Great job! It’s cool that you’re humble enough to admit you missed the call for your first session. Your videos at Thunder Hill helped me prepare for my first track days there, and now I’m tuning to you again for my first run at Laguna Seca next Saturday. Your narration from track entry to your turn-by-turn descriptions are awesome. Keep up the good work. Thanks so much!

great footage , I love this track. so nice to get a first hand impression!

Awesome video Sean 👍. My favorite track of all time. Haven't been there since the mid nineties.

these videos are great, thanks - looking to hit the tracks this summer

Awesome video, I am going to Laguna for the first time and I keep watching your video. The only I need and missing from this video is the speed on each turn. However, I love the added tip before and after the session including how to cool down the car after the session - Thank you for taking the time to post the video.

Thanks for the video! Great tutorial of this awesome track.

Awesome video Sean!

Thank you! I'm gonna take my m4 out over the summer for the first time, and i'll be watching this a few times before then

Great job making and sharing this video. Very helpful for anyone interested in starting

Nice …! Keep ‘em Coming!

That was fun! Thanks for sharing.

Super helpful to know the Turn number with a visual...thank YOU!

Cool video bro, really enjoying these

@SeanS54

7 жыл бұрын

thanks Lee!

Great guide!!

Thanks dude. Cool insight

Nice video - thanks. I’ve driven my Mustang once on Laguna Seca and hope to do so again. I’ll watch your video again first though and will bring a torque wrench. 👍👍

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Laguna Seca is on my bucket list and I'm hoping to make it there soon! I hear you mention tightening your harness belts every lap though? Do they really come loose lap after lap? Something isn't right if that's still the case!

Thank you! This helps a lot

Nice introduction to racing for the uninitiated. Great track! Thank you.

Great job!

Very nice! One of my favorite tracks as well. That chicane though. Yee haw! So from top to bottom people say from a 30' drop to 8 stories?

@amandadavis8508

3 жыл бұрын

It all depends where they are measuring from. Remember you enter the corkscrew essentially blind as your climbing the hill if you havent spun out after turn 7 and or on your approach to the corkscrew, turn 8. The Corkscrew drops 59 feet between the entrance of Turn 8 to the exit of Turn 8A, that’s actually a 5½ story drop in a distance of only 450 feet of track length. From Turn 8 to Turn 9, the elevation falls 109 feet, which is over 10 stories. It’s unique in a few diff ways obviously the elevation drop you get that stomach in your throat feeling, the vertical G’s on your body from the elevation drop. How you approach the corkscrew is probably the most difficult. It's a left hand corner at the top, and untraditionally you start breaking or start approaching the corner from the left hand side, which at a normal corner would be wrong. Then you sort of drift from left side of the road over to the right side once you come over that crown. But once you get the car slowed down and turned, and you get to that apex there on the left, the corner's kind of about over from there. Just don’t underestimate some of the other corners that are equally if not more difficult than the corkscrew and crucial for track time and passing.

Do you drive your car to the track or do you trailer? Great video. Thanks.

I'm living vicariously through your racing Seans54. LOL. Great stuff! Can you tell us what kind of price a day of racing would take? Track fees and any costs just going out to the track once one has gotten the rest of their set up ready. Not including tires or gear etc. Just the day at the track?

@SeanS54

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg! In the Bay Area, CA track days vary from $150 to $350 depending on the organization. On average, the ones I attend are about $200-$250. It includes 5 x 20 minute sessions so you get plenty of seat time. It may seem like a lot of money but you get your money's worth. Not only do you get to drive at the limit in a controlled environment (no cops, no traffic, etc), you get to test/appreciate your modifications, and you also get to learn to become a better driver on track and on the streets. At least that's how I position it to my wife. LOL

@friguy4444

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply. That to me sounds like a reasonable amount considering the seat time seems generous and it must be a huge cost to maintain a real track. Keep up the great content. If I have any thoughts for things in the future I'll let you know too.

How strict are they in the sound meter?

140's are pretty good!

ASMR @ MRLS

hey sean do you have the infamous "M clunck" while going through the gears especially 1-2sec and 2-3rd

@SeanS54

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, the "M clunk" is normal on the E46 M3. On the SMG you can slightly lift in between shifts which helps a little bit. The M clunk doesn't sound that bad unless you're windows are up, radio off, and you're listening for it. If it sounds out of the "ordinary" than check your diff bushings - if they are bad the diff will move more. You can check your diff bushings by keeping the car in gear, say 3rd gear cruising. Without changing gears, punch the gas- let it coast, punch the gas let it coast. If you hear a clunk when you get on and off the gas than most likely your diff bushings are bad. The M clunk should only happen in between shifts.

get on with it

Bmw drivers....ew