On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 05:18:16PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > Yep it was turn 4. It took me many laps to be able to take it with > confidence - I was always concerned about not being able to see from > the top down the road I was committing to. > > I was really sorry when they revised it. Do you like it now as much > as before?
I liked it best before they added what Al was calling "The handicap access ramp" for the NASCAR drivers. When they did that, they made some other changes, which don't allow for cutting across the dirt inside the apex with your right wheels. But, the character of that turn hasn't really changed much. Turn seven is nowhere near as fun now that it has been opened up with the added pavement from the handicapped ramp. The last two sessions yesterday (one of which I ran until my car started spewing steam) used the handicapped ramp. > > Gonna do it again? Of course. If racing left marks, both of my arms would be covered with needle tracks. I first ran Sears Point at Bondurant, almost exactly 27 years ago. I did SCCA drivers school there. It has always been my favorite track (though Thunderhill is the more common track for schools these days). I didn't expect to be back on the track until I got my MG running again. The only problem is that if I'm teaching, and don't have to pay the $300 for the weekend, then the other costs, if I'm honest with myself, start at about $300 for the weekend. Going as a participant, rather than an instructor is a much easier weekend, so that brings the cost up to about $600, or more. So, I need to be a lot more judicious about my track time than I have been in the past. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO tired > > > >On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 03:39:39PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > >>Ah, so you picked up some klaag! > >> > >>I enjoyed Sears Point before they revised it a while back - loved > >>that fall away right hander on the back side (I forget the number). > > > >I think that you might mean turn 4: > >http://red4est.com/pdapi/searspt.html > > > >Or you might be confusing it with the carousel, turn 6, > >which is a long falling left hander. > > > >> > >>How'd the MX5 do? > > > >Only about five seconds a lap slower than I used to do in my Honda > >station wagon. > > > >I was on street rubber, rather than race tires, but I think that the big > >problems were with the spacer that fits between the seat and the > >steering wheel. > > > >It was an eventful weekend. Saturday started out with the car feeling > >loose, and wanting to spin every time I got on the gas coming out of > >a turn. On my second session, just barely out of the pits, I was > >accelerating coming out of turn 2, not even up to speed, and the car > >came around on me. > > > >The group leader suggested I lower tire pressures, and that seemed to help > >it feel a lot more stable. Sunday morning, on my first session, I > >took the first > >couple of laps very slowly, on my third lap I was starting to pick up > >speed, apexed early in four (my race speed turn in point was too > >early for the speed I was carrying), spun in four, and the car > >behind me tapped me in the right front fender. > > > >I managed to get the car together for most of the second session, and > >did OK. In the third session, I got a few laps in and the car > >overheated, it was leaking from (I believe) the heater hose. > > > >It was quite an emotional rollercoaster of a weekend. Driving to > >the track felt like I was going home after a long absence, but > >every session had humbling challenges. > > > >Car, post repairs: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/10794269435/ > > > >> > >>Kenneth Waller > >>http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> > >>Subject: PESO tired > >> > >> > >>>A photo from this weekend: > >>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/10794260895/ > >>> > >>>C&C, as always, welcome. > >>> > >>>-- >Larry Colen [email protected] > >>>http://red4est.com/lrc > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>[email protected] > >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > >>above and follow the directions. > > > >-- > >Larry Colen [email protected] > >http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
