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Nissan GTR

Thanks for the kinds words! This was about my 5th ever track weekend and I was super proud of that pass. Watching it back now I see all the mistakes I made on the lap :) RaceChrono Pro is what I used for the overlay software.

@@rfelkey love it man. I've watched this like 862 times lol. What obd device is plugged in? I have one but it sucks -_-. Ilbe out there in June with a track day organization called jzilla. I'm excited.

Thanks! It's an awesome track. I'll be there again with Chin in a couple weeks. You going to be there soon?

It's a fun lap. What car do you drive?

@@rfelkey 2007 Nascar Roush Nationwide Series Car - Crate motor at 360 HP not a high HP NASCAR motor. My fastest lap at RA 1:45 but after watching your great driving lines I think I might pick up a seconds or two. You drive great.

@@derfpoloderf If we're both at a Chin event together I'd be happy to go out right seat with you and/or have you in the passenger seat of the GTR. WOuld be fun to compare notes.

R35PCT yes sounds great. Fred

Thanks for the kind words about the video. That's RaceChrono Pro (Android) so the phone is doing all the video processing and overlay. The GTR is not stock. At the point this video was made, it was running about 650hp to the wheels and running on Pilot Super Sports.

@@rfelkey Wow. That's awesome :) Keep up the good content!

Thanks for the kind words! I've made a few mods for bigger tires in the fronts that should let me take later turn ins without all the slip angle. Looking forward to besting this for sure. Just gotta put in the seat time which has been harder to find this past year with my firstborn turning 1 today :) Hope to see you out there more next year though!

@@rfelkey Congrats on the baby! Mine turns 2 coming up in March, it goes by WAY too fast. And yeah that's one of the changes I'm making also. I was on a square setup but I'm going to go up to 265s in the front so I can manage the under steer a little better. There isn't much to begin with, but more tire can't hurt. That combined with having my aero sorted and I think a 1:39 is possible for me and my car. I only have 360whp so I gotta carry that momentum as best as I can. Haha. Hope to see you out there man!

I've done quite alot more since this video was shot but at the time I was FBOs running about 550 HP to the wheels. Turn 5 is one of my favorite corners on the track tho! Just a light brake to set the nose then a full throttle power slide into the braking zone.

I don't disagree. I had been driving for less than 6 months when I posted this so I was super excited to be passing nice cars. I pretty much only drive Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires here and my current best is 1:31.1. I see you're much faster than that also but then... with slicks and a fully prepared racecar I'd expect you to be.

That would be a very impressive time with street tires. Congrats on the great driving.

Thanks for the kind words. This was done in my Nissan GTR on NT01 tires running a tune with about 620whp. It's blue with a big Godzilla #35 on the side so I'm hard to miss. If we're ever at the track together definitely come say hello. Hope to see you there soon!

Nissan GTR on NT01 tires running a tune with about 620whp --- LOL well that certainly does explain some things! The GTR is simply amazing. I'll be at Barber on the 8th of April.

Agree about the 911. I honestly don't think he saw me and that is a problem. I also agree about 15 and 16. I take that corner a bit differently now and agree that keeping tighter is better but doing it while trying to keep the minimum speed up is what makes it difficult. You can't afford to coast up to 15 cause you lose too much time, but try and take the actual corner too fast and you blow getting back right to setup for the front straight. Lately I've started taking a little of the inside curbing (left side) going onto the front straight and it seems to help turn the car. I'll try and find and post some other full session videos. Already ready for Barber again in February!

For the 911, I think the flag station at turn 2 should radio the start line flagger and get him blag flagged for the session for diving across the track. As Barber is in three sections, I think a merging driver should stay in the extreme left section all round turn 2. It happened to me where an Instructor nearly hit me in the same manner. I was right on someones backside so the entering car only saw the first car and nearly clobbered me. Don't know if you watched my vid where I was stuck behind the Lambo, but following that the Chinsters invited him to drive in the novice group for a session. Another pro driver. He got with the program after that. Yeah, I give the inside curb at 16 a good wollop in the street car if I can get back to the right and turning left in time. Of course, sometimes I'm so wide and miss the apex by so much I have to buy a ticket to get back in ;-) I saw a Ligier entered for a few Barber events but unfortunately missed driving with the car. You got anything with the Ligier?

derfpoloderf thanks! Look me up the next time we're at the track together. Always fun to meet another track junkie!

