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Track Junky
06-25-2012, 06:02 PM
Anybody have any specific details....lap time, tires.....


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intocarss
06-25-2012, 06:15 PM
Using the timer on the video, I got a 2.08 and it says 2.06 in the title. As far as tires..I'd say they were round ones. Hope this helps :cheers:

Track Junky
06-25-2012, 06:22 PM
I seen the 2:06 but there is another 9/10ths of a second to play with there. As far as tires....wondering what tread wear.

Ron in SoCal
06-25-2012, 06:23 PM
Thx for bringing the 'tech Jerry :lol:

Man i can't wait to run that track. Looks like so much fun! What is that coming out of his dash vent? GPS sender?

mpozziCPL
06-25-2012, 06:41 PM
Most likely 200 treadwear or above to get familiar with track stuff for our Pro-Touring events. Brian and Mike Maier took their cars to Thunderhill last year and not sure if this is the video from then or something recent.

Love his car ...

Mary P.

Track Junky
06-25-2012, 06:52 PM
Pretty sure the vid was this month....he had mentioned he would be at T-Hill sometime in June this year....not to mention the 2012 in the heading ;)

Flash68
06-25-2012, 07:02 PM
I'm pretty sure I remember him not timing his first session last year.

2:06 pretty nice... what was yours again G?

Track Junky
06-25-2012, 07:05 PM
Edit to your Edit :lol: : 2:04.9, but different config.

Flash68
06-25-2012, 07:12 PM
Edit to your Edit :lol: : 2:04.9, but different config.

I knew someone would catch that... :lol:

Vegas69
06-25-2012, 08:29 PM
Car and driver are :thumbsup:

SLO_Z28
06-26-2012, 03:22 AM
He was probably on his new Goodyear Eagle RS tires (which are amazing BTW, hoosier officially got their butt whooped). He was saying that his brakes were failing, so he was taking it really easy on those laps, and that his proportioning valve failed and coated the inside of his car with brake fluid.

73CPCAMARO
06-26-2012, 05:23 PM
I went to Thunderhill a few weeks ago and got to play around a bit during a private track day. I was on my Michelin Pilot Super Sports 300 TW tires. I was running 2:06 - 2:07 laps without traffic. I left a lot of time out there as I was having some brake issues. I was noticing under heaving braking I was loosing brake pedal and it was getting worse each time. I only ran three sessions in the morning. At lunch I discovered the brake switch in line for the tail lights had a huge leak. Brake fluid was coming out of the switch under pressure. That ended my day. If you notice in the video, I was giving up way too early for turns 10 and 14 and everywhere else just a bit too much. I would hope I had another 4 seconds I could shave off if I had a solid brake pedal.

I have only been to Thunderhill 2 times. I plan on going back in a month or so to get where I want to be. I will also be on the Michelin's again.

James, if I was on the Goodyears, I would be sub 2:00 no problem, even with the brake issue. :D

Brian

Track Junky
06-26-2012, 07:37 PM
Thanks for chiming in Brian.......Those are impressive times on 300 tw tires and brake issues. :thumbsup:
I'm hoping to be back out there again in August....

89 RS
06-26-2012, 08:17 PM
Always enjoy your insight, thanks for chiming in Brian. :thumbsup:

GregWeld
06-26-2012, 08:42 PM
Love that track! Nice run Brian!

I spent the night at the "home away from home" the Holiday Inn Express there at Willows last week (they have great trailer parking in back) and after cruising our hot rods all day we drove out to the track just to see what was going on....

Vince@Meanstreets
06-26-2012, 10:23 PM
that car sounds really nice. any out of cockpit video?

73CPCAMARO
06-26-2012, 10:49 PM
that car sounds really nice. any out of cockpit video?

Not from Thunderhill. When I go back, I will have two camera's.

Here is my build thread with some video from the outside.

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=23997&page=89

73CPCAMARO
06-26-2012, 10:53 PM
Thx for bringing the 'tech Jerry :lol:

Man i can't wait to run that track. Looks like so much fun! What is that coming out of his dash vent? GPS sender?

That is the GPS antenna for my speedometer. Speedhut gauges with 0-60, 1/4 mi, top speed memory.

Brian