Circuit Map: Adams Motorsports Park (AMP), Riverside CA

Last week we had the opportunity to gather some new driving data with help from local driver Vincent Luong and his Subaru Wagon. This small track is particularly unique in that they host many types of events for vehicles ranging from karts, automobiles, super-moto, and even mini-bikes. Adam's Motorsports Park has quickly become a popular local race and hangout location, catering to different motorsports groups and events.

The data acquired from this day was during their Tuesday night "Time-Attack" events held weekly. This day Vincent and his wagon ran against a mixed field ranging everything from run of the mill daily-driven econoboxes, small hatchbacks, muscle cars, to track regular Miatas, S2000's, and even a Lotus.

AMP features various layouts as well as paved/dirt sections for different types of vehicles

Despite being a relatively small track (for automobiles), it's proven to be a popular short track layout with regulars coming in from all over Southern California. It also provides plenty of turns and straights for karts, mini-bikes, and even super-moto, with several layouts to mix it up.

Though we could not participate in the event nor attend this time around, we are happy to announce that we now have Adams Motorsports Park (AMP) circuit map available for anyone with DigSpice to download and use (with official start/finish line).

Our driver data comes from Vincent, a local automobile enthusiast who began grip driving since acquiring his '93 Subaru Impreza Wagon. His initial interest was sparked playing Gran Turismo, and wanting to do the same in real life. He got a great deal and purchased this wagon back in 2010... not knowing it was a FWD (Front Wheel Drive) variant of the popular AWD platform. Since then the wagon has gone through a complete transformation, including an entire AWD drivetrain swap and an EJ22 engine swap (which features mixed components from the EJ18 to increase compression).

Vincent's wagon in the early stages of transformation

How the wagon sits now, she cleans up nicely!

Various STi bits adorn the car inside and out

There's no turbo here! Vincent has plans to swap this NA EJ22/18 for a full 05-07 STi EJ257 in the near future

What's a track car without proper brakes? Large Brembo calipers help scrub speed and heat over the stock units at the track

The simple interior compliments the functional, track-oriented exterior

Hard to believe this wagon used to be something your mom might have been driving to get the kids to school and pick up groceries!

Getting back to the data, in the usual fashion, data recorded has been sent over to the DigSpice programmers in Japan and voila! We have a full circuit map generated using data and points from Vincent's driving data! The same can be done with anyone's data by "tracing" the inner and outer boundaries of a circuit and using the built-in circuit map generator within the Driving Analysis Software included with each DigSpice GPS Data-Logger.

The complete layout/map of AMP is shown, allowing drivers to view their line regardless of what layout they run

Since the complete paved area is shown in the circuit map, any rider or driver can run any layout on the track, clockwise or counter, and still record data like normal. There is no need to change settings or load additional maps if the layout changes. The beauty of DigSpice is it's portability, and the ability to simply turn on the logger when you're ready to go, and then download the data later. No hassle, no set up, just turn on and go!

A screen capture of the fastest lap data latched/synced with video footage from the event

Since we had in-car video from the time-attack event, we are able to load the raw video (most video formats supported), and sync the video to the lap data for real-time footage of the driver at any specific point/time during the lap. Once the video is latched, users can easily skip lap data forward or back, and the video will automatically show the correct frame from that point on the track. For continuous lap data/footage, the video will stay latched even when comparing different laps, making back to back or continuous lap analyzing a cinch.

Because the drivers at this grip time-attack event can rest between heats/sessions, it gives the perfect opportunity to fine-tune settings and driving techniques/lines in between. Novice and experienced drivers alike can benefit from data-logging and post race analyzing, shaving off seconds a little at a time. Being a kart track, it's easy to see that the track is fairly low-speed and technical, favoring smaller, lighter cars. We can see from the data that some of the fastest times in Vincent's wagon were recorded on laps that took the widest line, and when driving as straight in a line as possible through the connecting turns.

We will continue to add more local and kart/motorcycle tracks to expand our library of circuit data that can be downloaded and used by any DigSpice user for free. We also look to feature more unique tracks and personal rides in future blog entries so be sure to let us know when you decide to hit the track!

Big thanks to Vincent, you can find more details on the progress of the car on his build thread at www.rs25.com

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