Track action images of Elises/Exiges!

[fireball111]

any body got some cup car action pics?

[dmh]

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[rugger1345]

These were taking during the High Speed Touring session at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit on August 25th, 2007:

Coming into the pits:




I love this series:

[skottoman]

Laguna Seca. Need to get back there!!!

[ummagawd]

first track day.... at horse theif mile at willow springs

[chrisp993]

Ummagawd's picture just made me think people debate the efficiency of the air intake on top of the Exige , the subtleties of downforce etc. but what about the aerodynamic impact of square feet of rippled rough blue painters tape over the front and sides of the car

[MikeAR303]

[kestrel74]

Originally Posted by chrisp993

PS Kestrel74 ....... didn't YOU just change suspension

Heh heh.... yeah.... BUT.... it's only my first change !! details in my sig.

[LarryB]

A few more. Track is Laguna Seca. The autocross was the last GGLC one in Nov.

[loki]

Leader of the pack. Photo credit - Got Blue Milk Photography

[byronn5]

The ole Oak Tree

[djo715]

During a BMWCCA school...

[doma]

Nice thread.

Here's two pics from my last stint at Thunderhill.

[JedSezZed]

Originally Posted by Houston Lotus

Photos of me from MSR Houston & Texas World Speedway.

I've long been interested in how one of our cars would do on a banked oval. How fast could you get going and what were the corner speeds?

[ZJChaser]

Originally Posted by JedSezZed

I've long been interested in how one of our cars would do on a banked oval. How fast could you get going and what were the corner speeds?

At Cal speedway I think I'm doing in the 125-130 range entering the corner and maintain 120-125 through the banking...That is without lifting, the car is just doesn't maintain its speed up there.

I'll know much better next time I go there since I'll have the datalogger installed.

[alil'britdifferent]

Me trying to chase down a 914.

Interesting, we were chatting afterwards and we had about the same horsepower and he was about 100lbs lighter - much stiffer set-up though - felt like I was driving a saloon comparing the body roll!!

[Chili Red]

Originally Posted by JedSezZed

I've long been interested in how one of our cars would do on a banked oval. How fast could you get going and what were the corner speeds?

I drove TWS this weekend for the first time and I was hitting 130+ on the banked oval portion of the track. This is probably about 10-15MPH faster than what the Elise will do in the straight.

[Houston Lotus]

Originally Posted by JedSezZed

I've long been interested in how one of our cars would do on a banked oval. How fast could you get going and what were the corner speeds?

In my 2005 Lotus Elise with no modifications I got to 125 mph on the banked front straight of the Texas World Speedway counterclockwise. I heard that by going clockwise at TWS you can get to higher speeds. I am still pretty new at this, so more experienced drivers will be able to go faster. I used to brake into turn 1 coming off of the banked stright, which knocked off some of my speed. I’ve corrected that to where I don't brake or lift off the throttle into 1. TWS isn’t kind to my Elise because of its lower HP(190). My car does better at tracks like MSR Houston because it does not have long straights. That being said, I am planning to attend Texas Motor Speedway’s night event this summer just for the fun of the speed. I heard that TMS is supposed to be a faster track than TWS. As for corner speeds, I really don’t look down at the speedometer on corners.

Can anyone tell me how fast are some of the other banked tracks are in the USA for Loti, such as Homestead Miami, California Speedway, Daytona, and Pocono? Thanks.

[Toad]

Originally Posted by Houston Lotus

In my 2005 Lotus Elise with no modifications I got to 125 mph on the banked front straight of the Texas World Speedway counterclockwise. I heard that by going clockwise at TWS you can get to higher speeds. I am still pretty new at this, so more experienced drivers will be able to go faster. I used to brake into turn 1 coming off of the banked stright, which knocked off some of my speed. I’ve corrected that to where I don't brake or lift off the throttle into 1. TWS isn’t kind to my Elise because of its lower HP(190). My car does better at tracks like MSR Houston because it does not have long straights. That being said, I am planning to attend Texas Motor Speedway’s night event this summer just for the fun of the speed. I heard that TMS is supposed to be a faster track than TWS. As for corner speeds, I really don’t look down at the speedometer on corners.

Can anyone tell me how fast are some of the other banked tracks are in the USA for Loti, such as Homestead Miami, California Speedway, Daytona, and Pocono? Thanks.

I've only run the CW a couple of times at TWS; although you can get faster exit speeds thru T1 cw you still have to brake much sooner ie on the oval to go into T15. On the ccw with more seat time,although the exit speeds out of 15 will be slower than 1 in cw config,you can carry the same amount of speed off the oval and onto the apron thru the blend line and do a straight line brake afterwards as you approach T2.

[RichS]

Actually CW at TWS can be done with a 'brush' of the bakes going into T15 and then using the turn to scrub off speed. I didn't think it could be done until I had a guy who drives a race prepped Elise drive my car. He kept saying that we didn't need to brake at the end of the straight, and by god when we looked at the data he was right. I went from over 1 G in braking down to less than .5 G in braking...

I think I got 121 on the end of the straight the last time I was there. I'd love to be able to get to 130+!