On Sunday, my next door neighbor, who is a member at Monticello Raceway NY, invited me to bring my car and to instruct me for my first day at the track. My only prior track experience was an autocross event. Here are the following videos of various laps. He is in front of me for the majority of the videos in the BMW M3, to help me follow the correct line. During the lap 6 and 7 video I spin out. He let me lead a little prior to that point and i enter the turn too fast and lift off the pedal and lost traction when I should have carried through on the gas. Overall, it was a fun, great day at the track and a great experience.

Mods are: Enkei rpf1's with Bridgestone potenza re-11s (215 fr 245 rr), Greddy Turbo kit, Mishimoto radiator, stock suspension, boost at 10 lbs.

TL;DR First day at track, watch spin out in lap6/7 video at 4:12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFw8-6M-bY0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zo0fYE3XTs

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1rKr8uYZ0k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llYgip3yuv4

 

 

i dunno why but it looks like your just cruzing?? turbo?? no offense just looks that way...

 

LOL I spun out the same way (too hot into a corner and let off the gas) at an auto-x event. Racing is not as easy as we may first think..

Nice post.

 

Well i can show you pictures of my engine bay if you don't believe me lol. I think its a combination of the crappy video quality and the inability to sense speed in videos plus the fact that it was my first time racing at the track ever. At one point on the straightaways I was up to 120ish.

Agreed, it takes a lot of practice. I wish my video camera recorded my afternoon laps because I did much better. I will say that it gives you a much better feel of how to control the s2000!

 

love that track. its great.

 

 

 

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