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is about an 8 hour drive to Roebling Road. |
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The
track has a number of 240 volt 50 amp outlets. We just need to find
a spot where we can claim one.
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It
has been a few years since I have raced on the Roebling Road track.
It has more high speed corners than Homestead Miami Speedway or
West Palm Beach's Moroso Motorsports Park. This translates to a
higher average speed (around 85 mph) without changing the top speed
(over 120 mph).
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Roebling
Road has some entertaining corners where the fast way around involves
driving the car straight where the corners turn.
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my knowledge of driving the track in a 1,000 lbs open wheel car to
a 3,000 lbs sedan will take a few laps. |
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Last
race, we qualified the car at 400 amps (2/3 power) and raced at
300 amps (1/2 power).
Here at Roebling Road, we hope to be able to qualify at 500 amps and
race at 400 amps. |
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decide to start test day at 400 amps. |
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I start
out slow, braking the car before almost ever corner as I look for
the line.
The track is a little damp.
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first lap was 1:38.6. |
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lap is faster. |
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After
five laps I come in.
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last lap was a 1:30. |
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We
know that the Bias Ply Goodyears require less camber than the Radial
Hoosiers, so we focus on tire temperatures and pressures. They look
pretty good, so our new camber setting must be close.
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The
50 amp breaker trips when the PFC 50 charger is set to deliver full
power. We reset the breaker and turn the charger down just a little
bit.
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are still able to charge the pack up to 380 volts at 27.5 amps.
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get in an hour of charging before the next session. |
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