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.
Despite the extremely excessive wind yesterday at Willow Springs, I was able to get a PB for the clockwise configuration in the second session of the day. The only change to the car from the GRIDLIFE event was moving down to 245/40/17 RT660's; the car just felt like a boat with 255's (really hard to explain), using 91 Octane, which I think made the car feel more balanced in the turns. Prior to this event I had run in the TRD Series Round 3 (video coming soon) and while I did go faster on the CCW config the car felt really loose because of the extra torque, but like today the wind was not our friends that day either....
Overall I'm happy with where the car is right now and there are a multitude of people and shops along this journey that have helped me improve as a driver, and I'm looking forward to growing some more along this journey. I think the next goal is getting smoother with my braking and giving the car less steering input in certain spots. Going to review the data and try to hit 1:25 next.
Timing Info:
AiM Solo 2 - 1.26.422
Track Addict - 1.26.386
Transponder - 1.26.434
7pt Modified Build
0.125 Intake
0.125 Manifold with Cat
0.500 ECU Tune (CSG Spec)
2.5 RT660 Tires
1.250 9"Wheels (APEX EC7-R)
2.000 Coilovers (Feal Suspension 441+ Road Race spec)
0.375 Aftermarket top hats (I feel like this should just be default with coilovers)
0.125 Rear lower control arms
Free Mods:
StudioRSR Roll bar
Oilcooler
AP Racing Sprint Kit
CSG Spec C21 Front Pads / C2 Rear Pads
Rear seat removed for Roll bar
Whiteline Camber Bolt kit
Racetech Steering Wheel
Racetech Driver and Passenger Seats
Faster friends that coach me or make fun of me for being slower than them :O