20230804 FATT Session 1

20230804 Friday At the Track
Summit Point Main
Beginner Group
Session 1: 9:50 - 10:15 AM

First time back to Summit Point in a few years and the 818 SCR has changed. Replaced transmission (damaged at VIR) with the same LSD, but it feels like the preload is a lot higher than it used to be. Also, swapped in 400# springs in the rear to reduce some of the understeer.

Wanted to go out and get a feel for the car, but I was a bit late off the grid and I had to deal with other cars already at speed; that was a distraction I didn't need and I got frustrated. Finally, started getting a feel for the car and ran through pits to get some clear track... and didn't. Then I started pushing way too hard way too fast.

Ultimately, I had an idiot moment and spun in turn 3. Don't even remember why I was trying to get such an aggressive exit since there was a car a not very far ahead of me that wasn't going faster, so I would have had to slow down immediately. Chalk it up to knocking the rust off and not having my eyes up properly.

Spun happened, got the car to the pits and examined it - no real damage except some grass and gravel in the passenger front tire bead and a bunch of gravel in the front compartment - so I needed to get that addressed before going back out. Also, the roof scoop detached and flew off on the main straight. That became an issue throughout the day (overheating of intake charge air).

Live and learn and get back out next session (TBC).