My race weekend... good,bad and ugly. lol
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My race weekend... good,bad and ugly. lol
This past weekend was Summit Point,another place Iv never been to,but despite all the hurdles...had a real good time. Apparently a fast car is always finding ways to break.
I won the race on Saturday,but really the big too-do is the Feature race on Sunday. So after qualifying 3rd by finishing 3rd on Sat..this is my 15 min of fame,less 9 min.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUpgR9AJac
another view of the race from 5th or 6th place.. 34 in the field. These guys are very serious about chasing that lead car!!
http://vimeo.com/26870803
this guys vid actually starts a few seconds after the green flag waved.. As you can see how slow the pace car kept us,I was not able to warm the tires hardly at all...and about the time they get some heat in em and I start to distance them... I broke.
I won the race on Saturday,but really the big too-do is the Feature race on Sunday. So after qualifying 3rd by finishing 3rd on Sat..this is my 15 min of fame,less 9 min.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUpgR9AJac
another view of the race from 5th or 6th place.. 34 in the field. These guys are very serious about chasing that lead car!!
http://vimeo.com/26870803
this guys vid actually starts a few seconds after the green flag waved.. As you can see how slow the pace car kept us,I was not able to warm the tires hardly at all...and about the time they get some heat in em and I start to distance them... I broke.
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you were looking good... what broke ?
on the other video ... what happened to him... wheel hop, drop a tire in the dirt, something break ?
on the other video ... what happened to him... wheel hop, drop a tire in the dirt, something break ?
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His cool suit cooler bracket came loose, the ice-water escaped, and drained out in front of the rear tires.
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half-shaft on mine.. (second one of the weekend,third total)
on him?? LOL!!! he didnt have his cool suit box tight enough..and it turned over,and spilled all the ice water under his rt rear wheel during braking.. watch the ice box in the footwell....
on him?? LOL!!! he didnt have his cool suit box tight enough..and it turned over,and spilled all the ice water under his rt rear wheel during braking.. watch the ice box in the footwell....
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Man, you were puttin' it on'em. Hopefully it's nothin' expensive.
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JC you put it on'em at the start, they didnt have a freaken clue!!! To bad the car broke, but at least you know you had them covered in a bad way!!! Get ER Fixed and whackem at the next event
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That looked fast as hell.
Whats the sputter at low rpm, accell enrichments need to be smoothed over?
The car must be a blast, I'm jealous.
Whats the sputter at low rpm, accell enrichments need to be smoothed over?
The car must be a blast, I'm jealous.
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thats not a sputter.. thats my foot testing the cold tire traction... It takes about three laps to come in 100%flier129 wrote:That looked fast as hell.
Whats the sputter at low rpm, accell enrichments need to be smoothed over?
The car must be a blast, I'm jealous.
154mph on the front straight.. 134 under the bridge. yea, its pretty fast.
Oh! and most dont know this..but the blue car that I pass on the start.. is Julie Wolf. a gurl! from California..and as far as I could tell,could drive circles around D. Patrick. and She won overall on Sat.
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John Brown wrote:thats not a sputter.. thats my foot testing the cold tire traction... It takes about three laps to come in 100%
154mph on the front straight.. 134 under the bridge. yea, its pretty fast.
Oh! and most dont know this..but the blue car that I pass on the start.. is Julie Wolf. a gurl! from California..and as far as I could tell,could drive circles around D. Patrick. and She won overall on Sat.
Damn, 150+ is moving! I was at the Lemons race there last month (they ran the other circuit), and we cruised the paddock of this circuit. Sucks about the broken axle, but at least you got some seat time.
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How do you like Summit Point (since you're clearly pretty fast there ? I've never run the main course, only the full Shenandoah circuit.
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fun,with a couple of tricky kinks..that I never got the time to get them right.
Very bumpy in some hard acceleration spots. Not as much run-off as I prefer.. but is there ever???
Very bumpy in some hard acceleration spots. Not as much run-off as I prefer.. but is there ever???
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NIce job, John. Sorry about the breakage.
My wife's brother lives up there on the southwest side of Charles Town. It is maybe 10 minutes tops to the Summit Point track. My wife's cousin has been working at that track since the 70's when Paul Newman drove there. I've been talking about dragging my land yacht up there for a track day, but haven't been able to to that yet.
My wife's brother lives up there on the southwest side of Charles Town. It is maybe 10 minutes tops to the Summit Point track. My wife's cousin has been working at that track since the 70's when Paul Newman drove there. I've been talking about dragging my land yacht up there for a track day, but haven't been able to to that yet.
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The place was awesome, but I dont man could hear the banjos playing as we drove in ....on of the instructors commented on the start of Sundays Premier "......wow, that thing is fast......hes pulling away in the corners...look at that gap"
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Hell, you can hear banjos a good 20 min before you hit Summit Point!JPS2345 wrote:The place was awesome, but I dont man could hear the banjos playing as we drove in ....on of the instructors commented on the start of Sundays Premier "......wow, that thing is fast......hes pulling away in the corners...look at that gap"
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Y'all got sumthin against banjos???
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