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Tricked out 1098? Nevide Hernendez First time at Bogie, babying it? Damn fine time sir!

It's not that the track is "that bad". That statement itself doesn't make sense. The measure of a track is not the lap times it generates! If TMP was entirely resurfaced and lap times stayed the same, then you could make that statement, but I wager they would drop for everyone if it was...

Carbon: In some ways I agree with you about running better lines and faster times being more comfy. Jia (mercifully) showed me around the track last time at TMP and helped me get down to low 1:19s consistently. And yes, when showed the right lines you get the best out of TMP. And on the back of...

Playing it by ear at the moment. It's such a rare opportunity and so special but I want to be safe also. If we can't do it safely then we'll just do timed heats, but I don't want to know until the end of the day. I'll let others keep the lap times and judge if a head to head is possible. If not...

Maybe, but not likely. The driver is not so confident so that raises more red flags than normal. But I have ridden with cars on track before at Nurburgring....quite an experience! No marshals to blue flag, so I left my mirrors on to know when I had a Porche or two breathing down my neck. A...

In all seriousness, I like your answer. Not needlessly rude or sarcastic or self important. You giving your best advice to the best of your abilities with sincerity. I appreciate that. What is interesting about your answer, when compared to others, is that it can give a good picture about what...

hmmm, you notice a possible 60 second variation in lap times riding in 18C from riding at 28C as a result of the temp difference alone? Interesting stuff. Did you isolate for sarcasm in that conclusion or is that just restricted to ambient air temps alone? You know last time someone asked me...

bro, if you don't know, and all you know is that lower temps means slower lap times, just sit this one out. If you think TMP has no surface issues, that's cool. That wasn't even the question. The temp issues in relations to lap times may be exacerbated at a track like TMP, hence one may find lap...

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No, I was not whining about my tires being chewed up. My tires are fine. My tires were less torn than Carbon's and much less than 49over, and that being after an entire summer (3500km) and 3 track days on them. The last of which riding at 1:19 pace. My diagnosis of my own set up is that it is a...

Ur so helpful, thanks. 1) 70 is plenty yes. 13s and 14s yes. I got all that....that's common info "bro". Are any of those guys in this thread commenting on their track days through out seasonal temp variations? If so I would appreciate your comments. 2) Turn 2 - You are right. This also makes...

WTF am I talking about? hmmmm 1) The consensus is that TMP is a track that actually does not allow much more that 65 to 70C heat into the tires.....and generally speaking is considered a track that can actually lose or not generate enough heat in slicks or DOT tires (for optimum performance)...

Yes I get that. Maybe I wasn't clear. With regard to TMP (typically a low heat, slippery, bumpy track) how do you find your lap times drop off in late September?

A question for you types who track well into late summer, early fall... When the temps start to drop into the low 20s, high teens and presumably the surface temps are in the high 20s at best, how do you find the lap times suffer...especially with the tire heat discussion raging earlier? I...

Great tracking and sense of speed!!!!

Fresh news today, US and UK intelligence agencies have cracked the encryption of internet banking, medical records, etc.......soooooooo.....logging onto anything really!

In the UK certain trained polics officers and marked cars carry guns. I have personally witnessed a caravan of sub machine gun armed police escorting a prisoner lorry, and at every traffic signal 4 officers got out of their vehicle both at the front and back of the caravan, and pointed their...

Operating temps of slicks being 80C - 120C?

On the back of Rossi86's question....is there even a point in running slicks or DOTs at TMP if your lapping around 1:22 to 1:24....given that you can't get them up to temp riding the balls off them unless you're, what, down in the 1:15s? TMP being what it is, it seems Caboose is suggesting no...

Told you....90 percent diet (shed that dead weight)