Annoying Miatas ruining track days
05-23-2023, 12:41 PM
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Annoying Miatas ruining track days
I hear from fellow P-car drivers all the time about how irritating it is sharing the track with Miatas during HPDEs.
This video does a good job showing just how annoying it could be with a Spec Miata and a Turbo S sharing the same track.
https://youtu.be/F91MSFNM8HM
This video does a good job showing just how annoying it could be with a Spec Miata and a Turbo S sharing the same track.
https://youtu.be/F91MSFNM8HM
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05-24-2023, 12:17 PM
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Guess it's time...
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05-23-2023, 04:49 PM
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Lol.
My race car is slightly slower than a spec miata on the straight and is a fair bit faster in the corners, and ya its frustrating being held up in the corners by most stuff on the track, then spending infinite work to pass someone in the corners and finally after them easily repassing you on the straight the 5th time you make it stick on the 6th pass, but it's also sooo much fun driving a car like that. Not that it isn't fun passing everyone everywhere in some sorta space rocket race car too, but it's different fun.
You learn a lot about being efficient with your momentum with a zero powered car and in road racing you learn how to setup hard passes and how to block them from repassing to make it stick because every pass is a hard pass, which is why I think it is a good starting point for most people to learn race craft. Then someday when you graduate to something faster you won't have to worry about miatas buzzing around you like flies, and then when you go for that 'easy' pass on a straightaway you'll appreciate it that much more.
My race car is slightly slower than a spec miata on the straight and is a fair bit faster in the corners, and ya its frustrating being held up in the corners by most stuff on the track, then spending infinite work to pass someone in the corners and finally after them easily repassing you on the straight the 5th time you make it stick on the 6th pass, but it's also sooo much fun driving a car like that. Not that it isn't fun passing everyone everywhere in some sorta space rocket race car too, but it's different fun.
You learn a lot about being efficient with your momentum with a zero powered car and in road racing you learn how to setup hard passes and how to block them from repassing to make it stick because every pass is a hard pass, which is why I think it is a good starting point for most people to learn race craft. Then someday when you graduate to something faster you won't have to worry about miatas buzzing around you like flies, and then when you go for that 'easy' pass on a straightaway you'll appreciate it that much more.
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05-23-2023, 04:53 PM
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Lol.
My race car is slightly slower than a spec miata on the straight and is a fair bit faster in the corners, and ya its frustrating being held up in the corners by most stuff on the track, then spending infinite work to pass someone in the corners and finally after them easily repassing you on the straight the 5th time you make it stick on the 6th pass, but it's also sooo much fun driving a car like that. Not that it isn't fun passing everyone everywhere in some sorta space rocket race car too, but it's different fun.
You learn a lot about being efficient with your momentum with a zero powered car and in road racing you learn how to setup hard passes and how to block them from repassing to make it stick because every pass is a hard pass, which is why I think it is a good starting point for most people to learn race craft. Then someday when you graduate to something faster you won't have to worry about miatas buzzing around you like flies, and then when you go for that 'easy' pass on a straightaway you'll appreciate it that much more.
My race car is slightly slower than a spec miata on the straight and is a fair bit faster in the corners, and ya its frustrating being held up in the corners by most stuff on the track, then spending infinite work to pass someone in the corners and finally after them easily repassing you on the straight the 5th time you make it stick on the 6th pass, but it's also sooo much fun driving a car like that. Not that it isn't fun passing everyone everywhere in some sorta space rocket race car too, but it's different fun.
You learn a lot about being efficient with your momentum with a zero powered car and in road racing you learn how to setup hard passes and how to block them from repassing to make it stick because every pass is a hard pass, which is why I think it is a good starting point for most people to learn race craft. Then someday when you graduate to something faster you won't have to worry about miatas buzzing around you like flies, and then when you go for that 'easy' pass on a straightaway you'll appreciate it that much more.
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05-23-2023, 05:40 PM
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Lol.
My race car is slightly slower than a spec miata on the straight and is a fair bit faster in the corners, and ya its frustrating being held up in the corners by most stuff on the track, then spending infinite work to pass someone in the corners and finally after them easily repassing you on the straight the 5th time you make it stick on the 6th pass, but it's also sooo much fun driving a car like that.
My race car is slightly slower than a spec miata on the straight and is a fair bit faster in the corners, and ya its frustrating being held up in the corners by most stuff on the track, then spending infinite work to pass someone in the corners and finally after them easily repassing you on the straight the 5th time you make it stick on the 6th pass, but it's also sooo much fun driving a car like that.
So yeah, it can be frustrating but still a blast, says this guy......
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