.021 SECONDS win at St. Pete | Onboard - Final 2 Laps | 2023 Mazda MX-5 Cup

Alongside the IMSA broadcast, ride onboard with Gresham Wagner in the final laps of Race 1 from the St. Petersburg Grand Prix Street Course. Wagner (#5) won by .021 seconds from Connor Zilisch (#72). This was Round 3 of the 2023 IMSA Mazda MX-5 Cup.

[@BenFreedmanRacing]

One of the most underrated RUclips channels there is

[@shadpierson801]

This channel merits more than 350 subscribers. A hidden gem!

[@reynaldiwidjaja277]

Fucking hell this only happens im movies !
Great Win !

[@stuntinh]

Now that is a RACE! Amazing drive

[@GreshamWagner]

Thank you!

[@thejerkyshack8040]

Thanks for helping put on such a banger race.

[@ptkwilliams]

WOW! Great drive from both of you -- well done

[@GreshamWagner]

Definitely lots of fun -thanks!

[@Sheppardd]

Hey Gresham! Awesome YT content. I mainly drive the Mazda MX-5 Cup on iRacing and keep up with the Idemitsu MX-5 series so it’s awesome to see your onboard/POV angles from the years.
I was curious what the flashing brake lights at timestamps like 0:24 indicate before the actual braking zone. I’m unfamiliar with anything like this from the sim side so I was wondering what the intention is. Cheers and have an awesome 2024!

[@GreshamWagner]

Hey, glad to hear you are enjoying the series - 2024 should be even more exciting, that seems to be the trend year-after-year.
As for the braking, this is something you'll never find in sim racing, since everything is "idealistic" (i.e. no brake fade, no inconsistent brake pedal, etc.). In the sim, the same pressure on the pedal will yield the same brake % and stopping power every time. In real life, this is definitely not the case, especially on a demanding track like St. Pete (both heavy braking and bumpy, etc.). Based on different conditions like temperature, bumpiness, pad wear, etc., you will get brake fade and knockback. What will happen is, if you were to apply your heavy initial pressure to the brake pedal multiple times all around the lap, you would get a different amount of pedal travel, stopping power, feedback, etc. each time, based on what state the brakes were in after you released pressure the prior time and before you touch them again. What people will often do to counter this is to prep the brakes for the upcoming brake zone. By lightly tapping the brake pedal a couple times before the brake zone, you apply enough pressure to activate the system and bring the brakes back to a neutral standard operating window, but it isn't hard enough that it actually slows the car down at all. Basically, you can reset the brakes and brake system to make sure that you have a consistent and "full" brake pedal each time you get to a brake zone.
This is a great example of this being done in the MX-5 that you can see with a pedal cam: ruclips.net/video/KRGsG6Y7bbk/видео.html&ab_channel=SelinRollan

[@Sheppardd]

Thanks for the response and clarification! Awesome information to know (and to see visually in the linked video). Have a great 2024 season!@@GreshamWagner

[@NascarRacing2003Fan]

You won! Dinner's on me!

[@aa-dc4cj]

Hi, i dont know a lot of this races, but i try to see it everytime that youtube shows me, its funny see so many people fighting so clean and so near one car of another car. I like it. Congratulation for your win and the way fighting it. Pushing cleanly. :-)

[@GreshamWagner]

Hope I can keep entertaining. This season looks like it’ll be super close so hopefully more great racing 👍

[@aa-dc4cj]

@@GreshamWagner ;-) i know you gone a do all in yours hands for it. All i can say is i'm from spain following this mx5 cup because i like the driving level(high i think), the clean fights, the edge driving, the tv broadcast.
I think there are raising drivers(hope you one) and gentleman drivers, that not can be a "cheap" cup, in IMSA weekend, and in that level you fight and win. Cheers
And when the days were harder, remember someone in spain and more, want be runing too.
Thanks, i hope you have more wins, i'm watching :-)

[@jjulian3000]

Well done, what a race that was. Hopefully you can get 2 clean races next time. Second race was a little bit of a mess.

[@GreshamWagner]

I hear you-it goes that way sometimes and it’s definitely frustrating, but I’m sure Laguna will be better (hopefully)

[@fastpaced_gt]

I was rooting for you man, nice job!!

[@pummupenguin3644]

WHO ELSE EXCITINF FOR 2024

[@lornegreen412]

Friggen awesomeness!!

[@chadlanc]

With the sequential in these cars do you left foot brake?

[@miner4236]

Of course

[@timhenderson8615]

Nice “racecraft” Gresham 👍🏻

[@GreshamWagner]

Thanks Tim!