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.
Slowpokes 2023
It’s been awhile since I’ve been back to BIR’s comp course (October 2022) so I was a bit rusty.. The whole day was a déjà vu to that last time in October – Cold, windy and swapping brakes mid-day. Lol.
Conditions: Cold morning ~40 degrees. Warmed to ~55 degrees, mostly cloudy and (again) very windy in the afternoon pushing the car offline at T2.
Equipment of the day: 4 (Road America) session old Hoosier R7’s (275F/315R) on 18x10 and 18x12 Finspeeds. Swapped 60% used rear pads out at lunch as they were running very hot. Front’s were also melting – haha – they made it but were very thin at the end of the day. Just ordered R16’s front/rear so we’ll try those out.. The KNS rep said Hoosiers + C8 = pad obliteration.
Driving: The day was typical Slowpokes – great people & well intended, but pretty busy with a very wide variety of lapping speeds. My best lap was 1:41.26 driving around traffic in session 3.. Post lunch with fresh rear pads didn’t yield any faster laps as the track wasn’t warming up. I ended up packing it in 2 sessions after lunch with my razor thin front pads in-tow. I'm confident there's a 1.39.xx available with some warmer temps and open laps to work the time down. My Catalyst optimal laps were at 1:40 flat all day.
Car: ‘WolfpaqC8’ 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 (now removed) Girodisc rotors front/rear, G-Loc R12 track pads front/rear and SRF flush. 1 Day old R7’s were on duty for this event.
*stay tuned for G-Loc R16 feedback