Just Got Back From Summit Point

[Phokaioglaukos]

I was there a couple of weeks ago. Two new changes from when I was there in March. First, the red and white striping at apex, trackout and other odd locations is back. Remember, it's just paint, not real gators, so you can drive over it easily. Of course it is paint, so in the wet it has less grip. In two places the painters dumped paint on the racing surface and "sorta" cleaned it up. Don't be distracted and the grip there seemed fine.

Second, where there were concrete patches for years (T1 and T5 especially) and last year they paved over them, there are now larger asphalt patches. One rumour is that they dug up the concrete and then patched and sealed the spots. I don't know about that, but the patches are now larger than they were before. In the dry the grip on the patches is good. In the wet there is less grip. I got caught out twice in T5 in the transition from the regular surface to the patch. I was on shave RA-1s.

The more I drive this track the more I like it.