Stephen Ellis is an amateur racing driver with 38 recorded laps across 5 vehicles on LapMeta, averaging 7.6 laps per car—high concentration ratio indicating focused commitment to mastering five specific platforms. Over seven laps per vehicle builds profound knowledge transcending typical driver-vehicle relationships, revealing nuances impossible to discover through brief exposure. This exceptional focus demonstrates specialist philosophy prioritizing depth over superficial breadth.
His LapMeta data shows testing with 7 laps at 13CW configuration, 6 laps at Streets, and 5 laps at Streets-CCW. The selective 5-vehicle portfolio suggests curated testing balancing comparative education against deep platform understanding. Each car received over seven sessions revealing how tire performance evolves, how brake feel changes with temperature, optimal techniques for specific chassis characteristics, and extracting maximum capability as conditions vary. This depth often allows dedicated amateurs to outperform professionals conducting brief evaluations through intimate vehicle-specific knowledge. With 38 laps concentrated across five vehicles averaging nearly 8 laps each, Stephen Ellis exemplifies the focused specialist who treats motorsport as pursuit of perfection through systematic development and intimate platform expertise.
Sonoma Raceway is just one of those tracks that is not only beautiful to look at but a joy to drive on. Thanks to 86Cup and 86 Drive Challenge folks, I got to participate in a joint event with most of the 86 crew in California and at Sonoma. Since my last visit here I have been patiently waiting to improve on my previous time of 2:03, being that this was only my second time at this track I had put in a lot of sim hours before hand which seemed to pay off! At the event @JoeMcGuiganRacing gave me some excellent advice to help me improve my times which yielded in this lap.
This is the video of my best time from the event, there is still much to improve on ; I missed a gear in turn 11 that for sure cost me a ton of time.
Definitely looking forward to coming back here to compete with the reset of the 86Cup/86Drive Challenge family. Maybe a 1:54 is possible 🤔?
Huge thanks to everyone that showed up to this event , we had a blast on and off the track!
Mods:
CSG Spec Flex Fuel Tune
DT Flex Fuel Kit
GrimSpeed Intake
FTSpeed UEL with Cat
Front Pipe w/o Cat
Invidia N2 Catback
AP Racing Sprint Kit
CSG C21/C2 Brake Pads
Feal 441+ Coils
Progress 20.5mm front sway bar
E85
Apex VS5-RS 17x9 +35
RE71RS 245/40/17