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Originally Posted by JimB
You forgot to mention passing me on the last lap of the enduro. Damn cup car. Oh well, you may have gotten by anyway.
Great weekend so far.
Jim
Great weekend so far.
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(Btw, your qualifying time was insane, nicely done!)
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Originally Posted by 38D
With the help of Katie (Food Angel) and another helpful soul, we did the Nascar style tire change, leaping over the wall with the jack. Sure enough, his right front was only at 13 psi (I still think he could have driven on it
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Thanks for posting the pics! Esp the Speedster! Can't tell you how many times I have had to bang on the starter with a brass hammer. It's a great car, and you should know that it has been a race car since new,as I understand it. Friends of mine own it, but I've spent lots of summer days by her side. I be up at RA tomorrow...Good Luck All!
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Congratulations guys! Colin, that win will come, and if it does at Daytona, I'll be there to see it. Just reviewed the plans with my wife and everything is a go; see you there!
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Colin,
I think I have the pump you need sitting at home in the garage. Ping me if you need it. As everyone has said, great weekend so far. Managed a 3rd in GTC3 in the enduro. Not bad I guess for an old guy in a 6 year old cupcar
Another 6 year old cupcar won the class & overall! Congrats Chris! 2000s rule
PS: Great meeting you Dr. Jupe.
I think I have the pump you need sitting at home in the garage. Ping me if you need it. As everyone has said, great weekend so far. Managed a 3rd in GTC3 in the enduro. Not bad I guess for an old guy in a 6 year old cupcar
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Thanks. I plan on running tomorrow unless it rains. I was horribl in T3 and T5 but catching everyone in the kink and the carousel.
After qualifying someone from one of the other race shops said I needed to grow some "Huevos" ...... I guess I found em.
All but the best are leaving tons of time on the table in the carousel and kink. Left foot braking baby!
Whether your cup car makes 330 RWHP or 360 RWHP - if your not about flat thru the kink - forgedda boudit
Clean racing by all. Glen Gatlin rattled me pretty good during the last few laps. Damn he brakes late! If I had known it wasn't for position I would have let him go.
After qualifying someone from one of the other race shops said I needed to grow some "Huevos" ...... I guess I found em.
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All but the best are leaving tons of time on the table in the carousel and kink. Left foot braking baby!
Whether your cup car makes 330 RWHP or 360 RWHP - if your not about flat thru the kink - forgedda boudit
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Clean racing by all. Glen Gatlin rattled me pretty good during the last few laps. Damn he brakes late! If I had known it wasn't for position I would have let him go.
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Originally Posted by JW in Texas
Colin,
I think I have the pump you need sitting at home in the garage. Ping me if you need it. As everyone has said, great weekend so far. Managed a 3rd in GTC3 in the enduro. Not bad I guess for an old guy in a 6 year old cupcar
Another 6 year old cupcar won the class & overall! Congrats Chris! 2000s rule
PS: Great meeting you Dr. Jupe.
I think I have the pump you need sitting at home in the garage. Ping me if you need it. As everyone has said, great weekend so far. Managed a 3rd in GTC3 in the enduro. Not bad I guess for an old guy in a 6 year old cupcar
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
Congratulations guys! Colin, that win will come, and if it does at Daytona, I'll be there to see it. Just reviewed the plans with my wife and everything is a go; see you there! ![thumbup](https://rennlist.com/forums/graemlins/thumbup.gif)
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JW, thanks so much for stopping by. It was great meeting you. Nice job in the enduro!
Larry, awesome news about Daytona! We'll see you there. I'll try to talk JimB into coming to the Glen race next year. You guys would have quite a C class battle!
Larry, awesome news about Daytona! We'll see you there. I'll try to talk JimB into coming to the Glen race next year. You guys would have quite a C class battle!
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Originally Posted by DrJupeman
Larry, awesome news about Daytona! We'll see you there. I'll try to talk JimB into coming to the Glen race next year. You guys would have quite a C class battle!
Hopefully it'll stay dry today and we can have another go at it.
Jim
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Originally Posted by RSRRacer
Thanks. I plan on running tomorrow unless it rains. I was horribl in T3 and T5 but catching everyone in the kink and the carousel.
After qualifying someone from one of the other race shops said I needed to grow some "Huevos" ...... I guess I found em.
All but the best are leaving tons of time on the table in the carousel and kink. Left foot braking baby!
Whether your cup car makes 330 RWHP or 360 RWHP - if your not about flat thru the kink - forgedda boudit
Clean racing by all. Glen Gatlin rattled me pretty good during the last few laps. Damn he brakes late! If I had known it wasn't for position I would have let him go.
After qualifying someone from one of the other race shops said I needed to grow some "Huevos" ...... I guess I found em.
