Homestead with ERME - Yet More HPDE Videos!

[yandy]

Yesterday was blast as always at the track, well at least in the afternoon sessions. The morning sessions were crowded, people were being really unpredictable, unwilling to point-by. Most of those things went away in the 2 afternoon session.

It was nice meeting @syenisch and his 135i, awesome driving out there; hope we can do it again.

Map of the Track from Google Earth


Here's a video of my Best Lap

And this is what happens when you fail at heel+toe'ing, I didn't slide my foot far enough, hit brake and throttle with big toe, pinky toe, and with heel I was hitting throttle as well. Engined revved too high, miss shifted, blasted off the corner at too much speed and into the grass, no damage, just plenty of grass.

Video of It

I'll have more videos as soon as I get editing/overlaying the data.

If you're starting to get sick of these... well too bad

EDIT: Added more videos

First Afternoon Session

Second Afternoon Session

I won't add the morning sessions cause they were useless, people all over the place, crowded and sometimes dangerous with people that had no business being in intermediate.. you'll notice it too in some of these.

I obviously am no expert, as you can see from the videos (specially the one above).. but some of these guys looked like it was their first time out.

[pixelblue]

nice! bummer they didn't let you use the banked ovals! gotta love those nice open runoffs

[yandy]

Originally Posted by pixelblue

nice! bummer they didn't let you use the banked ovals! gotta love those nice open runoffs

Some organizations let you use them once you get to advance, but not sure about these guys. I know they have a race org FARA that uses Nascar turns 3 & 4. Little by little, just gotta work my way up to advanced, which it'll be a while.. lol

[syenisch]

Nice to meet you too Yandy. Great driving out there. I think we represented pretty well. By the end of the day I think we were among the fastest in our group aside from that insane Corvette!! I'm sure we will see each other at an event or two over the next few years. Really liked Homestead... Great track with some very interesting characteristics.

I went to load my videos tonight and was disappointed to see they are so bright you can't even see anything. I think it's because I set the camera up in the dark garage and didn't think to let the camera reset it's settings in the brighter light on the track. First time using that camera for track video, so lesson learned I guess.

My best lap was 1:48.3 which I followed up with a 1:48.6 the next lap. Not bad for street tires, stock tune, and only mild suspension mods! Next step is to put in my Dinan Camber Plates and M3 Rear Subframe Bushings. Then I will call the suspension complete and
tackle the brakes. Still shocked how bad they were once I was comfortable and really pushing to the limit.

I am probably done with DE's until the Fall, when I will most likely head back up to Savannah to Roebling Road with PCA. Hope to see you and others there!

[int2str]

yandyr, what did you use to collect data?
Looks like RPM is actual, but the gears are guessed based on RPM/speed?
RPM from audio?

[yandy]

Originally Posted by int2str

yandyr, what did you use to collect data?
Looks like RPM is actual, but the gears are guessed based on RPM/speed?
RPM from audio?

I'm using the PLX KIWI WiFi device, Gear's actual but there's a certain delay, and when down shifting or upshifting more than one gear, let's say from 4th to 2nd, it counts 3rd for a split second for some reason, I noticed that too, but the data's actual.

[yandy]

Originally Posted by syenisch

Nice to meet you too Yandy. Great driving out there. I think we represented pretty well. By the end of the day I think we were among the fastest in our group aside from that insane Corvette!! I'm sure we will see each other at an event or two over the next few years. Really liked Homestead... Great track with some very interesting characteristics.

I went to load my videos tonight and was disappointed to see they are so bright you can't even see anything. I think it's because I set the camera up in the dark garage and didn't think to let the camera reset it's settings in the brighter light on the track. First time using that camera for track video, so lesson learned I guess.

My best lap was 1:48.3 which I followed up with a 1:48.6 the next lap. Not bad for street tires, stock tune, and only mild suspension mods! Next step is to put in my Dinan Camber Plates and M3 Rear Subframe Bushings. Then I will call the suspension complete and
tackle the brakes. Still shocked how bad they were once I was comfortable and really pushing to the limit.

I am probably done with DE's until the Fall, when I will most likely head back up to Savannah to Roebling Road with PCA. Hope to see you and others there!

Yea dude, It was a blast, I have at least 3 more track days before retiring for summer. Roebling Road's on my to do list, so I'm sure we'll see each other sometime.

Take care and be safe out there.

[yandy]

Added a couple session videos