{"id":3335,"date":"2020-09-29T20:20:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specr53.com\/blog\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2025-02-16T21:08:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T21:08:30","slug":"m3-at-the-jeff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/bmw\/m3-at-the-jeff\/","title":{"rendered":"M3 at the Jeff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a long break, we finally got back to the track in September. The weekend of 11-13 September saw the National Capital Chapter of BMW CCA back on the extended Jefferson Circuit at Summit Point. The format was a bit different with all lead-follow instruction, but the instructor run group was still a blast.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SP Jefferson Circuit, Instructor Run Group\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cycKhVPCCxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m still getting used to the M3 and have to remember three key differences from the MINI: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It&#8217;s wider.<\/li><li>You have to actually steer OUT of corners as you get back on the power.<\/li><li>When the back steps out, MORE GAS is not the answer.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>I also need to get used the pedals to improve my heal-toe downshifts. If I can remember that I don&#8217;t have to square every corner, I think I&#8217;ll get to be pretty quick in this car. My best lap was already 3 seconds faster on the same tires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lap of Extended Jefferson Circuit, Summit Point #hpde #summitpoint\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RzZI1TT0HPU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember that bit about the car being wider? Here&#8217;s a small clip from my second track session in the car and I was finally getting up to speed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"T13 Spin\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/opbAVQitUmk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few lessons to be learned here. I&#8217;m driving an unfamiliar car that&#8217;s about a foot wider than what I&#8217;m used to driving. I finally got the apex right at the previous corner and as a result, arrive at the braking zone here about 2 MPH faster than usual. I come off the brakes too soon, and as a result don&#8217;t get far enough around T13 when I have to brake again. I run out of track at the entry to turn 14. I come off the brakes  as I leave the track, but still have enough brake force on the front left that I spin around the front left when 3 wheels are off.  I straighten the wheel and almost pull off the 360 before heading into Pit-In. So next time, be more aware when making a step increase in speed. Adjust the brake point so I apex T13 at the same speed. And keep the last 18 inches of apron as a buffer. Oh, and know how wide your car is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long break, we finally got back to the track in September. The weekend of 11-13 September saw the National Capital Chapter of BMW CCA back on the extended Jefferson Circuit at Summit Point. The format was a bit different with all lead-follow instruction, but the instructor run group was still a blast. I&#8217;m &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/bmw\/m3-at-the-jeff\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;M3 at the Jeff&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[172,185,267],"class_list":["post-3335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bmw","category-hpde","tag-m3","tag-ncc-bmw-cca","tag-summit-point"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0476.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4833,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions\/4833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}