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Originally Posted by radiantm3
I've rented Thunderhill Raceway for 2 days (not consecutive) so I can get a lot of seat time with a couple friends. 2-3 of us have the full track to ourselves and so managing our laps will become very important. I'm not worried about tires, gas, or pad wear. I'll be going with an extra set of pads and tires. I'm more concerned about not straining the engine/transmission any more than a normal HPDE.
Besides needing to pull into the pits to rest myself, is there a good reason that the car should sit to cool down for a long period or would coasting around the track to let the car cool down be sufficient in most cases? I figured I would get the car warmed up, run a hot lap, then a cool down, and then another hot lap. Spend my cool down laps thinking about how I'm going to attack some of the corners on the next hot lap. After a couple of those, I'd just coast around the track a few laps to cool the car down.
I guess it's better to just pull over after a nice cool down and let the car sit for 20-30 minutes? I know I'll probably be more tired than anything so this won't be much of an issue, but I'm used to 20-30 minute sessions with traffic so this empty track thing is all new to me.  |
empty track feels much different...im running an open day with some close friends at T-HILL next month...i generally will run a solid 20-30 minutes then take a cool down lap/coast then depending on how im feeling will either pull to the pits for 15-20 minutes then back out again...obviously track tempts, the way your body feels will all play a part as you never want to over do it...i sometimes forget to hydrate on open days as i get more excited so thats something to think about...but back to original question i still run 20-30min then do a full cool/coast lap and head in...just my 2 cents