The Coca-cola car on track (video)
02-23-2011, 01:56 PM
#16
Burning Brakes
That's weird. I don't have a facebook account and have never facebooked. The page I see also asks for email and password or has the option to sign up. Just below the sign up option (on the page I get) is the video. Btw, my browser is Firefox... maybe that's the difference?
02-23-2011, 06:34 PM
#17
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Hi Jarrod,
I'll answer this for Abby and he can chime in too.
I originally bought this car from Tim Westby in August of 2001. I brought it home and then went through it since it was a bit rough. There was a roll cage in it, JRZ shocks, Sparco Race seats, harnesses, Momo race steering wheel, Fikse wheels, RMB on a stock exhaust and MSDS headers and a few other tweaks.
But the full interior was still in the car, the roll cage was unpainted and a bit rusty, AC/heater still in it and so on. I went through it and dismantled the car and interior and spent over a year cleaning, painting and lightening the car. Too much to list here but a few of the tweaks included custom stainless exhaust, carbon fiber sunroof panel, all aluminum radiator, Accusump, fully painted and polished interior and a custom hitch arrangement in the back to drag around a small trailer to the track.
The car was being run in PCA track days in south Florida and it caught the eye of a Excellence magazine contributor who wrote a story about it in the Feb. 2005 edition.
A few years later I converted it to a 5 speed and put in a fire system to have none other than Mark Anderson come race it in the PCA 48 Hours of Sebring races in 2007. John Veninger with his newly built stroker 928 racer and David Lloyd with his green 928 racer were also there. I put on the Coca-Cola graphics to mimic the famous mid 1980's Coca-Cola Porsche racers since it was already red and the same vintage as those other racers.
The race weekend went well and Mark A. was having fun with it on the track. Unfortunately the car's engine expired on the very last lap of the sprint race on the Saturday of that event. With 130,000+ miles on that engine I well knew it was a possibility. But it was a blast and we all had a great time to see three 928 racers on track at the PCA race weekend. John Veninger won that sprint race in GT2S, a first for a 928 racer, but had to retire with a broken rear end. David Lloyd was the only racer to run the extended Enduro race the next day. There hasn't been any other 928 race cars at that event since!
It was afterward that Abby bought the racer and put in a new engine, did some more tweaks and started to drive it at track events himself. He can fill in the rest of it from there.
Cheers,
I'll answer this for Abby and he can chime in too.
I originally bought this car from Tim Westby in August of 2001. I brought it home and then went through it since it was a bit rough. There was a roll cage in it, JRZ shocks, Sparco Race seats, harnesses, Momo race steering wheel, Fikse wheels, RMB on a stock exhaust and MSDS headers and a few other tweaks.
But the full interior was still in the car, the roll cage was unpainted and a bit rusty, AC/heater still in it and so on. I went through it and dismantled the car and interior and spent over a year cleaning, painting and lightening the car. Too much to list here but a few of the tweaks included custom stainless exhaust, carbon fiber sunroof panel, all aluminum radiator, Accusump, fully painted and polished interior and a custom hitch arrangement in the back to drag around a small trailer to the track.
The car was being run in PCA track days in south Florida and it caught the eye of a Excellence magazine contributor who wrote a story about it in the Feb. 2005 edition.
A few years later I converted it to a 5 speed and put in a fire system to have none other than Mark Anderson come race it in the PCA 48 Hours of Sebring races in 2007. John Veninger with his newly built stroker 928 racer and David Lloyd with his green 928 racer were also there. I put on the Coca-Cola graphics to mimic the famous mid 1980's Coca-Cola Porsche racers since it was already red and the same vintage as those other racers.
The race weekend went well and Mark A. was having fun with it on the track. Unfortunately the car's engine expired on the very last lap of the sprint race on the Saturday of that event. With 130,000+ miles on that engine I well knew it was a possibility. But it was a blast and we all had a great time to see three 928 racers on track at the PCA race weekend. John Veninger won that sprint race in GT2S, a first for a 928 racer, but had to retire with a broken rear end. David Lloyd was the only racer to run the extended Enduro race the next day. There hasn't been any other 928 race cars at that event since!
It was afterward that Abby bought the racer and put in a new engine, did some more tweaks and started to drive it at track events himself. He can fill in the rest of it from there.
Cheers,
02-23-2011, 09:07 PM
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Hi Jarrod,
You are very welcome!
Good memory, yes it was on 928 Specialists website and I also watched a video of it at one of the very first "Sharks in the Harbor" events before DR and Jeannie moved to their current digs. Little did I know I was going to be buying that beast I was watching on the video.
By the way, my wife's daily driver was a 1989 Velvet Red Metallic 928S4. That color grew on us as I'm sure your GT has on you.
Enjoy,
You are very welcome!
Good memory, yes it was on 928 Specialists website and I also watched a video of it at one of the very first "Sharks in the Harbor" events before DR and Jeannie moved to their current digs. Little did I know I was going to be buying that beast I was watching on the video.
By the way, my wife's daily driver was a 1989 Velvet Red Metallic 928S4. That color grew on us as I'm sure your GT has on you.
Enjoy,
02-24-2011, 11:51 AM
#20
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There were four 928's running that day at Sebring, the three that Constantine mentioned in the race run groups, and John Argeriuos' black GTS in the DE run group. It was quite an event for 928 fans because everyone there had an opportunity to assist in one way or another and to provide track side support for the cars and drivers between races. It was really great to see the 928 community working together to support our 928 racers on this historic track.
You can see photos of the cars, the drivers, and a few of us at the following links. They are best viewed in slide-show mode, and press the function key "F11" for a full screen view. Move the cusor over any image and the manual control bar will appear so you can go through them at your speed.
https://picasaweb.google.com/mdkelly...eat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/mdkelly...eat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/mdkelly...eat=directlink
You can see photos of the cars, the drivers, and a few of us at the following links. They are best viewed in slide-show mode, and press the function key "F11" for a full screen view. Move the cusor over any image and the manual control bar will appear so you can go through them at your speed.
https://picasaweb.google.com/mdkelly...eat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/mdkelly...eat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/mdkelly...eat=directlink
02-25-2011, 11:02 AM
#22
In Your Face, Ace
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Sorry to the folks with Facebook allergies. 
I don't have the video or would gladly post it on youtube. I will however ask and see if he can post it on the Utube..
I don't have the video or would gladly post it on youtube. I will however ask and see if he can post it on the Utube..
07-17-2011, 06:07 PM
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Was looking through old pics on an old hard drive and came across two pics I took at Texas World Speedway on 7-6-2000. I also think that I met James Morrison that day, and asked permission to sit in his '88 to make sure I had enough headroom. First time I ever sat in a 928.
