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GHIT 0334: \xa0How to Test Your Car at the Track with Scott Robertson

We often hear how important it is to test your car prior to racing.\xa0 While listening to Scott\u2019s Track Walking podcast (a can\u2019t miss podcast), Scott was discussing how he and Becky were able to conduct a full track test and tune evaluation of their vehicle during a recent HPDE.\xa0 Since Scott is a respected coach and offers a service to help a driver to dial in their car at the track, we thought he would be a perfect guest to discuss how to best conduct a test and tune day most effectively and efficiently.\xa0 We start the discussion with what a test day means and work our way up from there.\xa0 This was recorded several weeks ago prior to the 2022 One Lap of America where Scott and Becky entered the OLoA in their Mazda 2 Sundae Cup car lovingly called Mooncake.\xa0 If we could go back in time, we would have asked how that car was able to come in second overall on the skid pad event versus some very capable and sometimes expensively prep\u2019ed vehicles.\xa0

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TestingYourRaceCar

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Highlights for this episode include:

1)\xa0 We start off with pre-event processes such as planning what you will test.\xa0 This includes aspects of what tools you have, what you are capable/willing to change at the track.\xa0

2)\xa0 Some examples of the testing order and priority.\xa0 Things to do and things not to do.

3)\xa0 One of the key aspects is to determine what you are trying to get from the process, i.e., driver experience/education or car optimization etc.

4)\xa0 We also cover some of the key changes that you would like to change, as well as what tools you need to have for some of the key areas you will likely test.\xa0 Hint:\xa0 you will need a good tire pressure gauge and \xa0ideally a tire thermocouple or equivalent.

5)\xa0 The best aspects of seeking an outside perspective or even better an experiences coach or F1 engineer, or even somewhere in between.

6)\xa0 Ideas of things that you would like to test, including front sway bar (full hard to disconnected), rear sway bar (same), shock sweeps (full hard to full soft), rake adjustment, alignment, aero, tire pressure, etc.

7)\xa0 Tips on how the impact of driver adaptation can affect the tests.

8)\xa0 \xa0The importance of testing documentation and how it can help you going forward.\xa0 A partial list of the items to summarize include the weather, track conditions, alignment, tires and condition, driver \xa0etc.\xa0 This will eventually lead towards secondary goal of building you set up database for the car and the tracks

9)\xa0 We go into last year\u2019s One Lap of America \xa0and the (at that time) upcoming 2022 which since been completed.

10)\xa0 Scott and Becky finished first in class and 54th out of 84 entries for the entire event and stunned the world on the skid pad with a 2nd place overall.

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Or you can email Scott about coaching etc. at:\xa0 Robertsonracing213@gmail.com