Sam Posey Describing a Lap of Lime Rock

[LiM3y]

[rcracin]

Really cool video. Haven't been to limerock in 2 years. I miss it.

[CSBM5]

Originally Posted by rcracin

Really cool video. Haven't been to limerock in 2 years. I miss it.

Enjoyed the video. Heck, I've not driven Lime Rock since the BMW CCA O'fest in 1982! Hope to get back there one day soon.

[M3 Esq]

Very cool. Thanks for posting this. I can't wait to get back out there now. 8/26 with SCDA.

[Andy_H_E92_M3]

Cool vid. Thanks for sharing. Hope to make it up there next year along with tracking Watkins Glen on B2B weekends.

[paradocs98]

Little known fact--Sam's eyebrows actually run in the HPDE intermediate group with BMW CCA.

[Jaypod]

Thanks for sharing! Yet another track I need to get to one of these days!

[larryn]

Fun track, albeit fairly simple. Posey is a great story teller, and I'd love to hear him gush on about another more complicated and funner track, Watkins Glen.

[CSBM5]

Recognizing the historical importance of Lime Rock but putting that aside for the moment, a track layout that is just a bit longer than the 1.5 miles of Lime Rock but is a heck of a lot fun with some very challenging turns is South Course at VIR. Much more technical, a lot more decisions/inputs per unit distance required, etc. I think South Course is a bit over 1.6 miles. Anyway, just a thought for those in the southeast looking for a very technical, fun track about this length.

I still have many pictures (all B&W of course) I took as a teenager when I went to my first road race at Lime Rock in 1971, including the obligatory shot of Paul Newman in the pits. Hard to believe that's been more than 40 years ago now. Thanks for this thread as it has me thinking about getting to an event there before too much more time elapses.

[mid-corner fun]

Originally Posted by larryn

Fun track, albeit fairly simple.

Its looks are deceiving, LRP is anything but simple.

Every corner has a trick and both elevation changes need to be dealt with very carefully due to zero runoff clearance. Try to take the uphill on an angle and say hello to the tree (in mid-air) behind the flag station. Or take the downhill at full throttle and see if you can make it to the main straight.

Even the shortness of the track is a challenge, you can't miss a single apex if you're looking for decent lap times. It takes a single unplanned pit-in to lose an entire race.

Agreed though, the Glen is far more complicated than LRP

[LiM3y]

Originally Posted by mid-corner fun

Its looks are deceiving, LRP is anything but simple.

Every corner has a trick and both elevation changes need to be dealt with very carefully due to zero runoff clearance. Try to take the uphill on an angle and say hello to the tree (in mid-air) behind the flag station. Or take the downhill at full throttle and see if you can make it to the main straight.

Even the shortness of the track is a challenge, you can't miss a single apex if you're looking for decent lap times. It takes a single unplanned pit-in to lose an entire race.

Agreed though, the Glen is far more complicated than LRP

+1

Working the corner at the top of the Uphill as a flagger is fun during SCCA races, as the fastest line is about 6 inches from the Armco!

[larryn]

Originally Posted by mid-corner fun

Its looks are deceiving, LRP is anything but simple.

Every corner has a trick and both elevation changes need to be dealt with very carefully due to zero runoff clearance. Try to take the uphill on an angle and say hello to the tree (in mid-air) behind the flag station. Or take the downhill at full throttle and see if you can make it to the main straight.

Even the shortness of the track is a challenge, you can't miss a single apex if you're looking for decent lap times. It takes a single unplanned pit-in to lose an entire race.

Agreed though, the Glen is far more complicated than LRP

I've driven it quite a few times along with many of the ones in your siggie. I relocated to Seattle less than a year ago from the right coast. I agree with all you say, but as you drive WGI or Tremblant, and they have far more nuances to master. As for other more "complicated" tracks in your siggie, I find Monticello harder to remember, due to all of the corners, but there are few blind elements, like others, even LRP.

Regardless, I love the history of the East Coast tracks.

Still Posey is a master storyteller. Love to hear him narrate driving a more complicated track.

[mid-corner fun]

Originally Posted by larryn

I've driven it quite a few times along with many of the ones in your siggie. I relocated to Seattle less than a year ago from the right coast. I agree with all you say, but as you drive WGI or Tremblant, and they have far more nuances to master. As for other more "complicated" tracks in your siggie, I find Monticello harder to remember, due to all of the corners, but there are few blind elements, like others, even LRP.

Regardless, I love the history of the East Coast tracks.

Still Posey is a master storyteller. Love to hear him narrate driving a more complicated track.

All true and good stuff

I'd love to see him or other Pros narrate the major tracks, there are tidbits to absorb that you don't always get by watching a video.

Monticello...my brain refuses to imprint that track in memory, too many turns. It takes a couple of sessions to get used to it, every single time.

[Groundpilot]

Originally Posted by mid-corner fun

All true and good stuff

I'd love to see him or other Pros narrate the major tracks, there are tidbits to absorb that you don't always get by watching a video.

Monticello...my brain refuses to imprint that track in memory, too many turns. It takes a couple of sessions to get used to it, every single time.

Here is a video of one of the top pro drivers narrating LRP.
This video is old, from 2010, but i am posting it for those who have not seen it yet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=lfb2R5MHKS0