Buttonwillow - Fri 9/5/08

Larry’s data that I have already emailed to him.

I only have 2 .txt files for BW laps and the quickest was 2:21.6. I have 3 data files and the quickest overall was 2:18.3 which was lap 6 of the first session it recorded. Lap 5 was a 2:18.4. I don’t know what sessions these were from for the day though.

Lap times:
Session 1
2:31.0
2:21.6 – top speed 109.09
2:22.8
2:20.0
2:18.4 – top speed 108.06
2:18.3 – top speed 108.73
2:25.0
2:25.4
2:18.9
2:21.2
2:23.5

11 laps in that session.

Session 2:
2:25.0
2:24.9
2:31.6
2:22.6 – top speed 103.03
2:26.9

Session 3:
2:25.1
2:21.6 – top speed 104.83
2:25.0
2:27.5
2:20.2

According to the data, Larry recorded a 1.684 (lap 4) and 1.549 (lap 3) lateral g going over the hill in turn 4 in the first session recorded. Holy crap!

Looking back at the times, I think the heat combined with brake fade and the new tires is probably what made his later session times higher.