So this weekend was another trackday in the 2 at Road Atlanta. The theme of the day was hot. It was 97 degrees outside and I have no idea how hot the pavement was but it was hot. The car survived with no issues. I was happy I could get a 3rd trackday from the pads and rotors which is a new record for me. I worked on a couple of lines through 3 different turns and felt that I started to make progress on improving. The thing I am trying to figure out is that I was a little over 2 seconds slower than my best. The only thing I can think of that changed is that it was hotter and I have different tires. When I looked at the data I was slower everywhere. Acceleration seemed to be about the same, but I was slower in the turns which made me slower on the straight. Not sure if I was just driving easier or if the heat paid a bigger role than I thought. This is with the 205 RE-71R's. Best was with 225 R888. I don't think it was just my driving since I was slower everywhere compared to before. Even turn 7 which is a slow 90degree turn in second. No reason to take it easy there since it is only 50ish. Part of the reason I was confused was that at AMP I was faster on the RE-71R's, but again it was cooler then. Either way I had a good time on track and with friends. Also met some cool new people.
Oh and I was instructing again. My student has an M4. He did well, very open minded to suggestions for his driving which is always good for a student. I took him out in the 2 in the afternoon. He was amazed how slow it was on the back straight compared to his, but the first time I hit the brakes hard after the long straight I definitely scared him since I was braking so much later and harder than he could.