Duane Black is an amateur racing driver with 69 recorded laps across 3 vehicles on LapMeta, averaging 23 laps per car—extraordinary concentration ratio indicating absolute commitment to mastering three specific platforms. This exceptional focus demonstrates specialist philosophy prioritizing profound depth over superficial breadth, choosing expertise with select machinery rather than casual sampling. Twenty-three laps per vehicle builds knowledge transcending typical driver-vehicle relationships, revealing nuances impossible to discover through brief exposure.
His LapMeta data shows testing with 14 laps at Full Course, 6 laps at Full Circuit w/ Loop, and 6 laps at Grand West Course. The selective 3-vehicle portfolio suggests curated testing balancing comparative education against deep platform understanding. Each car received nearly two dozen sessions—revealing how tire performance evolves, how brake feel changes with temperature, optimal techniques for specific chassis characteristics, and how to extract absolute maximum capability as conditions vary throughout track days. This depth often allows dedicated amateurs to outperform professionals conducting brief evaluations through intimate vehicle-specific knowledge built via relentless repetition. With 69 laps concentrated across just three vehicles, Duane Black exemplifies the focused specialist who treats motorsport as pursuit of perfection through systematic development and intimate platform expertise.
With an instructors band, I could run whichever sessions I liked. I chose to run the first 3 sessions of the morning and had to pit to tell the black flag station I intended to run the next session as well.
This was part of my "50th event" "celebration" as well, and something I'd never done and who knows if I'd ever get a chance to try it again!
Lap 1: 3:33.283 (not shown, basically a caution lap behind the car)
Lap 2: 2:48.290
Lap 3: 2:47.253
Lap 4: 2:46.474
Lap 5: 2:45.129
Lap 6: 2:44.548
Lap 7: 2:45.180
Lap 8: 2:45.722
Lap 9: 3:49.470 (end of advanced session, return to track for instructor session)
Lap 10: 3:19.613 (first lap of instructor session)
Lap 11: 2:48.540
Lap 12: 2:43.167
Lap 13: 2:44.700
Lap 14: 2:42.455
Lap 15: 2:43.267
Lap 16: 2:42.726
Lap 17: 2:42.655
Lap 18: 5:32.505 (end of instructor session, I pit and request a water, talk to black flag)
Lap 19: 2:50.057 (first lap of "high intermediate" session)
Lap 20: 2:43.415
Lap 21: 2:49.235
Lap 22: 2:46.212
Lap 23: 2:42.260
Lap 24: 2:42.255 (fastest lap of all sessions)
In lap: 3:41.883