Auto club speedway track day

Enjoy.......

Nice work. You looked comfortable out there. and it looks like the car is easy to catch. I'm a Formula Mazda racer but new to the Lotus 7 (no track time yet). A couple of questions:

what's your racing history?
What cars are you most experienced in and how would you compare this car to those?
Do you do a specific set up for the track?
Looks like you're doing over 150 on the front straight and still about 125 in turn. Is that right?
What are those tires and how many cycles did they have?
what is the red side pod looking thing on the right side?

thanks for sharing.