Great video man, I just found your channel through your latest Randy Pobst video, it was great too. BTW, the C7 Corvette that you passed at 7:59 wasn't a 650hp Z06, it was a 460hp Grand Sport. 😊
Thanks, glad you found the channel! I don't follow the subtle visual difference between Corvette models but just watched a video and found that the Z06 has clear tail lights whereas the Grand Sport has red so yes it appears the car in the video is a Grand Sport. If that car in fact had just 450hp it was moving pretty well on track!
@@ItsTrackTime Yeah, I’ve always loved watching Randy, in fact I used to watch him in the early 2000’s driving SCCA for Audi. Yeah, the Grand Sport has 460hp and 465 torque. It was probably a Z07 track package car, which is a track beast.
I run with C7s all the time and that particular one was considerably faster than the others. Randy just did a sub 10min run up Pikes Peak today so he's still going strong.
We're trying to do a better job of capturing the interior sound. What you hear in the videos doesn't do justice to what is actually heard in the car. This will be improved...
Great comparison. FYI, if you want to capture the best footage angle I use the RoadSpy RS1 on my Cayman. Way way better than those suction cups and helmet mounts.
Thanks! When you drive a low hp car this happens all the time. You work your way up to a car that is much slow in the esses, they give you the point by, and then bury their foot into the accelerator on the back straight so you can't pass them.
Great video. One thing about your comment regarding the GT3 braking in the esses: the rear-biased weight makes trail braking quite important and, at the limit, you have to at least lightly trail brake in the places he was to help with rotation. 2:22.53 in a 991.1 GT3: ruclips.net/video/b1gbUjqnpy4/видео.html (around 30 seconds in for the esses, watch the G meter). You don't need much brake for a lot of the corners (except 4) as the turning scrubs speed, but it does help bring the rear with you. It's pretty hard to rotate the car with neutral weight, even more so while accelerating.
Thanks, I've only driven a GT3 once on track at COTA and I didn't enjoy the feeling of rear weight in the esses. I would assume over time you get use to that feeling and start to trust that it isn't going to come around on you. Given you're on throttle through the esses what you're describing could only be done by driving with two feet. When I see someone braking at 5 it's usually because they feel uncomfortable with their pace so they are off gas and on the brakes instead of on the gas and brakes at the same time.
@@ItsTrackTime the grand sport badge is more in the middle vertically on that side vent. the z06 badge is more toward the top third or so of that side vent. you were correct about the z06 HP in the video. the grand sport is only pushing around 475 HP or so unless it was modified.
I feel like all this talk about targets and chasing people down for passes sends the wrong message to people who are just starting their track day journey.
Initially you just go out and turn laps, work on your lines, improve your times, and try to get smoother. I use to do this on an empty track so I didn't have to deal with watching for other drivers in my mirrors. However once you get past that phase you begin to enjoy running with other drivers, comparing their pace, and lines. Now if there is no one on the track I get bored - I need a rabbit to chase and learn from.
@@ItsTrackTime Yeah, definitely not judging what advanced drivers do in advanced run groups. But I have a friend with a 16 year old son, and he's at that life stage where he has no experience and can't look at something on youtube, whether it's a build or a track day, and process it in a responsible or even realistic way, lol. So I kinda have a bit of that "but what's a young whippersnapper going to take away from this?" voice going in my head. 😅
In the absence of authority young drivers are going to do this on the road so I would rather take them off the road and onto a track where good instructors can teach them how to do this properly and much safer than unsupervised on the street. After doing this on the track you don't have much desire to do it on the road given it's nowhere near as exciting. I brought both of my kids to the track and taught them how to drive manuals at the age of 10. So far neither has wrecked a car or been ticketed for crazy speed on the road and my oldest has owned several high performance cars after he left the nest.
Excellent video dude. Top quality commentary. 991 GT3RS my personal favourite. Cheers for the upload
Thanks, the 991.2 GT3 RS is an awesome machine.
Great video man, I just found your channel through your latest Randy Pobst video, it was great too. BTW, the C7 Corvette that you passed at 7:59 wasn't a 650hp Z06, it was a 460hp Grand Sport. 😊
Thanks, glad you found the channel!
I don't follow the subtle visual difference between Corvette models but just watched a video and found that the Z06 has clear tail lights whereas the Grand Sport has red so yes it appears the car in the video is a Grand Sport. If that car in fact had just 450hp it was moving pretty well on track!
@@ItsTrackTime Yeah, I’ve always loved watching Randy, in fact I used to watch him in the early 2000’s driving SCCA for Audi. Yeah, the Grand Sport has 460hp and 465 torque. It was probably a Z07 track package car, which is a track beast.
I run with C7s all the time and that particular one was considerably faster than the others.
Randy just did a sub 10min run up Pikes Peak today so he's still going strong.
