First video of Portland's new track layout, new pavement and layout, grand opening |
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First video of Portland's new track layout, new pavement and layout, grand opening |
drgchapman |
Feb 24 2008, 09:30 PM
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Current Stable Group: NoClassifiedAccess Posts: 922 Joined: 20-September 04 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 2,789 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Had a great time today. Track started out very wet and dried as the day progressed. This video is of my last run, track is dry. The chicane wasn't in effect today, so the speeds at the end of the front straight were very high. My car was topping out at ~120mph. The 915 and 16"wheels with the Hoosiers.....no top end. Car ran perfect other wise. I tried to stay out of the red line, got a whole season to go........Drove it home.
JP came out and said hi, I cooked him a burger for lunch and we discussed our up coming autocross season and the finer points of suspension geometry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFyVJg3Wm8s |
race914 |
Feb 25 2008, 12:21 PM
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73 914-4 Group: Members Posts: 1,006 Joined: 31-October 05 From: Nipomo, California (Central Coast) Member No.: 5,027 Region Association: Central California |
Great video!
How does the new layout compare? |
drgchapman |
Feb 25 2008, 12:57 PM
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Current Stable Group: NoClassifiedAccess Posts: 922 Joined: 20-September 04 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 2,789 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Great video! How does the new layout compare? Sunday's track configuration was without the Chicane. Normally there is a chicane in the front straight to slow down terminal velocity into the first big right hander. The new additions are reconfiguration of turns 5,6,7 and 9,10,11. This added a couple of tenths to the length to bring it up to just over 2 miles in length. With the chicane, it adds about 10 seconds to a lap time. The video was shot with a new "Flip" video camera. It has 30 minutes of internal memory, a USB connector on the side. Very small and easy to use. I just downloaded each session and I was ready to go for the next one. Resolution appears adequate. They can be had for about 100 bucks. No moving parts. |
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