I travel TWO days to an event - TWO days back home.... I have two days of driving and I might get 4 or 5 20 minutes sessions in on a Saturday... 3 maybe 4 on a Sunday. An event WEEKEND is a WEEK for me.... By the time I load all the stuff up - shop for groceries - water up and fuel up and get everything squared away and unpacked on the return --- it's pushing 8 days.... The reward is a few minutes behind the wheel.
Sorry -- THE LAST THING I want to do is be under the f'n car in between sessions. Now -- I maybe run 3 or maybe 4 events per year. Life is short - I don't have the time in the seat to be able to figure out all the nuances of what the car is doing --- and then want to go back to the pits to wrench of stuff. I could spend years doing this and gain 10% of Ron's knowledge and a considerable amount of FRUSTRATION in between.
THAT IS WHY I HIRED RON SUTTON.... so that we can get the car(s) dialed in quickly and efficiently and then just be able to consistently have a good solid session time after time. I know exactly what the car is going to drive like - I know exactly what the tire pressures should be set to. And I go out and have a blast.
We're not RACING... these are track days. They're FUN days... Nobody is keeping score except Gaetano.
My goal for the cars and thus the addition of Ron Sutton is to make the cars more predictable and fun. With that Ron Sauce - they've become faster... but that's not my goal that's just a side benefit.
I didn't even know the Mustang handled poorly and would have kept driving it just the way it was... like you say - I'd adjust to the car. It just wasn't that much fun. Now it is. Now I can't wait to get behind the wheel. That was my only goal. So far it's been met and exceeded.
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