My Sebring ride!, Update: Finished 44th out of 68. Fast lap of 2:43 Options

[ThePaintedMan]

So, no this is not 914 related, but some of you may know that I was attempting to have my car ready to run the Chumpcar 14 hours of Sebring in Sept. As is often the case with these things, the OTHER drivers who were supposed to pony up have not to date, and I just don't have the funds to finish the car appropriately on my own. We would be a joke, if not a hazard and I would rather get the car sorted correctly and have some fun on the street then rush into something. Maybe next year.

However, I saved enough money and set some aside to cover my own azz in just such an occasion. I started poking around on the forum and met a great team from Sebring - a father, son and brother in law looking for another driver. Though its not a 914, it is something I'm VERY familiar with.

'95 Mustang 5.0. Needless to say I'm very excited to be living one of my childhood dreams - driving a lap at Sebring. I'll let you all know how we do and post some more pics soon.

[carr914]

I watched the 1st 12 minutes, then advance to the 30 minute mark, then the 55 min.

The thing about turning in later is better throttle control. Imagine an Egg between your foot & the pedal - if you stomp on the pedal you break the egg ( the tail wags). When you turn in early, you run out of room at the Exit point and have to correct for that - that also leads to TailWag. It will also lead you to going too wide over the rumble strips ( can't put the power down properly) or off the track. You were doing this consistently in Turns 13 & 16. The other thing I noticed in addition to turning in early was that you were crabbing in - which means you were turning in from the middle of the track vs the proper turn-in point. This will exaggerate the early turn in or duplicate it if you turn in correctly.

In Turn 1, you can carry more speed, turn in a tad later, then get closer to the inside wall ( the Apex Cone is high on the Fence) and let the car track out. Very rarely did I see you track out, which means speed is available.

Turn 3, you crabbed in a lot

Turn 5 was very good

Turn 7 was good, sometimes crabbing

Turn 10 was good & continued thru 11/12 (sweeper)

Turn 13, try do your braking in a straight line from 12 to 13 in a diagonal line from right to left vs going out to left then braking. This will set you up for a later turn in & better run towards 14

Turn 14 & 15 were good.

Turn 16 is an important ( & dangerous) corner. 1st make sure you have momentum ( not necessarily speed) from 15 in. If you rush up on a slower car, you then have to slow & don't have the proper exit speed. If you know you are going to come up on a slower car, hang back, turn in properly, good throttle application & your gone.

Turn 17 ( I've said before that ask 100 drivers what their line is & you will get 99 different answers), but remember it is a double apex. The 1st part you were doing well coming close to the wall on the right, but I always suggest turning in a little later on the 2nd part because if you get close to the inside wall before & under the bridge it is very bumpy. And because this leads onto the 2nd longest straight, you want to have good exit speed .

And this is what Serious Rain at Sebring is like



Congrats again