I had just flown back from Germany 2 days prior, so I was up bright and early, and landed in Willows by 07:00, just as the run was rising, and got this sunrise over Thunderhill:
early morning in the bay area
I realized as I was arriving that it was good that the sun was rising on the unlit willows runway :)
For my 2nd track day with TTS this year, it was my 2nd time trying the 458C, this time most of a day:
But I also ran a couple of sessions with my 650S, doing the 2 mile track CCW, i.e. reverse from normal, and the jump (yes it's really a jump) and wondering if after you land you'll have enough braking power to slow down from 110mph+ to whatever is necessary to make the super sharp turn, is just terrifying. As expected, I ended up going out:
All in all, I'm not a huge fan of that 2 mile track, way too much time spent on the edge of tire traction, and if you have a fast car, you then have that jump of death on the straight where you hope to land in time to stop and turn. Fun to try, but too destructive on the car in my opinion ;)
in the morning, we did some parade laps
The rest of the day, I used the 458C around the main track, and thanks to coaching from Robb, got my times down to 1:51 on the best lap of the day:
