180716 Radical SR3 vs Oreca LMP @ Laguna Seca

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180716 Radical SR3 vs Oreca LMP @ Laguna Seca

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July 16, 2018 - Laguna Seca Raceway - Monterey, CA. This is me in my 2015 Radical SR3 hunting down an Oreca LMP car in a few sessions (clipped together). I was wringing the F out of the Radical to reel this guy in. Red mist big time.
This was a very rare 105dB limit track day hosted by Exclusive Track Days, where the open race group was limited to cars with a maximum lap time of 1:36. This was a crazy fast group, thus some amazing and very loud cars showed up.
The first clip is the morning session, where I was closing the gap to the LMP car but the checkered flag came out before I got him. The second clip is from later in the day - starting right at the end of 2 consecutive identical 1:30.74 laps, just as I was closing on the LMP car. Note the slide into T2. A few laps of chasing, with him pulling away every time we got into clean air. I kept closing in braking and corners, then got him under braking into the corkscrew, then checkers. Yisss! So much fun this day!!

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@ralphcrowder136 4 жыл бұрын

I miss my Radical. Great driving Joe! Great work to Radical for winning this year's 25hrs of Thunderhill!!!

@salvadorfindley3555 3 ай бұрын

1:28 the head shake was priceless 😅

@mrc2662 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely sensational driving - and what a machine. I need one,

@allenm5975 5 жыл бұрын

Nice driving in under powered Radical against million dollar LMP.

@tron121 6 жыл бұрын

That was...radical...

@driver46 4 жыл бұрын

Great video , I am dreaming of having one Radical in the future .

@DJSt3rling 5 жыл бұрын

truly world class driving

@neojfk1883 4 жыл бұрын

The Oreca is to OP. Excellent driving from the radical

@aridian6988 4 жыл бұрын

2:01 damn the LMP PULLS, but the SR3 is much faster in corners

@C42ST3N 4 жыл бұрын

The driver is faster in the corner not the car. The Oreca should have smashed the Radical.

@ccharlot 4 жыл бұрын

mesmerizing to watch

@fasterandnoiser 6 жыл бұрын

The other car looks like more a Pescarolo or Oreca LMPC.

@danielstrack964 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the ride!!!

@professorquack 3 жыл бұрын

I think the video glitched after T11 the LMP disappeared :p . Pass on 8 was Race level. I'm sure the driver just wanted you to go home with a big smile.

@ze_german2921 5 жыл бұрын

The Fact that you can keep I'm in your eye sight at this track says a lot about the radical. No standard road car could come close to that. Like that Viper ACR you passed

@RUGISSANTE 5 жыл бұрын

My road car could if the Ocean was not in between :)

@CerberaNZ 5 жыл бұрын

www.RUGISSANTE .com I’d be surprised if that were the case, in the right hands an Oreca should beat any road car whether it’s an RXC or not; I don’t doubt that your road car is rapid though and would beat me in Top Trumps ;)

@RUGISSANTE 5 жыл бұрын

@@CerberaNZ Light is right ;) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLaDgdSnnr69o4E.html

@solo2z06 6 жыл бұрын

Looks like a lot of fun.

@enriqueshockwave8869 5 жыл бұрын

one of these for sale near my house and I just wondered what it could do...

@MsStuart2010 5 жыл бұрын

good stuff Joe

@samuelbenner1450 3 жыл бұрын

1:22 I felt that

@macca720s4 4 жыл бұрын

A Radical SR8 would have passed that Oreca easily... fast on corners + straights

@johnulmer1622 Жыл бұрын

No. The Oreca has much better aero and more power, than an SR8. It's a much faster car.

@Zurbert82 5 жыл бұрын

That looks like an Oreca FLM09, not a Porsche LMP. Great driving though!

@joeracer 5 жыл бұрын

I think you're correct. I've had a few folks point that out in this thread! It was super fun regardless!

@gotbluemilk1 6 жыл бұрын

nice pass/es @ 6:50!

@garrettray3620 5 жыл бұрын

Passed my dream cars

@shaoyiche8483 3 жыл бұрын

0:21 What a fu**** up way for that LMP to pass. The Viper had to brake at Apex to yield. Staying closer to the Viper would be so much safer for both of them.

@joeracer 3 жыл бұрын

This is an HPDE (point taken), but it is an advanced open-passing group. Folks in the session generally all race and are allowed to pass in any safe manner desired. There was nothing unsafe about the pass. The only thing possibly objectionable about it was that both cars had to sacrifice a few 0.1 of lap time for the pass - but it's an HPDE, so laps times are irrelevant (as is track position). Bottom line is that I disagree with your opinion that this was in any way unsafe. It would be unsafe in a novice group.

@shaoyiche8483 3 жыл бұрын

@@joeracer I think you missed my point. 1, LMPs and Radicals can out brake Vipers(Not only Vipers, most touring cars.) 2, LMPs and Radicals can carry a lot more speed at corner entry. However, the advantages here will be eliminated by unnecessarily trying to enter the corner from all the way inside. HPDE is a great place to practice, not just only to practice driving when you have clear track, but also to practice interacting with other cars. You just don't enter the braking zone all the way inside when the car being passed stayed all the way outside. Tell me, if you were the driver in the Viper, and saw a LMP passing you almost parked at the apex when you had a good entry and ready to get back the throttle, how would you feel?

@shaoyiche8483 3 жыл бұрын

@@joeracer When somebody does something that is not expected by other advanced drivers in an advanced group, don't you think that is unsafe? But, It doesn't really matter that much. Thanks for sharing the video. I enjoyed watching you driving your radical. Really nice driving there.

@joeracer 3 жыл бұрын

actually on that more detailed point... I do agree that the all-the-way-inside at the apex braking line is a bit silly. I would have done my braking alongside the Viper, though still inside of it. I think any pass is safer if there is a higher chance of the passee seeing the passer. I guess my point is that passing under braking into a corner is racing 101. An advanced group driver, even at an HPDE, should know and expect this. I do agree with you - now that you pointed out the extreme inside line - that it was a bit silly. I'm not sure about unsafe, per se, but certainly not ideal. I suspect the LMP owner was concerned about getting near anything with that car. It is a monster!