Duane Black
Curbs go brrrppp
So my last two trips tk VIR, i started removing the passenger seat for some sessions to test out weight reduction. I got some bad fast for me laps in early February, but not so much in mid March. Ive noticed on my data the top speed was nearly the same... like, I wasn't consistent in march or the data wasnt reading accurately... but the "margin of error" had the sear being about as fast, maybe a half mph faster withoit it. But with tge seat, my marjers at vir are 4.5, 2.75ish, and 1.5 in 1, 11, and 14. Without the seat, i braked at 5, 3, and 2.
My initial hypothetisis was track conditions were a bigger difference than anything, and that marker moving was due to a top speed difference. Now, I'm reviewing my data and looking at this and its like... in back ti bak trsting, is it actually better??? Surely a 50 lbs ballast mid car is better gone? Maybe the aero isnbetter with a seat for some stupid reason?
I mean, no professional race cars have a passenger seat so theres that
My initial hypothetisis was track conditions were a bigger difference than anything, and that marker moving was due to a top speed difference. Now, I'm reviewing my data and looking at this and its like... in back ti bak trsting, is it actually better??? Surely a 50 lbs ballast mid car is better gone? Maybe the aero isnbetter with a seat for some stupid reason?
I mean, no professional race cars have a passenger seat so theres that