Day two in Texas

Scroll down and read day one if you haven't already, then come back here...

My second day went really well. Did some more lead-follow with Jason. Started out with him behind me just telling me things in corners. That was a big help. Then he passed me and I just did the "keep up" thing. Got my best lap of the trip right behind him, and he pulled in and I got an even better one by myself just after. I was consistently running about seven tenths faster than the previous day (and it was colder the second day, so it probably should have been slower, I'd guess) but managed one lap that was even two more tenths quicker at a 1:23.8. The record is 1:22.2 (set the day before).

I'm pretty happy being 1.6s off the track record. The biggest thing was I learned how to trail brake better and the value of coasting in some places. No, you don't do it much and you don't do it for long, but an MX-5 can be fastest in some types of corners with a brake, coast, then roll on the throttle. For the most part, the time I was losing to Jason was because he does threshold braking better than I do and thus could brake a little later than me and get the braking done about the same spot. He did usually carry just a slight amount more speed than me through some corners, but it was small. Then there was what I'll call a "hero move" you have to execute to get into the first corner that would take me more than a couple days to get right...

Anyway, great two days. I'm feeling pretty comfortable and confident in the race car right now. Hope I can transfer that to some other cars in a few weeks...