The old company that used to come to the track went out of business, I was so sad. This past weekend while I was at the track a new photographer showed up.

I'm still not sure about his quality, but I love the fact that he shoots from several unusual vantage points, thus giving me the chance for some really unique shots. The file he wrote to CD was 10.227" x 6.667" @ 300 dpi, or 17.2 meg; not bad at all...

He only got one good photo of me, and I was really bummed he did not get me in the rain. Saturday it rained hard and because of my teachiing schedule I had to go run with the students in the B group, I love passing every car I see on the track; in the rain, on nearly bald r-compounds.

This is the top of the Esses, just past the red cone is where I shift into 5th. I'm doing over 100mph here and the best I have yet to see was about 110 mph.



And for those who do not know this paticular shade of blue Armco, this is Watkins Glen.



Oh, and J.P., I'll be sending you a PM about those Cobalt pads. My overall reaction was

 

Looking good Doug

WTF is that wet stuff??

 

If you are referring to the dark and the light of the pavement it is not wet, it is the difference between concrete and asphalt. You see the silly NASCAR boys and their 3,000-pound cars have a tendency to rip the crap out of the track, so all the high g-force areas are paved with concrete. As a driver you need to be especially aware of these areas because the limits of adhesion are different from asphalt to concrete. And, let me just say, when it rains the cars that crash usually do so because they did not give the concrete the amount of respect it deserves...

 

I just love how the wheelsand calipers look...



JP, I have to say, those Cobalt pads were just great, too bad the backs have such a short life span compared to the fronts. I really have to figure out what I'm going to try for next year. I suspect they would be the perfect pad if The Glen was not so hard on brakes.

 

I hear ya Doug. Like I said, I just got 9 track days out of my last set of rears but that's at a variety of tracks, some very hard on brakes and some not so hard. Maybe you're just an animal

 

The Hawk Blues worked well on the rear with the VR's in front this past weekend, and actually wore less than the fronts, maybe too much less. The rotors looked fine also.

 

yeah for race only andie at cobalt also sugested hawk blues in the back if you're killing the ITC's too quick.

-Ry

 

Thanks for the tip about the Blues in the back with the Spec VR in front, however this is not a solution for me...

My whole reason for switching from the Blues is I can't deal with their dust when I have to drive in the rain. Because I teach I cannot always come in from a run and wash/wipe my wheels. And I have found once that hot Blue pad dust gets wet and dries, there is nothing short of sandpaper that will get it off of the wheels. I destroyed one set of wheels on my CRX-SiR, and I don't ant to do it on the S2000.

My hope was the Cobalt

 

The newer blues have been reformulated to not be so bad in the wet.

I run the on the rear of my car. After the first day, they really don't dust that much, either. I find that fantastic at the end of the day keeps the wheels clean. If it's raining, I just spray the hell out of the wheels and then rinse them, usually that's enough to get the dust off when I get home.

Also, you can spray PAM on the wheels before you go out, but BE VERY CAREFUL not to get it on the tires. Yes, I am stupid enough to have learned this the hard way... (But did a killer burnout because of it... )

 

Performance Friction makes the PFC 97 pad for the S, and they work very well and are very durable as they are endurance pads.