I ran another weekend at Sebring this past weekend with Chin. It was hot (~90*) both days and I was on almost-dead GY F1's. Also, I left the brakes untouched from Daytona with Hawk DTC60's on factory rotors. The heat the Hawks generate is cracking the factory rotors and I will be changing this up for Road Atlanta in late-June (taking a break in May).
Anyway, ran lots of :33's, but honestly wasn't pushing the car much because of the heat and tires. The final "pucker moment" was Sunday. After no problems with the brakes all weekend, and the new air diverters apparently doing a fine job of cooling them, I noticed some fade going into T7 which got progressively worse but not before I hit my turn-in. I ran through T8-T9 and lifted a bit to brake early into T10 just in case. Well...the pedal basically went to the floor. Thankfully I wasn't doing the ~117 I usually am into the braking zone, but only ~105. I got turned the car hard right to get it sideways and up and over the right side strips onto the dirt. I kept it sideways across the track, over the outside rumble strip and into the dirt, where it came to rest ~10-15' from the tire barrier and wall. Whew.
Other than lots of dust, and a little scuffing of the driver's side of the side of the splitter, no damage other than a slightly deflated tire.
That's a pile of dirt in the backseat. The entire interior is covered with a fine layer of dirt and dust...my detailer is going to have the car for at least a few days.
Here's part of a session. Unfortunately, the session with the off-track excursion, the GoPro died 5 minutes into it. :rollseyes
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Anyway, ran lots of :33's, but honestly wasn't pushing the car much because of the heat and tires. The final "pucker moment" was Sunday. After no problems with the brakes all weekend, and the new air diverters apparently doing a fine job of cooling them, I noticed some fade going into T7 which got progressively worse but not before I hit my turn-in. I ran through T8-T9 and lifted a bit to brake early into T10 just in case. Well...the pedal basically went to the floor. Thankfully I wasn't doing the ~117 I usually am into the braking zone, but only ~105. I got turned the car hard right to get it sideways and up and over the right side strips onto the dirt. I kept it sideways across the track, over the outside rumble strip and into the dirt, where it came to rest ~10-15' from the tire barrier and wall. Whew.
Other than lots of dust, and a little scuffing of the driver's side of the side of the splitter, no damage other than a slightly deflated tire.
That's a pile of dirt in the backseat. The entire interior is covered with a fine layer of dirt and dust...my detailer is going to have the car for at least a few days.
Here's part of a session. Unfortunately, the session with the off-track excursion, the GoPro died 5 minutes into it. :rollseyes
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It only held me back a few times and probably keep me out of trouble.
