AMG Academy Stage II Laguna Seca - Pics and Video
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AMG Academy Stage II Laguna Seca - Pics and Video
Some pictures in no particular order.....
Heidi and I in front of the SLS for a picture
My instructors, Jeff on the left and Jonathan on the right. Most excellent gents.
Tommy Kendall getting ready to humble us on the autocross course.
Heidi standing at turn 1 on the front straight listening to advice on trail breaking into turn 2.
Practicing going into turn 2
The cars waiting for us on Sunday morning.
Ben, at the bottom, who integrates the vbox data with the video to provide each person with a video of their experience on the track.
E63s headed into turn 5
Mike Martin left foreground talking with a collegue. Tommy Kendall in the background.
Heidi taking her turn in the SLK55
Early in the morning the instructors walking over and my E63.
C63 follow the leader
Heidi and I in front of the SLS for a picture
My instructors, Jeff on the left and Jonathan on the right. Most excellent gents.
Tommy Kendall getting ready to humble us on the autocross course.
Heidi standing at turn 1 on the front straight listening to advice on trail breaking into turn 2.
Practicing going into turn 2
The cars waiting for us on Sunday morning.
Ben, at the bottom, who integrates the vbox data with the video to provide each person with a video of their experience on the track.
E63s headed into turn 5
Mike Martin left foreground talking with a collegue. Tommy Kendall in the background.
Heidi taking her turn in the SLK55
Early in the morning the instructors walking over and my E63.
C63 follow the leader
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My videos taken when Heidi, my co-driver, was in the driver seat.
A quick clip of the SLS from Friday The SLS
Saturday Activities
Heidi doing some oversteer, twice!
Panic stop and avoid Run 1 and Run 2 where the lights were almost taken out by getting aggressive on late braking.
Section training on turn 2, the Andretti Hair Pin Run 1 and Run 2
Section training from before turn 7 to after turn 11 - Run 1
Part of the day 1 Autocross Practice
Sunday
E63 Follow the leader
A quick clip of the SLS from Friday The SLS
Saturday Activities
Heidi doing some oversteer, twice!
Panic stop and avoid Run 1 and Run 2 where the lights were almost taken out by getting aggressive on late braking.
Section training on turn 2, the Andretti Hair Pin Run 1 and Run 2
Section training from before turn 7 to after turn 11 - Run 1
Part of the day 1 Autocross Practice
Sunday
E63 Follow the leader
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Here are the video'ed laps of my driving Laguna Seca. The pace in these videos was slow. To put it in perspective, my best lap was a 1:56.50. I hit 117mph on the straight once.
These laps where I was complaining about "slow, slow" were 2:10 to 2:16 and a max speed of 88mph. The lap where I held back on the front straight and then caught up was a 2:06 with a max speed of 94mph. My absolute highest speed on the video was during the cool down lap heading into turn 5 where I hit 99mph.
Fastest lap of the event was Tommy Kendall doing a 1:44.00 with a top speed of 124.5mph. In a C63 P30
So - Part 1
and Part 2
The purpose of this video is to critique your driving. The main feedback was my driving postition. Hey! I'm 6'4" and a helmet in a C63. It is not easy. You can see the problem with my driving position as I try to transition to the right in the Corkscrew.
These laps where I was complaining about "slow, slow" were 2:10 to 2:16 and a max speed of 88mph. The lap where I held back on the front straight and then caught up was a 2:06 with a max speed of 94mph. My absolute highest speed on the video was during the cool down lap heading into turn 5 where I hit 99mph.
Fastest lap of the event was Tommy Kendall doing a 1:44.00 with a top speed of 124.5mph. In a C63 P30
So - Part 1
and Part 2
The purpose of this video is to critique your driving. The main feedback was my driving postition. Hey! I'm 6'4" and a helmet in a C63. It is not easy. You can see the problem with my driving position as I try to transition to the right in the Corkscrew.
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