5.12 etown autox

yet another battle in STU for me this weekend.. this time for top pax with perry (autox4u.com webmaster/hotshoe/car whore), codriving my sti. i look forward to our pax battles every weekend, and this one didn't disappoint. usually adil and his evo are in the mix but no adil = sti showdown.

check it out.. warminster inspired him to design a pretty fast course..



i think the data aq has helped me get faster. i know i needed to use more of the car's grip in the slower speed transitions and i've applied it today. i 'would' have won by 3 tenths had i not coned it away...

Here's our fast run data. I was faster by 3 tenths in this overlay. click the pic for a full size image.



'qview' is what maxQ calls this type of data display.

• the width of the rectangles denote the amount of lat g pulled
  
• height of rectangles, longitudinal g.
  
• green denotes where i was faster compared to perry, yellow slower.
  
• now the extremely useful data is the blue and red shading. blue is accel, red decel. take a look where our brake and accel point are to see why i might've been faster in one section, or slower. white indicates neither accel nor decel. pretty friggin cool!

it's pretty clear to see what worked where. if it's not clear, let me know and i'll talk you through it. (if you don't understand it perry, i might not explain it to you!)

some data you can't see on the graph

average mph: dan 42.6mph, perry 42.2mph

peak lat g*: dan 1.07g, perry 1.01g

*'street' tires!

perry is badass.. he hopped in my car having never driven the setup, and was immediately super quick. sick!

looking forward to the next nnjr event..

-dan

Warminster in-car

my in-car from warminster. had a nice little battle with corey ridgeck.. as narrated by the radio man. fast raw 51.3 seconds (dirty).


the course was FAST.. once out of the big offsets and into the chicago box... i'm into 3rd until the turnaround, 3-2 downshift for turnaround, and back into 3rd. 65mph peak mph!

thoughts about my last run:

• late entry into the very first slalom.. line is way too tight which f's up the offsets.
  
• i bobble in one of the offsets.. although g loading stays smooth. maybe it's due to the smoothing setting in maxQ.
• shifting eats up 1 full second of not accelerating per upshift, but i HAVE to.
  
• this is where gj makes up the significant amount of time with 245/45 tires and a taller 2nd gear in the evo. he's still accelerating as i have to waste a second getting back on the gas
  
• i could've carried a few more mph after the chicago box and throughout the back section.
• balls not big enough.
  

now gj's run.. different car, superior skills.. 49.6 seconds (dirty). f'in fast.



hugo's fast run.. 54.x seconds.. could use some work but now with the data and in-car, hugo's learning curve 'should' be significantly better than without these tools.



maxQ rocks! we've been dissecting our runs and corresponding videos since the event! at some point i need to purchase the trackvision software to overlay this data onto the video.

-dan

maxQ data aq

hugo and i tested out our new maxQ units for the first time today at philly regions warminster event. if you are ready for data aq.. BUY MAXQ. it is sick. you can visually see where you can be faster in between runs. instantly. plus you can overlay runs with your friends. hugo had gj dixon ('05 DS national champ) codrive to check out where he needs to improve.

gj is a driving master. it's all that autox sim time, right gj? above is an overlay of gj and my fast (albeit dirty) runs from todays philly scca event at warminster, pa. you can see the color coding on the left to see what each color represents. the pic is clickable to get a closer look. i'll let you figure out who's who. gj's run would probably have been top pax (had it been clean) against a field of ~210 drivers.

thanks to the philly guys for a great event. we'll be back for sure. video coming soon.

-dan

engrish

hugo's infinite wisdom: "i guess coilover is good for salmon and stuff"