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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / July 2007Road Atlanta fun
I got to do some laps at Road Atalanta last night. I have watched a number of races but this was the first time I got to be on the track. My best lap of nine was a 6:08. Jim, please clarify, not sure what lap of nine is, and 6:08 is confusing because it is a 2.54 mile course, Thanks >I got to do some laps at Road Atalanta last night. I have watched a > number of races but this was the first time I got to be on the track. > My best lap of nine was a 6:08. >Jim, please clarify, not sure what lap of nine is, and 6:08 is confusing >because it is a 2.54 mile course, Thanks > >>I got to do some laps at Road Atalanta last night. I have watched a >> number of races but this was the first time I got to be on the track. >> My best lap of nine was a 6:08. Nine laps. One warm up lap after the Panoz school got off the track. Then 8 hot laps at full throttle. My best time was 6:08. One calculator suggests I was putting out 300 watts of power when I had some faster laps. http://mylaps.com/results/newResults.jsp?id=602548 What were you driving? Got the video! I know you had someone tape you! :-) >I got to do some laps at Road Atalanta last night. I have watched a > number of races but this was the first time I got to be on the track. > My best lap of nine was a 6:08. I would guess the video has been tossed already. I doubt that I even have any pictures. But I was there. http://mylaps.com/results/newResults.jsp?id=602548 >What were you driving? Got the video! I know you had someone tape you! >:-) > >>I got to do some laps at Road Atalanta last night. I have watched a >> number of races but this was the first time I got to be on the track. >> My best lap of nine was a 6:08. 6:06.122 Best Tm 24.582 Best Spd (Mph) Ya did good Jim! ;-) >I would guess the video has been tossed already. I doubt that I even > have any pictures. But I was there. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >>> number of races but this was the first time I got to be on the track. >>> My best lap of nine was a 6:08. It was fun. Did I mention a few hours later while pacing another race I was in a Subaru wagon with Pablo? Pablo used to race for the Porsche factory team in a 935. He could not resist doing a bit of speed on the back turns. That was fun even if we could only go 70 instead of the 195 he used to drive the 935. Holy crud 195? When you ride the course at 15-40 mph on a bicycle every thing is visible. Just going 40-70 you have to know the course and set up the turns. Some of those turns are pretty blind at moderate speeds. Going race speed you have to trust the corner workers. I wonder if the Panoz school has corner workers? >6:06.122 Best Tm >24.582 Best Spd (Mph) [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>>> number of races but this was the first time I got to be on the track. >>>> My best lap of nine was a 6:08. I went the speed limit (slow) driving the PCH back in '87. My friend said to go faster and there were people passing me some of the time. This was my first time on this road, it was nighttime without a moon, you could drive over the edge, and the workers had removed the center reflector markers. You have to know the turns to do this fast in the dark. Nope I went slow and am still here today! lol I can see 120-140mph on a straight road but not 195 on a race course. Maybe it has something to do with age or wisdom! <g> > It was fun. Did I mention a few hours later while pacing another race > I was in a Subaru wagon with Pablo? Pablo used to race for the Porsche [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>>>> number of races but this was the first time I got to be on the track. >>>>> My best lap of nine was a 6:08. |
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