Over the weekend was H Nationals at Winton.
Maybe I'm a bit more involved in the Honda 'scene' than last year, or people were MUCH more excited this year than last.
Realistically, this was just another Winton track day for me and since this was the first time I was there on A050s, I was chasing a new PB and to confirm if replacing my thermostat, new radiator and coolant was going to have any major impact on my cooling issues.
The weather was supposed to be clear, with the chance of rain in the afternoon, so I was aiming to get straight onto pace and set a clean and fast lap nice and early, then try and beat it later on if the weather remained clear.
Let's get straight to the laps.
1:52.7730 1:41.2560 1:41.6920 1:39.0380
1:57.4500 1:47.0500 1:38.8180 1:39.0260 2:09.9410 1:38.7920
1:53.7490 1:38.2110 1:38.2350 2:01.0920
1:49.6710 1:38.3670 1:38.4350 2:05.5240 1:39.2730
1:58.0820 1:38.2750 1:38.5020 1:51.7020
Straight back on pace and breaking my previous PB of 1:39.1, this was a relatively easy lap and confirmed what I already knew about these tyres being quite fast. The surface wasn't as slippery as had been reported from a week or two earlier, though it really isn't a PI surface.
The group I was in was full of S2000s with big wings, with a couple of Civics and Integras. For the most part, everyone was very courteous except for a couple of strange spots people used to stay out of the way of faster traffic. I suppose that comes with knowing/not knowing the track very well.
2nd session is historically my quickest session, before I start trying to over drive the car and get frustrated.
I finally dropped into the 1:38s twice!
More than a celebration, it was a confirmation that this car is now running some reasonably quick laps! Feels good, both on and off the track!
My new PB of 1:38.21 can be found below.
Realistically, there are a few mistakes in there and that was a pretty common theme from the day. I am really feeling the pressures of driving this fast, it is a heap of work! I suppose, this is the game I'm signed up for with driving a really basic car as often as possible and improving my driving along the way. The corner speeds are comparable to cars running laps much quicker than myself, so that is a fair bit of pressure and a slight mistake has an impact on my corner exit and straight line speed due to lack of B16 power! Either way, I love it and it just forces me to focus more and more on what I'm doing. Any spare time I have is spent thinking about laps and watching my own videos for reference.
The rest of the day I chased a 1:37, but couldn't string one together. There were numerous 1:38s, so at least I was consistent!
I did experience a couple of traffic issues following S2000 drag races down the straight and into the esses. These may not have been 1:37s, but they would have been close laps. I did feel great that I was carrying more speed through the esses than those two S2000s! Though they had me on the straight pretty easily.
The A050s ran quite well, I ran the fronts at 29PSI hot and rear at 30PSI which seemed to work quite well.
In retrospect, I probably should have run more than one lap on Bill's Kumhos to get a bit more data on the difference in the tyres. Bill and I have spoken after Saturday and will look at doing a tyre swap for a session in the future to give each other our opinions.
Below are the results for Class 3, which I was more competitive in than I was expecting. Ben deserves the win because his S2000 is the best looking one around.
Class3_HNats_2017 by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
A photo on the straight before everyone gathered for the post event photo. The Civic was relegated to the 2nd row later on, as the Sports Sedan took prime position. I look really tall here also.
20170902_160357 by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
Here is a photo by Jonathon, who has a really nice turbo B series EK.
21273396_1166258293517936_4400351477408710012_o by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
And a photo coming through the esses chasing a S2000 post drag race! Photo by #1 Nguyen, who gave up his track time to run the event with Napo. Great work, Peter!!
21329834_10154972840678100_283454207_o by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
I also had some NSW good guys deliver some barely used 225/50/15 A050s, so I'm good for front tyres for a while!
20170902_213045 by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
I still had issues with coolant ending up in the overflow, though I didn't see any movement on the stock gauge.
I plan to take it very easy with track days for the next 6 months, probably only running hill climbs in an effort to gather funds for my Japan trip in February and also to cover off a few things that I've probably mentioned more than once in this thread.
Great day with great people, running fast laps!
Thanks.
