3002 tii
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Sometimes as much we love our cars, we need something to remind us of how we felt on day one. For some it might be a fresh detail job, for me it's a good day at the track. I just came back from NJMP and honestly I wasn't expecting much. It's been 7 months since I last came here and didn't think I'd improve much, maybe at best pick up where I last left off. I only signed up because it was the one event most of my track buddies were doing.
First day we pretty uneventful, short sessions (four 20 min sessions) combined with tons of traffic almost made it seem like a waste of money -- which is almost impossible for any day at the track. Second day was different story, some drivers got reshuffled, some learned the line, others didn't show but in the end there was far less traffic.
Also the stewards gave us an extra 5 mins over the previous day. Given the better track conditions, I was actually able to get consistent clean laps and the results were great. I actually ran a consistent 1:20 each lap which was my previous best and actually hit 1:19 three times.
NJMP Lightning really favors high hp or cars with aero, neither of which my N52 coupe has but I think where I made up was braking. Although I installed my Stoptech ST40 kit few months ago, I never really got a chance to push them. I did few events at Lime Rock but that's really a momentum track, no real hard braking zones. But NJMP Lightning has 2 hard braking zones, T1 and 7 and I was shocked how deep I could begin my braking without encountering a hint of sponginess in the pedal, lap after lap after lap.
Final 3 laps of my last session, maybe 10 cars on track max. Wish every event was like this.
[youtube]7f5bjT3oBQo[/youtube]
First day we pretty uneventful, short sessions (four 20 min sessions) combined with tons of traffic almost made it seem like a waste of money -- which is almost impossible for any day at the track. Second day was different story, some drivers got reshuffled, some learned the line, others didn't show but in the end there was far less traffic.
Also the stewards gave us an extra 5 mins over the previous day. Given the better track conditions, I was actually able to get consistent clean laps and the results were great. I actually ran a consistent 1:20 each lap which was my previous best and actually hit 1:19 three times.
NJMP Lightning really favors high hp or cars with aero, neither of which my N52 coupe has but I think where I made up was braking. Although I installed my Stoptech ST40 kit few months ago, I never really got a chance to push them. I did few events at Lime Rock but that's really a momentum track, no real hard braking zones. But NJMP Lightning has 2 hard braking zones, T1 and 7 and I was shocked how deep I could begin my braking without encountering a hint of sponginess in the pedal, lap after lap after lap.
Final 3 laps of my last session, maybe 10 cars on track max. Wish every event was like this.
[youtube]7f5bjT3oBQo[/youtube]
great vid mate 
