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08-20-2007, 02:10 AM
I am not sure what the question is, but if your asking when to progress to CR, then the general consensus is when you can drive the track at speed and not need to look at visual cues to brake, turn-in, track out. Your visual acuity should allow you to look down the track, behind you, left and right side while still making turn-in with speed. It takes about five laps or so to "separate from cars and realize your competition. During the first 5 laps, your busy.
Reality is, most drivers enter racing when they think they are fast enough to win (whether they admit it or not). Being a back marker wouuld not be fun for very long. I would say be realistic by the measure of your lap times. If you can run within 3 secs of the first two cars, you will learn and be competitive in your class (and get faster doing so). Being 5,6 seconds behind will put you offline out of the way for the entire race. Yes, that gathers experience, but at what? Especially if your bracket has your group as the slowest cars, then your getting lapped by GTC and GTS cars running waaaaayyyy faster.
Reality is, most drivers enter racing when they think they are fast enough to win (whether they admit it or not). Being a back marker wouuld not be fun for very long. I would say be realistic by the measure of your lap times. If you can run within 3 secs of the first two cars, you will learn and be competitive in your class (and get faster doing so). Being 5,6 seconds behind will put you offline out of the way for the entire race. Yes, that gathers experience, but at what? Especially if your bracket has your group as the slowest cars, then your getting lapped by GTC and GTS cars running waaaaayyyy faster.