streets of willow trackday

pantablo · September 27, 2006, 10:22:46 AM

just a sampling...

holding up Dustin Coyner in the bowl

old turn 4

turn2

Jake D · September 27, 2006, 11:05:42 AM

Those are great.

Guess at your speed in each of those photos, if you can.

pantablo · September 27, 2006, 05:29:50 PM

guessing, I'd say:

the bowl is ~70-80mph (its a heavily banked turn, thus the "bowl" moniker)

turn 4 is VERY tight, 1st gear so probably 35-45 mph

turn 2 is also a tight U-turn taken in 2nd so ~50mph

Jake D · September 28, 2006, 08:45:00 AM

Thanks.

I need to get on a track. I know that people would be flying past me.

CirclesCenter · September 28, 2006, 10:41:06 PM

Pablo, mad props.

I'll have to mix it up with you sometime so I can get humbled.

(By the time I get around to it though it might actually be a race.

)

pantablo · September 28, 2006, 10:56:47 PM

thanks JD/CC...

Quote from: pantablo on September 27, 2006, 05:29:50 PM
guessing, I'd say:

the bowl is ~70-80mph (its a heavily banked turn, thus the "bowl" moniker)

turn 4 is VERY tight, 1st gear so probably 35-45 mph

turn 2 is also a tight U-turn taken in 2nd so ~50mph

here's the track layout. elev 2545 is T2, 2505 is T4, T8="the bowl". none of the infield lanes are used except for the S turns before the skid pad-VERY TIGHT. track runs clockwise.

its a very technical, bumpy course. speeds are slow. the whole course is a 2nd/3rd gear track. fastest speeds are at two straights: front straight if you stay on the throttle through T1 is about 115mph around T1 then fast heavy braking for T2. Back straight coming off bowl is also fast, thats about 115 also into the "chicane"/T9-10.

blue05twin · September 28, 2006, 11:07:44 PM

amazing

TragicImage · September 30, 2006, 03:46:21 PM

Holding up D. Coyner...

From what I hear... Dustin is slow due to his size and easily passed.... but then again... thats according to some one who lives down in LA, that hosts BBQ Maintenance Days, and probably weighs 125lbs Dripping wet.

pandy · September 30, 2006, 05:34:33 PM

w00t! You always get great pics!

poormanracing · September 30, 2006, 06:32:24 PM

how did you like the new repaved t4 pablo?.......it was pretty tight before and has a dip in the middle.....they made it kinda wide now and smooth which i think helps pick up speed going to the turns heading to the bowl....i felt i was going to drag my knee there with the GS.....for some reason i overshoot t3 a & B

pantablo · September 30, 2006, 09:38:03 PM

teh new T4 is great-better flow, but this trackday they ran the OLD T4!

pantablo · September 30, 2006, 09:39:09 PM

Quote from: TragicImage on September 30, 2006, 03:46:21 PM
Holding up D. Coyner...

From what I hear... Dustin is slow due to his size and easily passed.... but then again... thats according to some one who lives down in LA, that hosts BBQ Maintenance Days, and probably weighs 125lbs Dripping wet.

fast and slow are relative....
Dustin may be "slow" to someone...somewhere, but its likely another racer. Not me...I'm not that fast, not on street tires, not in this brain...

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