I love Fuji speedway. There is so much on offer. Every corner is a battle to get right not to mention all in the same lap. I'm not approaching the limit of the car yet but I am banging off my limit right now without thinking about things a little more. Every second from here is going to be pure joy.So, its no surprise that I should desire to take Friday off even though it was a rather damp morning and head to the mountain. I had high hopes for a great day, rain or shine.
My R-34 GT-R buddy was already there when I arrived at Fuji's car park. He was easy to spot because of the bright blue color and the fact that the car park was nearly empty. The day was looking good. There were 6 x 30 minute sessions at available at Fuji on this particular day. I decided to do 3 or them.
First session was 9:45 and it was pretty dry. I managed a bunch of 2'15 times which I was pretty happy with as my best in the RX-8 was 2'14.81. Second session it started to rain a little but I still managed to keep most of my times
around 2'16 or so. The RE-11 tires were very inspiring.
Third session and my S2000 mate joined in the fun. The surface was pretty dry again, but it had been about 2 hours since I'd been on the track so the tires were cold. I gave it a little too much welly on the exit of the last corner and spun out on the first lap! Opps... It was totally savable too but I guess I hadn't got in the swing of things yet after that large curry I had for lunch... A good spin always wakes you up though and gets you in the mood so I got my best time of the day shortly after that with a 2'14.75 beating my RX-8 best time! Kewl!
Unfortunately, I also ran out of fuel about 4 laps later and had to head in for gas. What a waste as I had about 10 minutes left in the session. I thought I'd do a forth session to make up for this since the S2000 had only just arrived anyway.
It started raining lightly again in the 4th session and unfortunately my video cut out on me as the battery died. I did another 2'14 time again on the last lap in the rain. I think the rain helped because it was easier to turn the car on corner entry as the back was looser. The RE-11s were very progressive and confidence inspiring again. I'd really love to have had that extra footage though as I was obviously driving a lot better as my speed were down slightly in the 100R because of the rain.
Some lap times for the record:
1. 2'14.75
2. 2'14.91
3. 2'15.08
4. 2'15.27
5. 2'15.32
Wish I could have sector times for Fuji. I must check whether my lap timer can do this next time or I'll need to invest in a GPS data logger of some sort to figure things out.
Anyway, I'll try upload some footage at some stage. Stay tuned!
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