Video Best Laps Area

This is a collection of some pretty good laps from the group. Finding the best lap in hours of video is time consuming, so there may be slightly better laps (and prolly a heck of a lot of worse ones). But overall, these should represent decent lines around the tracks.

Newest uploads are at the bottom.

If you want to see some wheel-to-wheel racing, click:
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Some "having fun" videos and "tutorials", click:
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Video format's can pretty much all be played using Apple's QuickTime player. However, the MPEG1's get distorted for some reason (the aspect ratio is all messed up).
Even for Windows, this seems to be the best player for MPEG4's.
For MPEG1's on Windows, Windows Media Player works well.

Get Quicktime here for your platform.

Virginia International Raceway (VIR)

Full Course, North Course, South Course
VIR Corner Radius Map

Section Time Breakdowns

VIR Full	(1) S/F to right under bridge before uphill esses (2) bridge to apex at Oak Tree (3) Oak Tree to end of left curbing before turn-in for Rollercoaster (4) Rollercoaster to S/F
VIR North	(1) S/F to right under bridge before crossover (2) bridge to end of left curbing before turn-in for Rollercoaster (3) Rollercoaster to S/F

Thumbnail Driver Course/Date Laptime Notes Format/Size
Crispy VIR Full
21 Sep 2003 2:19.76 Crispy, smoking, oiled down tires, running VIR full. Wonder how much longer this motor is gunna last. :-)
(section: 52.12 / 28.84 / 29.35 / 29.45)
(295RWHP 1993 RX7 (@ 12psi) w/ Ground Control coilovers, 275x40x17 Hoosiers) MPEG1 - 33MB
Crispy VIR Full
Jun 2004 2:17.85 Crispy improves on his previous lap time (see above clip). Motor is still running. And still oiling down the front of anyone following.
(section: 51.58 / 28.50 / (comb)57.77)
(295RWHP 1993 RX7 (@ 12psi) w/ Ground Control coilovers, 275x40x17 Hoosiers) MPEG4 - 18MB
Shawn VIR Full
21 Sep 2003 2:32.75 Shawns first time out of Summit Point (yeah!) After a few sessions getting used to the fast, smooth VIR pavement, Shawn runs some good laps.
(section: 55.88 / 31.79 / 32.63 / 32.45)
(160FWHP (approx) 1997 Integra GSR w/ Ground Control coilovers, 205x50x15 Toyo Proxies) MPEG1 - 37MB
Joe VIR Full
21 Sep 2003 2:27.69 Still not that great, but getting there. Still quite a bit under the limit in T3a (Nascar Bend) and T10 (top of the esses). Also overslowing a bit (need to use trail braking instead) at the end of the back straight. Decent lap, however, with Scott Willard along for the ride. Note that a PAX adds about 0.5 sec in the back straight ALONE!
See if you can notice the oil pressure drop in hard right handers!
(section: 53.72 / 29.91 / 32.21 / 31.85)
(161RWHP 1998 240SX w/ Zeal coilovers, 225x50x16 Kuhmo V700) MPEG1 - 38MB
Jim VIR Full
30 Sep 2002 2:29.xx Jim driving his 240SX
(155RWHP 1991 240SX w/ suspension, Kuhmos) MPEG4 - 24MB
Joe VIR Full
09 Dec 2001 2:30.40 When I knew what I was doing. A good, clean lap (following Jason in his 3rd gen RX7). I had to do it Oak Tree to Oak Tree, as I had traffic before and after. This is a good time, considering the mostly stock suspension.
(135RWHP 1998 240SX w/ stock suspension, whiteline bars, 235x40x17 A032R) MPEG1 - 38MB
Crispy VIR North
29 Mar 2003 1:45.5x Crispy finally gets a pretty clean lap (without running into tons of traffic). Riding shotgun is Rich Mills.
(275RWHP 1993 RX7 (@ 10psi) w/ Ground Control coilovers, 275x40x17 Hoosiers) MPEG1 - 26MB
Joe VIR North
13 Oct 2002 1:53.65 After Tom's spin in my car (see the other video page), we had to swap out a tire for an old, hard Yoko. Especially on left handers, you can hear the thing yelp a bit. I got this good lap in, followed by about 1/2 lap more, before the front end wouldn't stick at all, and my times went up by about 3sec.
(161RWHP 1998 240SX w/ Zeal coilovers, 235x40x17 A032R) MPEG1 - 28MB
Tom VIR North
13 Oct 2002 1:58.9x Tom driving my car
(161RWHP 1998 240SX w/ Zeal coilovers, 235x40x17 A032R) MPEG1 - 28MB

Summit Point

Main and Jefferson Circuits

Section Time Breakdowns

SP Main

(1) S/F to when big pole goes out of view on right hand side (entering turn 5)
(2) pole to end of tire wall on right side when exiting T9
(3) T9 tire wall to S/F

