SoMe0nE2tAlK2

So what you're saying is, you're dumping grease all over the track to ensure that noone would be faster than you for the time attack.

Nice

xxGPWS2Kxx

Hey it was nice ta meet some of you guys. I was in the #076 gpw running in green group.

yonson

I had an awesome time on Saturday, and can't wait for the Chuckwalla event!!! Here's my lengthy story

I missed the first event because I didn't have the car ready. I put the car back to stock because I wanted to gain more experience in the car which would also allow me to run in the stock class with the limited number of mods I have. Berk Header and 3" Single exhaust using the stock cat, and a K&N FIPK are the only performance modifications I have now. My goal for the day was to bring the car home in once piece, and beat my personal best of 2:06.2

I wasn't going to push it in the first session so I could get used to the new setup. I was quite amazed at how well the car felt with the factory suspension. The first few laps went quite well, I improved each lap then caught some traffic, got another clean lap and then ran into a bunch of traffic for the last 2 laps. I ended up beating my personal best by almost a second on the 5th Lap running a 2:05.3!

Since I had already met my goal of the day I planned to use the rest of the day to just work on being smooth and clean. The first 2 laps I worked on a couple turns I've been having some trouble with, then got stuck behind another s2k for 4 laps, I would be on his tail through all the curves but as soon as we got to the straights he would take off and leave me and wouldn't point me by :madfawk: finally I got fed up with him and passed him on the outside of turn 2. The next lap I caught some more traffic, which luckily I got around on the back straight which set me up for 1 clean lap at the end of the session. I had been experimenting with turn 1 & 2 and finally said F it and decided to take them flat out! The whole time going through the turn I'm telling myself to stay calm, don't lift, you can do it! I make it through without incident and end up running my best lap of the day and new personal best of 2:02.7!!!

For the 3rd session, I decided to do the Pre Grid so I didn't run into the same issue as the previous session. This ended up being a great session because of it. I will definitely be doing this from now on. I never once had to worry about being held up by another driver. This session was a little slower due to it being warmer and a littler more greasy but I consistently ran in the 2:04 range with a best of 2:03.4. I only ran 1&2 flat out on the 2:03 lap but the car was definitely moving around! I ended up having to cut this session short because I looked down at the fuel gauge on my last lap and I was down to 2 bars! This is pretty much empty on an s2k so I headed straight to the gas station to fill up. I checked my mileage for that tank and I was just short of 9 MPG

I decided to sit out the 4th session because it was quite warm and the track was getting pretty greasy, plus I had a headache. Before this event I had already planned on doing a couple other changes to the car, but now that I've driven it in this form I think I'm going to keep it like this for the next couple events...

I put my new GoPro camera on my old mount on the roll bar and decided to use my new Contour Roam on my helmet, here are the videos of my 2:02 lap.

InCar
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX6VyXJQKu8[/media]

Helmet
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoxegtGDutU[/media]

vhx1

nice driving chris! you were able to hold the inside line while keeping your foot flat! It was a close one in stock.. my best times were 2:03.1, 2:03.2, 2:03.4. You got me with that one good lap.

albertg

Nice to meet you. Next time, sign up for a transponder. Seeing that 1:55.1 in street class would've been something. Hopefully we'll see you at more events.

Chris - Great driving and nice vids, Congrats!

albertg

As usual, I had a great time this past weekend at ACS. I was able to set a personal best of 1:55.8xx. This time was good enough for a podium up until the last session. It was too bad too as I was finally gridded just behind Chris (f20kills) only to realize on the outlap that my rotor had cracked. I swapped the rotor and jumped into the 2nd half of green 4 but ran into a bmw who thought I wanted to play (but I really just wanted to pass) Anyway, it was pure fun!

Here is the video of my fast lap. The cones in the playground section were moved around and I got a little confused. Also, at the end is Justin missing his brake marker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH56DmZm_IY

Dustin, what's the prognosis?

f20kills

^^^ I like that short cut Justin was going for !!!!

psychoazn

Justin was practicing for his NASCAR debut. Assuming it doesn't rain.

No Mames

xxGPWS2Kxx

Ya know Im beginning to wonder how accurate that was. May fastest lap after that was 2:02.32. 7 second diffrence...come on. My lap didnt seem so much fast as it did smooth. I was drafting behind a bmw pretty much from turn 9 all the way ta turn one. I was able to get up the 137 on the staight and was able to carry 124-125 through turn 1&2. Unfortunently I went through my rear pads after that run and switched back to my oem pads. So ya, I dont know. What do you guys think??? Had a great time though!