Ruling the track with chassis and skills

"yitznewton" (yitznewton) 09/25/2015 at 09:37 • Filed to: gt86, fr-s, brz, track day, handling

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I love this video of the EverydayDriver guys taking their stock FR-S to a track day and destroying everything else, including an M6 and and M3. Granted they had an instructor on board (did the other cars?), but what a great illustration of how power is only a part of the equation.

DoYouEvenShift > yitznewton 09/25/2015 at 09:53

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yitznewton > DoYouEvenShift 09/25/2015 at 09:58

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With expert drivers and massive straights, yeah; looks like Miller is more corner-focused, where obviously this car will do better, especially among open track day drivers.

Punk_Girl_98 > yitznewton 09/25/2015 at 09:59

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Even if I was in a ARC Viper, everyone would beat me lol.

yitznewton > yitznewton 09/25/2015 at 10:00

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versus

DoYouEvenShift > Punk_Girl_98 09/25/2015 at 10:04

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But you would have more fun than everyone else. And that makes you a winner!

Tripper > yitznewton 09/25/2015 at 10:04

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That C&D test happened at the grand west circuit at VIR.

yitznewton > Tripper 09/25/2015 at 10:05

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Ooh, mea culpa. Thanks!

Punk_Girl_98 > DoYouEvenShift 09/25/2015 at 10:08

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Yay!

Step 1: Get driver’s license.

Step 2: Buy ARC Viper

Step 3: ????

Step 4: Profit

DoYouEvenShift > Punk_Girl_98 09/25/2015 at 10:09

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Step 3: Ridiculous fun!!!

Mmmmm > yitznewton 09/25/2015 at 11:06

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“How long have you been doing this?”

“About a year and a half!”

And that’s the scary thing about “instructors” at track days. A lot of them are just guys that have enough track experience to be reasonably competent on a race track and are friends with the organizers. While I guess if you are teaching the beginner group you really don’t have to know all that much, it is definitely something to dig into before you take everything they say to heart. They might not know as much as they think they do.

yitznewton > Mmmmm 09/25/2015 at 11:20

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Is it like a student voice or piano instructor? They know enough to get a novice started, whereupon if the novice wants to go farther, they can level up to a more experienced teacher, etc. etc.

E92M3 > yitznewton 09/25/2015 at 12:42

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You’d be surprised what passes what at a trackday. I lap GT3’s and Z06’s constantly. Not because my car is better, but because the other drivers aren’t comfortable with their car, and have no idea of it’s limits. Most of these guys should have signed up for novice.

I’ve also been passed by miatas.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E92M3 09/26/2015 at 19:26

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#TrueFacts #ALittleProud #NotAshamed