PALS/LEO Event - Oct 3 - Lotus Corral at NJMP SVRA vintage race

[BruceB]

A few more pictures from NJMP.
Fly over by the air show at the airport next door.
That Cosworth DFV (did I get that right?) that Don was looking for
Lotus 47
Elite road car

[cornbeef]

sorry i missed everyone yesterday but i'm glad we were able to make it today and especially to see kyles mini victory overtaking the way modern faster swift, sweet piece of driving.

[lotus69f2]

We had a pretty nice turn out and despite the track not supplying a corral area I was able to make last minute arrangments. We had quite a varieyt of of cars in the corral including an ELite, 2 Elans, 3 Esprits, and 2 Elises. At least I think that is the right count. This plus the plethora of Lotus race cars made for some interesting viewing. I hope everyone who participated enjoyed themselves, and that more pictures will appear as I did not take any!

I did however get some in car video, and will post it when I get it uploaded to you-tube and figure out how to link it to LT.

[lotus69f2]

Since it was impossible to take guests for rides in my single seater race cars I now have some in car video of the event. This is practice laps in the Type 61.

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[lotus69f2]

Even better- and better video quality as well is race footage from my race in the Type 69. The big car that comes up to my left into turn 1 at the start is a F5000 car. THe car I spend most of the race dueling with (and get the better of) is a '98 Swift 008. My fastest lap was a 1:19.709. The video was edited to fit within the youtube time limit of 10 minutes. Several laps were cut, but the editing makes it seem fairly seamless.


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[BruceB]

Nice job Kyle,
And you passed that Swift right in front of the grandstand too!
Bruce

[lotus69f2]

The spot of the pass is a fantastic spot for overtaking. Most poeple go into turn 4 way slower than they need to, and similar to turn 5 at Summit Point they drive over to the right to set up for the turn, leaving an opening for the overtaking car. There is little opportunity to overtake again until turn 1 leaving a bit of time to put some distance between the cars.

The Swift, and the other red car - a RALT RT41 - are both Toyota Atlantics BTW. I attribute my performance relative to them as they are slower than their potential, rather than I was performing brilliantly - even if I was. I think I could probably get another second off my lap time. Experienced Toyota Atlantic drivers who have done T-bolt say they should be capable of 1:15's.

The front two cars in the group were an Indy Lights Lola, and a Reynard F3000 (the one pictures earlier in the thread with the cosworth DFS - a spec DFV for F3000).

[cornbeef]

i saw the pass on sunday, it was great. kyle was slowly reeling him in and i saw him take a look on the lap prior but thought he'd lost a little time doing so, however next lap out he caught back up and pulled it off. i was kicking myself for forgetting my camera (as i'm sure he is....)

watching the f5000 was hilarious, like using a chainsaw for heart surgery. there was a massive roar, massive acceleration, then less noise, stand on the brakes, catch it, tiptoe through the bends, repeat.

kyle, nice editing on the videos

[Certified Lotus]

Kyle, NJMP is my home track (I'm a member) and a 1:19.709 on T-Bolt is very very quick! Great driving....... My Exige S can't even come close to that lap time!

[lotus69f2]

Originally Posted by cornbeef

kyle, nice editing on the videos

You know you did the editing

[carbuff]

Originally Posted by lotus69f2

You know you did the editing

Ahhh...the "Director's Cut"