Just got back from Watkins Glen last night.
Long/short: I did a 2:20.5 best of three timed runs to win SSA over my buddy's '02 Z28 (must be mentioned he was driving a bruised car for the TT from an off at turn 6). Ace 350Z pilot friend of mine did a 2:21.X to win his class, SSGT.

If there's a track we go to where the Z28 or 350Z should have an advantage, I would have thought Watkins Glen would be it, so



Thanks to all who have helped out with setup recommendations, etc., including all the stuff I found just searching around the forums!

 

congrats!

try beaverun... high horsepower cars have a HUGE advantage

 

Nice!
Was this your first time tracking the S2000? Can't recall if you had.

 

Congrats! You will destroy them even more at Lime Rock.

 

Nice times for The Glen!

I'm there on Monday and Tuesday, and I can't wait to see the new pavement and curbing in 1. 5 and 6.

 

Any snow?

 

This was my first time tracking the S2000. Not bad! Steering is quite vague, though. And overall the stock setup is a bit oversteery. Not a problem really (only got GOOD and sideways once), but I bet it's faster with more front roll stiffness. The initial oversteer lurch took a bit of adjustment, I quickly learned that you can't crank in the steering at turn-in aggressively. Subtle inputs only... Sorta how my 240Z had to be driven after I improved front grip and before I ditched the rear sway bar.

There was a headwind on Monday, and I was hitting 125 at the end of the straight. Tuesday morning (colder, no headwind) it was seeing 129, still accelerating pretty well. For reference, a new Z06 reportedly hit 155 indicated there

Acceleration up the hill out of the toe of the boot was a drag, though. It was lugging at a mere 6500rpm...

Oh yeah, NO SNOW!

 

Results here:
http://www.comscc.com/results/wgi_0407.htm

 

Are the other 2 S's on the boards here?

 

Dang, I thought there was only ONE other S2k at the event! I would've LOVED to talk to the guy who was running SPB, that class is for highly modded NA 6-cylinders and forced-induction 4's, so I bet he's got something interesting under the hood.

Weird that I didn't see that one at ALL for the whole two days...

The other guy (in SPC), I don't think he frequents the forums.