This amateur racing driver has 21 recorded laps across 7 vehicles on LapMeta, averaging 3 laps per car. This balanced ratio suggests methodical track day participation where each platform receives meaningful attention while maintaining diversity enabling comparative understanding. Over three laps per vehicle allows progression beyond initial familiarization—first lap establishes basic characteristics, middle laps build confidence approaching limits, final laps reveal nuanced behaviors.
The 7-vehicle portfolio with over three laps per car enables meaningful comparative assessment revealing genuine performance characteristics while maintaining manageable variety for comprehensive automotive education. With 21 laps across 7 vehicles averaging 3 laps each, this driver demonstrates balanced approach combining selective platform development with portfolio diversity supporting comprehensive comparative vehicle dynamics understanding through systematic evaluation.
10-12-2025
Second track day with the GRC with 1,600 miles.
I wasn't expecting this lap to be fast (last lap of session 1), and there's still more time in it! Power steering still has brief intermittent cuts under high load situations and the transmission I still feel is best left in automatic (when driving all-out). Later in the day I hit the AWD Overheat for the first time ever. I did push the car fairly hard for just about the entire session and on the last lap before the checkered flag, the Oil temp was ~265F and the Transmission temp was ~245F. I felt the car had already started pulling power the lap prior and the car was immediately sluggish when the overheat message popped up.
Most of the other things I said in my first track day video with the GRC stands true.
I ran in HPDE 4 today and it was OK. NASA NorCal still has work to do. What I can only describe as an obsession to be different than the rest of the HPDE clubs clearly causes them more trouble but they won't let that go. Overall a fun day, giving rides to a first-time HPDE attendee who also had an automatic GRC (was in the parade lap intro group), as well as an instructor whom I met through a coworker that moved form the North East.
Current setup:
- Apex SM-10RS 18x9" ET23 Wheel - 5x114.3mm / 60.1mm - Satin Bronze
- Falken RT660 (2022 clearance) - 245/40 R18
- CSG CP Brake Pads
- Castrol SRF Brake Fluid
- SPC Camber Bolts
- Alignment: -2.7F with 0 toe all around. Rear camber is -1.8 left / -2.4 right (non-adjustable)