Dragonwhisky
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I found that I've done better when all I do is warm up sometime the day of racing. It usually worked out, when I hit the D1 lounge 2-3 hours before Sunday race time, if no one else jumped in I would do at least 2 full race stints with each combo, sometimes running a tire grade less than race spec, was more than enough for me to be competitive for the night. Sometimes others would jump in and run some practice laps and I would "leech" their lines, other times we'd have some short races. Either way, I rarely ran more laps in this warmup session than was expected for the official league event.
In any event, I found the more I practiced, the higher my expectations for myself and the greater the disappointment, when those expectations weren't achieved. I find if I'm doing hot lap practice, I don't even try to be perfect. I'm actually trying to discover if a line can be raced on. When I make a mistake, or if someone is in my preferred line, how can I recover and/or drive a different line to stay with whomever is hogging the one I want to use.
But then, I'm not really ever trying to eek every last tenth out of my driving.
I'd like some track boundary clarification as well, in regards to the Laguna Seca T1 entrance.
In any event, I found the more I practiced, the higher my expectations for myself and the greater the disappointment, when those expectations weren't achieved. I find if I'm doing hot lap practice, I don't even try to be perfect. I'm actually trying to discover if a line can be raced on. When I make a mistake, or if someone is in my preferred line, how can I recover and/or drive a different line to stay with whomever is hogging the one I want to use.
But then, I'm not really ever trying to eek every last tenth out of my driving.
I'd like some track boundary clarification as well, in regards to the Laguna Seca T1 entrance.