[reno5658]

1995 M3 S52 Supercharged @ VIR

[bostonaudi]

Figured I'd post this up - second event in the car, first event since I got fed up with the garbage stock shifter and put the AKG solid race unit in. The balance of the car right now is a little.. iffy. Steady state understeer, snappy trail brake oversteer.

Car is on 17x9 D-forces, 255 NT01's, TC Kline revalved Koni's 600/700 springs, Hawk DTC-70's. Gutted, caged. 2600 pounds empty.

Go buy an AKG shifter. Right meow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Q4FMjpVgc

Having driven that track, having it that loose around the chicane down the back straight would be scary indeed. I'd run softer springs there.

[SkylineHD]

[Allona]

One lap in Puerto Rico, my 2nd door to door race ever.

https://vimeo.com/m/96988827

[S14]

Memorial day weekend HPDE, chasing a M3 LTW!

[HabberstadChris]

[jcathers]

Road Atlanta with NASA last weekend. First lap after passing the miata is a 1:40.1 going way too slow through T1. After that I put a clip in from sunday, going through T1 at proper pace. Never got a clean lap on sunday, but I think it would have been well down in the 1:39's on worn out old NT01's. Flat through T12 and flat through the esses after T3. It was a blast - highly recommend this track. Was only $399 with NASA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6w4MyRZ4Fc

[NotUrAvgM]

Porsche Club at Thunderbolt yesterday. First time ever with a fixed back seats and 6pt (that I finished installing like 3 days ago)... it was lovely. In hindsight I should have looked at my new camera angle before I went out and raised it... o well.



And another little gem from Thursday:

[alwaysinboost]

Few laps around the newly opened Thompson Speedway from this past weekend with NASA.

[Dubbedown]

Few laps around the newly opened Thompson Speedway from this past weekend with NASA.

How do you like the track? What other track is it most comparable to?

[alwaysinboost]

There is really nothing to compare it against. T1-T2 are similar to summit Main T1-T2. Other than that its a pretty unique track.

As far as what I thought... the track is very green. The asphalt was coming up in a lot of spots and you could tell it wasn't put down well. I had chunks of asphalt on the inside of all my wheels and calipers. There was virtually no entrance/exit curbing. There was apex curbing, but it was mostyy unusable. It is also really narrow in some spots and there isn't much run off.

At first I didn't think it had a rhythm but it definitely does. I think once they get a better seal on the asphalt and do the enter/exit curbing it will be better.

[Nolimitz77]

Here are some videos from my first two events of the Ontario Time Attack series - this was the first weekend with my new aero package, flares,9.5" ARC8s, and RS-3 V.2's. The result was absolutely awesome, setting new class records and winning my class and overall(PAX) on both days.



For some reason the file is corrupted and there is some weird effects that happen throughout the video but there is enough good footage that isn't affected.

[Vox Populi]

Been looking for a more active track section than the one on M3Forum - glad I decided to check here!

Always looking for tips and feedback from others on how and where I can be quicker and smoother. I think my Hankook RS3s are on the way out. The PCA event I ran at NJMP last week marked the 7th event I've run on them. Am considering trying out NT01s or even some BFG R1 take offs - any thoughts?


here are two of my final sessions - one from Lightning (best lap of 1:17.58), one from Tbolt (best lap of 1:35.68). Was only my second time on Lightning, but definitely starting to learn where I can be faster.

[NotUrAvgM]

here are two of my final sessions - one from Lightning (best lap of 1:17.58), one from Tbolt (best lap of 1:35.68).

Upload the 3rd session on Friday where you were catching me, then got caught behind someone, then were catching me, then got caught behind someone ;-)

[Vox Populi]

Upload the 3rd session on Friday where you were catching me, then got caught behind someone, then were catching me, then got caught behind someone ;-)

I thought that was you!!

I'll upload it when I get home. Made for some good footage, that's for sure.

[EricH]

Took my daily driver original owner '99 M3 out of track retirement because I did not want to miss the opportunity to drive at the first ever HPDE at Circuit Of The Americas (COTA).
Video starts with in car view of driver/window, another lap from the driver's view, a news story of the event (@16:55), then videos from friends that were also there.




I have a few more track related vids on my YouTube page (TWS - track closing and my Track spin compilation video):
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZMx07yh3v1_Oi0b0_7weoA

[KnudsonsM3]

First time going to a track bigger than Horse Thief mile at willow springs.

Had a great time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZqPRNBfAMo

1/4 tank in the video and had some fuel starvation issues.