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Google: circuit ecuyers. A small track about 90’ east of Paris

That’s a throwaway corner. I don’t think much about it. It’s the one before it, the right hand sweeper, where a lot of time is gained. Partial lift when you see the rumble strips at the entry (notice how I tapped my foot - telling myself “stick to the throttle” - then think “stay inside” and shoot for the last apex. The car drifts wide and if you do it just right it uses almost all the road. You have to be pitch perfect and on your toes. Work up to it!

I had to work extra hard that day; my car would shut off whenever I hit the rumble strips on the exit of the downhill, so I had to lift there (normally on a perfect lap Spec Miatas are flat on the downhill) which made it hard to gap the others

He locked up his brakes and sailed into me - it was accidental. As long as it’s on a straight line ira no big deal. He fell off after that as he seriously flatspotted his tires

Yes sorry I had to change my video system because the old one died and I still haven’t figured out how to create higher res videos from it. I have a 360 video which is the other extreme but hard to handle. Anyway, car sold, crashed, gone…

It’s with a brand new (but unbeknownst to me when I bought it, old format) 4 camera system that records VD4 format, which then needs to be converted to mp4. If anyone is an expert on ffmpeg please let me know, I’ve been fighting the parameters. The same video on GoPro’s site works better for some reason, so half the fault is Google’s

Mea culpa.

When was the mistake? What’s minute? I’m new to the class coming from ITS and will like to learn as much as possible!! Thanks in advance!!

​@@jjepracing5714 Yiannis sees an opportunity in T1. We are all in formation, braking for a two wide entry into T1. The top racers in the country, at the very limit, allowing for cold tires that are not up to operating pressure yet. All watching to the left and right, with situational awareness of what is happening on both sides. Yiannis thinks that he can outbrake two drivers, myself and Connor. He doesn't go to the brakes when we all do, tries to pass us on the inside and only eventually goes to the brakes when Connor starts his arc for the apex. At this point Yiannis goes to the brakes but it is about 150 yards too late, and he takes out the world champion in T1. And if not for fantastic recover by Connor and superb evasive driving by Todd Buras, this could have resulted in a pile up in front of 70 hard charging Miatas, which would have been a total disaster. Here is another view from my in-car camera - th-cam.com/video/gqAS-rsPZI8/w-d-xo.html

@@dannysteyn ohh wow, thanks for explanation Danny!!

No one cares about your fake god. Fuck off

This is a closed circuit like other tracks that nascar races at. Nascar doesn’t race on any street circuits as of right now, although I think that’d be really cool to see

It’s going to be a great race this weekend at COTA!!! I can also tell you are a big Jimmie Johnson fan by the look of your profile picture! I’m a huge Jimmie Johnson fan too I have a ton of pictures from all 14 years I’ve been a race fan

Does it really look like city streets? wtf

I was just curious about this track before NASCAR had their race there as it’s a race course I’ve never heard of before but now I know it’s a closed course and NASCAR doesn’t race on a street circuit

It's cubic dollars in racing :-)

Says the turbo'd 4cyl cobalt that pretty much smoked everyone

Why will NASCAR at COTA be a shitshow?

Do you mean the NASCAR that hires drivers just for one race, ie Watkins Glen? Hey, Boris Said, can you drive today, apparently this track has right turns.

@@alexanderwademd Eh, it really isn't that common, and the last 9 or 10 road course races have been won by NASCAR regulars like Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, and MTJ anyway, so guys hired for those specific races rarely win.

I haven't really practiced/timed that (staying on the throttle and controlling with the brake at the start). It's supposed ot make a big difference on turbocharged engines.

Going down one gear vs two gears

If by forest you mean "the Great Texas Forest" I think you may have an old copy of the atlas... The track prolly didn't have to cut down a single tree to be built. =(

And someone still beat me...

Cheap excuse. Swap cars and see if you win

@@utubeyt All the front runners in Miata cheat and you know it.

@@badgumby9544 You can't make blanket statements like that. There are thousands of Miatas and hundreds of races. Everyone who's ever at the front cheats? Run a randomized trial, pick 2 cars, race one, have a good SM driver race the other, then swap. See what happens. I've raced with the best drivers in SM and I can count in the fingers of one hand those who win because they cheat. I know them, almost everyone knows them, I don't respect them, I doubt the others do, and it's pointless anyway, as there's no money involved. The majority win because they drive well. Obviously if you go with an under-prepared car in a super competitive championship race you're going to get trampled, we don't race with our feet, we race cars. But preparedness (and knowing what and how to prepare it) is part of the experience and the challenge. It takes 10 weekends to know what corner weights, tire pressures, heat cycles, brake pads, etc to run for this track on these conditions to extract the last second

Greg Stover spec Miata spec racing tire: Hoosier H2O. 2nd cycle on them. The difference you see is not the tires... I’m leaving a *lot* on the table (in SM I was 2nd, but *lapped* by the leader after he crashed and banged his hand and his car...)

Olsinvest Gmail Sunday was good too but I finished 4th instead of 1st:-) It was more exciting to drive though.

Mark A :-) Fingers flailing all over trying to catch it

Thanks! On the cameras, if they ain't broken I'm not fixing them :-) I kinda like NOT having to wait 1 hour to cut a video because of the HD quality. I have a 5th camera which is HD but don't use the videos from it that much.

Lev Uretsky :-) thanks! I was the one eyed man amidst the blind.

Jim Goodwin A top prepared SM car (like the one I'm driving here) is a good 2"+ faster than an SSM. Also Toyos are not always slower - better handling but more rolling resistance (easier yes; faster, not always). Just keep practicing and your times will magically improve. Whoever has not said "I thought I was fast but I am 23rd" has not raced in a truly competitive class like spec Miata!

Good points. I did run another SSM car but I did not have video or timing. When I recorded the 1:32s I recall getting through T10 at around 84. A few months later, in a different SSM car, the needle was touching 90 at the apex. I'm sure my times improved just hard to know how much. Hope to see you out there some day.