(Videos) Lotus Cortina, Summit Point: I got a mention!

[ELVA164]

Hey R3V,

I just finished a race weekend at Summit Point with the Vintage Racer Group, and I was really happy with my performance. I won each of my three group races, as well as anchoring the come-from-behind victory for my relay team. I got footage of most of my sessions, and I thought I would post them here as they (slooooooowly) upload to Youtube.
Edit: All sessions are uploaded!

Feel free to leave any advice or feedback, as this is only my 5th or 6th race weekend and I want to learn all I can. Thanks!

This is the video of my Saturday race, where I worked my way up from 15th to the lead!


Here is video of my leg of the relay. It's short, but I thought it was a cool concept. I started with a 21sec gap to an Aston Martin DB5 with 3 laps to catch him for the win.



The Sunday race is finally up! Now we can see if anything got better (or worse...) since Saturday.

[acolella76]

wtf did that dude at 40 seconds spin his car getting onto the track? haha!

Anyways, nice driving. My only advice would be to not saw the wheel so much. But we all have our own driving styles, so do what suits you best.

[ELVA164]

Heh, yeah he did....I was pulling out and you can see me shake my head a bit when I see him

I agree that I need to try to cut down the sawing, but that particular car also requires a lot of...massaging to get it around corners. It's definitely one of my favorite things about it. A lot of it is probably me hunting, though. Thanks!

[Emre]

I don't know Summit Point as well as other circuits, but you can definitely use that bit of track to the left (over the white line) at the end of the back straight.

You can cross over the line slightly and widen your entry into T1, which will allow you to carry more speed in.

[ELVA164]

You can cross over the line slightly and widen your entry into T1, which will allow you to carry more speed in.

You know, that's what I like about having video because I could have sworn I was doing that and I very clearly wasn't. :| Thanks for the tip, I'll have to see if it changed in the later sessions!

[Wh33lhop]

Nice! Congrats on the wins. You're fast so I can't say I'm all that surprised.

Just viewing the video, if I were you, at this point I would be trying to improve my consistency in general. You are fast but it seems like you are driving on instinct as much as memory. I see you taking different lines through the same corners, blowing the occasional apex and at least once blowing an entire corner. I would work on laying down entry positioning, braking points and turn-in points and sticking to them until they are almost muscle memory. Get your consistency down and you can push harder safely and experiment more effectively.

[ELVA164]

Thanks for the input! I agree for sure on the consistency bit, that was my first thought as I was looking back through these videos today. I'm trying to figure out how to upload the next day's race faster (it says like 1400 minutes to upload...) so you can compare and see if anything improved. I believe that I was using more instinct the first one or two days, but by Sunday I was trying to use more concrete points for braking and turn-in to try to narrow things down. I do believe that's my biggest target for improvement in the future though.

[burkey001]

General comment on the car.... awesome. It hauls so much over every other car on that track at the time... it's like they aren't trying!

Technical question about your dry sump setup: what's the height your feed line as they pass through the firewall; is it above the inlet on the pump, level with it or below it?
How often do you manually prime the oil system? Every time or only after it's been sitting for a while?

:)

[ELVA164]

Thanks for the compliment! The car was a bit out of place there I think despite fitting the displacement requirement...I think it would have been better suited racing in the over-2-liter displacement group.

Going from memory, the feed line to the tank is above the pump. The car runs a very consistent 60psi when warm. We only manually prime after sitting for a while or after an oil change. Thanks for the interest!

[ncbrock]

car sounds brutal, dcoe setup?

[ELVA164]

car sounds brutal, dcoe setup?

Yeah, twin 45mm. The sound is really awesome, especially in person. Maybe I should do one of those silly "startup" videos.

[JRKOUPE]

Mike...Im sending you a pm...I need your thoughts.

best

Joel

[ncbrock]

Yeah, twin 45mm. The sound is really awesome, especially in person. Maybe I should do one of those silly "startup" videos.

I used to drive a 16v gti with 45mm webers. I miss the sound

[QUKBMER]

Nice race bro !!! Car sounds really good. I want a lotus cortina so bad.

[ELVA164]

Nice race bro !!! Car sounds really good. I want a lotus cortina so bad.

Thanks man! It really does sound awesome. When I'm back home (visiting the girl for the weekend) I'll need to take a short video of the sound from the outside. It really barks. And you should want a Lotus Cortina! They rule.