by dreinecke » Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:36 pm
If you look at the following comparison of times, a few things are evident on my track:
1) Jim and Mark are used to club racing - I'm not. Look at the times, the average, the mean and reaction times.
2) The cars are closer than you think when you see the times and the offs
3) I layoff in the first corner when guests are on my track as I know that's where the pileups start. That usually puts me behind when drivers better than me are on the track.
4) The far end is now obscured with trees. When running with 3 minute heats, just as I get used to the brakes or lack thereof on one car, we switch. Therefore a number of offs are on the farthest part of the track - at the end of the fast part of the track.
5) The PDR is not a forgiving track. If you off or lose traction, you end up behind in the squeezes and it is hard to catch up.
6) The PDR has two hairpins - inside and outside lanes. Both cars finished with their best times in the middle lane which is the easier of the three. I'll leave out the comments of why we put Mark there ;) Nah, he'd still beat me anywhere.
7) The driver's stations are all in different locations and have different vantage points.
8) Lastly - look at the last part of the sheet: I ran a 3 minute heat tonight with each car in the middle lane only. I actually thought I ran quicker with Dariusz car...it handled perfect and that was about all I could do as a driver. Dale's felt slightly more out of control, but I barely pulled of a slightly quicker time. Both cars ended on 21 laps.
So let's analyze: by myself, I know my track better. I raced the easiest lane, which frankly, I use more than the others. Ever. My best was slightly faster with radarek's car. I was almost half second faster with Aloha's. Having the track record and knowing that lane, that makes sense in my head.
The point is: this is one track and they are all different. Each driver is different. Having more marshals would help instead of making the drivers do most of it.
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