Part 15: Two-tenths to glory
Unbelievably, for my second track day of 2023 (the wettest Auckland year since Noah's Arc set sail) the day was bright, warm, still and dry. I lent my 86 to an experienced driver called Danny for a session, and so I was able to get a few snaps of my car in action: The Porsche club were out in force yet again: Loved my new kicks: They had to put this 'dry track conditions' sign out or we wouldn't have believed it was actually dry for once in 2023: Danny also brought his GoPro with him. So, for the first time I've been able to watch myself driving. And, through the magic of technology, so can you dear viewer: This recoding is of my PB time of 1.26.2 set in the final session. It doesn't look super fast, but for reference I'm getting up to 180kph on the start/finish straight. Let me tell you, that feels fast! I'd bettered my previous PB time of 1.27.56 by 1.35 seconds - a fair amount in motor racing terms. I put this improvement down to a few factors: N...