It was great meeting new people in the shared garage spots on Monday, thanks for organizing that @jacobhawkins! My first ride at Mid-Ohio was fun! @Limitedslip7, I checked my GPS recorded lap time vs my GoPro video and they were within .1s. I'm still not sure why my data and your GPS/app lap timer data didn't match up closely (like 2 seconds different) the session I followed you. Maybe I wasn't following you as closely as I thought, someone else had gotten between me and you for a while before I passed both of you at the end of the back straight, so maybe that explains why my GPS showed 2 seconds slower than yours since I was some random amount of time behind you. Great job in your first A session after getting the bump in the afternoon!
I was pleasantly surprised when a few of us were pulled aside in the Novice meeting (I had only mentioned to the tech guy that I normally run A group at Grattan and he remembered me at the meeting an hour later) and ended up getting evaluated in Advanced during the first session. My first two laps on the track and they didn't pull me off, the instructor just got off the track, so I was good for A the whole day. I do think this special treatment had more to do with them wanting to sell more Novice spots to walk-ups and them having a full group in Intermediate, but worked out for me! It certainly helps learn the track faster when you have clear track in front of you.
Here is my video from the last session. 1:43.83 is in the video, too bad the battery died and I didn't get my 1:42.22 recorded (last and fastest lap of the day). https://youtu.be/Btg8erWho5M
Looking forward to the next time I can make it out to Mid-Ohio!