Bristol Event 2015 Official Thread

[John Brown]

Those Pro pax numbers need to be double checked.

[thrdeye]

I think the way that Dave did it, the raw times have been adjusted for Mark and JY so that they pax equally to the STR and FS cars, respectively, while running an ESP index. AxWare would not get the math right when reclassing them on day 2, unfortunately. You'll notice when you look at live timing compared to the final, that the raw times on the final results are higher, because both STR and FS indexes are softer than ESP.

I'm dure Dave will weigh in at some point. He's got the pic of the actual times on his phone, so he can post it.

[thrdeye]

I just double checked marks....his is right. ESP D1, STR D2.

live.etrscca.org still has raw times.

Total PAX 92.440

[steverife]

I think the way that Dave did it, the raw times have been adjusted for Mark and JY so that they pax equally to the STR and FS cars, respectively, while running an ESP index. AxWare would not get the math right when reclassing them on day 2, unfortunately. You'll notice when you look at live timing compared to the final, that the raw times on the final results are higher, because both STR and FS indexes are softer than ESP.

I'm dure Dave will weigh in at some point. He's got the pic of the actual times on his phone, so he can post it.

That makes sense.

[John Brown]

gave me a head ache..... lol

[TedV]

gave me a head ache..... lol

That headache will get worse if you go drive the ETR rig. The last 30 miles going 55 is like being inside an unballanced washing machine. You ever try to just do the speed limit around Knoxville??

[John Brown]

Did it start instantly? or gradual? Were the brakes smoking ? What speed was the frequency of the shake? A drive shaft is a buzz... a wheel / tire is a shake... did you put it Neutral to see if it went away?

[thrdeye]

Interesting data point. The Hankooks are certainly not quite the tire that the Bridgestones are, but for McCrary to be able to do what he did with the car on tires that now have 173 runs and 4000+ street miles on them, is pretty good testament to the quality and longevity of those tires. They aren't even to the bars yet.

[TedV]

Did it start instantly? or gradual? Were the brakes smoking ? What speed was the frequency of the shake? A drive shaft is a buzz... a wheel / tire is a shake... did you put it Neutral to see if it went away?

That's why I tried calling ya. Easier and faster to talk than type it all out.

[Gen52SS]

Thanks to TEAMETR for a great event this weekend. It was the best racing weekend for me ever. It was full of ups and downs and had 3 cars fighting for 1st place. I think the difference was .720 1st to 3rd.

Day 1 ...I found myself in 3rd place early on... then in second after the 5th run. Down by 1.21....The last run I picked up 1.66 over my best run to put me in 1st place after Day 1 by .456...I was happy as a pig in mud. I went out had a nice dinner at Red Lobster and few glasses of wine.

Day 2...I didn't feel the course in my mind like I did on Day1. My visualization in my mind was no were as clear as Day 1. I soon found out this wasn't going to be an easy day. Once again I slipped back to 3rd after 2 runs. I changed tire pressure (lower) BIG TIME on the 5th run and took back second place. Now I found myself again down to Clancy by almost a half second.....Last run of the day once again a banged out my best run and was enough to jump into 1st by .295 for the 2 day event.

[thrdeye]

That's what it's all about Paul! Good work!

[MARKP]

Here's some videos from this weekend.
JY day 1 fast run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrdFp0pTKcU run actually starts at about 2 minutes.

Day 1 fast run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNOn1G_Zn2A
Day 2 fast run (unofficial) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFRo-LgyLe0

As always, thanks to Jeff for letting me run the Mustang. Also thanks to Tim and Bronwyn for letting me run the Miata when the Mustang was down.

[SeanDrives4Fun]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1L9bU7 ... ata_player

ETR on the News
PS did she give anyone my two 32G micro SD cards, i was hopeing it wasn't a donation?

[Teufelshund]

"It's the most fun you can have in a car LEGALLY!" - Bronwyn Ray

[Gen52SS]

"It's the most fun you can have in a car LEGALLY!" - Bronwyn Ray

I don't know about that....I can remember at the drive-in having lot's of fun in the back seat of my Trans Am years ago....don't know how legal it was