Thursday, December 26, 2013

Track fun from past years

It is amazing to watch old track videos and realize that nothing major has happened. Especially when bunch of eager amateur weekend racers want to show their best, someone should definitely hit a barrier or some other obstacle. Well ok, sometimes that did happen but luckily no one got seriously hurt!

I have selected here a couple of videos from the past seasons for you to watch. Back in 2008 youtube had only limited capacity for video uploads and that shows. I filmed the earlier videos with a Panasonic compact camera. It recorded quite decent 480p video, but it had to be heavily packed to make it fit youtube’s limitations.

Hope you enjoy!

This was filmed during Radalle.com track day in 2008. These events are open to everyone and usually very crowded. Lover than average video quality, noisy audio but lots of overtaking with 132 hp Miata!
Best parts in first 5 minutes.
- Mitsubishi EVO, Mk1 Supra, Opel Omega, RX-7, Porsche 944

Screaming 8000+ rpm single lap from 2010! Revlimiter was set to 8500 rpm since engine was still making good power up there and I got away with fewer gear changes. Very nice engine tone from open cone filter and aluminum intake plumbing, average 480p video quality and some tire squeal.

Open racing practice in 2012. This was my first video with multiple angles. Nothing really special happens here, some corner exit power slides, one mild-ish throttle tap drift at 3:32 and two race cars. Put HD720 on!
- Legends race car, Citroen DS3 R3 rally car

Miata Club of Finland’s track day at Alastaro in 2013. A fellow member wanted some footage of his driving, so I tried to keep up with him. 100hp/Nm extra makes a difference! This was also a test for a chin mounted Hero2-camera. Put HD on!

Radalle.com track day at Motorpark in 2013. This stint turned out to be a true -90’s battle!  At 1:20 I let a Ferrari 348 TS pass me and then followed it. Eventually we caught a Honda Civic VTi with slightly tuned B18 that was competing in Time Attack Club –class. We passed it and after that also E34 5-series drift car. Audio quality is not good. Hero2’s internal microphone is poor and open top makes quite lot turbulence. Something to be dealt with…


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