Here it is. It wasn't my fastest time out but close enough considering I was braking early and taking care that the back end of the car behaved. The outside temperture gauge was in the 120's on the asphalt so it was a hot one too. The car performed extremely well. The CCCPR (organizing body) has a new board and they took everyone by surprise running the event on schedule. I didn't have all the time in the world to tape up my car. For that reason I missed a few laps at the beginning, forgot to tape up a few places and you may hear the humming which is the plastic flapping where I didn't have time to make sure it was secure. I hope you enjoy the video. For reference, on the front straight I hit 135 + or - and 115 on the back straight. The curves after the hairpin are taken a little over 80. The wide angle camera seems to obscure the speed and sharpness of the curves. At least it seems so to me.

Les

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Les, I felt like I was riding with you ,but hanging to The rear fender is hard on me ,Every time you made a turn I leaned, loved the video, you do such a great job driving , I see you love your passion. Keep the good work, keep the videos coming. jim

 

Great video Les, it looks like its time for a bigger wing on that thing!!! It'll fix that oversteer problem straight away.

 

I feel blind and pitiful at putting 2 + 2 together. It wasn't too many days ago I posted a picture of the rub marks on the rear inner fender wells. Duh, a little braking on the inner well could cause exactly what I'm experiencing. I'll get it taken care of.

I got blasted on a local forum for lack of safety equipment. I meet all the requirements for the events I participate in however, the truth hurts and I'll be looking into stepping it up in the safety equipment department. I'm inquiring into a roll bar, at least a 4 point and perhaps a six point.
Justin, what seat and mounting system do you use? I'll be keeping the airbag so I'll also be keeping the stock belts for now. I recently replaced my open face helmet with a full face. Next will be some driving gear and fire extinguisher.

Les

 

I guess you got blasted by the guys you regularly pass, if so it's sour grapes. Maybe the extra weight is what they want to slow you down.

 

Good for you Les, you can never have enough safety gear. Your challenge is going to be the roll cage. For starters it has to be custom made, secondly there isn't enough room between the head liner and a driver with a helmet without removing the headliner. The only way to get a cage in the car is to remove all the interior. Now that being said you may be able to add the roll bars that are on the convertibles without too much modification.

We are running a Momo race seat with a custom mount to lower the seat. I actually just talked to Rob this morning about seat options for the crossfire and we think we found a Sparco that would work. Give him a call he can set you up with a seat, mounting bracket and slider.

I can't express to you how important proper driving gear is. A fire suit, gloves, shoes, socks, and balaclava are minimum. These items are much cheaper than hospital bills to fix burn scars. Secondly a fire extinguisher is the minimum you should have. I would suggest a full fire suppression system (when your ready for this step let me know I have a few I recommend).

Lastly be careful with your airbags, I have seen them go off before on cars that are tracked as hard as yours. I saw a CTS-V blow both side curtain bags when they hit some curbing to hard.

 

Great vid.......luv it.