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  6. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, Isaac's Papa said:

    When I watched the video of @TimTheAzn chasing @RHill, I was like "Tim is kind of hauling ass." Then Ryan passed Tim and I said, "Oh... poor Timmy!" :lol:

     

    got to admit, that comment had me:lol:

     

    Knew he was going to have trouble with the two upcoming riders.  Figured I'd jet out, pit and rejoin when they came back past....hoping he might have worked past one.  Rolled out when they came past and was confused when Tim wasn't part of the group.  He did the smart thing, rolled through the pit instead of forcing a pass.  His riding is pretty damn good, but that was even more impressive.  One rider by themselves is fairly predictable, two or more in a group at similar pace can be chaos.  

  8. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

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    2 hours ago, ludwb675 said:

    Nope. Was up at Put-In-Bay this weekend. Starting to get dark early for twilights anymore. My season might be done for the year. :(

    Believe today closed up my Mid-O season, all that is left is a Twilight October 2nd and that conflicts with the Red Bull air races that I'm thinking of going to.  

    Days may be getting shorter, but we ran 4 full sessions + one mixed intermediate advance session at the very end.  Track started slick and got better each session, turned my fastest laps as it was getting dark(tinted visor wasn't helping) even with shade completely covering the back straight, a good portion of the esses and 13.  Not sure if the lack of traction was from the rain or the car rubber, but I was getting pelted with rubber my first session out.  Never had chunks of it get in my helmet before.

    24 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

    @RHill that plane is amazing. 

    Thanks! It's a fun little toy to break out when the track time ends.

  11. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

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    14 hours ago, blue03636 said:

    Now that things have calmed down and I'm getting back to normal, I would like to thank everyone that helped me pack up or made sure we had everything covered. Situations like this really make me happy that I have a track family. 

    For real, Steve and crew(sorry, didn't catch the name) are the bomb for making the trip!  

     

    Now for a few off-bike videos from monday....need to get something better than a gopro for these kind of shots.  Had some of intermediate as well, but it was far away, you couldn't even make out the riders.

     

     

     

     

  12. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

    Posted

    1 hour ago, blue03636 said:

    Just headache but that's going away. I'm sure I had a concussion. Ryan or Jeff may be able to fill in anything odd from after the crash.

    Nothing odd by the time I got the med center...probably took 15-20 minutes to arrive, was busy showing everyone the crash video :p 

    Really didn't head up right away because I was hoping you would show up with the bike...didn't break out the video till Junge asked about it.

    1 hour ago, ludwb675 said:

    What group were you puttering around in on Wed? I'd like to see some footage of myself one of these days, get some of your guys opinions and see where i can pick up some time. I seem to be stuck in the high 40's. But i think it's just now down to needing more track time. 

    Was in A the whole day, was going to get a little video of intermediate during the 6th session, but it was red flagged after a lap.  Any chance you are planning on the twilight Sunday? Would love to lend a hand ;) 

  16. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

    Posted

    33 minutes ago, NinjaDoc said:

    I mean on the video posted by ryan, for eg: at 55 sec mark you guys are in a corner, in real street term roughly what would be posted speed limit for such a corner. Just trying to imagine are these super tight like deals gap corners or more relaxed radius like 83 south?

    That left is a Deals Gap corner, crossing the dividing line and then some.

  17. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

    Posted

    Nivin, what are you looking for?  Comparing street to track is two different animals entirely....if you put a dividing line and stay in your lane, 15-20 mph at best pushing it.  Our pace on that lap was probably upper 30's at the apex.  Here is an example of "all out" and I drop to 43mph at the apex.  Beat that lap by nearly 2 second the next day, but I doubt the apex speed changed more than a mph if any. 

     

     

  18. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

    Posted

    Wasn't bad, but a little disappointed the front mount was shaking a little bit....on the higher speed runs, it got pretty ugly.

     

    36 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

    Thanks again for slowing it down and following/leading me. Like I said, I've never had to opportunity to watch myself ride.

    Anytime....have a feeling the "slowing down" won't last long. 

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  19. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

    Posted

    Other than the couple red flags and injuries.....it was a great 3 days at Mid-O!

    The new, extended, patchwork in the keyhole was messing with me.  It is smooth and you can run right across it with very little issue, but I was accustom to using it as a guide to my inside apex marker.  If you stay inside the patchwork now, it results in an early 2nd apex and holding a constant radius for too long, late throttle pickup and losing drive down the back straight.  Have to work on getting over the mental hurdle of rolling over it at pace.

     

    Tons of bike video from Tuesday and Wednesday.....some off-bike of groups circulating from Monday as well (hopefully it turned out OK).  Will get a couple more clips uploaded tonight.

     

    For now, we have TimTheAzn killing it in his 2nd intermediate session....6th of the day Tuesday.     

     

    We discussed a couple things , but overall one giant:

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    Cannot wait to get back out there.

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  21. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

    Posted

    you'd be surprised....I know of a few coaches who were out in novice and made snap decisions to blitz into a corner on a cold tire.  Having the gauge on there as an immediate reference would make all the difference.  Temp seems to vary with traction requirements pretty well.  If they weren't so pricy, I'd probably pick one up, but need to spend it on another tire warmer.

  23. Midohio September 6th

    in Track is Crack

    Posted

    37 minutes ago, JustinFRC said:

    Yeah, it displays the tire surface temps.  It's a neat gadget... I haven't been using it long, so I'm still on the fence about how valuable it is though.  I'm not sure how directly surface temps correlate to carcass temps.  

    At the very least it's good for telling you when the track is still cold in the morning, and could serve as a way to keep an eye on how well you're tire warmers are functioning.

     

    Ohhhh that is basically shooting an IR temp gauge at the tires???  Wasn't sure what the temps were coming from. That is pretty neat.  Don't think it would be much use on a "good" day, but like you said if it isn't ideal conditions, if you are not running at pace, or if you warmers fail....it could save you.  Just had a front warmer fail Tuesday....got lucky that I was feeling for heat from the warmers between sessions.

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