Maybe I'm a bit more involved in the Honda 'scene' than last year, or people were MUCH more excited this year than last.
Realistically, this was just another Winton track day for me and since this was the first time I was there on A050s, I was chasing a new PB and to confirm if replacing my thermostat, new radiator and coolant was going to have any major impact on my cooling issues.
The weather was supposed to be clear, with the chance of rain in the afternoon, so I was aiming to get straight onto pace and set a clean and fast lap nice and early, then try and beat it later on if the weather remained clear.
Let's get straight to the laps.
1:52.7730 1:41.2560 1:41.6920 1:39.0380
1:57.4500 1:47.0500 1:38.8180 1:39.0260 2:09.9410 1:38.7920
1:53.7490 1:38.2110 1:38.2350 2:01.0920
1:49.6710 1:38.3670 1:38.4350 2:05.5240 1:39.2730
1:58.0820 1:38.2750 1:38.5020 1:51.7020
Straight back on pace and breaking my previous PB of 1:39.1, this was a relatively easy lap and confirmed what I already knew about these tyres being quite fast. The surface wasn't as slippery as had been reported from a week or two earlier, though it really isn't a PI surface.
The group I was in was full of S2000s with big wings, with a couple of Civics and Integras. For the most part, everyone was very courteous except for a couple of strange spots people used to stay out of the way of faster traffic. I suppose that comes with knowing/not knowing the track very well.
2nd session is historically my quickest session, before I start trying to over drive the car and get frustrated.
I finally dropped into the 1:38s twice!
More than a celebration, it was a confirmation that this car is now running some reasonably quick laps! Feels good, both on and off the track!
My new PB of 1:38.21 can be found below.
Realistically, there are a few mistakes in there and that was a pretty common theme from the day. I am really feeling the pressures of driving this fast, it is a heap of work! I suppose, this is the game I'm signed up for with driving a really basic car as often as possible and improving my driving along the way. The corner speeds are comparable to cars running laps much quicker than myself, so that is a fair bit of pressure and a slight mistake has an impact on my corner exit and straight line speed due to lack of B16 power! Either way, I love it and it just forces me to focus more and more on what I'm doing. Any spare time I have is spent thinking about laps and watching my own videos for reference.
The rest of the day I chased a 1:37, but couldn't string one together. There were numerous 1:38s, so at least I was consistent!
I did experience a couple of traffic issues following S2000 drag races down the straight and into the esses. These may not have been 1:37s, but they would have been close laps. I did feel great that I was carrying more speed through the esses than those two S2000s! Though they had me on the straight pretty easily.
The A050s ran quite well, I ran the fronts at 29PSI hot and rear at 30PSI which seemed to work quite well.
In retrospect, I probably should have run more than one lap on Bill's Kumhos to get a bit more data on the difference in the tyres. Bill and I have spoken after Saturday and will look at doing a tyre swap for a session in the future to give each other our opinions.
Below are the results for Class 3, which I was more competitive in than I was expecting. Ben deserves the win because his S2000 is the best looking one around.
Class3_HNats_2017 by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
A photo on the straight before everyone gathered for the post event photo. The Civic was relegated to the 2nd row later on, as the Sports Sedan took prime position. I look really tall here also.
20170902_160357 by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
Here is a photo by Jonathon, who has a really nice turbo B series EK.
21273396_1166258293517936_4400351477408710012_o by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
And a photo coming through the esses chasing a S2000 post drag race! Photo by #1 Nguyen, who gave up his track time to run the event with Napo. Great work, Peter!!
21329834_10154972840678100_283454207_o by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
I also had some NSW good guys deliver some barely used 225/50/15 A050s, so I'm good for front tyres for a while!
20170902_213045 by I WEAR MOCCOS, on Flickr
I still had issues with coolant ending up in the overflow, though I didn't see any movement on the stock gauge.
I plan to take it very easy with track days for the next 6 months, probably only running hill climbs in an effort to gather funds for my Japan trip in February and also to cover off a few things that I've probably mentioned more than once in this thread.
Great day with great people, running fast laps!
Thanks.
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