Скачать или смотреть BMW Z3 at Cal Club SCCA Autocross, January 2026, Session 8

After a 15 year break from autocross, I return as a "novice" again in the same 2000 BMW Z3 2.8 I bought new in 2000. I completed 10 runs on the day, but due to technical difficulties, I only have footage and data for 7 runs. Find them all here:

Session 1:    • BMW Z3 at Cal Club SCCA Autocross, January...  
Session 2:    • BMW Z3 at Cal Club SCCA Autocross, January...  
Session 3:    • BMW Z3 at Cal Club SCCA Autocross, January...  
Session 4:    • BMW Z3 at Cal Club SCCA Autocross, January...  
Session 6:    • BMW Z3 at Cal Club SCCA Autocross, January...  
Session 7:    • BMW Z3 at Cal Club SCCA Autocross, January...  
Session 8:    • BMW Z3 at Cal Club SCCA Autocross, January...  

Session 4 has a spinout midway through. Session 3 was a timed 48.4, which would have put me second in the Novice class for the day. Session 10 was a 46.4, which would have put me in first! I missed the same cone twice in the middle of Sessions 1 and 2, generating a DNF. Tires were wildly overinflated due to my misreading my notes. Grrr. Also, I've been karting for the past few years, and so I'm rusty reading apexes with cones - I'll do better next time by reviewing this footage over and over and over and over...

Data was recorded using the free TrackAddict app on my Samsung S23U Android phone, collecting car data (speed and RPM) from a $40 Veepeak OBDCheck BLE+ Bluetooth OBD II Scanner dongle, and using internal sensors to measure G-force and GPS data. The phone selfie camera also recorded the driver video. The track footage was captured by a $140 Akaso Brave 7 Action Camera mounted to the windshield. The free Windows program RaceRender 3 combined the different footage and data streams and rendered the dashboard and track map. It's a good little setup and the technical troubles I had with it were due to pilot error or a dead battery.

Amazon links to all the products used to make these videos:

Akaso Brave 7 Action Camera: https://amzn.to/465tiFe
Akaso car mount and accessory kit: https://amzn.to/3NHu1Gu
Veepeak OBD II Bluetooth Dongle: https://amzn.to/3NGYBQx
Phone Car Mount: https://amzn.to/4ai6Hrv
APPS2Car for Magsafe Car Mount (for phone): https://amzn.to/3Z3I5fP

More detailed reviews of these products soon to be written at OldTech|NewTech Magazine at http://www.oldtechnewtech.com/


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