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FIRM

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:37 pm
by mooreken
The FIRM had an open house last Saturday, first 75 people in were free...(I was about #10 by being there at 5:20).
This was my second trip to that track. It is a good track smooth and challenging. It is more technical than Gainesville. Also somewhat faster. They have two layouts for the track. The first time I was there it used the long straight heading to the pits. You can get quite fast on that one. This time they had the "shoe box" in place. This added a "bus stop" in the long straight and kept speeds down quite a bit.

There is one spot in the middle that has a banked turn with a wall on the outside. However with a little common sense it is no trouble to make it thru. The straight leading up to that turn was the fastest that I got up to, right at 90mph. The rest of the track has good run off with not much to hit.

Tom, I noticed that they do have several instructors available. Do to it being "Open House" they had 2 of the 3 skill level driver groups make a few laps with the instructor before cutting them loose. I think there were 6 instructors there that day. So if DSCC is interested I'm sure arrangements could made to have instructors if any members felt they would need a ride along.
Ken

Re: FIRM

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:28 pm
by mooreken
On a side note there was a Ferrari and a Lamborghini running also. I was the only Cobra, the Cobra got lots more attention than the "Super Cars".

Re: FIRM

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:25 pm
by mooreken
Forgive the poor video quality. It is my first test with the App and my $20 bkt I think is not quite up to the needs. Also I think the windshield might be vibrating also.
The data in the lower left is really cool.

Remember to click on the settings in the lower right to pick HD.

https://youtu.be/5NPGy9Qt2yU

Re: FIRM

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:55 pm
by BlackSnake
Ken, is that the track over near Starke? Your motor sounded strong, no hiccups... what tires were you running?

That app looks similar to what Tom was using at Daytona, nice data-logger.

Re: FIRM

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:12 pm
by mooreken
Yes it is almost half way between Keystone and Starke on 100. The APP is the same that Tom has but I think he has a better mount. I was jus using my Nitto Street tires for that run. I have a set of Nitto NT01s that I am going to mount this week. The supplier only shipped one front tire and I should be getting the other one tomorrow.