Last Friday I spent the day with my fellow CCA members running on Lime Rock, and did we had a good day. Weather was excellent with temps between 75-80 all day long with minimal humidity. The turnout was great and I had plenty of time to talk setups during the day, and being the only F30 there, plenty of people were interested to check it out and chat. There were some really special cars in the paddock that day since we shared the track with Lime Rock Club, the trailer parked behind me had TWO new Ford GT's in it, elsewhere a few M235iRs, a GT3 RS, and a large representation of the M lineup of the last 20 years.
I got to finally put my car through its paces since adding many of my upgrades and it exceeded my expectations greatly. I was leaving behind a new Z06 through the esses and got a point by from an M6, momentum car status acheived.
Of course they could easily pull back on the straights, but that only made it more fun. Brake/tire temp management wasn't bad, lowering the pace for a lap towards the end of the session was more than adequate to get me back in the right temp range to finish. The balance of the car was very good, excellent turn in with a hint of understeer once reaching the limit. Some increased rebound in the rear and another pound or two of cold pressure in the front should throw that threshold a bit higher to ice the cake (before bushings, rear swaybar, and a diff do next season).
I highly encourage any of you interested in HPDE to give Lime Rock a try.
