MSR Cresson track Day – Apex Driving Academy – 1/2/2012

Yesterday was my first time in my own car on any R-compound tires (RA-1 takeoffs). It wasn’t pretty:

• one 4-wheel off — rear end tried to come around, saved it…realized I wasn’t going to keep it on track, let it run straight into flat grassy area (outside of wagonwheel)
• one 2-wheel off (the front two on wrong side of the apex curbing) — turned in too abruptly, broke rear end loose, slid sideways through apex CONE before car corrected back to straight (bigbend)
• one 180 degree spin — missed heel-toe, broke rear end loose spun to outside of track. (horseshoe)
• one flat-spot — got greedy on entry into turn 1. (rattlesnake entry)
• I had numerous near-misses that I did manage to save.

Basically, both early morning sessions were like driving on ice, and I just didn’t respect the situation enough (or understand it well enough to know the right approach). Here’s the video:

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We also discussed this in deal in this thread: http://mazdaracers.c...compound-tires/