At CMP. Where is everybody?

#1

Beautiful day. New course is very nice. From the photos I thought that turn 12 would be faster. You still have to get your speed down pretty far and use a very late apex. Once you get out of 12 you’re flat out with a shift point in the middle of the gentle turn 13.

The additional width in the last turn before the straight away changes it’s character a fair amount.

Turn 11 the turn after the kink is slippery if you end up at midtrack. As you saw from the photos there is additional asphault on the inside of the turn. The additional asphault has a border where it meets old asphault at about mid track around the turn. The border of new asphault on top of old is creating some asphault crumbles so if you end up wide on the turn the mid-track crumbles will take over. That should go away with time tho.

Wireless at the track works well. The 24 day garages are great.

Not a single other E30 here.

Thought this weekend was open track, but it’s a 4 session DE event. Top group has open passing. One group is motorcycles, which seems like a cheaper way to do this sort of thing. Well, until you’re killed I suppose.

On a personal note…Not having been here in 8 months, I’d managed to forget how much I suck away from Roebling.

-Scott, live from CMP

#2

Great report!!! I can’t wait for next weekend!

#3

Scott,

Thanks for the scouting report. I can’t wait to get out there… less than a week from now :woohoo:

#4

Having never done this before, I have a question. What do people generally do with their trailers and cars? Leave them at the track, or haul them to the hotel? I didn’t know how secure your car would be at the track parked on an open trailer.

John

#5

drumbeater wrote:

[quote]Having never done this before, I have a question. What do people generally do with their trailers and cars? Leave them at the track, or haul them to the hotel? I didn’t know how secure your car would be at the track parked on an open trailer.

John[/quote]

All the cars stay at the track. They are much safer there with one exception. Let’s just say I hope some of the alcohol sponsored teams don’t stay at the track this year… :lol:

#6

Definitely safer at the track, but you might find your car moved across the paddock by some hooligans if you don’t lock it up. :woohoo:

#7

Track is still hard on brakes, but everyone seemed to agree that the new configuration is more fun. Although you no longer have to brake for turn 13, you hit 14 with more speed so braking is pretty much a wash.

I note that the schedule has us doing the old CMP config in the Spring. I think that folks might be lobbying for the new configuration instead.

Some street car put himself into the tire wall today to the right of turn 1. A black Honda, I think. Session got pulled in while they put the wall back together. Didn’t see it happen, but talked to Control while we waited to go back out. His analysis of the incident was limited to…“Left turn, LEFT turn”.

#8

DriverGT5 wrote:

[quote]drumbeater wrote:

[quote]Having never done this before, I have a question. What do people generally do with their trailers and cars? Leave them at the track, or haul them to the hotel? I didn’t know how secure your car would be at the track parked on an open trailer.

John[/quote]

All the cars stay at the track. They are much safer there with one exception. Let’s just say I hope some of the alcohol sponsored teams don’t stay at the track this year… :lol:[/quote]

Now wait a minute… Don’t be lumping us in with those (so called) hooligans.

For the record BeerTech had absolutely nothing to do with the relocation of any race cars.

And while there are a few deals in the works… neither MLT or BTR are not currently sponsored by any adult beverage companies.