Hey man, it’s great seeing another dimension of you. I hate when people write off tech folks as being JUST tech oriented. Cheers to multidimensionality!
I'm not gonna go into technical things. But seeing you, as a same age mentor (at least at programming) driving a car that is what I want, was very inspiring. Thanks for racing with 911.
The 911 is actually just a track car, was racing a gt4 clubsport. I'm considering converting my 911 to a spec 997, but most of the spec 997 racers are PDK, and my 997 is a manual. Kind of a big difference. I love manual, but, it's really nice to focus more on driving and gear selection with a PDK than sacrificing with MT.
Dude after your last upload i had to dig around to find out more about your racing and this was an absolutely amazing video. My wife yelled for me about ten minutes into it and I snapped to, realizing that i was *literally* sitting on the edge of the seat, elbows all sprawled out wide on the desk, face a foot from the screen with the doofiest mouth breathing grin i can think of mustering. The chaos of the whole thing combined with this pucker factor of waiting to hear crunching sheet metal and then your steady eddy description of your strategy...damn good TV lol. So impressed, man.
I study mechanical engineering and our capstone project is a formula one car. I wasn't interested in it until now. It's great to see another aspect of what you do man! Honestly an inspiration to millions out there! Hope you see this and just want you to know your programming videos are amazing for me because my degree doesn't go into as much depth as I would like.
i haven't visited your channel in years i was a big fan and now i just found out you are into cars . defiantly top people in my life that i gotta have talk with.
I'll be honest, I started watching this video in incognito mode because I didn't know if I wanted these kinds of videos in my feed. Having watched it, I honestly loved this video and would love to see more. In fact, I'm watching this again with my account logged in. I specifically loved the narration. It helped put logic to the chaos and I got to see the mindset that racing requires. Honestly, one of the best things I have ever watched.
this is one of my favorite things! I am currently pursing a degree in EE and most people think I am crazy to enjoy racing cars / bikes. Refreshing to see this :D
I loved the video man. Excellent driving. My heart rate was up while watching you race. So far I am at the DE level. I don't have the budget for racing, not even to get a racing license. But I am working on it. Love seeing a programmer doing track and racing driving. I am also in the software engineering field.
this is a really exciting video for me, I don't see that many people who are into computers and cars. makes me want to keep trying to do cars as a hobby. and to keep my full attention for almost 30 minutes like this did, it was super cool.
That pass in T11 was borderline divebomb. When the other guy got you into T1, you should have done the over/under on him. Especially if he had to park it, you could have done that there. T1 at COTA has a ton of room for that kind of move into both T1 and T11. Great channel though. Came for the Python but you just tapped into one of my other passions.
Agree on divebomb, which is why I stopped trying to pass there with trains. Can see how it coulda gone poorly a bit later. Race 1 was really just getting tossed in the deep end. No way to prepare for it til you do it and make sketchy moves like that to learn from. Plenty of other things too like the mentioned over under. I watched the videos after and saw quite a few things I wished I had done differently, but still happy overall. Rookies have big Xs on their cars to hopefully alert you to our noobiness.
I wasn't expecting to see this, but it was a lot of fun to watch! It looks to me like you did really great for your first race day (not that I'm any sort of racing expert). I wouldn't mind getting into this a little myself, but I just want to race, not pick up another hobby in maintaining a race vehicle. I may have to find somebody to partner with who can do most of the maintenance if I bankroll it.
@@sentdex Oh certainly not for a full race, unless we're talking far lower-tier, open call sorts of race days with no pitting. I meant more for maintaining a track car in general.
In that case, you can just find a shop somewhere. I do the basic stuff like brakes, rotors, fluids...but for anything more I have a shop do the work. After my recent moves, I can't find a decent one, but that's the goal :P
Back to our “regular scheduled programming”?!?!.. waaaaaaait a minute.. I see what you did there! Thanks for sharing! Truly enjoyed this video, and at COTA! Ugh! One day I’ll go there to watch the F1 race. How is the feeling of the climb on turn 1?
Hmm, you know, I really don't notice it. I am sure there are some added G's, but maybe you don't notice because up the hill is also a brake zone (and pucker zone). Maybe if one was totally relaxed, you'd feel it...otherwise it's just cool because you can brake even faster there since it's basically free downforce.
Such a change from your usual content, but totally welcome. This is super fucking cool. I’ve been thinking about trying to get into racing lately myself, however I’m not so sure I have the disposable income I need yet haha.
I would have liked to see the conversations between all the racers in that 5 man group race one. Everyone together talking about the maneuvers and all that, and how they reacted or felt or their mindset. That'd be cool, if you could get them on camera.
I didn't know you would be racing on the Circuit of the Americas! Tell us if you're in another event because I'd consider driving the 30 minutes to watch.
