Took the black '13 GT500 to the Flatout Motorsports Daytona event yesterday. This was held on the full Rolex 24-hour, 3.56 mile course. I ran five 30-minute sessions. I pitted about 10-minutes early on the fourth session due to low fuel (but ran the entire other four sessions). I figured 1/2 tank was good for the session, but coming off the banking on the front straight the car 'hiccupped' and was showing ~25-miles to empty, so it was probably fuel starved due to the lateral g's.
Lap times were in the 2:22 range and we were hitting mid-150's on the front straight. Vmax on the Performance Box on last session was 157.4 mph. We'll go faster next time out. ;-)
The car is still bone stock on stock tires. On Wednesday, we changed and flushed the brake fluid using Motul RBF600. It is still on stock brake pads. During the entire day, there was not one issue of brake fade, runout, overheating or anything. The car didn't miss a beat the entire day, which was over 200 miles of hard driving. I drove it ~50 miles back home with the AC and stereo blasting.
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There are a few more GoPro videos, one with the camera facing behind the car and another from the top center of the windshield. I'll probably upload later today.
I'd like to run at Roebling in May, but will be at Bondurant that week coming home just a day or two prior, so probably won't be able to make it.
S.
Lap times were in the 2:22 range and we were hitting mid-150's on the front straight. Vmax on the Performance Box on last session was 157.4 mph. We'll go faster next time out. ;-)
The car is still bone stock on stock tires. On Wednesday, we changed and flushed the brake fluid using Motul RBF600. It is still on stock brake pads. During the entire day, there was not one issue of brake fade, runout, overheating or anything. The car didn't miss a beat the entire day, which was over 200 miles of hard driving. I drove it ~50 miles back home with the AC and stereo blasting.
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There are a few more GoPro videos, one with the camera facing behind the car and another from the top center of the windshield. I'll probably upload later today.
I'd like to run at Roebling in May, but will be at Bondurant that week coming home just a day or two prior, so probably won't be able to make it.
S.
