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Originally Posted by PLF69
Any tips when you don't have time to do this and you kind of have to do it in the track ?
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Sure, but I would not really suggest beginners trying this on the track (this isn't geared at you PLF69...just speaking in general). There's a lot going on out there, and you need to have awareness of other cars, flag stations, where you are vs. the racing line, etc. Most beginners struggle to keep track of just some of those things. You can ask them where the flag stations are around the track, and they'll miss about half of them. Whatever you do, you don't want to make erratic moves and put others around you in dangerous positions.
If you have solid track awareness, you can do the bed-in during your first track session of the day. You just have to be extremely careful and aware of who and what is going on around you. If possible, you'd likely want to be first or last out in your run group so you (would depend on how many people are in the session). You want as much space away from other people as possible, and you have to be watching your mirrors. During your warm up lap(s) you can drag your left foot on the brake to introduce more heat to the pads and discs. That would be one of the best ways to rapidly build heat in your brakes. If you've never left-foot braked, then this would NOT be a good time to try it for the first time! The goal is to quickly get the pads and discs up to the temperature at which they will stick to the disc face. Driving down a long straight with cool air blasting the brakes and your foot off the brake is counterproductive. You could even tape off your brake duct openings if your car has any. That will compress the time required to get heat into the brakes.
As you go into each turn, deliberately stay on the brakes a bit longer than you normally would. As heat builds you'll start smelling the brake pads burning. It usually takes a few more stops after that point to get the material transferring to the discs. You should be able to feel a change through the brake pedal when that starts to happen. After that, try to stay off the brakes as much as possible through the next lap to cool them down. After a cool-down lap, gradually increase your speed and feel the brakes out on the next couple laps. They should now feel 'grabbier' than they did on your first out lap. Gradually ramp up to your normal lap speed over the next couple laps.
Did I mention being careful and aware of what's going on around you?
