Stephen Ellis is an amateur racing driver with 38 recorded laps across 5 vehicles on LapMeta, averaging 7.6 laps per car—high concentration ratio indicating focused commitment to mastering five specific platforms. Over seven laps per vehicle builds profound knowledge transcending typical driver-vehicle relationships, revealing nuances impossible to discover through brief exposure. This exceptional focus demonstrates specialist philosophy prioritizing depth over superficial breadth.
His LapMeta data shows testing with 7 laps at 13CW configuration, 6 laps at Streets, and 5 laps at Streets-CCW. The selective 5-vehicle portfolio suggests curated testing balancing comparative education against deep platform understanding. Each car received over seven sessions revealing how tire performance evolves, how brake feel changes with temperature, optimal techniques for specific chassis characteristics, and extracting maximum capability as conditions vary. This depth often allows dedicated amateurs to outperform professionals conducting brief evaluations through intimate vehicle-specific knowledge. With 38 laps concentrated across five vehicles averaging nearly 8 laps each, Stephen Ellis exemplifies the focused specialist who treats motorsport as pursuit of perfection through systematic development and intimate platform expertise.
Willow Springs International Raceway "The Fastest Road in the West" , and a track that consistently scares the shit out of me, but for some strange reason I keep coming back to try and master its difficulties. This weekend I participated in the GR Movement Street Class with the 86 with one goal, finally go faster than a 1:39. I had a wonderful time pushing the car any myself to a new limit!
There was some stiff Gen 2 86/BRZ competition in street class but I was able to pull together a decent flyer towards the end of the day which is this lap with data. I would normally have some in car footage with the data overlay but unfortunately this bright guy left the damn gopro sd card at home 😒. There is more room for improvement I think a 1:35 or even a 1:34 is possible with this car, just might have to come back when its not scorching hot outside.
Same mods as my previous videos.
Looking forward to the next GR Movement event at Buttonwillow, hopefully I go sub2 this time ?