I did 5 sessions today and steadily improved in all but the last session. I only had the logger for the last two sessions and missed a 3:01 lap that I did with John just after lunch.
Mark Repka did a 2:48 which we logged which is just amazing in a 150bhp car. We'll post the data for that for sure.
I had a scare today when the car started having trouble at high RPMs. It would goto 5k and then stop there. Happened twice and then I pulled in. After some anxious moments, I found out I was just out of gas. EXCELLENT! So, 14 gallons later and the car is out again.
The car burned little or no oil, I didn't add any during the weekend and the dip level stayed the same. I had marginal brake wear and tire wear. The car is going to be cheap to run.
The car can brake very, very deep compared with other cars and through twisty bits, it's able to stay with almost anything. I tried to enter T1 with Repka but I just don't believe the car can do what he does so I paniced. Of course, it can do it, I just need to trust it and have the confidence but Mark has about 80 track days at Road America so I don't mind at all that he's wicked faster. On straights or up hill, of course, it's a struggle against most modern cars but at the same time it's cool because I don't need to lift when pointing by so it doesn't impact the laptime too much. My hot tire pressures were a consistent 37psi all around with 31/32 cold.
We had 6 SP1 cars at the event and it's a hoot. If you own an expensive car and are looking to start modding it, STOP. It's cheaper to just buy one of these cars, they are brilliant to drive and against other sp1s, it's very, very close stuff. You would regret it at all. My whole weekend cost less than 500 bucks all in. Beat that running in any other class.
Anyway, very satisfied with the weekend.
