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<blockquote data-quote="SeikenFreak" data-source="post: 15304351" data-attributes="member: 122263"><p>So the May 11th NJMP event is done. Rain started first session on track.</p><p></p><p>It was interesting but I'm not sure how much I learned that would apply in the dry? If I had turned traction control off, then I could see it helping with throttle control on exit but I wasn't risking that (although I pondered it toward the end). Didn't get track insurance this go around. It'll certainly teach you to be smooth with your transitions and stuff but I don't think I've had much of a problem with that in the dry.</p><p></p><p>I will say it made me not to fear the rain as much? Maybe because I didn't have an instructor in the car, the course layout, having driven the car on a dry track before, or various other possible reasons but I felt more relaxed and comfortable going at my own pace. I was able to experience and recognize understeer/ploughing though. May have been more obvious because I had tire pressures up higher than usual. I lowered the front pressures for the last session and I'm pretty sure I felt an increase in grip on the low speed turns.</p><p></p><p>Definitely would've preferred a beautiful, dry, warm day out though. Thunderbolt course is preeeetty fun. Friend's first time as well. He was in the silver BRZ you see pass me in the one video. By the last two sessions he was comfortable enough to go out ahead and move at his own i.e. quicker pace. A lot of people seemed to bail when it started pouring at the first or second session which may be why I had so much open track to do my own thing. Sounds like various people went off in our group but we never saw any of it (except for the overly aggressive, overzealous E46 M3 driver in the last session).</p><p></p><p>Next SCCA Track Night at NJMP is like end of June though so now we're debating where/what to do til then. Event at Pocono but ehhh. NASA event 2 days before the next Track Night.. hmm.</p><p></p><p>Here are the only two partial videos I got. Combination of friend, rain, and Novice briefings between every session messed with my camera routine so I got all outta whack, forgot microphone stuff, forgot to turn cameras off and had them record forever in the parking lot etc.</p><p></p><p>[video=youtube;SvCjw58VpdE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvCjw58VpdE[/video]</p><p></p><p>[video=youtube;VubV2_I9JvE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VubV2_I9JvE[/video]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]684988[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Now I don't want to hear anymore Veterans' "Rain is the best.. should've stayed for the rain" talk!</p><p></p><p>Edit: Oh and isn't there a "Phoenix Racing" guy on here? Is their tire guy or something? They appeared to be running some testing when we showed up? Couple 911 race cars. I spotted a brand new, temp tagged GT350R in the garage?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeikenFreak, post: 15304351, member: 122263"] So the May 11th NJMP event is done. Rain started first session on track. It was interesting but I'm not sure how much I learned that would apply in the dry? If I had turned traction control off, then I could see it helping with throttle control on exit but I wasn't risking that (although I pondered it toward the end). Didn't get track insurance this go around. It'll certainly teach you to be smooth with your transitions and stuff but I don't think I've had much of a problem with that in the dry. I will say it made me not to fear the rain as much? Maybe because I didn't have an instructor in the car, the course layout, having driven the car on a dry track before, or various other possible reasons but I felt more relaxed and comfortable going at my own pace. I was able to experience and recognize understeer/ploughing though. May have been more obvious because I had tire pressures up higher than usual. I lowered the front pressures for the last session and I'm pretty sure I felt an increase in grip on the low speed turns. Definitely would've preferred a beautiful, dry, warm day out though. Thunderbolt course is preeeetty fun. Friend's first time as well. He was in the silver BRZ you see pass me in the one video. By the last two sessions he was comfortable enough to go out ahead and move at his own i.e. quicker pace. A lot of people seemed to bail when it started pouring at the first or second session which may be why I had so much open track to do my own thing. Sounds like various people went off in our group but we never saw any of it (except for the overly aggressive, overzealous E46 M3 driver in the last session). Next SCCA Track Night at NJMP is like end of June though so now we're debating where/what to do til then. Event at Pocono but ehhh. NASA event 2 days before the next Track Night.. hmm. Here are the only two partial videos I got. Combination of friend, rain, and Novice briefings between every session messed with my camera routine so I got all outta whack, forgot microphone stuff, forgot to turn cameras off and had them record forever in the parking lot etc. [video=youtube;SvCjw58VpdE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvCjw58VpdE[/video] [video=youtube;VubV2_I9JvE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VubV2_I9JvE[/video] [ATTACH=full]684988[/ATTACH] Now I don't want to hear anymore Veterans' "Rain is the best.. should've stayed for the rain" talk! Edit: Oh and isn't there a "Phoenix Racing" guy on here? Is their tire guy or something? They appeared to be running some testing when we showed up? Couple 911 race cars. I spotted a brand new, temp tagged GT350R in the garage? [/QUOTE]
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