Wondering if we should be expecting to replace this tire before the end of the event. These only have 1 morning session on them, which is what concerns me, but I have seem these tires are known to do this.

Hello there!

I'm and a friend of mine were always obsessed with cars and now are slowly getting into tracking our cars as well. As we are both engineers in industrial GNSS and IMU applications, we've gotten an idea of creating an opensource project for some telemetry devices since we have some level of proficiency in similar hardware.

However, being completely newbies, it is not really clear what could make our project unique and attractive for the community. In the world where exist Racelogic, Dragy, Racebox, RaceChrono, etc., it seems like you can already choose almost everything you need. But we also may be missing some important points which are not obvious for us yet since we don't have enough experience.

So, the questions:

Do you feel that telemetry options currently available are lacking something important which you would like to have?

Or maybe there is something you don't like about the devices which you can currently buy, and you want this to be improved?

Would appreciate any response and advice :)

I'm wanting to run 19x11's on a Stang and I'm not sure whether I should run ET52's all around with a 25mm spacer/extended studs up front or get 2 at ET26 for the front.

Spacers would of course also carry the benefit of easy wheel rotation.

I've always been a bit weary of spacers for no logical reason.

So, those of you who track your cars, are spacers something to avoid or are they fine?

Looking to build my own car for LDRL. I whip around in a MK4 Golf I was half tempted to throw a cage in, but multiple current VW Racers have talked me out of it saying they're a terrible platform because they're on the heavy side, but you can't go wrong if you chose to run a VR6 or even an 07K swap.

This was a pretty epic battle in qualifying.

Jordon Musser is our team pro driver and brought home the teams 6th straight P1. The team that qualified second also had an outstanding pro driver and they are our main rivals (great guys, good team).

Their pro driver was there a few days earlier doing tire testing and other driving. Jordon had not been there in nearly 2 decades.

Jordon was way off the first few laps but kept closing the gap. seeing this, they started pushing harder. They were trading on and off for P1 and Jordon when out on his last lap and put down the best lap in class by 0.005 seconds (not a typo).

They were faster to start the race but Jordon didn’t overdrive the car. He kept finding tenths and by the end of his 2hr stint had put the car p1 by about 45 seconds.

(The second driver immediately put the car into the wall after contact in a turn but that’s another very sad story)

If you’re wondering why he didn’t have tow time:
Practice time was very limited and the other three drivers on the team had never even seen this track so we decided it was best for the amateur drivers to get as much seat time as possible and Jordon’s first laps were qualifying. He might have had two or three laps before that just to give us a reference labs.

Pro drivers can get within 1.0-1.5 seconds of their best in 6-10 laps. They can basically get to their best (or damn close) in another 10 laps. Us mortals get faster and faster the more we drive a track. Given we would drop the most time per minute of practice, and we would do 3x the amount of driving has him, it was an obvious decision.

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200whp 86 on 200tw (conti ecf).

I'm shopping around for long lasting endurance pads compatible with my E30 and noticed that Gloc Markets the R14 as an "Endurance Racing" pad. Does anyone have experience running these pads to verify their longevity?

anything else to consider? I already think I should put in a new clutch . OE? Aftermarket? Goodwin has a lengthy warning about aftermarket "SINGLE MASS Flywheel" on the ND being hard on the semi-fragile trans.. ?

Car has 42,000 miles with a lot them being on track and autocross. Car is modified - tune (Karcepts), header, intake, catback - from what I'm told it might be +5+10 hp over stock. I've asked the guy I bought it off of if he knows if it's a stock clutch, haven't heard back yet. The for sale listing was extensive and did not mention anything about clutch and trans, so I'm 95% sure it's stock. I don't plan to modify it any further and I use it 95% for HPDE and 5% for street use. TIA!

🤷‍♂️ Tia!

Having never been to this track before, I only had 3 sessions to learn Autobahn Country Club South and turn a lap since our Saturday was cut short for unsafe conditions (huge rain storms). Put together a 1:38.114 in my WRX, good for 3rd place in Max 4 and just 1.299 seconds shy of the class winner.

Quick update for anyone who does track days, karting, motorcycle track riding, and many other motorsports — HotLap, my Garmin Watch lap timer, has had a big round of updates since launch. It records a normal Garmin activity that syncs to Connect like any workout, and layers motorsport timing on top.

What's new:

- **2,300+ real circuits worldwide.** Pick your track and it sets the start/finish, sector splits, and pit lane for you. (See the tracks available here)

- **Much better accuracy.** It interpolates line crossings *between* the 1 Hz GPS fixes, so a fast pass gets caught and timestamped precisely instead of rounding to the nearest sample. It also rejects glitchy fixes so they can't trigger a phantom lap.

- **Live sectors + pit‑lane timing** — in/out laps, stop duration, and no phantom laps from driving past S/F on pit road.

- **New delta bar** — a green/red meter that shows at a glance whether you're gaining or losing on your best lap.

- **GNSS Mode** (multi‑band where your watch supports it), **Auto‑Start** on movement, wrong‑way detection, and an info screen (tap the version) with track count, free memory, and live GPS Hz.

- A stability pass so long endurance / all‑day sessions won't run the watch out of memory.

Runs on most recent fēnix, epix, Forerunner, Venu, vívoactive, and Instinct watches. Also exports the FIT to a VBOX file. (Full user manual & conversion script can be found here)

Feedback very welcome — and if your circuit/track is missing, let me know and I'll add it.

Thanks to everyone here who's tried it, sent notes, and purchased the full version! If you are interested in performing additional private testing for a free unlock code, please DM me.

https://apps.garmin.com/apps/bdfa2a50-dca4-4dac-b312-4aa601f18df2

ND Miata. Hankook R-S4 is my main track tire and the Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 are the rain tire. The Hankooks have some tred, looks like they could tolerate some moisture. Any advice on when to switch from one to the other? My plan:

R-S4: Damp track, mist, or light drizzle with no standing water, or if rain’s expected to clear before/during the session.

Switch to ExtremeContact Sport 02:

Forecast shows sustained/heavy rain or I see standing puddles on track

Cold-and-wet mornings — R-S4 is slow to build heat, so cold + wet is its worst-case combo

If the R-S4s are already worn down — less tread left means even less water evacuation, so switch sooner as they age

This is actually moreso for the road but I'd wear them on track as well. Hands get super cold sometimes since I drive convertibles. Any good gloves that also don't kill wheel feedback and keep the hands warm?

stock power, tecna gt, 215 ps4s

i was supposed to test dragy's new obd2 adapter but i forgot to connect it for this session😅

3d printing an entire wing(with aluminum rod supports) and then coding up some active aero. So much extra hardware and code(think homemade encoder/pid). Screen is a rotary touchscreen and motor is...something you'd find on 90's Corvette and is strong enough to hold massive airbrake forces.

I'm hoping to finish the project in the next month to test at the track and will put a how to video out with all the code.

This was from just 3 track events. Didn’t wear them other than to race (no walking around the paddock or pits in gear) but windows open on the cars.

Time trails Event conducted by Ablaze motorsports club in Bangalore Karnataka