Thumbnail Driver Course/Date Laptime Notes Format/Size
Joe SP Main
4 Nov 2001 1:34.65 I get a clean lap, driving with Carlos as my passenger. Car at this point is very close to stock. Only mods: tires, Whiteline anti-roll bars, Apexi N1-dual exhaust.
(130RWHP 1998 240SX w/ anti-roll bars, 235x40x17 A032R) MPEG1 - 23MB
Crispy SP Main
2 Nov 2003 1:28.18 One of Crispy's few traffic-free laps. Just shy of the 1:27's. (section: 42.63 / 25.94 / 19.75)
(295RWHP 1993 RX7 (@ 12psi) w/ Ground Control coilovers, 275x40x17 Hoosiers) MPEG1 - 22MB
Crispy SP Jefferson
15 Jun 2003 0:57.90 Crispy with a good lap at the short, tight Jefferson circuit.
(275RWHP 1993 RX7 (@ 10psi) w/ Ground Control coilovers, 275x40x17 Hoosiers) MPEG1 - 14MB

Others

Hillclimbs and Solo Events

Thumbnail Driver Course/Date Laptime Notes Format/Size
Joe Giant's Despair Hillclimb
14 Jul 2002 58.098 My best run up Giant's Despair, driving Tom's 1988 BMW 325is (mostly an ITS car). MPEG1 - 17MB

Thumbnail	Driver	Course/Date	Laptime	Notes	Format/Size
	Crispy	VIR Full 21 Sep 2003	2:19.76	Crispy, smoking, oiled down tires, running VIR full. Wonder how much longer this motor is gunna last. :-) (section: 52.12 / 28.84 / 29.35 / 29.45) (295RWHP 1993 RX7 (@ 12psi) w/ Ground Control coilovers, 275x40x17 Hoosiers)	MPEG1 - 33MB
	Crispy	VIR Full Jun 2004	2:17.85	Crispy improves on his previous lap time (see above clip). Motor is still running. And still oiling down the front of anyone following. (section: 51.58 / 28.50 / (comb)57.77) (295RWHP 1993 RX7 (@ 12psi) w/ Ground Control coilovers, 275x40x17 Hoosiers)	MPEG4 - 18MB
	Shawn	VIR Full 21 Sep 2003	2:32.75	Shawns first time out of Summit Point (yeah!) After a few sessions getting used to the fast, smooth VIR pavement, Shawn runs some good laps. (section: 55.88 / 31.79 / 32.63 / 32.45) (160FWHP (approx) 1997 Integra GSR w/ Ground Control coilovers, 205x50x15 Toyo Proxies)	MPEG1 - 37MB
	Joe	VIR Full 21 Sep 2003	2:27.69	Still not that great, but getting there. Still quite a bit under the limit in T3a (Nascar Bend) and T10 (top of the esses). Also overslowing a bit (need to use trail braking instead) at the end of the back straight. Decent lap, however, with Scott Willard along for the ride. Note that a PAX adds about 0.5 sec in the back straight ALONE! See if you can notice the oil pressure drop in hard right handers! (section: 53.72 / 29.91 / 32.21 / 31.85) (161RWHP 1998 240SX w/ Zeal coilovers, 225x50x16 Kuhmo V700)	MPEG1 - 38MB
	Jim	VIR Full 30 Sep 2002	2:29.xx	Jim driving his 240SX (155RWHP 1991 240SX w/ suspension, Kuhmos)	MPEG4 - 24MB
	Joe	VIR Full 09 Dec 2001	2:30.40	When I knew what I was doing. A good, clean lap (following Jason in his 3rd gen RX7). I had to do it Oak Tree to Oak Tree, as I had traffic before and after. This is a good time, considering the mostly stock suspension. (135RWHP 1998 240SX w/ stock suspension, whiteline bars, 235x40x17 A032R)	MPEG1 - 38MB
	Crispy	VIR North 29 Mar 2003	1:45.5x	Crispy finally gets a pretty clean lap (without running into tons of traffic). Riding shotgun is Rich Mills. (275RWHP 1993 RX7 (@ 10psi) w/ Ground Control coilovers, 275x40x17 Hoosiers)	MPEG1 - 26MB
	Joe	VIR North 13 Oct 2002	1:53.65	After Tom's spin in my car (see the other video page), we had to swap out a tire for an old, hard Yoko. Especially on left handers, you can hear the thing yelp a bit. I got this good lap in, followed by about 1/2 lap more, before the front end wouldn't stick at all, and my times went up by about 3sec. (161RWHP 1998 240SX w/ Zeal coilovers, 235x40x17 A032R)	MPEG1 - 28MB
	Tom	VIR North 13 Oct 2002	1:58.9x	Tom driving my car (161RWHP 1998 240SX w/ Zeal coilovers, 235x40x17 A032R)	MPEG1 - 28MB