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.
So heres a video more for my own personal fun than anything. I'm sure no one will give it the full undivided attention for 42 minutes, unless its me enjoying my own greatness at a future date.
I ran all 4 50 minute sessions and uploaded session 3 to YouTube. One was interrupted with a black flag all, and the other 3 were great!
Each session had marginally faster average speeds, and I surprised myself running my fastest ever time on these tires in the featured session here... and I was really just working on 3 areas of the track and just subconsciously running the rest on 8 years of instincts...
The grip in turn 9 seemed to get better and let me carry more speed by this session, and oak tree had better grip for braking by sunday as well.
Muscles fatigued that I didnt know I even used in a car. How to focus and what to focus on was key. Feeling the car change was key. Learning where and how much to push was important... hydration and nutrition made it all possible... learning to rest all morning and be ready for a big afternoon was part of it.
So this was the 3rd session. Not quite the fastest, but it features the fastest single lap and fun in traffic. The 4th session saw a nearly as quixk time midway and better average speeds, but was facilitated by less traffic as well.