Sears Point / Sonoma Raceway 06/06/2015
Another great weekend at Sears Point with Trackmasters & Speed Ventures.
When these two clubs get together it always guarentees a competitive event between Northern California & Southern California track rats. I did my part to hold serve on our home court with a very competitive Red/A1 Advanced Group of Porsche GT3's, BMW GT3's and the new Corvette Z06/7's! The weather was perfect with a cool morning, warming up nicely in the afternoon sessions creating optimul track conditions in the 3rd session after the lunch break. That turned out to be the perfect formula for me as I had planned to switch to my new BFG R1S's after lunch.
Pryor to this event I had never clocked myself in under 1:50xx at Sears Point. With optimal track conditions and new sticker softs I was able easily lap into the 1:48xx's. My 24yr. old vintage ricer was able to keep all the Porsches and anything else with a license plate, including several new Corvette C7 Z07's behind me.
This was the first time I'd encountered the new Z06/7 on the track and I came away with mixed feelings. It's a brutally powerful and very impressive car, but IMO, its still too big, too bloated and too heavy to be seriously competitive at Sears Point. There were two of them running in the Red Advanced Group and the drivers were clearly not up to the task of managing that beast thru the technical sections at Sears Point. I'm sure in the hands of an experienced driver they would be able to exploit its strengths better, but at 3500+ lbs. it's just too fat to be taken seriously. I'd take a Caymen GT4 or used GT3 over it all day.
Lots of variety on track including C6 ZR1's, Camaro Z28's, Cadillac's, Viper GTS's, Ferrari 458 Spider, and the usual glut of BMW GT3 race cars and Porsche GT3's. My car ran strong all day without so much as a hiccup thanks to the much appreciated prep of Shad/Driving Ambition and my talented and under appreciated pit crew of Roman (Solidol) and my amazing girlfriend. Lots of pics to share below. In-car video will be uploaded soon.
Another great weekend at Sears Point with Trackmasters & Speed Ventures.
When these two clubs get together it always guarentees a competitive event between Northern California & Southern California track rats. I did my part to hold serve on our home court with a very competitive Red/A1 Advanced Group of Porsche GT3's, BMW GT3's and the new Corvette Z06/7's! The weather was perfect with a cool morning, warming up nicely in the afternoon sessions creating optimul track conditions in the 3rd session after the lunch break. That turned out to be the perfect formula for me as I had planned to switch to my new BFG R1S's after lunch.
Pryor to this event I had never clocked myself in under 1:50xx at Sears Point. With optimal track conditions and new sticker softs I was able easily lap into the 1:48xx's. My 24yr. old vintage ricer was able to keep all the Porsches and anything else with a license plate, including several new Corvette C7 Z07's behind me.
This was the first time I'd encountered the new Z06/7 on the track and I came away with mixed feelings. It's a brutally powerful and very impressive car, but IMO, its still too big, too bloated and too heavy to be seriously competitive at Sears Point. There were two of them running in the Red Advanced Group and the drivers were clearly not up to the task of managing that beast thru the technical sections at Sears Point. I'm sure in the hands of an experienced driver they would be able to exploit its strengths better, but at 3500+ lbs. it's just too fat to be taken seriously. I'd take a Caymen GT4 or used GT3 over it all day.
Lots of variety on track including C6 ZR1's, Camaro Z28's, Cadillac's, Viper GTS's, Ferrari 458 Spider, and the usual glut of BMW GT3 race cars and Porsche GT3's. My car ran strong all day without so much as a hiccup thanks to the much appreciated prep of Shad/Driving Ambition and my talented and under appreciated pit crew of Roman (Solidol) and my amazing girlfriend. Lots of pics to share below. In-car video will be uploaded soon.
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