The car is currently being prepared and will be ready Thursday for the test day this Friday. No improvemts this visit, just fixing a few problems that we did not have the time to fix until now.
I was on track two weeks ago in a practice session with an instructor working on a few bad habits I had developed. I now think I have them corrected, if so, I should be smoother this weekend. I had developed the bad habit of over driving the car, and braking too late and entering the corners to fast and creating oversteer.
I forgot the first rule of road racing "slow in and fast out"
I spent the day with an excellent coach and I believe he has me back on track.
My goal for this weekend is to put the renewed skills to work and be as smooth as possible, the race results will take care of themselves
John
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( 3 / 797 )Not a great weekend, 6th in class in all three races.
We had the set-up incorrect in the 1st race and the car was almost undriveable. We made some improvements for the 2nd race but I did not adjust my style enough after the over and under steer conditions of the first race and still finished 6th.
In the final race, the feature, I had already used up the tires and the car was all over the track. On these very technical tracks that really identify driving errors, I need to adjust my style.
We plan to test at a similar track in a few weeks and I plan to work very hard on not turning in too early, using all of the available track and saving the tires.
Have a look at the video I will post tomorrow and see my challenge with this track.
Mosport is next, back to a track I do very well at, come out and support the team.
John
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( 3 / 1661 )A challenging weekend. My old nemesis, the Shannonville race track.I have always had trouble with this very bumpee and very technical track. If you go off the racing surface even a little you generally rip off the splitter and do other damage. The track surface is extremely hard on tires and the large number of turns makes it very hard on brakes. One other issue, the track is very narrow making it hard to pass.
Other than that, I love this track.
I am in third place in GT3 after one race weekend, I need to stay focussed to improve my position after this weekend. I will post the results right after the races.
John
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( 2.9 / 1583 )Our 1st race weekend in Canada, and a good start towards the championship.
We finished 2nd overall and 2nd in class in the first race. We were 2nd in class and 8th overall in the second race and 4th in class and 10th overall in the third race.
I had some problems in the third race with the white Nissan, with some agressive driving but that's racing and I should have been prepared.If you get a chance, watch the two in-car videos from the media section to experience the action.
A good weekend overall with plenty of points towards the championship but I was disappointed with the result in the third race, the feature race for the weekend.
John
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( 3.1 / 1692 )We are ready, the car and driver are prepared, the weather looks like it should be good. "Gentlemen & Ladies start your engines"
We have to decide after testing on Friday if the improvements made over the winter will produce more speed and allow us to move up in class from GT3 to GT2. This will be a significant decrease in lap times and we are hopeful that the car can produce the speed to achieve a 1 minute 30 sec lap time.
If you are out to see the races, please drop by the paddock and say hello.
John
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