I had the opportunity to drive at Watkins Glen for two days with Napleton Porsche Masters and Chin Motorsports. What a beautiful area of the country, I have never been to upstate New York before.
I have never driven a track with a flow like this, a lot of elevation changes and late apexes, and the "blue bushes" closely bordering the track all the way around. Tends to keep you very focused.
Started off the LAPS, Inc. season in style this year with several track sessions with my old friend Ron, otherwise known as "Buey". For years we always would seem to find each other on the track during a session and have some fun... it is now to the point we just meet in the pits and go out together on the track. We are driving the full circuit Autobahn CC course, he'll be using the horsepower of his Corvette to his advantage, I'll be using the outstanding brakes in my Porsche... so much fun.
I got a chance to go back and drive Roebling Road race course in Savannah, Georgia. This was the very first race course I drove, where I took my driving school with Z06's. This time I was driving my GT3, what a fun track. Not really the way I remembered it, but I know a bit more about driving then I did back then. Every corner there is late apex, you just have to get into a "southern' rhythm" and be patient on corner entry. The track has a nice flow turn 2 through 7, some really fast sweepers in there. And then there is that 160 mph straight to collect yourself, get some passing done, and row through some gears.
I blogged March 25th about the de interlacing being broken in the H.264 compression in iMovie '09, it seems to be fixed with the 8.0.1 upgrade that just automatically downloaded. Thanks Apple, that was quick!
