What's better than one weekend autocrossing at Poconos Raceway? Two weekends back to back! I thought last weekend's weather was good. This weekend was even better. Softened up the front a bit to get it to work a bit better and it was feeling pretty good. We did 4 heats so we got both a morning and afternoon session.
NNJR PCA/SCCA Autocross - 6-23-2019 Photo Cred: Perry Aidelbaum
In the afternoon, I had James (2018 STX National Champion) co-drive with me after his BRZ had some issues with the clutch. It was a good opportunity to get some feedback and also push the tire temps on the Advans to see how they behave at the limits. After some back to back runs the Advans eventually did get way too hot and we had to spray them down. That took about 5 runs and with very little breaks in between so that gives me confidence that these tires will be just fine single driver at Nationals.
James popping the Porsche Mid-Engine Cherry - 6-23-19
We discussed what was going on with the front end and increase front rebound more to get the front to stay down. This definitely helped quite a bit. The front was gripping much better and made transitions easier. The final settings were:
Front: compression: 5 rebound: 11
Rear: compression: 9 rebound: 9
It'll be interesting to see how these new settings translate at the Meadowlands. The grip here is significantly higher and there aren't any real bumps to speak of other the curbing. We had four runs each in the afternoon and were split by only 0.1 seconds. It's really interesting seeing our base and top speeds as we played some cat and mouse in different sections.
NNJR PCA/SCCA - 6-23-2019
There was also that one run where I accidentally left my helmet on the passenger seat giving James an interesting surprise at the end of the straight. I still have a chuckle at this video.
