S20 Pre season, 66 mod 2L, Watkins Glen (1948-52) - Sep 28, 2010

[bernie]

Lap time:
3:21.98
Mod:
GPL 1966
Car:
Lotus 33 Climax
Track:
Watkins Glen 1948

Notes:
Obviously didn't begin the lap very well after a bad exit off the last corner on the previous lap, then also made some noticeable mistakes during the lap itself.

Perhaps it could have been at least half a second quicker, but it's so difficult to get all the tricky places right, with all the bottoming and slippery surface

Anyone want to buy a wheel and pedals 

[maddog]

Not to worry Bernie, Hristo has an unfair advantage - he lives in another time zone, so his car is always ahead of us!

[bernie]

Using large doses of blood sweat and tears (mostly tears) I have sort of got the hang of this track , the secret for me was in the set up 

After struggling for ages to navigate the previously inpassible bomb crater section , I honed the suspension and tweeked the bump stops so that I could finally come out the other side with all 4 wheels still attached to the chassis.

An encouraging PB of 3:35.58 no WR but a whopping improvement for this old timer   

 

[Phil Thornton]

An encouraging PB of 3:35.58 no WR but a whopping improvement for this old timer   

Grats Bernie.  Our PB's are within a few hundredths of each other .  Should mean we will have some decent battles this season