Thunderbolt Raceway Line and Video

[Brian Minkin]

I will kick in my two cents about turn 4 and 5 at Thunderbolt.  My first day on the track I used the line I had read about which was to pinch turn 4 on the inside to set up for 5.  I was turning 1:38 on day one.  Day 2 I started to experiment and started tracking out 3/4 of the way in 4 and entering 5 from the middle of the track.  4 is certainly faster tracking out. There is plenty of curbing at track out for 5 so you can hammer the throttle once you get to apex.  This and an earlier apex in 1 and using the curbing more at track out for 1 got me 1:35's and 1:36's consistently. ( I am sure some adjustment in the octopus as well was was part of the reduction in lap time) Looking forward to getting back out on Thunderbolt but I am sure getting faster lap times will be very challenging.

Now I just need to stock up on Hoosiers. Thunderbolt was really rough on outer left tires.