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St Cloud strattles the Mississippi river, where was the track?

 

Ian,

I mount mine on a headrest mount. Of course a bit hard to do with racing seats. I hear you on the sound. While my P&S shot a nice video last time I was out, there was barely any sound. My old Nikon Digital did a bit better before it died. Must have had a better microphone.

I wonder if something like this would have a good enough mic for in car shooting:

Toshiba Camileo H30 Camcorder - 1080p - 10.0 MP - 5 x optical zoom - Black

 

The sound from a Go Pro is actually pretty good, it filters out the wind noise. And Cravenspeed makes a nice tow hook mount, unless you're trying to get the interior as well. Better for instruction but not as dramatic.

GoPro Camera Mount - CravenSpeed Online

 

I currently run a JVC HD camera with a wide angle lense and a I/O camera Mount.
The I/O mount is awesome as it survives wrecks (needed in racing) and it mounts to a cage. The problem is mounting it in cars with no cage (ie Jan's car). Jan's car has the GP brace across the back which I mounted it to... it was just to low. The I/O mount also dampens vibration though the Red urethane area. It's a freaking nice mount. It's just made for race cars not street cars. I don't run my camera in HD because half the time you get a 5 min call in grid that turns into 10 and 15mins due to someone being towed off track. I don't have a big enough memory card to handle 15mins of sitting still recording HD. Also once your belted in it's near impossible to reach around and turn on and off the camera. My camera HAD a remote but I've long since lost it.

 

Shot with a Go Pro...

It has an adjustment now for focal length. And if placed correctly has good sound.

My bud at the track in College Station, Tx.

[ame="http://vimeo.com/20858395"]SCCA TWS 3-06-2011 Spec Miata Qualifying[/ame]

 

Is it me, or is that Miata wearing that dude out? I haven't driven a race prepped Miata (just a street), but that looked like a fight...

 

Yes, it is the latest Go Pro. He got it beginning of the year.


And yes, the car will be a little skittish the first couple of laps. I think they are back running RA-1s this year.

 

Name dropper...

 

Yup ... they wear you out.

 

Running a Spec Miata is a helluva thing. Driven one at a few Autox'es. Basically manual steering (not much boost) and grip for days. That car was waaayyyy better than me. I've got serious respect for the guys that run the series.

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Has anybody posted any test results for the aero stuff?

I've missed it.

 

Test results, feedback from drivers from across the country, are as follows: 1sec./mile, on average, depending on which track of course.
At thunderhill Jan's MINI ran a 2:02 min. lap, at Sebring Ian dropped over 4 sec. per lap, in Texas a driver reported 2 1/2 sec. drop in his lap times, in Col. with just the splitter a 1.2 sec. drop was reported. I could go on and on but you should know that our aero aids are NOT being taken off, they function.

This is Jan's thread, we should be talking about his record breaking run

Mark