Hey LordZ, thanks for the video showing me having not one, but two offs on the same turn.
I think Prof. Chili is right, the Miata has ruined me as a Lotus driver. Going off in a Miata is not big deal, but in a Lotus...
My only comment is that the extra horse power in the Exige vis-a-vis the Miata was just too much to resist. Especially coming out of the turn 2-3 combination once you got a little rotation to get the back end pointed in the right direction. WHOOSH away we go through the esses and down the back straight. Wooo Hoo! that's fun!
What I was missing in that turn was easing off the brakes to regain front tire grip before turning in.
I was one session away from either nailing that turn or calling AAA for towing service.
You can see in the video that when I got it right, I was carrying a good amount of speed into that short shoot before the hard left onto the front straight.
Bummer that my video and Trackmate gear is all in my Miata right now and the Miata is at GHM getting some prep-work done on it so I can do a turbo in the Fall. (Then my Lotus eating Miata will be done.
) At least if I had something in car beyond a hand held stopwatch then I'd have some video / data to defend myself with...
Anyway, I had a really fun time and Paul / LOST hosted a great event as usual.