Watkins Glen

[Tony356993]

Pretty crappy driving for solo drivers!

This I why I do not think that video should be allowed in the instructed groups cars.......and I guess in the cranial challenged solo groups as well.

[smankow]

In video #3, I don't agree about the track conditions.  It had rained a little over night and was a little cool at the start, but not 15 degrees below the previous day.  His buddy told him he brakes at 400, so he "had to brake later".  If you watch the clip, the car filming starts to slow before the 600 while the grey gt3 brakes much later.  His friend almost lost it in the same turn.  You really hear his tires (MSPC's, I think) screaming.

Also, Potomac runs without cones.  So, now you have people who don't know a track without any idea where to go.  Add in the minimal usage of the blue flag mixed with reduced passing zones and that's what you get.

As things considered, it was good seat time.  The track was great and so was the weather.

 

Steve

[Phokaioglaukos]

smankow wrote:

Potomac runs without cones.

I'll be at SP with Potomac on the 14-15th. Last time I drove with them I thought they had cones, but maybe it's a WGI thing for them?

I really like having cones on day one, but then taking them off for subsequent days.

[Mark Fox]

:?On the lap video the guy in the Cab was smokin him and they were still several feet off the apex.  What group was that?

[smankow]

white group.  the driver of the cab was a female instructor who was fast and aggressive - even if her lines weren't perfect.  She was driving a 997S Cab.

[catchacab]

Steve, don't let your head get to big from this:

http://www.dorkiphus.net/porsche/showthr...95&page=14

read what pkaufman said

[catchacab]

I think they as a group are unfamiliar with WGI.  You should have seen some of the lines taken by instructed drivers in the Blue Runs Grp. 

Also, we need to get rid of our Romulan Cloaking Devices (for the Star Trek minded).  We will get point bys sooner then.


They are a nice group of people, and have a wide variety of Porsches on the track.  It is nice to see some earlier cars on the track.

[smankow]

catchacab wrote:

Steve, don't let your head get to big from this:

http://www.dorkiphus.net/porsche/showthr...95&page=14

read what pkaufman said

it was worth scrolling down to post #38

[bobt993]

Chris a 997 GT3 should running closer to 2:10s  no problem.  His laps were in the 2:15 plus range.  Not bad, but not really fast.

[bobt993]

smankow wrote:

white group. the driver of the cab was a female instructor who was fast and aggressive - even if her lines weren't perfect. She was driving a 997S Cab.

This car/driver was at Zone2 VIR. Driven pretty well, but it took 1/2 a lap to get a pass signal.

http://bobt993.neptune.com?selectedalbum=bobt993309158

BTW, if you watch the vid, the cab is off line in some very critical places. With 75 extra hp, I should have been toast.