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    • 13COBRA
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      June 3, 2020 at 11:29 am
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      #531181

      ViperNC said:
      There is a Track Night in America this Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway and I have to admit I have never driven on an oval before mainly because I love road courses. The other disappointment is they are not going to include the back straight chicane this time for some reason so basically they are running 7/8 of the oval and then a few corners on the infield road course. What are the general opinions/suggestions about taking a street car out on an oval track?

      For a TNIA, it shouldn’t be a big deal…

      But if you’re really trying to push for fast times, I would have no idea where to start on alignment and tire pressures.

    • ViperNC
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      June 3, 2020 at 11:53 am
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      #531183

      13COBRA said:
      For a TNIA, it shouldn't be a big deal…

      But if you're really trying to push for fast times, I would have no idea where to start on alignment and tire pressures.

      Yeah…. no super fast times for me in this arena that I have zero experience. I know my car has a TA1 alignment set up which is great for my local tracks (VIR, AMP, CMP, Barber, and Road Atlanta) however the banking at the speedway is a different animal. I’m guessing I would run higher psi on the passenger side by maybe a pound or two. Also have no idea what the entry speed to the banked corners would be for a car that doesn’t have an oval alignment setup. 150 mph?

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      June 3, 2020 at 1:01 pm
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      #531194

      I have run quite a few laps at Pocono on both Corsas and R7s. I’ve run every configuration there including the NASCAR oval. Setup was not tailored to the oval and I didn’t have any trouble. I did follow the technical advisory from Hoosier to increase tire pressure for the higher loads in the banking particularly in NASCAR turn 1, but at the same time I’m not carrying huge pace relative to what the car can do.

      [video=youtube_share;LAd9dbBPq6E]https://youtu.be/LAd9dbBPq6E[/video]

      [video=youtube_share;rKkvGWv8ZPA]https://youtu.be/rKkvGWv8ZPA[/video]

    • ViperNC
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      June 3, 2020 at 1:37 pm
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      #531200

      str5010 said:
      [video=youtube_share;rKkvGWv8ZPA]https://youtu.be/rKkvGWv8ZPA[/video]

      What track app are you running to get the Gen 5 info on screen? Is there something I can download to an iPhone? Maybe I need to go read my owner’s manual!

    • 13COBRA
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      June 3, 2020 at 2:23 pm
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      #531206

      Yes, higher tire pressures for sure. If not, your tire will roll over your rim and puncture.

      It will also take longer for your tires to get up to temperature.

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      June 3, 2020 at 4:55 pm
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      #531215

      It’s race chrono data fed into a template in dashware. The template was posted on youtube in a how to.

    • Shannon Whitehead
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      June 11, 2025 at 3:12 am
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      #35700

      There is a Track Night in America this Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway and I have to admit I have never driven on an oval before mainly because I love road courses. The other disappointment is they are not going to include the back straight chicane this time for some reason so basically they are running 7/8 of the oval and then a few corners on the infield road course. What are the general opinions/suggestions about taking a street car out on an oval track?

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