I just did two days with BIR Performance at Brainerd. They used the club configuration which adds in a new infield. This configuration is much better than the old one. It's slower at the top but much more exciting. The old one is boring, maybe two miles of it was just straight aways. The new infield in a blast. The keyhole or carosel where turn 8 used to be is a high G turn. Once through there then its flat the rest of the way to the bus stop or turn 12. After the keyhol then it's flat, get close the the right hand wall and then turn in to get the car on the left side pronto. Then flick right and you're blasting down towards turn 12. Very nice and flows well. My car had an extra seat in it and my wife riding with me so it was about 2850lbs but I was running my Hoosier tires that I use for SCCA ITS. My best time was a 1:55.6 which I think is respectable. Looking at the data I can see about another second off that next time I'm there. Mostly in T5 and trying to avoid scrubbing speed through T1 and T2 as well as braking later in to T3. I think I can carry a little more speed through the carosel also which I'd then get the benefit off all the way to T12.
Anyways, car was reliable, weather was good and the track fun. Could be a lot worse. Only issue with the car is I'm finding it hard sometimes to downshift especially in to the T12. I need to check the transmission fluid and maybe fix some synchros.
Video of a session running 57s and 58s
