Willow Springs run 3, September 21, 2024

This was my 3rd run of 5 on September 21, 2024 at Willow Springs International Raceway running with Speed Ventures. My C8 Z06 is not a Z07 option car, but does have CCBs and I was running Cup2R tires that had cone one prior road course event and had about 650 miles on them. The best two laps in the video (lap times did not display on the video) were 1:28.77 and 1:28.69 taken from the GM Cosworth tool box. From other videos, my best lap of the day was 1:28.2. I had five laps in the 1:28s, 2 in session 2 and 3 in session 3.

[@GlennFallbrook]

Thanks Dave for your informative posting. Our Corvette Club will be doing a Willow Springs track day in the next month or two.
We will be driving, basically C8 and C7’s but many are beginners so we were thinking of the Streets of Willow Springs track.
What are your opinions of the two tracks?

[@hotguk]

Thank you for posting. I just got a C8 Z06 recently, also without Z07 package. Am planning on tracking at WSIR soon. Do you think you miss the Z07 aero (front lip and rear wing) at all, in terms of missing extra downforce?
I’m debating getting the aero, before tracking.
Thanks!

[@AzDave47]

I have never driven a Z07 optioned C6Z, C7Z or C8Z. Would I lap faster with it, probably. I golf and my buddies at the golf course enjoy seeing the car. No way I wanted to be lifting the bag over the wing or feeding it in from the side. I am very pleased with my C8Z. I use it for several performance events, drive around town and go on driveouts with our local Corvette club. It cruises nicely on the highway and the wife is very pleased with it. I'm not concerned if I could be faster with the Z07. I would be faster running Hoosiers also, but I wouldn't drive them 400 miles each way to Willow Springs.
I'll let you judge if I am fast enough after watching the video above. I do expect I can pick up 1-2 seconds with a faster entry into T2, some mods to my line in T4 and T5 and definitely carry more speed into and through T8 with a wider approach to T9 and pick up speed at the exit to carry down the main straight.

[@AzDave47]

I do have a C7Carbon Z07 style front splitter without the dive planes.

[@hotguk]

@@AzDave47 thanks for the reply. I think your times are very very quick. I would be lucky to come even close to them.
My last track car at WSIR was a manual 2018 Carrera GTS, on Cup 2’s, but my fastest lap was only 1:37.

[@AzDave47]

@@hotguk The2015 Porsche GT 3 in the run 4 videos did a 1:29.7 best that day and has been down in the 1:28s