Well done. You have some fine skills....I have a 2013 991c2. Not a lot of power,but light and is a fun track car with my cup 2 tires.....
Thank you!
991c2 has enough power to get into trouble, enjoy!
Wonderful job with the driving and the commentary. I love seeing the king cayman taking down the daddy 911!
Thank you, the engineers locked the marketing team in the back room when they built this car!
Great video. I love your analysis and commentary. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Great video as always!
Thanks!
Are you running on PCCBs or steel brakes? Great video and commentary!
Thank you. I'm running GiroDisc steel rotors and Ferodo DS3.12 Pads.
That last bit of the video with just the raw sounds was really nice. Let that play out for the whole cool down next time!
We're trying to do a better job of capturing the interior sound.
What you hear in the videos doesn't do justice to what is actually heard in the car.
This will be improved...
Great comparison. FYI, if you want to capture the best footage angle I use the RoadSpy RS1 on my Cayman. Way way better than those suction cups and helmet mounts.
Thanks for the tip!
Just purchased.
hey! i'm new to this world, but what app do you got running on your carplay tat tells you the split time?
We all use standalone timers but Porsche has an app called "Porsche Track Precision" that leverages the car's telemetry for timing.
I should also say that what you see in the video timing my laps is a Garmin Catalyst mounted over my PCM.
Great video
Thanks!
Nice videos with good technical commentary! The drag race at 1:58 was not nice of the other guy. It's an HPDE, not a race.
Thanks!
When you drive a low hp car this happens all the time.
You work your way up to a car that is much slow in the esses, they give you the point by, and then bury their foot into the accelerator on the back straight so you can't pass them.
Pretty sure this is what my dreams look like
Mine too and just took Porsche's marketing team to get out of the way and let the engineers build what they wanted.
Great video. One thing about your comment regarding the GT3 braking in the esses: the rear-biased weight makes trail braking quite important and, at the limit, you have to at least lightly trail brake in the places he was to help with rotation.
2:22.53 in a 991.1 GT3: ruclips.net/video/b1gbUjqnpy4/видео.html (around 30 seconds in for the esses, watch the G meter). You don't need much brake for a lot of the corners (except 4) as the turning scrubs speed, but it does help bring the rear with you. It's pretty hard to rotate the car with neutral weight, even more so while accelerating.
Thanks, I've only driven a GT3 once on track at COTA and I didn't enjoy the feeling of rear weight in the esses. I would assume over time you get use to that feeling and start to trust that it isn't going to come around on you. Given you're on throttle through the esses what you're describing could only be done by driving with two feet. When I see someone braking at 5 it's usually because they feel uncomfortable with their pace so they are off gas and on the brakes instead of on the gas and brakes at the same time.
im guessing your running hoosier r7. whats your hot pressure?
Correct Hoosier R7s, and they like to be at 29 lbs hot.
I really enjoy riding my motorcycle with less hp faster than the other riders with more hp.
Same concept. More with less is always very satisfying.
Why open windows? The drag slows down the car
Yes, required at USA track events.
@@ItsTrackTime well that sucks... come to germany !
Ha! I do almost every year. Love the car culture over there and visiting the Porsche factories!
looking closely at your footage, that was a grand sport not a Z06
That is correct. Another viewer pointed that out and after looking at the two through photos I still can’t tell them apart visually.
@@ItsTrackTime the grand sport badge is more in the middle vertically on that side vent. the z06 badge is more toward the top third or so of that side vent. you were correct about the z06 HP in the video. the grand sport is only pushing around 475 HP or so unless it was modified.
That particular Vette was very fast for a non-Z06!
I feel like all this talk about targets and chasing people down for passes sends the wrong message to people who are just starting their track day journey.
Initially you just go out and turn laps, work on your lines, improve your times, and try to get smoother.
I use to do this on an empty track so I didn't have to deal with watching for other drivers in my mirrors.
However once you get past that phase you begin to enjoy running with other drivers, comparing their pace, and lines.
Now if there is no one on the track I get bored - I need a rabbit to chase and learn from.
@@ItsTrackTime Yeah, definitely not judging what advanced drivers do in advanced run groups. But I have a friend with a 16 year old son, and he's at that life stage where he has no experience and can't look at something on youtube, whether it's a build or a track day, and process it in a responsible or even realistic way, lol. So I kinda have a bit of that "but what's a young whippersnapper going to take away from this?" voice going in my head. 😅
In the absence of authority young drivers are going to do this on the road so I would rather take them off the road and onto a track where good instructors can teach them how to do this properly and much safer than unsupervised on the street. After doing this on the track you don't have much desire to do it on the road given it's nowhere near as exciting. I brought both of my kids to the track and taught them how to drive manuals at the age of 10. So far neither has wrecked a car or been ticketed for crazy speed on the road and my oldest has owned several high performance cars after he left the nest.
Maverick in the Miami papa do you have IG?