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[Maengelito]

maeng, what is your speedo showing at the end of the front straight?

i would hit redline in 4th just before the braking zone for T1, so i was playing around a lot with the front straight by changing shift points. sometimes i would short shift to 5th, sometimes i'd try to peg the rev limiter hoping my motor didnt pop in the braking zone for 1. either way i was consistently showing between 108 and 110.

my weekend went quite well. as already stated, saturday was close to unbearable, but i still say that VIR i think it was either last august or two augusts ago was hotter. i've been having some brake issues but i think its because these cobalt XR4's are definitely not street pads. i didnt change them out because i was going to the track not too long after my previous event, and it was so hot that i didnt drive the miata much, but they definitely chew up the rotor during everyday driving. i got harder and harder on them throughout the weekend and you could visibly see the rotor surface changing from a dull scratched up surface to a smooth dark shiny surface (with some scoring). thats when i could really stand on the brakes instead of getting on them and lockin' dem shits up. but when you're having brake issues, it takes a lot of confidence to make the jump back into threshold braking so i found myself slowing down too much (death for miatas and all momentum cars) for a few turns. also, i dont like my azenis but they just wont die. they get greasy as hell early in sessions and my car slides and pushes more and more as i clock more and more laps. i'm definitely looking forward to killing these things so i can put on my busted used toyos.

my students were doing really well this weekend too. i had a guy in an R32 and a guy wanting to do spec miata. i forgot how much torque those R32s have, man thats a fast car. and the spec miata driver made amazing improvements throughout the weekend. he was definitely one of the most receptive students i've ever had.

all in all, i had a blast this weekend and i look forward to seeing more MMers in the next few events