Lap Times

hinchcliffe · #1 01-10-2006, 12:48 PM

What would be a good lap time in a stock car. I'm doing about 130ish on the back straight, 110 on the front, 65-70 through the bustop. I'm thinking 2:45ish. Not bad for a 3500+ lbs Stock 928S4, right?

billy · #2 01-10-2006, 01:02 PM

Assuming its the full course (ie. with "boot") with the chicane (aka "inner loop") a good time is 2 mins 15secs say. I hear club race doing lap times just over 2 mins. There was a web site somewhere with times for different vehicles -- let me see if I can find it... A friend of mine in a 2002 stock 996 with street tires does 2.25

Billy

Lobo6 · #3 01-10-2006, 01:03 PM

I only use a stop watch and so my times are "suspect" but I'm in the 2:17-2:22 range depending upon traffic. With more track days you'll get that 928S4 around a lot quicker

The really fast guys are pulling 2:02-2:03's etc.

hinchcliffe · #4 01-10-2006, 01:11 PM

Helio set the track record in September at 1:31 I think. That's nuts.

Maybe I'm running less time than I thought. This year I'm trying a few different things, I have some sway bar drop links on the way to tighten her up a bit for corners like the toe of the boot, so my speed may be better coming out them. Plus I've been reading Speed Secrets and have picked up a few pointers to try along the way also.

So maybe I'm running closer to 2:30? I'll have to have someone do some stop watching this cming year for me.

billy · #5 01-10-2006, 01:14 PM

Just updated the glen page on the wiki with sample lap times that I found. Whats cool is that unlike a forum, the wiki makes it easy to keep information together in one place.

Billy

38D · #6 01-10-2006, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hinchcliffe

What would be a good lap time in a stock car. I'm doing about 130ish on the back straight, 110 on the front, 65-70 through the bustop. I'm thinking 2:45ish. Not bad for a 3500+ lbs Stock 928S4, right?

For reference, your car would run in PCA class E. If fully prepared to the maximum of the rules, it's probably a 2:12ish capable car with a pro driver driver. A good driver would in the 2:14s. If it is bone stock on R tires, probably 2:19s. If you're on street tires, you're talking about 2:22ish.

I ran 2:13.0 this year in my D stock '91 964 Turbo.

Lobo6 · #7 01-10-2006, 06:58 PM

I ran 2:13.0 this year in my D stock '91 964 Turbo.[/quote]

38D...as I said my lap times were "suspect". I drive a '93 964 RS America, Hoosiers etc, DE only, as I know you are a club racer with a totaly awesome car my stop watch is wrong, or I'm hitting it before start / finish :-) I know I can claim at least a 2:20 or 2:19.

BTW guys, I'm a Rennlist member since 6/05 but have not been able to post as of yet due a long and boring story. So...I know you guys from being a "lurker"

Cheers.

jstecher · #8 01-11-2006, 09:52 AM

What are typical times some of the more novice drivers end up running around the Glen? I am thinking that as the information grows on the site it would be pretty nice to have a section that contains lap times broken out in Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced which would help people gauge themselves.

Thoughts?

hinchcliffe · #9 01-11-2006, 10:07 AM

Sounds like a plan. Figure Novice about 2:45 would be a good time. Intermediate 2:30, Advanced 2:10.

Of course that would depend on the car running. A great driver in a 912 wouldn't put up a good time.

jstecher · #10 01-11-2006, 10:25 AM

Great I will try to get the format into the track pages tonight and then I guess we will just let the community add stuff as it becomes available.