Jorge;
Overall for a new car, I was happy. The car ran fantastic, but the rear end wanted to "float" a bit. That prevented me from really getting on the throttle hard. I'm pretty sure I know the problem, lack of weight. At 2976 pounds with driver, we were just too light for the course, which other people have said they experienced the same problem. And just to set the record straight, I spun the car on my second to last run, but I have a good excuse! A veteran LS racer (who I shall keep nameless) was kind of helping us, and when I told him the rear of the car was "floating or dancing", he said all roadsters do that. He told me, "You gotta drive thru that". So on the run I spun, I was on it hard. In 5th gear at the 2 mile, just a little below 8,000 RPM, and BAM, without any indication whatsoever, the car broke traction and snapped left, then right, then left...Clutch in quick, out of gear and ignition off, and wait for the car to quit spinning. I think it spun for three or four minutes, or so it seemed. Lee Kennedy drove up, asked if I was OK ( my ego was severely bruised) and asked what happened. I told him I was too aggressive and it spun on me. I had to go back to inspection, and the first inspector asked me if I knew what I did wrong, and I told him, "way to aggressive". A few minutes later, Kiwi Steve came up to me and said "I have two words for you mate, TOO AGGRESSIVE". All of us kind of chuckled together, and then I told the group what so and so (the veteran racer) told me, that I had to DRIVE THRU IT, and all the inspectors really started laughing. They then told me that this guy holds the record for spins, and why was I taking driving instructions from him. Anyway, the car was fine and on my last run we changed some things and it actually felt better, but they did in fact move the course over night.
So we have a little work to do, but over all, for a newbie, I was happy with our first Speed Week.
John
