[M3 Number 86]

Originally Posted by admranger

I'm back from COTA. Hot and humid. Think 99 deg F and 50+% humidity. It was brutal on me.

However, it was a fun track, reminded me of the A1-ring (now Red Bull Ring) in Austria with the stare straight up into the heavens hill at the end of the front straight.

Took me a while to get a handle on it. Spent all day Friday trying to figure it out it seemed. Never felt I got the esses right until Saturday, then got 7-8-9 well. 16-17-18 were just miserable for me as I couldn't get the grip down like my students seemed to be able to. Don't know why, I just couldn't get the car to feel good there. 19 was a blast. Really catches people out how fast that turn is. 11, 12, 13, and 20 sucked for me. No rotation so I had to park it until the front decided to grip, then rotate with the throttle (which made the following corners fun w/overheated rear tires). First world problems for sure, but frustrating.

Best compliment I got was from a guy who had done the school a few times and rode with me on Sunday mornings' wettish session. His next session out he dropped 5 seconds off his lap time (he had an AIM Solo in the car). Not bad since it was my 8th session ever on COTA.

The photographer had some neat stuff too. Wish I had room on a wall for one of those aluminum prints. They looked super cool. Anyone have one?

@CalSE has one.