100% flat 7-11

Damn@@joeracer

race testing - folks are supposed to be alert

I don't understand... given back? That's not racing.

I’m not telling anyone anything until after Radical Cup Sonoma in 2 weeks

@@joeracerhow about now? Lol

Thanks! It felt so good to get back into the zone.

Crap! You’re right! Timed from the video they are 1:25 laps! I don’t know why the upload did that. I’m going to try to fix. The lap times are legit though!

I just checked the source video before this was clipped out - and it shows the same. I think my camera wiring is shorting due to vibration and it's causing skips and jumps in the video. The speeds and times are very accurate, but the video itself is skipping frames. You can see it in the tachometer very clearly.

@@joeracer Killer laps for sure! So fast the camera couldn't handle it.

always

This is an HPDE (point taken), but it is an advanced open-passing group. Folks in the session generally all race and are allowed to pass in any safe manner desired. There was nothing unsafe about the pass. The only thing possibly objectionable about it was that both cars had to sacrifice a few 0.1 of lap time for the pass - but it's an HPDE, so laps times are irrelevant (as is track position). Bottom line is that I disagree with your opinion that this was in any way unsafe. It would be unsafe in a novice group.

@@joeracer I think you missed my point. 1, LMPs and Radicals can out brake Vipers(Not only Vipers, most touring cars.) 2, LMPs and Radicals can carry a lot more speed at corner entry. However, the advantages here will be eliminated by unnecessarily trying to enter the corner from all the way inside. HPDE is a great place to practice, not just only to practice driving when you have clear track, but also to practice interacting with other cars. You just don't enter the braking zone all the way inside when the car being passed stayed all the way outside. Tell me, if you were the driver in the Viper, and saw a LMP passing you almost parked at the apex when you had a good entry and ready to get back the throttle, how would you feel?

@@joeracer When somebody does something that is not expected by other advanced drivers in an advanced group, don't you think that is unsafe? But, It doesn't really matter that much. Thanks for sharing the video. I enjoyed watching you driving your radical. Really nice driving there.

actually on that more detailed point... I do agree that the all-the-way-inside at the apex braking line is a bit silly. I would have done my braking alongside the Viper, though still inside of it. I think any pass is safer if there is a higher chance of the passee seeing the passer. I guess my point is that passing under braking into a corner is racing 101. An advanced group driver, even at an HPDE, should know and expect this. I do agree with you - now that you pointed out the extreme inside line - that it was a bit silly. I'm not sure about unsafe, per se, but certainly not ideal. I suspect the LMP owner was concerned about getting near anything with that car. It is a monster!

Had to rewatch - just general frustration that I couldn’t get a solid run out of T6. The hand wave was not visible to the driver. That was for me.

Advance group drivers should be aware and not affect the pace of faster drivers. Otherwise, they belong in intermediate.

No. The Oreca has much better aero and more power, than an SR8. It's a much faster car.