NASA November Summit Point

[Steve85]

A couple laps of in-car. Did some good things, did some bad things all pointed out by the instructor. And this is evidence that I was in fact the first to take the checker in this session. jus sayin' :wink:

http://www.vimeo.com/7512696

I had a great time. I am a little bummed that I missed half of the second session and the third session on Sat. I felt like I was really coming into it in the second session on Sun. We tried a few different lines through a couple corners which was fun and I finally started to trust the throttle to plant the car, especially in 3, 4, and 10. I had terrible understeer through 1 and 5-6 though. I really wish I had more time to work on getting into 7 then rolling into the throttle out of it into 8 and 9, probably my favorite section to get right.

My instructor was great and we did more than just try to learn the line. I got loose a few times but he said he felt confident that I was ahead of it and reading the car well so we tried some different things to see how the car would react. I learned a lot more about the dynamics of my car in the process. And just something I noticed, if your instructor is pushing on his imaginary pedal, hard, with both feet, you should start braking as well. :oops:

I made it home with the engine running, most of the cylinders anyway. Developed a miss under acceleration in the last session so I need to check that out. I tried to be nice to it, maybe saw 6K a couple times between 9 and 10, I stayed in third longer if I was expecting a point-by there to hopefully get it done quickly.