{ boxster . video }

bombay digital > boxster > in-car track video

Below you will find in-car video I've recorded driving the Boxster on track. The older videos were exported at fairly low resolution with the Sorenson converter; the newer ones are in H.264 and I've posted high and medium resolution versions. On the most recent ones I've tried manually overlaying an approximate brake/throttle/gear telemetry display (it's not actual live data).

For a full list of lap times, see my log book.

Infineon (Sears Point)

Infineon Raceway, commonly known as Sears Point, in Sonoma, California. A challenging track with serious elevation changes, blind corners, and not a lot of room for mistakes.
video » [ h.264 high | h.264 medium ]
personal best lap, normal T7: 1:56.582
personal best lap, long T7: 1:59.212

Laguna Seca

"Mazda Raceway" Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. A legendary track with massive elevation changes and the sudden drop down the famous "corkscrew".
video » [ sorenson ]
personal best lap: 1:46.856

Thunderhill

Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, California. A beautiful and challenging three-mile winding course, owned and operated by SCCA in the rolling hills of the north central valley.
video » [ h.264 high | h.264 medium ]
personal best lap, normal: 2:10.587
personal best lap, reverse: 2:16.094
personal best lap, reverse+bypass: 2:10.644

Buttonwillow

Buttonwillow Raceway Park in the hot dusty central valley near Buttonwillow, California. It's pancake flat, but has some fun and challenging high-speed corners.
video » [ R1 CW sorenson | R13 CW sorenson ]
personal best lap, R1 CW: 2:14.216
personal best lap, R13 CW: 2:11.183

Willow Springs

Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California. At 2.5 miles in length it's on the short end of the list, but Turn 8 is the fastest corner at any of these tracks: I was cornering, full-throttle, at over 110 MPH!
video » [ h.264 low ]
personal best lap: 1:41.525
(only one brief visit there)

LVMS Outside Course

The outside road course at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Flat and short with lots of 2nd gear, it's not much of a course, and it may not even be there any more.
video » [ sorenson low ]
personal best lap: 1:36.89

About the Car

The car is a 1998 2.5L Porsche Boxster. Power-to-weight specs are 201bhp / 2822lbs. From the factory it had the P38 (M030) Sport Suspension option. In May 2005 at around 90,000 miles I upgraded to aftermarket suspension parts consisting of Bilstein PSS9 shocks, TRG adjustable sway bars, and TRG front camber plates. On the track the car typically wears Kumho V700 Victoracer competition tires on the factory 17" wheels; 245/45-17x7 and 255/40/17x8.5. Brake pads are Pagid Orange and brake fluid is Ate Super Blue. There are no other performance modifications. Safety equipment includes a Sparco Evo seat, Schroth Profi-II-6 HANS harness, Brey-Krause roll bar extension, and Brey-Krause mounted f.e. As of November 2009 the car has 125,000 miles on it, and I estimate 20,000 of those have been on track.

Video Capture

Most of the video here was recorded on a Sony TRV900 with a wide-angle lens. I originally used an IOPort camera mount, but more recently have moved to a Brey-Krause mount for the main camera, and point a cheap camera backwards on the IOPort mount. You'll generally find two forms of video here: newer recordings that I've exported at high resolution using H.264, and older ones at lower resolution using Sorenson. The older ones were done in iMovie and the newer ones with Final Cut Express.