Yes. There are a few tricks to this that Jade does a better job of explaining than I do but my data doesn't show you enough to show how he tweaked several of my brakepoints etc.

Bama Dave this was really early on in my driving and I Haven't made it to NOLA since then. I'm actually in Montgomery so go to Barber and Road Atlanta a lot more often than NOLA. May try and do NOLA again this fall but would be happy to offer any help I can if we end up at the same event.

Danny's a great driver... I just have a great car :) I'll most likely be at Barber in February with Chin. Not sure if I'll take the GTR or the BRZ for that (experimenting with momentum cars now also). Hope to see you there!

Awesome man! BRZ is a great momentum car. If you need setup tips Scott or myself can help as we both owned one and tracked the crap out of ours. Scott eventually sold his BRZ to Chin and that's the car you've probably seen. I'm sure you'll enjoy the running costs which will probably be a fraction of the GT-R.

It's absolutely ridiculous how much cheaper the BRZ is to run. I can basically buy all 4 tires for the cost of 1 GTR tire and will save enough on gas alone over the course of 2 - 3 weekends to afford those tires. That doesn't even take the brakes into account. Crazy!

Given that my car weighs ~4250 with me in it I can almost guarantee that your slower car is also much lighter than mine. I'm not sure how realistic (or valuable) it is for me to try and carry too much more speed through the throw-away corner at pit-in. I've been working on carrying more speed onto the front straight corner. That being said, your comments are pretty spot on with what I've been trying to work on lately. I've gotten the leaky turbos fixed and trying to get smoother on not "over cooking" corner entry. Hope to see you out there again soon!

I clicked to check out your videos... looks like this is you from the same session: Stock brakes and suspension 2003 Corvette Z06, bolt on engine mods 390rwhp. Tires are 305/660/18 Pirelli race takeoffs. Best lap 1:42.6 Given that you were on slicks for this video it's also worth noting that I was on the street tires I drove to the track for this session. Definitely not as sticky going through the corners on those tires.

2014 GTR. Had a little work done to it before this so was at about 550 whp on NT01s and a little aero.

This video was done using RaceChrono Pro on my Samsung phone. The phone was the camera and I use an external GPS (Vbox Sport) and an OBD2 sensor to do the throttle position and RPM etc

+R35PCT My DSR did a 1:28.7; I've never driven the 914 at Barber or RA; just working the bugs out for the first time after building the car over the last year. It will be quick but I'm not trying to set any records - just stay on track, tweak things we can control and stay out of everyone else's way! ;-)

+CrackerLS2 super quick in the DSR. Guess I missed those videos. Two very different cars between the GTR and DSR. Mine is just a little heavier ;)

+R35PCT Rueben - You try to compare cars too much - unless they're a spec-class, performance is all over the board. Just work on your car, your lines, your time - anyone else does not matter (there can always be an excuse or explanation either way). Correct? For instance: My car only has 78 lbs of torque...I would believe your GTR has multiples of that - see? ;-) You will find that drivers generally suck to average at best - its not the "Ferrari's" fault its owner is a poser...just an example. To be at the pointy end among skilled drivers it takes time (to do it safely)...patience.

+CrackerLS2 Definitely agree on not trying to compare cars too much and that it takes time to be a fast driver and do it safely. We all sort of invite that when we say things like my best time was x:xx.x at Barber. The implication is that if one of us did it faster we're a better driver, but to your point, there are so many differences between cars it's hard to make those comparisons. Alan Kindall did low 1:40s all weekend long in his Ariel Atom and I'm quite confident it took more (or at least different) skill for him to do those times in that car than me to do 1:36.8 in the GTR. The fastest time at Barber I could find in a highly modified (900whp, aero, suspension, BBK, 335 square tires etc) GTR done by a pro driver (Leh Keen) was 1:34.6 so I'm sort of using that as my benchmark for progress in my car but your point about making comparisons between cars is well taken.

