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@blueline

Thanks for the pointers.

My setup does allow for an external mic, but I didn't have that set up by the time RADE came around. I'm going down a similar road to yours - lapel mic through an extension, experimenting with placement. I'll have to try something similar to what you have in the cabin away from wind noise.

Yours sounds pretty great! Quite a bit better than my current placement inside the rear bumper near the exhaust. I get terrible clipping with the mic back there.

Back at it, first track day of the season with PCA Chicago at Blackhawk Farms over the weekend. Here's a bit of my last session:



Great day - started damp and cold, which was good because I had a lot of rust and wasn't used to the car. The last session was warm, dry, and sunny. Blackhawk was just repaved and it is GRIPPY and smooth.

One of my fellow novices and her instructor wanted to follow me for a few laps of the last session because they really liked the line I was driving, then we swapped places for a bit. It was great playing a little lead/follow and to have a little clear air with less traffic at the end of the day.

Bonus mini image gallery: https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/17a1 ... 82fcac99d7
My friend brought his WRX TR for his first ever track day, so a lot of photos of his car. He'll be back.

Road America over Memorial Day is next.

Here is a lap at Barber Motorsports Park at the Alabama PCA HPDE on April 19th in my 86 944 turbo. This was my 4th track day in the novice group. At the end of the day my instructor was ready to sign me off to move up to the solo group. I declined as I would like to have a couple more days with an instructor coaching. Planning to go to a November event to practice some more.

Lee

Thanks for posting the lap Lee.

Your lap and driving looked smooth which is so important. Your lines look good too although there are a couple of places where time and experience will allow you to be even better positioned.

Nicely done! Glad you are having fun!!

zooklm1 wrote: Thu May 07, 2026 9:55 am Here is a lap at Barber Motorsports Park...

Nice lap! Barber looks like a blast.

Never hurts to have an instructor if they're available - I'm in the same boat as you and still feel better having someone ride with me for at least a couple of sessions in a day, especially if it's been a while since I've been on that particular track.