I was participating in this NASA event in my 2004 S2000. I was in HPDE2. My friend was in HPDE3 and shot this video.
It is a video of a 1985 Corolla shot from a Lotus Elise. It is amazing how competitive he is. It is a stock engine, modified suspension and reduced weight Corolla. At the last NASA event (March 2011) the Corolla was in time trials. I wonder what this guy could do in my S2000.

Enjoy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3TsTfW4zFY


Jim

 

Holy Crap!!! And that's at road Atlanta too, which is a pretty fast track. It's amazing how he walks away from everyone at every section of the track except for the long straight.

 

Yes, it is a fast track with concrete walls. He is very aggressive. Note the move at the 7:26 time mark. Too ballsy for me

 

"Yes, it is a fast track with concrete walls. He is very aggressive. Note the move at the 7:26 time mark. Too ballsy for me"

thats the race line you supposed to track all the way out to the work station.

 

I don't like the way the elise is taking T1 I think hes early apexing it or understeering or something

 

I get him at running high 1:50's. That's not that crazy. Showroom Stock C runs 1:47's there in Bone stock Mazda 3's, 99-00 Civic Si's, and Modern Corolla's. Hell I've run high 45's in our ITB mazda Protege which is about 130hp and 2680lbs. No doubt the guys moving but it's not unbelievable.

 

The AE86 has awesome minimum corner speeds, meaning good tires, good line and good driver. This really keeps the momentum up which is needed for an underpowered car like that.

 

That is true, but not when there is no where to go. The track out line puts you returning on the oval (when they use the oval). He took that line assuming he would have passed the Porsche in time. Very risky for someone like me with no courage

Jim

 

Not to mention that I would never pass on the right, at least that's how tracks in the midwest run things, and so how I learned. I saw a lot of passing in turns as well in this vid. Not the way I'd want to run a HPDE.

 

Not to mention that I would never pass on the right, at least that's how tracks in the midwest run things, and so how I learned. I saw a lot of passing in turns as well in this vid. Not the way I'd want to run a HPDE.
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Actually, on that turn one would pass on the right. After turn 5 a car would drift to the left to get on line. The passing car would pass on the right. He just couldn't wait The funny thing is, I watched TT from the front straight spectator area and saw him right on the rear of a Ferrari 430 going up the hill after Turn 1. I love it! Don't you know the Ferrari driver is talking to himself saying "I am not gonna get passed by a 1985 Corolla!" The passing rules for my group (2) allow only passing on 3 straights at Road Atlanta. Not so with the 3 group. Curve passing is good for reducing "trains". I ran with one DE group that allowed curve passing. After I got passed the increased pucker factor, I came to enjoy it.