Track Day Video Thread

[Inflame]

Waterford Hills Raceway with 3-Balls

Funny commentary by my friend starts at 4 minutes, clutch dies at 9 minutes

[blackm3]

Hot laps at COTA F1 track in Austin this weekend. Track is great to drive. Hard to figured it out at first but once I figured out the lines, it's a blast to drive.

[alwaysinboost]

Here is my fast lap from Lime Rock Park this past weekend with NASA NE.

My very first time at this track and I can't wait to go back.

[Nolimitz77]

Here is one from CTMP(Mosport) from this past weekend.



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And another one of me taking my friend's girlfriend out for her first time.

[Vox Populi]

Here is one from CTMP(Mosport) from this past weekend.



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And another one of me taking my girlfriend out for her first time.

lol
all the long blinks going into corners are priceless

"If I don't look, I don't know what's going on and everything will be ok"

too funny.

[ELVA164]

Waterford Hills Raceway with 3-Balls

Funny commentary by my friend starts at 4 minutes, clutch dies at 9 minutes

Waterford is a very cool little track, we'll be heading there in a couple weeks. I'd love to try it someday, the Ginettas we brought last year stole the show!

[ELVA164]

We got back yesterday from Pitt Race near Pittsburgh, and I have some pretty good video to show for it! I had never raced there before so I wanted to work on lines, but I was kept busy by groups of cars to work through, slight "excursions," and even a 2002 losing a wheel!

[alwaysinboost]

Had some fun with NASA NE at the Pocono South/East course on Saturday.


In this vid I am trying to keep up with a well prepped GTS4 race car. We get stuck behind some guy in a white e36 who won't point anyone by and is ignoring all the black & meatball flags being waved at him. Eventually I just backed off and pitted in, but it was fun while it lasted.



This is me and some buddies having fun.

[Dubbedown]

Had some fun with NASA NE at the Pocono South/East course on Saturday.


In this vid I am trying to keep up with a well prepped GTS4 race car. We get stuck behind some guy in a white e36 who won't point anyone by and is ignoring all the black & meatball flags being waved at him. Eventually I just backed off and pitted in, but it was fun while it lasted.

This is me and some buddies having fun.

How'd you like Poconos SE?

[alwaysinboost]

If you can't tell from the vids, I was having a blast. Very fun course!

[NotUrAvgM]

If you can't tell from the vids, I was having a blast. Very fun course!

Looks like a ball.

I feel like your mic isn't telling the true story of how hard you are on the throttle, getting all sideways like that out of the corners.

[m1356guy]

Here's the new Thunderhill + Thunderhill West track combined. I'm going to re-upload to get it in HD, but this will have to do for now. Wow, what a track! It is seriously a blast...and very challenging.

It was my first track day running my new Apex ARC-8's with BFG Rival 245/40/17. These tires are awesome. They stick so well and really squeel when you're at the limit of traction. I'm keeping track of street + track miles spent and will update after a few more events. Hope you enjoy the video!

[alwaysinboost]

Looks like a ball.

I feel like your mic isn't telling the true story of how hard you are on the throttle, getting all sideways like that out of the corners.

I moved the mic around a bit since my last vid. I think its an improvement, you can hear partial throttle better now. Still wish I had RPM and TPS telemetry.

[ELVA164]

^ So this is pretty off-topic, but are those lap records in your sig in a particular class, or your best times at each track? It's also interesting that your times at Lightning, Summit, and Lime Rock are all ~4sec faster than my bests in the Cortina.

[Euroslide]

^ So this is pretty off-topic, but are those lap records in your sig in a particular class, or your best times at each track? It's also interesting that your times at Lightning, Summit, and Lime Rock are all ~4sec faster than my bests in the Cortina.

Clifford?

[alwaysinboost]

they're lap records for my time trial class (TTD) in NASA.

[ELVA164]

Not to spoil the qualifying video, but I ended up third behind a Lotus Elan and an Elva MkVII S sports racer for the afternoon race. I had a great time holding off a Datsun 510 and lowered my time by almost a second!

[Dubbedown]

Not a track day but finally managed to pick up an external microphone for my GoPro so hoping the next track day will sound something like this =D

[ELVA164]

Not a track day but finally managed to pick up an external microphone for my GoPro so hoping the next track day will sound something like this =D

Not bad, but your line away from the stop sign was pretty sloppy and you could have braked later entering the parking lot.

[98eclipseRS]

Here's the new Thunderhill + Thunderhill West track combined. I'm going to re-upload to get it in HD, but this will have to do for now. Wow, what a track! It is seriously a blast...and very challenging.

It was my first track day running my new Apex ARC-8's with BFG Rival 245/40/17. These tires are awesome. They stick so well and really squeel when you're at the limit of traction. I'm keeping track of street + track miles spent and will update after a few more events. Hope you enjoy the video!
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The expansion looks so epic, I definitely need to make it out to a track day a t-hill now. The last time I was there was years ago on my motorcycle.

[NotUrAvgM]

First time at Summit Point. Nice enough track, many features akin to Thunderbolt. I was still being timid. Car was also understeering pretty badly (video doesnt do it justice). I've never had that before and I've never heard my front tires protest that loudly. Couldnt get the car to grip/rotate unless I had next to zero fuel in it. It was odd as no changes were made since NJMP last month where everything was fine. Hopefully it was a track surface thing not a fun new "feature" with my car.

[ELVA164]

I can't get the video to load, but I do know the track surface at NJMP is pretty "gritty." How old are the tires?

Edit: I got a couple laps to load. My only experience there is in the Cortina which is obviously a totally different animal, but my best guess is you may have been overcooking it a bit into the corners where the car was pushing. For example, you're entering the hairpin at the bottom of the hill in third gear, and I go through there in the lower part of second. Maybe try the lower gear in the future? I know a lower gear will help the car rotate more than a higher one in a given corner, might be worth a try...

[NotUrAvgM]

I can't get the video to load, but I do know the track surface at NJMP is pretty "gritty." How old are the tires?

I changed the link, try it again?

3 days old prior to this event.

[ELVA164]

I changed the link, try it again?

3 days old prior to this event.

It was definitely my crappy hotel internet, not the video itself. I got a bit of it to load finally. It looks like it still works though, so no worries.

[alwaysinboost]

video looks good to me. didn't seem like you were over driving the fronts or using too much steering. Your line looks good too, nice smooth inputs. I didn't have sound on, but it didn't look like you were understeering much from what I saw.

what turns did you feel the car was pushing the most in? What size tire and wheel combo? maybe next time try a little less pressure in the front and see how that feels.