This amateur racing driver has 20 recorded laps across 4 vehicles on LapMeta, averaging 5 laps per car—high concentration ratio indicating focused commitment to mastering 4 specific platforms. Over five laps per vehicle builds knowledge transcending typical driver-vehicle relationships, revealing nuances requiring extended exposure to discover.
The selective 4-vehicle portfolio suggests curated testing balancing comparative education against deep platform understanding. Each car received over five sessions revealing performance characteristics through sufficient exposure beyond initial familiarization. Track day participants achieving this concentration demonstrate commitment transcending casual participation, treating circuit time as deliberate education rather than recreational entertainment. With 20 laps concentrated across 4 vehicles averaging 5 laps each, this driver demonstrates focused approach combining meaningful platform development with manageable portfolio diversity supporting comprehensive vehicle dynamics understanding.
My first time at Road America. Wow, what a venue!
(my PDR died prior to this session so this upload is from my Garmin Catalyst)
Being new to RA, I decided to be conservative and run in the intermediate group. I was planning on using the previously used Goodyear Supercar 3R’s but Tire Rack sent us a bad tire and it was too late to find another. The net result was I ran on my (1.5 track day old) Michelin PS4S’s. They did better than I expected and I had a great time learning the track on tires that talked a little.
Conditions: 85 degrees, breezy, low humidity and sunny.. Beautiful.
Traffic was significant during the first 2 of 4 sessions, but we staged late in the last two sessions of the day and was able to get some mostly open laps – resulting in the days best of 2:45.11. The C8 continues to be very predictable and confidence inspiring. As in the first 3 track days with this car, I ran in Track/Sport 1 which leaves stability control active.
‘Wolfpaq 3.0’ is a 2022 C8 Corvette Z51 and has magnetic shocks/PTM. Mods from ‘Factory Stock’: Lowered ¾” front and back on Paragon collars, GM-spec track alignment, GM brake ducts, Girodisc rotors front/rear, G-Loc R12 track pads front/rear and SRF fluid. On this track day, I ran used PS4S runflats (OEM) on stock wheels.
Can’t wait to get back to RA to try out some Cup2’s and/or some R7’s.