+R35PCT Don't get me wrong...your time is strong, your skill is good, your car is really working well though too. I don't see many holes in your approach, again, you are doing well. Just stay away from 3 wide, double passing at T9... ;-) See you in a couple weeks. Tony H.

Yeah... they were OEM runflats to begin with and they were so corded at the end of the weekend that the front left was losing air pressure on the drive home.

And you wheel that Cayman like a pro! I was glad to have some footage of the GTR from your video so am happy I was able return the favor.

+Ryan Graf Come on out April 30 - May 1 and we'll definitely hook up a ride. Would be fun to do a few turns with you in the Miata as well! And yeah... Turn 3 was giving me fits all weekend. Before the aero I'd slow down more into the corner at 1 but then full throttle up the hill. I was working on carrying more speed through the corner at one but then couldn't get my rhythm back on throttle/brake point into 3. Definitely some time to pick up there!

+Ryan Graf It was an absolutely beautiful weekend! I was especially pleased to get there on street tires. I can't wait to get the wider fenders and run 345x19 or at least 315x19 square slicks. If I could get more grip through 12 and the carousel between 3 and 4 I could pick up quite a lot of time! Hope you've been doing well and that I'll see you at another event soon!

+R35PCT Should be back out soon! M3 was down for repairs and i built a Miata as well in the mean time. I've been taking my cars to Sebring apparently so i can break them - Sebring is GREAT for that! ;-)

+Ryan Graf Then maybe I'm lucky Sebring is so far away! Barber always does for my tires what Road Atlanta does for my brakes and that's enough expenses for me without other repairs. Probably going to do Road Atlanta in February with Chin as my next event so maybe I'll see you there.

Jansen Ng Thanks. Appreciate the feedback!

Ken Marlin I was timing the 458 race leader Saturday night at 1:30 flat in the early laps and a 1:34 - 1:35 as the race progressed and his lead built. (far from a 1:20 but still an awesome time from my perspective) The middle of the pack Ferraris that I timed were mostly running 1:40 - 1:45. I did realize it was an older Ferrari on that particular lap (I'll find and post some of the other passes later.. there were several over the weekend, most of them just had a lot less build up). The GTR (in my case) is about 4,000 lbs wet (I have a lot of stereo and sound deadening in it, plus a roll cage etc) and 4,200 with me in it. So I'm giving up a lot more weight, not to mention running on street tires. All of this as compared to a much lighter Ferrari with what has to have been a much more experienced driver on racing slicks. Thanks for the kind words! I was pretty pleased with my times over the weekend.... especially since I've only been doing track days for about 6 months now. It's all good fun and I was pleased to have some faster traffic out there to drive with. It's always more exciting to have some fast cars on the track with you.

R35PCT www.challengeclubracing.com/results_road_atl_2015.html 1:29 best lap of the weekend from a 430

R35PCT sorry... 1:29 best lap of the weekend from a Ferrari in the race.. and it happened to be a 430

+Ken Marlin You may not have noticed (it takes a trained eye), but that was a special lightweight version of the 360 - it had the rearview mirror removed. LOL!

Doug Narby actually now that I watch more of it, it's really interesting how much faster you are than him in some places where you didn't seem to be working so hard. very different cars...

Doug Narby Yeah... I think he thought he'd pull away from me in the corners but he really wasn't able to. And I'm totally eating him up in the straights. I would've thought he power to weight ratio (that car probably only weighs 2500 pounds) would've kept him faster than me there also but the GTR is a phenomenal car.

R35PCT I also thought it was neat that I got my best lap of the weekend after passing him so I can sorta compare what speeds I was carrying with him in front of me versus what I was able to do solo and see where I was able to go full throttle etc.

DocGTO It's RaceChrono on an Android with a Bluetooth OBD and a GoPro facing out the back. RaceRender did the overlays

I had a blast also. Always great to end up paired with someone who makes you stay that focused through the entire session. Thanks for the tips on areas to tweak my line afterwards as well. Hope to see you at another event soon!

Thanks man! Just saw this. Hope to see you out there soon!