Thought I replied to this. Apparently not. Anyway, I didn't really expect the event to be anything worth watching. Was pretty sure I'd not actually be competitive. No more PCA races there this year. Sometimes I go out there for regular track days, but those are probably even more boring to spectate.
Very heads up racing and good car control for a guy with an X on his car. How do I know? Because I am also a PCA racer in SPC and a DE instructor. I was racing at Road Atlanta this last weekend and thought this video might have been that race until I realized it was COTA. I will try and keep my eye open and say hi if we are at the same event. I have been a sub of this channel for a couple of years and this video was certainly a pleasant surprise, You summarized the attraction/addiction of the mental challenge of racing very well. Welcome to the club.
I had a good weekend thanks. Finished mid-class as I qualified in both sprints. Lots more race experience ahead of me. The enduro was a downpour and windshield fog fest so I bailed after a few laps rather than risk hitting something or someone.
Excellent video, thank you so much for uploading and congratulations on your wins. I'm looking to transition from track days to racing also but money is a big factor holding me back. How long did it take you from track days, to obtaining a racing license, to actually racing?
I did track days for like 5 years. From deciding to apply for license to actually getting license, it took about ...2 months or so. Not long at all, got the license a few days before race. Cut it very close :P
Can you create a Patreon for your race car and have it sponsored by your RU-vid fans? (Not familiar with team sponsorship rules in your class of racing). Also, it would be SUPER interesting to hear the unit economics of car racing. Would love to get some insight into the cost breakdown of a racing season. Awesome video :)
Oh yeah, you totally *could* crowdfund a racecar. I've thought about livestreaming trackdays/races too, can at least do that in clubracing. I would suspect IMSA and others maaaaaay or may not allow livestreaming since they have their own broadcasting, but could probably still do it. The cost of racing is ... highly variable. You can race anywhere between 50K a year to 1 million+ per race :O. For your typical race team that you see on IMSA... they're probably doing ~$1m a year. It's not cheap, and it's usually funded by people who just really love to drive. Sponsors rarely actually cover the costs.
@@sentdex That's super interesting. I would like to think we could totally get you 50k a year from your RU-vid crew specifically for racing (of course you would know more about that than I would). I would definitely be all about contributing to that. think it's really cool to see multidisciplinary channel hosts sharing their passion for things. I definitely want to support that. And the quality of your channel is off the charts. I've personally seen a lot of value in the content you create. If you need another hand on your racing team, give me a call. I'll fly down and manage your live stream or something :)
"at a typical DE you can trust like 10%" welcome to champcar racing ;) 5:58 - when you go to pass someone, try to squeeze as close to the car as possible. it compromises their corner entry and prevents them from overtaking you via. over/under. essentially you make them go so deep into the corner that thay're forced to turn sharper than you. also when they hit you (and eventually they will), a small tap from a few inches is much less damage than a large impact from a few feet.
Champ or chump? I feel like at least with chump cars... you know what you signed up for :) Thanks for the tips. Honestly, learning everything on the fly here as I go.
@@sentdex chump was changed to champ to sound more professional lol. It's an absolute blast to drive in though. Class racing is an amazing test of skills with even more test due to differing skills of drivers. You can rent stints from teams if you'd like to try it (which I highly recommend). Search the champcar forums if you are interested
Oh wow, isn't that fascinating. The original name was a joke derived from champcar...and now that's their name! LOL. I've thought about doing those races, but yes, I have heard that the drivers can be... a bit untrustworthy =D.
@@sentdex it's a really good way of improving your skill. Randy pobst occasionally shows up as a pro driver as well as numerous other pros. It's fantastic training. Something a little ore professional would be AER and one step further, WRL. Mike Skeen drove a 997 cup car over the weekend at WGI in AER. Also, chances are you won't have two race weekends fall on the same weekend, so the more the merrier!
Obviously a joke, but it's a grey area. IMO, it'd be neat to use computer models to help with throttle application and braking. We already do, with traction control and ABS, but I think it'd be a cool area to apply deep learning. Steering input, aside from power steering, is mostly unmolested and I believe it is against the rules. I suspect we could add modeling for smarter braking and throttle without many eyebrows raised though since computers already do a lot there for racers.
@@sentdex interesting, this is the first racing video I watched but I would imagine that the window of opportunity will get smaller and more compatitive.
One of the events I did with the car had very specific rules for car numbers. I am usually 111, (911 is almost always occupied by someone else), but had to go with 311, and have been 311 ever since :P
Sick porsche man. I've been trying to get into ECU ROM tuning but unfortunately I'm not sure if the ignition/spark and fuel tables in the EEPROM onboard the ECU is at a standardized offset. Probably not. Would you happen to know? I'm not sure if your car has a bought ECU or a piggy back. Thanks
