GTP_WRS Week 11 : Sweeping Willow
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- chelmsford uk
- turboracer 48
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- West Berkshire
- Argon56
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- Boise, ID
- GTP_EDK
Maybe so.....
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- chelmsford uk
- turboracer 48
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- Georgia
- BigDawg_1281
A few laps to feel out the car
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22.596
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- 756
- Dallas, TX
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25.809
It's going to be easy to rack up the miles on this combo.
25.809
It's going to be easy to rack up the miles on this combo.
My take on Willow Springs International. Feel free to correct me and/or suggest different approaches, I'm only just learning this track!
I liked this combo far more than I thought I would. But with this car, it makes so much sense. Also, first Gr.3 i can manhandle without TC! Bonus!
SF straight, brake just before 100m board, into 4th gear, trail brake, clip rumble but don't take a huge cut, will destabilise because:- wide exit, but not too wide or you'll be racing Roadrunners! Meep, Meep!
Up to 5th at the kink, hold 5th round the rabbits ear, feather that throttle to keep a tight line and slowly drift left on the same arc into the straight.
Still in 5th, hammer the brakes a bit before the 50m board (75m), down to 3rd gear, let it the rear rotate and hug the kerb. Square the omega getting a fast exit downhill, still in 3rd to tame the beast, try not to kill the Chuckawalla that lives in the left hand dropoff. But don't worry too much, he respawns every lap!
Hook 4th as you wind off lock downhill, brake just before the end of the rh kerb and back into 3rd for the left hander. Shortshift into 4th to stabilise over the ridge and sweep off through the desert. The Desert Tortoise (Fastathan Ufinkyius) is in awe of you as you hug the rhs into 'The Sweeper' and drift left as the boards come into view. You're going pretty ****ing fast now. Wile. E. Coyote (Eatius Birdius) is challenging you to a drag race but blows up somewhere to your left, silly N.Korean rockets!
Hold your breath, clench your buttocks (helps with stability), it's final corner time! You've probably hooked 6th or are thinking of it. How deep dare you push it (Matron!)
Around the 150-100m board, out wide to the left, squeeze on the brakes to check your speed into 4th, expect to 'get schwifty' and try not to pit early because:- Big, nasty dip, right on the apex, (seriously, who's idea was this? A Roadworker with a bad attitude?) but you've got to hit it, maybe take a nibble at the kerb but don't get greedy or exit stage left. Then a leisurely cruise over the SF line.
Renrags' Tip of the TT:- Wear the brown trousers...
Edit: Adding my banker and target times. S1 23s/22.3xx S2 27s/25.8xx
I liked this combo far more than I thought I would. But with this car, it makes so much sense. Also, first Gr.3 i can manhandle without TC! Bonus!
SF straight, brake just before 100m board, into 4th gear, trail brake, clip rumble but don't take a huge cut, will destabilise because:- wide exit, but not too wide or you'll be racing Roadrunners! Meep, Meep!
Up to 5th at the kink, hold 5th round the rabbits ear, feather that throttle to keep a tight line and slowly drift left on the same arc into the straight.
Still in 5th, hammer the brakes a bit before the 50m board (75m), down to 3rd gear, let it the rear rotate and hug the kerb. Square the omega getting a fast exit downhill, still in 3rd to tame the beast, try not to kill the Chuckawalla that lives in the left hand dropoff. But don't worry too much, he respawns every lap!
Hook 4th as you wind off lock downhill, brake just before the end of the rh kerb and back into 3rd for the left hander. Shortshift into 4th to stabilise over the ridge and sweep off through the desert. The Desert Tortoise (Fastathan Ufinkyius) is in awe of you as you hug the rhs into 'The Sweeper' and drift left as the boards come into view. You're going pretty ****ing fast now. Wile. E. Coyote (Eatius Birdius) is challenging you to a drag race but blows up somewhere to your left, silly N.Korean rockets!
Hold your breath, clench your buttocks (helps with stability), it's final corner time! You've probably hooked 6th or are thinking of it. How deep dare you push it (Matron!)
Around the 150-100m board, out wide to the left, squeeze on the brakes to check your speed into 4th, expect to 'get schwifty' and try not to pit early because:- Big, nasty dip, right on the apex, (seriously, who's idea was this? A Roadworker with a bad attitude?) but you've got to hit it, maybe take a nibble at the kerb but don't get greedy or exit stage left. Then a leisurely cruise over the SF line.
Renrags' Tip of the TT:- Wear the brown trousers...
Edit: Adding my banker and target times. S1 23s/22.3xx S2 27s/25.8xx
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- California
- GTP_billyjoebobx
Well gawd blersh uhmericuh it's a Corvette racing car at Willow!! 
Nice one y'all, gonna be fun
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Nice one y'all, gonna be fun
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26.192
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- Lismore
- jonesy82360
Fun to be back in a fast car! Couple of laps to see what it's like.
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22.878
27.919
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- Minneapolis, MN
- Never2fast1
Did you know the Corvette is also an off road car? Neither did I until this morning.
Ran 10 laps, 8 of them off roading but I now have a base time.
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28.205
Lots more to improve on, like staying on the track or not doing donuts.
Love the combo, my wife is going to miss me this week as I put the miles on.
Ran 10 laps, 8 of them off roading but I now have a base time.
23.394
28.205
Lots more to improve on, like staying on the track or not doing donuts.
Love the combo, my wife is going to miss me this week as I put the miles on.
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- Devonshire
- GTP_ollie57
Did you know the Corvette is also an off road car? Neither did I until this morning.
See image above
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- Devonshire
- GTP_ollie57
I give up.. 👎
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- Tennessee
- nail-27
In my case it was winter spring 1971 . I was undergoing pilot uprade training in the KC-135 tankers ( Boeing 707). I was off every weekend so I drove 4 hours from The Big Valley then over the Techachipe pass and down into the High Desert on Fridays, stayed in a flea bag motel in Rosamond and lived my dream on Saturday and Sunday and then a bleary eyed drive back to my “ day job”.
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- Austria
- Espial_
Well, I got caught up making a livery:
and didn't have time to do any laps today
Inspiration was the Callaway Corvette from the ADAC GT Masters:
https://www.adac-gt-masters.de/uk/teamportrait/callaway-competition-1251/
and didn't have time to do any laps today
Inspiration was the Callaway Corvette from the ADAC GT Masters:
https://www.adac-gt-masters.de/uk/teamportrait/callaway-competition-1251/
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