ITS at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), 1st event

[NoVA_Teggy]

Awesome stuff! Did they time your laps? Just curious what you were running.

They did, and I am still waiting on them. About a dozen or so of our transponders weren't working so Kaizen is trying to piece together times with what info they have. They said they'd e-mail out the times so hopefully we get something soon.

Kinda sucks, but I plan to head back to VIR sometime later this summer, and I'll use the stock timer next time.

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[StingertimeNC]

Bummer. Hope you get some times so you'll have a baseline.

My plan is to go to Trackdaze November event. It's grand course for day one and full course for day two.

I use the TrackAddict app. It takes video, has the track in the app already, and allows you to start it while in pit lane, it knows the start and finish and records everything. Then you can save the video to your computer via wifi, using the free version of Racerender software, and make videos. That's where my videos come from.

I use the Quadlock case and suction cup mount for the windshield. It's very robust and has never come off, and the phone locks into the mount on the suction cup arm.

Automatic timing is the way to go. The built in time is not something you want to have to use while driving.

I think the premium version of the Trackaddict app was like $8.00 or something. One time only fee.

It's a pretty good setup and fairly cheap, even with the quadlock stuff.

 

[StingertimeNC]

Hey gang, was back at VIR this week. Met @RamVA and he even rode with me for a session to give me some coaching. Always love that! He's a super nice guy and we had a blast. Ended up significantly improving my Grand Course time by the end of the day.

Also had the pleasure of some help from @Point by Patrol. Also a super nice guy. Honestly meeting guys like these two is one of the best parts about the track.

Ben put together a nice vid on his channel to document our day. Definitely looking forward to hanging with him again in the future. He's an instructor with a few other organizations, and of course knows our platform very well. If you're ever heading out to VIR, you may be able to catch up with him.

Sadly I just couldn't get a clean lap together and just as we started making some progress, our session was black flagged. Good friend of mine had a brake issue and ended up totaling the car at the end of the back straight. This guy is in advanced group and routinely puts down 2:09 laps on full course in his Camaro SS 1LE. Total shock. Not really sure what happened other than his brakes locked up at 140 mph. 5 point harness and hans for the win. Walked out of the crash unscathed. Unbelievable! Anyway, on to the vid.

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