Laguna Seca Raceway - Beginner's Guide

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    The Laguna Seca Raceway Track Experience. Get an inside look at this world famous race track.
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ความคิดเห็น • 40

  • @jwnrocks
    @jwnrocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great job! It’s cool that you’re humble enough to admit you missed the call for your first session. Your videos at Thunder Hill helped me prepare for my first track days there, and now I’m tuning to you again for my first run at Laguna Seca next Saturday. Your narration from track entry to your turn-by-turn descriptions are awesome. Keep up the good work. Thanks so much!

  • @amrickdhillon1283
    @amrickdhillon1283 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It’s scary how identical the track looks in Assetto Corsa. I kept forgetting you’re driving on the real track with a real car rather than a racing sim

  • @vr4boy1dr
    @vr4boy1dr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video, I am going to Laguna for the first time and I keep watching your video. The only I need and missing from this video is the speed on each turn. However, I love the added tip before and after the session including how to cool down the car after the session - Thank you for taking the time to post the video.

  • @scdub
    @scdub ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video - thanks. I’ve driven my Mustang once on Laguna Seca and hope to do so again. I’ll watch your video again first though and will bring a torque wrench. 👍👍

  • @pete5534
    @pete5534 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice introduction to racing for the uninitiated.
    Great track!
    Thank you.

  • @EVENMETAL
    @EVENMETAL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video! Great tutorial of this awesome track.

  • @rd9233
    @rd9233 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job making and sharing this video. Very helpful for anyone interested in starting

  • @humanze
    @humanze 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video Sean 👍. My favorite track of all time. Haven't been there since the mid nineties.

  • @sehrgrossesglied5000
    @sehrgrossesglied5000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great footage , I love this track.
    so nice to get a first hand impression!

  • @michaelbliss3452
    @michaelbliss3452 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you! This helps a lot

  • @bobt471
    @bobt471 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice …! Keep ‘em Coming!

  • @prettyingreen
    @prettyingreen ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video Sean!

  • @zoom-jx3so
    @zoom-jx3so 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! I'm gonna take my m4 out over the summer for the first time, and i'll be watching this a few times before then

  • @jenmfaust
    @jenmfaust 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super helpful to know the Turn number with a visual...thank YOU!

  • @shadowjack8
    @shadowjack8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was fun! Thanks for sharing.

  • @jenBaker707
    @jenBaker707 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    these videos are great, thanks - looking to hit the tracks this summer

  • @woodsinme
    @woodsinme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice! One of my favorite tracks as well. That chicane though. Yee haw! So from top to bottom people say from a 30' drop to 8 stories?

    • @amandadavis8508
      @amandadavis8508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It all depends where they are measuring from. Remember you enter the corkscrew essentially blind as your climbing the hill if you havent spun out after turn 7 and or on your approach to the corkscrew, turn 8.
      The Corkscrew drops 59 feet between the entrance of Turn 8 to the exit of Turn 8A, that’s actually a 5½ story drop in a distance of only 450 feet of track length. From Turn 8 to Turn 9, the elevation falls 109 feet, which is over 10 stories. It’s unique in a few diff ways obviously the elevation drop you get that stomach in your throat feeling, the vertical G’s on your body from the elevation drop. How you approach the corkscrew is probably the most difficult. It's a left hand corner at the top, and untraditionally you start breaking or start approaching the corner from the left hand side, which at a normal corner would be wrong. Then you sort of drift from left side of the road over to the right side once you come over that crown. But once you get the car slowed down and turned, and you get to that apex there on the left, the corner's kind of about over from there. Just don’t underestimate some of the other corners that are equally if not more difficult than the corkscrew and crucial for track time and passing.

  • @Funkyflykiwi
    @Funkyflykiwi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool video bro, really enjoying these

    • @SeanS54
      @SeanS54  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks Lee!

  • @jamesdellaneve9005
    @jamesdellaneve9005 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job!

  • @AstroCreepSpeedShack
    @AstroCreepSpeedShack 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Laguna Seca is on my bucket list and I'm hoping to make it there soon!
    I hear you mention tightening your harness belts every lap though? Do they really come loose lap after lap? Something isn't right if that's still the case!

  • @danielburke9881
    @danielburke9881 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks dude. Cool insight

  • @friguy4444
    @friguy4444 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm living vicariously through your racing Seans54. LOL. Great stuff! Can you tell us what kind of price a day of racing would take? Track fees and any costs just going out to the track once one has gotten the rest of their set up ready. Not including tires or gear etc. Just the day at the track?

    • @SeanS54
      @SeanS54  7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thanks Greg! In the Bay Area, CA track days vary from $150 to $350 depending on the organization. On average, the ones I attend are about $200-$250. It includes 5 x 20 minute sessions so you get plenty of seat time. It may seem like a lot of money but you get your money's worth. Not only do you get to drive at the limit in a controlled environment (no cops, no traffic, etc), you get to test/appreciate your modifications, and you also get to learn to become a better driver on track and on the streets. At least that's how I position it to my wife. LOL

    • @friguy4444
      @friguy4444 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the reply. That to me sounds like a reasonable amount considering the seat time seems generous and it must be a huge cost to maintain a real track. Keep up the great content. If I have any thoughts for things in the future I'll let you know too.

  • @moneyshift8190
    @moneyshift8190 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great guide!!

  • @NickGales
    @NickGales 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What app are you using on your phone?

  • @QuackLoud
    @QuackLoud 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you drive your car to the track or do you trailer? Great video. Thanks.

  • @tadman3d
    @tadman3d 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    140's are pretty good!

  • @MrHawaiiboy510
    @MrHawaiiboy510 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How strict are they in the sound meter?

  • @NickKautz
    @NickKautz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ASMR @ MRLS

  • @djamp3x341
    @djamp3x341 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    get on with it

  • @fabrizioreynal6355
    @fabrizioreynal6355 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey sean do you have the infamous "M clunck" while going through the gears especially 1-2sec and 2-3rd

    • @SeanS54
      @SeanS54  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, the "M clunk" is normal on the E46 M3. On the SMG you can slightly lift in between shifts which helps a little bit. The M clunk doesn't sound that bad unless you're windows are up, radio off, and you're listening for it. If it sounds out of the "ordinary" than check your diff bushings - if they are bad the diff will move more.
      You can check your diff bushings by keeping the car in gear, say 3rd gear cruising. Without changing gears, punch the gas- let it coast, punch the gas let it coast. If you hear a clunk when you get on and off the gas than most likely your diff bushings are bad. The M clunk should only happen in between shifts.

  • @tabryis
    @tabryis 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bmw drivers....ew