indycars at Sears Point?

Has anyone been able to set up an indycar to get a decent time at the converted Sears Point track? I've been doing a little bit of testing there hoping to include it in a season, however, it the car appears extremely "pitch sensitive". A setup would be wonderful, but what I'm really looking for is encouragement that people have been able to get a setup to work there. Let me know some times you have gotten there. Thanks! Rick Martel

I can usually get in the 1m16's without much effort. I mean, yea, I'm driving it hard, but I think a 1m16 is kinda slow here. I don't know. I'm thinking a 1m14 is probably pretty good, but maybe a 1m13 is possible. My wings are set higher in front since the car has a HUGE tendency to oversteer quite readily here. FW=14 RW=18 I still have to lift going up the hill after the start/finish or she'll loop it.

I find Sears Point a real challenge. THe secret to getting a good time here, I'm sure, is to have a setup which enables you to hit the hill just after the start flat out, without spinning out. Likewise the sequence of S-bends. Another important corner is the right hander immediately after the S's. If I get the line exactly right I can get around it almost flat out, but usually I have to lift. I can't remember my best, but it's something in the region of 1.16. I'll get my setup details tonight and post them to you. cheers Alan

I was able to get 1:15.29 at Sears Point. 18 deg wing setup for front and rear. 80% spring at front, 70% reat. This setup produces quite bit of understeer, but car still get little loose going up the hill after the start/finish line. Big understeer thrurough downhill decreasing radius left hander. Real nice through the esses. Quite bit of understeer through hairpins. Trick to getting fast time at Sears Point seems to be not overshooting the corners. Brake early, late apex the turns, try to gain good exit speed. (Well, that's the trick everywhere, but more so here) If anyone wants to get more detail setup, send me e-mail. I'll send setup as an attachment. "At the beginning of any project, a high level of e***ment can be found with a low level of execution." - Trevor Harris

Disclaimer: This is from memory about a year old, but... I seem to remember that a fair amount of rear camber greatly improves ICR2 handling in high-speed turns like the first left-hander at Sears. I think you will find that it allows you to remove that big push without spinning out and therefore significantly increase your speed through the low-speed corners to improve your overall time. This trick applies to most of the road coarses as well. -- --------------- Scott Pritchett

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>> I was able to get 1:15.29 at Sears Point. >> 18 deg wing setup for front and rear. 80% spring at front, 70% reat. >> This setup produces quite bit of understeer, but car still get little loose >> going up the hill after the start/finish line. Big understeer thrurough >> downhill decreasing radius left hander. Real nice through the esses. Quite >> bit of understeer through hairpins. >Disclaimer: This is from memory about a year old, but... >I seem to remember that a fair amount of rear camber greatly improves >ICR2 handling in high-speed turns like the first left-hander at >Sears. I think you will find that it allows you to remove that big >push without spinning out and therefore significantly increase your speed >through the low-speed corners to improve your overall time. This >trick applies to most of the road coarses as well.

Wow! Great tip. I'll give it a try. Thanks Scott. "At the beginning of any project, a high level of e***ment can be found with a low level of execution." - Trevor Harris