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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDMac34" data-source="post: 1504789" data-attributes="member: 29257">As expected, CAM class definitely stepped up since the last event.[ATTACH=full]18811[/ATTACH]The course was very fast with a lot of big sweepers. I started by working the course inside the loop and saw many people struggling to come off the bank and enter the loop without spinning out. It felt like your run would be determined by how well you could enter the loop and make it around the cone at the bottom of the loop. I'm not saying that the rest of the course was too easy or that you couldn't mess it up, but the consequences of a bad line weren't as severe.I started off the morning session poorly. The turn to enter the loop really messed with me. I couldn't figure out how to slow down and make it through the gates in a smooth motion. I was giving the car a little brake and steering input to make it through the first gate, but the second would come up on me and I'd have to apply more brake with the wheel turned. This upset the car and caused me to get runs in the low 42s. I knew that there was a better way to do that, but couldn't figure it out. I worked the afternoon session and started my session by riding with my friend/rival in his C6 Z06 who was running mid-40s in the morning session. He had a little different method for getting around the track, and I liked most of it. I was able to link those two gates together and was much more smooth with that corner. So smooth that I shaved 1.5 seconds off my time! I had a couple of 40.6 runs and then a 40.7 run. I played with a little trail braking on those runs to help the car rotate, but it didn't help my time. On my very last run, I pushed the car hard and ended up getting a 40.280 run.[MEDIA=youtube]C_cZIy8udvI[/MEDIA]With my car being in CAM-T, I had a larger handicap when compared to the CAM-S guys. I got whooped by the Z28 guy (who was insanely fast) but wasn't far off from everybody else in CAM when comparing raw times. I ended up getting 3rd in CAM after PAX was considered. It doesn't feel right bragging about PAX time, but I've also been battling with my buddy since I started racing and it feels great to finally beat him.[ATTACH=full]18819[/ATTACH]My plan is to look over the car and ensure everything is good for next weekend where it will be a 2-driver car for a 2-day event. Should be a lot of fun!</blockquote>