Originally Posted by MMZ_TimeLord
Derek,
Thanks for the map update and vote of confidence!
I never felt that the instructors were chatting... I really felt they offered a lot of little tidbits of experience that I would have otherwise missed. Shawn (the guy in my videos) was great as were all the instructors. I can't remember the name of that little lady that I got for my last instructor on Sunday at Buttonwillow, but she was an awesome mentor. She gave me simple pointers and didn't try to interfere with my concentration any more than necessary. She also listened to my questions with attention and gave me straight answers ... no B.S.
Everyone should (if possible) try and get an instructor if this is your first time on a track. For those more experienced, maybe get one the first or second session if you can, but you should be okay going by what Derek says.
Thanks again for the speed pointers... you can't tell from the video how fast those guys are really going sometimes (even with the telemetry, I was too busy watching the road).
On a brighter note... I got my brand new spankin R-4 compound pads today and race brake fluid! YAY!
I didn't mean that the instructors were TOO chatty, perhaps it's just that I can't concentrate when someone is in my car and talking to me... It's easier for me to learn the correct line and speeds by just following an instructor.
Now the female instructor you were talking about at Buttonwillow is Annie Tam... I don't care if she can drive, she's a little hottie... But unfortunately, she drive like a bat out of hell and beats the crap out of me in her little Nissan... Remember her statement to you ?
"Use the whole track, you paid for it"
Anyway, those corner entry speed numbers on the map are from a DATA system I borrowed from a friend of mine when I ran the track last year. They are an averaging of my speeds during my fastest event during that day. If you compare them to the RUF Porsche video speeds from that youtube video I linked, they are about 15-20mph slower on every corner and about 30 mph slower on the banked oval. But still, those were the best (safest / comfortable) speeds I got entering each of the corners.
I think if I pushed any harder with my car at the time, it would have ended-up in the weeds... My car would not hit more than 125 on the front oval before I had to lift for turn 1... Your SRT6, should get another 15-20 mph on that part of the track because of the SC.