A new, 1:28.21 lap at Willow Springs
1,838 views · Published 19 January 2012 · 1:45 · Indexed 5 October 2026
Channel: Jack Olsen · 2012 · Autos & Vehicles
I will not quit. Two months ago I got below the 1:29 barrier that had stood in my way for five years -- and I drove a 1:28.81 lap around the big track at Willow Springs. On January 18th, I went back and this time got my time down to a 1:28.21. If you don't know Willow Springs, that won't mean much. But I'm proud of it as a lap time for a street-driven car that weighs 2700 pounds with me in it and has only 272 horses at the crank. This is also the first test of a new, inexpensive two-camera setup for the car. Believe it or not, the cameras cost just $36 each and they output true 720p High Def video. I added wider-angle lenses, but my total cost was just $104 out the door (not including the memory cards). I created the picture-in-picture effect with my laptop's video editing software. Please let me know if you think the 720p version is worth the trouble of uploading. And thanks for watching.
