[bensf]

Had a great time at Sonoma Raceway this Saturday. There was extensive fog in the morning and the first session was cancelled. Tires take two laps to warm up under these conditions. It was my second day on track with the ZL1 1LE and still getting use to the beast lol.

Videos of my close calls (one has PDR data)

[bensf]

My best session

[MOSAIC BLACK 1LE]

Dope!

[cleoent]

It looks like tc was on. How did you get that sideways?

[mr965]

Nice save Ben!

[POINTBY]

You sir were in the wrong run group.

[Race Car]

Good catch... my wife asked if you had some girls in the car? Haha

[bensf]

Originally Posted by MOSAIC BLACK 1LE

Dope!

Thanks haha

Originally Posted by cleoent

It looks like tc was on. How did you get that sideways?

Track conditions and cold tires. These tires need a good two laps before they grip. Once they are warm, they're great. I'll be trying a set of NT01's next.

Originally Posted by mr965

Nice save Ben!

Thanks! We looked at the video afterwards in the paddock and couldn't believe I didn't get any mud on the car lol

Originally Posted by POINTBY

You sir were in the wrong run group.

Context/Background - Requirement of this run group is 1:54 or less lap times. I'm running 1:50's in the ZL1 1LE. I know at least half the people in this run group. A lot of them are close friends. When I'm in the .1 GT3, I run 1:47's and can better play with the faster people in the group. The event organizer is in the grey GT3 RS that waves after I give the point by. I assure you no one thought I was in the wrong group.

Originally Posted by Race Car

Good catch... my wife asked if you had some girls in the car? Haha

Thanks! Yes there is a girl in the car. It's not me laughing like a school girl lol

[POINTBY]

Then you need to driver faster and show them who’s boss!

[bensf]

I'm working on it lol

I'm used to rear weight biased cars with a lot less torque. As you can see, I think there's going to be a long adjustment period

[Infern0]

Originally Posted by cleoent

It looks like tc was on. How did you get that sideways?

You can still go full circle with full nannies, and even more so when you're in the sport modes. I got my rear wheels in front of me a couple of times at COTA myself.

Originally Posted by POINTBY

You sir were in the wrong run group.

Curious comment. You say that just based on the wheels breaking loose?


Anyway, nice save! Glad it was at a safe speed and was more fun than it was scary. Tires must have been completely cool - it looked like you hit a patch of black ice how graceful you began to slide through the corner.

[POINTBY]

Originally Posted by bensf

I'm working on it lol

I'm used to rear weight biased cars with a lot less torque. As you can see, I think there's going to be a long adjustment period

Nah, you just need some more skid pad time that's all.

Don't get me wrong, I love me a P-car. My 991 GT3RS was out of this world.

But, the ZL1 1LE is a monster and very capable of keeping up with and passing all of those in your video. Let me drive it! LOL

I'll post up some video from Road Atlanta this weekend when I take mine out and show those boys who's boss.

[POINTBY]

Originally Posted by Infern0

Curious comment. You say that just based on the wheels breaking loose?

No. He's driving the car 6/10ths and being passed by slower cars with faster drivers in them.

[bensf]

Originally Posted by Infern0

You can still go full circle with full nannies, and even more so when you're in the sport modes. I got my rear wheels in front of me a couple of times at COTA myself.



Curious comment. You say that just based on the wheels breaking loose?


Anyway, nice save! Glad it was at a safe speed and was more fun than it was scary. Tires must have been completely cool - it looked like you hit a patch of black ice how graceful you began to slide through the corner.

Thanks! It was a lot of fun. I'm thinking running in Race mode only going forward. Had it in Sport 1 just because of the conditions.