Superlap Timeattack Is Ago!

[BHDave]

wakefield slows down in the arvo? I hadn't noticed. My 4 fastest laps last time were my 4 last laps....

Maybe it's different in summer?

[djr81]

lol that is so damn true! don't forget, a street car is still standard even with 30k spent on engine and suspension

There is an age old saying Duncan:

The fastest cars are in the car park.

Most people with a half decent track car will stare at their feet & start mumbling when asked what it has on it.

Most people with a half decent road car will bang on about it for hours and hours, or post up some huge thread in an internet forum.

[Roy]

wakefield slows down in the arvo? I hadn't noticed. My 4 fastest laps last time were my 4 last laps....

Maybe it's different in summer?

I find the same thing. I always go quicker in the afternoon. Partly the fact that i have burnt 30-40L of fuel and mostly the fact i have done a few laps and got my eye in. I wish i got enough track time that i can go out to a track day and punch out the best 4 laps on the day in the morning session

[phunky_monkey]

Me too Troy

I've yet to go slower on any subsequent session so far, but then again I'm still learning a lot.

[Sydneykid]

I find the same thing. I always go quicker in the afternoon. Partly the fact that i have burnt 30-40L of fuel and mostly the fact i have done a few laps and got my eye in. I wish i got enough track time that i can go out to a track day and punch out the best 4 laps on the day in the morning session

The track is faster in the morning at pretty much every track that I visit, but you have to be ready to take advantage of it. That means the car AND the driver. If the car has a tank fulll of fuel, the set up isn't right and the driver is still learning the track then they are missing out on the fastest track time of the day. The exceptions are when it rains in the morning, which is like everytime I have been to Wakefield lately and when it is a temporary circuit and it is faster as the rubber gets down.

Cheers

Gary

[Roy]

Yeh, yeh, yeh. But we are talking about me the hack who is lucky to get 16 laps of a race track every 3 months. Its all good in theory, but odds are most ppl will go quicker later in the day. We are not all race machanics/engineers who can have the car all set up to go. Obviuously those in the know or with workshop backing hold a large advantage.

Hell at Wakefield i could never be bothered to take spare fuel or go back into town so i always filled tha car up and just drove the place. Never attended a sprint round there so didnt really care too mcuh about lap times. But these days i have the spare 20L drums of fuel and only run with 20L in the tank.

I welcome anyone who wants to set up my car, hire the trak for the day before to get he car and driver dialled in. A big bouncer to keep me away from the pub the night before and then pay for a second set of tyres for the sprint the next day Even things like heat cycling tyres. At track days i often waste morning sessions just cycling the tyres as i am after the best were possible from them and i cant really do it on teh streets, not around the city where i live

[BHDave]

I tend to just change tyres, check pressures and drive these days.

Other than maybe a minor adjustment of the pressure after a session or 2 i don't change anything as the car is at the limit of adjustment for the bits that are on it atm.

A new front sway bar is on the list. Need a 27mm to balance out the 24mm rear as it's just a bit too taily.

[Sydneykid]

Yeh, yeh, yeh. But we are talking about me the hack who is lucky to get 16 laps of a race track every 3 months. Its all good in theory, but odds are most ppl will go quicker later in the day. We are not all race machanics/engineers who can have the car all set up to go. Obviuously those in the know or with workshop backing hold a large advantage.

Hell at Wakefield i could never be bothered to take spare fuel or go back into town so i always filled tha car up and just drove the place. Never attended a sprint round there so didnt really care too mcuh about lap times. But these days i have the spare 20L drums of fuel and only run with 20L in the tank.

I welcome anyone who wants to set up my car, hire the trak for the day before to get he car and driver dialled in. A big bouncer to keep me away from the pub the night before and then pay for a second set of tyres for the sprint the next day Even things like heat cycling tyres. At track days i often waste morning sessions just cycling the tyres as i am after the best were possible from them and i cant really do it on teh streets, not around the city where i live

Just because we don't live in the ideal world, doesn't mean that we can't dream about it.

Cheers

Gary

[Roy]

LOL, oh i am a dreamer

[evil_weevil]

Really?

Ah well, with me thats what I have noticed...but then again I am a n00b

I remember Mark and Russ saying something similar about wakie getting slower in the arvo's also?

meh - it slows down for me ok!?!? hahahaha (thats my excuse!!)

but just wondering what OP GP is like also

....and back on topic..hahaha

[Duncan]

hahaha afternoon is faster for 95% of drivers for the reasons above. Its only the top 5% who can go faster in the morning. track needs to be in good condition to let it happen too

[Roy]

That is another thing Duncan. The mid week open days that i used to go to were dusty, dirty as hell. Unless the track has has some cars sweep the track on a Saturday with Prac/Quali then i think the track woudl be slower in the morning. God knows poor old dust bowl Goulbourn would have lots of garbage on the track mid week in a morning session?!?!?!?!

[Bozman1]

If you are at a race meeting and formula vee's are running, the track starts to get slower as soon as they hit the track they just lay oil everywhere lol

[Swiper the Fox]

depends on a lot of varibles so i dont think a general rule applies. At my home track im generally faster earlier but away its the later sessions that reap the fast times. The weather plays a role too, in summer generally the faster times are early and in winter its later.

[giant]

it was quite weird at Tsukuba circuit, all the fast guys were out and aiming for their fastest lap in the first or second session, the m speed guys reckon that track loses about a second or so a lap around lmidday on.

but like has been said many variables, i think the tyres they were running wouldnt like running later.

myself personally, i tend to go best in about the middle of day before i start pushing to hard and getting untidy!

[Roy]

Myself personally, i tend to go best in about the middle of day before i start pushing to hard and getting untidy!

There you go. That is why you play A Grade and i am stuck in the shit kicker grades with all the sodomties, because i am at my best at the pub the night after the affair

[FineLine]

There you go. That is why you play A Grade and i am stuck in the shit kicker grades with all the sodomties, because i am at my best at the pub the night after the affair

Ah yes Roy. The best lap times are either hand timed or run at the bar.

[fatz]

check it

take one r31 (aussi 4 door)

stick in a sr20det

use my head as a radiator

=

your all going down fools!

note: i have not enetered i just like this pick and sturing you a$$ bandits

[benm]

It's not a real car unless you have to cut a hole in the bonnet to make the motor fit!

[giant]

fatz you should be entering