Emira(s) At COTA

[brett_g]

Had an amazing opportunity for some private track time at Circuit of the Americas last week. A fellow club member is also an Emira owner as well (Ryan, not sure if you're on here!)

 

[Ft.S]

How did you and the car do on track? More details please

 

[brett_g]

How did you and the car do on track? More details please

First time back on COTA after about a year. Previous was in my 991.2 GTS, but did most of my time "working" through the HPDE's to get solo'd in my Cayman T.

It was fun - I am touring and stock tires, so they had a small window before they felt greasy. It was difficult finding my braking zones at the long straights at COTA (about 141mph or so into T12), but other wise the car was great. Sadly, I don't have the confidence that I won't break anything in this car like i did in my Porsche products, so a few hours was great to get my feet wet and a feel for what the car can do. Did not time any laps, but was a generally enjoyable experience! Only got about 15-20 laps total in a 2 hour window. Wanted to make sure I knew what the car smelled like getting that hot and generally treated it more as a "what's this thing like on the track" as opposed to a "lets dial it in and bring down the lap times" if that makes sense.

Edit: posted weird.

 

[Tracked Emira]

Glad you didn't overheat and go into limp mode. What was the high temperature for the day?

 

[brett_g]

Glad you didn't overheat and go into limp mode. What was the high temperature for the day?

It was "only" about 95-96 deg that day due to some rain that moved through. COTA does benefit from some long straights and is a relatively high speed track (obviously) so some good opps to let things cool down in certain areas if you know what you're doing .

 

[Ft.S]

Thank you!

I am hoping I will have the chance to get on track in October. It will be discovery drive, more than trying to go fast. I have a lot to learn and looking forward to it.

Cheers!