One Lap in a Yaris Vox 2008-05-10T01:15:04Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4142c18886a47/ Notes from the Tire Rack One Lap of America Back in Indiana tag:vox.com,2008-05-10:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700f48cf68c810003 2008-05-10T00:46:17Z 2008-05-10T01:15:04Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom We're back in Indiana, and the roads still suck. (and yet, we're still paying more tolls for the priviledge of driving on them, go figure) Made it to the "passage control" party at DEI near Cincinnatti. They went all out for us, it was really ni...

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]]> Done the Beaver tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700e398f816620005 2008-05-09T19:30:03Z 2008-05-10T00:00:40Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Just got done running the afternoon session at Beave-run. Very fun course with most of it being taken flat out in the Yaris... accelerate hard up the front up-hill straight, gently tap the brake at the top of the hill and down-shift to 3'rd for ...

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]]> We suck, but our blog rocks! tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700f48cf674d50003 2008-05-09T17:28:00Z 2008-05-10T00:02:57Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I just ran the autocross. While I was over there, a gentleman came up to me and congratulated me on having the most up-to-date One Lap blog. I took that as my cue to go find a place to do an update! Jeff ran the race track this morning. New tr...

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]]> The Beav is wet tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700f48cf65e1b0003 2008-05-09T12:03:09Z 2008-05-09T12:03:09Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Yep. It's wet this morning. Forecast says it should lighten up around noon, and it might be dry for the autocross this afternoon. I think I could handle the autocross either way, but dry will be better... maybe. Jeff got some time driving on t...

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]]> 9 hours later... tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700f48cf648c30003 2008-05-09T05:05:59Z 2008-05-09T05:05:59Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Okay, so our 6-7 hour drive was 9 hours. It's not as bad as it sounds. My math was just a little off. Best case would have been about 7.5 hours, which is what the trusty GPS said when we fed it the destination. That would have had us here by ...

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]]> VIR is FUN tag:vox.com,2008-05-08:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700f48cf62b8a0003 2008-05-08T20:14:39Z 2008-05-09T17:09:38Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I really enjoyed VIR today. It was a little damp in the morning session on the South course, which made me a little tentative (as if knowing that the brakes will fade if I use them too much isn't enough to make me tentative). It was dry when we...

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]]> Another wet morning tag:vox.com,2008-05-08:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700f48d14ba8c0001 2008-05-08T11:44:50Z 2008-05-08T14:42:34Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Up next, Virginia International Raceway. We're doing three time trials at this track, so it will be a busy day. It's wet right now, but not currently raining. The forecast is for showers and light thunderstorms all day. I guess I'm okay with...

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]]> BMW Performance Center tag:vox.com,2008-05-07:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700e398f76df40004 2008-05-07T23:27:54Z 2008-05-09T04:21:40Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Just got done driving at the BMW Performance Driving Center. The course layout was well suited to the small Yaris. We each got to take a "recon" lap followed by two hot-laps. I dropped a tire in the dirt and came close to taking out a couple o...

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]]> Who needs brakes? tag:vox.com,2008-05-07:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700e398f773bb0005 2008-05-07T20:40:45Z 2008-05-07T20:40:45Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Yeah, Jeff really understated the brake issue from this morning. Turns out our Endless brakes aren't quite "Endless" after all. Pad fade was evident on the first lap (which was really the second lap, as I took the recon lap briskly since I know...

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]]> Carolina Motorsports Park tag:vox.com,2008-05-07:asset-6a00d4142c18886a4700e398f75e690004 2008-05-07T18:51:33Z 2008-05-07T20:28:48Z Loren http://yarisonelap.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Loren just got done running two sessions at CMP. He encountered our first real sign of brake fade during his first session, which cost us a few seconds, but he managed to limit his braking on the second session by turning up the "balls" knob on ...

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