deputydog95

I'll post my videos later. Probably around 11p. For those of you tired of counting sheep or have taken so much ambien it no longer affects you, my videos may help.

Izzone

Are these the laps you sent me data for.....they look like it

You nee dto come to Roebling in two weeks and pratice throtte steering. Need to unwind the steering wheel and get on the power to bring the car out

The Greek

Yea, these are the laps. I'll ask Burke if he is down. Might be tough to do Roebling and Chin in march. Have to work on the new location.

I always hear you saying RR really helps you learn car control

Mvez

Putnam Park is a great track to learn car control too. It's a driver's track, but with tons of run-off. You can't hit anything if you tried. I credit that track alot, as it allows you to push as hard as you can, and learn alot from mistakes (and about the car) without any real consequences.

They are adding a bunch of new garages and upgrading facilities as we speak, and then re-paving it at the end of 2012. Next time anybody is heading through Indianapolis, give it a whirl. Now that I have the RS, I'm back there again alot, getting seat time with the new ride. Funny how a new car makes an old track fun again.

I need to be prepared for a DE Cup appearance

Izzone

It is fantastic to teach you how to get out of a fast corner fast......without concrete everywhere

And when driven at a brisk pace it is extremely challenging. I am looking forward to going there in two weeks and knocking Peter off the Roebling title.....he is getting nervous

rmag

Man Sebring was a blast (literally). Didt' run the DEcup, but took the new 993 out for its first race. Appreciated all the prior videos posted before the event, because thats all the "instruction" I had before going out blind. Raced the Car in H class. Us older 993/964s had no chance against the newer cyamans and 996/997s. They qualified 2:24/2:25 where us older cars where 2:28.2. Still was a blast. The 3 993s racing all qualified within 1/10th of each other, then 3 964s qualified within 3/10ths of us, so there were 6 of us gridded next to each other within 4/10ths battling for 3rd :-) At start GTS5 car took out a 964 Cup car going into T3 so ran yellow for a lap or 2, then the fun began. battled for 3rd until I missed a shift going into 17 and fell way back, then recovered and finished fourth (2nd out of the 6 of us). Was happy considering first time racing this car and first time at Sebring.

Qualifying was entertaining also for the first few laps. Some backmarker GT3 drovers in J class had been in my way during practice, but got a good enough jump on him into T3 of lap one to get infront, block him until T7, then was just a spec in my mirror after that. Then bounced back and forth with 2 way overpowered G cars for a 2 laps until I could finally get by and do some clean qualifying laps.

Sprint 2 started off great. Was battling for "3rd" until motor threw a rod going down back straight. car out for rest of weekend. Scored a codrive in friends car for enduro, but he ended up getting pulled by the scruted before I got in because a 944 hits his rear quarter.

Cant wait til next year. Had a chance to meet Izzone and Trackcar on Weds, but after that to tied up to hang out. can't wait until next years race! Here's vids of the slow car during qualifying and Sprint 1.

Quali:

Sprint 1 (Restart after accident at 13 minute mark)

deputydog95

I might be up for a trip. Not sure if I want to do all three days though.

deputydog95

I have a good picture of all your cars on the hauler. Quite a sight.

FLA997

Randy - what times were you running at RRR?

Izzone

I got a 1:19.5 last time there. And that was on lap 14 with tires cooked.

I am pretty confident there is two seconds of stupid mistakes in the video.....so I figure 1:17.5 is my goal

Once I hit my goal.....I park the car, start uploading video, dirnk beer, and see how long it takes Trakcar to drive to meet me for a battle

I'll take any advise you can give me on fixing what I do.

I truely love Roebling, its has taught me a lot about car control.......and yes I have spun there.....a few times

onelove

Can't wait for that weekend... I may need to come score those rear pads from you this weekend so I'm ready. I'm starting from scratch there with this new car but I'm sure I can pick it up quick.

Izzone

I rent pads for dog fish head

Greg and I are doing our transmission fluids Saturday

FLA997

Randy - best pickup for time I can see is later braking(MUCH) into T-1... there is a lot of time there and you can carry a lot more speed...in any case, you'll be hitting 1:16s before the weekend is over given that you are now pretty damn quick at Sebring! I was doing 1:17 at RRR in a 993 (search on youtube: 993 roebling), and I absolutely suck cat nuts in T-5 (I never take it the same way twice it seems - complete brain fart), and have little ***** to stay flat in T-9.

Ive spun in every turn at RRR pushing the limits - nice thing is that you can, and with the exception of one or two turns not worry about mass carnage. I once took the "Tour of Roebling Park"...aka...off into the wild blue yonder of grass at T-9 at about 110mph...code brown big time with Ron Zitza in the right seat. Slightly wet grass, we almost ended up at the chain link fence if you know how far that is from the track!

Randy is right though - the vids for RRR look way boring, but it really is a blast - especially with no concrete.

FLA997

Wes - you and Randy/Peter both should smoke my times in the cars you have. Have fun - and I'm glad to see you in a GT3 - congrats again!

mdrums

I want that! Looking for a shotgun too. I went to 2 gun stores today sniffing around.

I've been to the range 3 times in the last week. So much range time with my little Glock G27 subcompact that it's killing my hands. I'm looking for a full size more comfortable gun for home/range duty. I'm trying to like the Glocks but the HK's and Beretta's fit my hand better. I rented a couple of Beretta's and a HK last week and loved them.