I spent the day at Laguna Seca with Hooked on Driving yesterday. This was my first event with HOD, and my second day at Laguna with the new race car. Some observations:
- Shaved 5 seconds. Finished the first session about where I was at my last visit, in June. Technically speaking, in June, I was RFS — really fockin’ slow. Five seconds sounds like a lot, but there’s 2-3 easy seconds still available. There’s more after that, but will be harder to harvest.
- In T6 I improved about 5 mph, and I still need to refine the line. There’s another 5 mph if I can consistently nail the right line. (T6 at Laguna has one totally excellent line, and any other line is crap.)
- I could be faster in 5,6,8a,9,10 & 11.
- With a camcorder that shoots glorious 16:9 HD, with a wide angle lens, and with 60 progressive frames a second (the way sports video should be), the “happy hands” are real easy to see. Was that a hitch, or a twitch or a saw? Why yes it was. How about all three? Maybe I can cut it down to 4:3 before posting.
- Widest range of cars I’ve ever run with. An E36 can get a little bit of tow through T1 off a Lotus 7. A tow off a Lancer is better. SRF’s are hard to see from a (relatively speaking) ginormous production car.
- Used the HANS for the first time. My upper traps hurt. Was I doing it wrong? Just need to get used to it? Should I go for the ultra padding? Getting in and situated takes more time. Getting out is harder, and slower. I now have ample motivation to do the NASCAR door bar, for sure. Fast egress is a good thing. The driver could use some modification also. Ahem.
- Based on this one day, HOD puts on a good event.
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