![bigbye](https://rennlist.com/forums/graemlins/xyxwave.gif)
All but the best are leaving tons of time on the table in the carousel and kink. Left foot braking baby!
Whether your cup car makes 330 RWHP or 360 RWHP - if your not about flat thru the kink - forgedda boudit
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Clean racing by all. Glen Gatlin rattled me pretty good during the last few laps. Damn he brakes late! If I had known it wasn't for position I would have let him go.
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Thanks alot Glen for the kind words. Not sure about the "no nonsense" part as I am sure I looked mighty sloppy in a few of the turns when you "took the air off my spoiler" as we say in North Cacalacky. Thanks for giving me room when I blew T5.
My only disappointment thus far is that my best time was 2:20.009, still out of the teens. I will look at my mylaps.com data but I think I was consistent 2:22 in the race.
At the end of the race my front pads had literally 1.5 - 2MM of pad. This is after starting on new rotors and pagid blacks Sat AM. Maybe an issue there.
If it does not rain today I will be back lookin for my 2:19. I have written off the chance of a 2:18 in this car.
My only disappointment thus far is that my best time was 2:20.009, still out of the teens. I will look at my mylaps.com data but I think I was consistent 2:22 in the race.
At the end of the race my front pads had literally 1.5 - 2MM of pad. This is after starting on new rotors and pagid blacks Sat AM. Maybe an issue there.
If it does not rain today I will be back lookin for my 2:19. I have written off the chance of a 2:18 in this car.
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Final Day Update:
While it looked touch and go for a while, it stayed completely dry all day. It was mostly overcast, but reasonable cool.
In the green sprint, Robert Viau (F 2:39.4) took the overall win, with Mike Iapaluccio (G 2:40.1) and Steve Boris (F 2:39.5) in 2nd and 3rd. Other class winners were Dick Strahota (H 2:445.9), and Mitch Richard (I 2:48.3). I didn't get to watch much of this, so I can't really add much color commentary.
In the red sprint, the top 3 overall were Bob Faieta (GTC4 2:17.6), Chris Brown (GTC3 2:19.9), and John Crosby (2:20.5). Spencer *** also had a great run with Chris Brown, but spun off into the T14 gravel on lap 10 ending his race. Watching those two swap the GTC3 lead back and forth was really a treat to watch. Bob Faieta also had a great battle with Steve Goldman in his GTA. They swapped the overall lead a couple of times, and man did they haul in T5. Last on my top favorites to watch was Bob Van Zelst in his GTP1. I'm not sure why, but he started at the very back of the pack. When the green dropped, he split the two cars right in front of him before even crossing start finish. By the end of the first lap, he had already passed 7 or 8 people. When the checker came out, he had worked all the way up to 11th (out of 30). Not bad for starting at the back!
Now on to my group (blue). I was not able to find a spare booster pump, but Dan the miracle man Jacobs was able to temporarily fix the issue. Unfortunately, the fix only seemed to last for a short while. Still, I figured I would drive until the system lost pressure, and then come in. The system lets you know well in advance of the pressure loss, so it wasn't really an issue to drive on it. So I did the warm up and all was fine. In the qualifying, I got 3 laps before it started beeping at me. Sure enough, the pump was scalding hot from the failing bearing. Still, I was able to put my car at the front of D, but the question of if I would make it thru the race remained.
So before the race, Dan repacked the bearing with grease, and we hoped it would last. I also iced the pump down in an attempt to keep it cooler, and hopefully have the grease stay in there longer. I also tried not to use the brakes unless I had to, opting for the handbrake in the pits and on the warm-up lap. I also stopped doing the "tap in go" in a few corners like the kink, and under the Billy Mitchell bridge
When the green flag dropped, I was actually able to get a decent start (rare for me) and pass a couple of cars. The first couple of laps were uneventful, as I tried to nurse my car home for the win. Wally Riuz was in 2nd behind me, with Jack Borys behind him. I just slowed it down and tried to keep a few seconds between me and them. I spent those first laps battling with Rod Johnson in his 993RS Clubsport. If you can get close enough, that car will open a serious hole in the air and give you a massive draft tow. Anyway, after about 3 laps, a GTC2 car spun in T1, and Jim Breakey did some serious off roading to avoid him. Jim was able to keep it going, but was slowed way down between T1 and T3. I took advantage of the situation, and managed to get past Jim. It would not last long. A couple of laps later, Jim was storming back up on me as we left T3. I moved over and got a nice tow up the middle straight. Well, one more lap later, and my brake pressure warning lamp came on again. As we were only on lap 7 of 12, I just pitted as I knew there was no way I would make it 5 more laps. I might have been able to nurse it for 2, but not 5. So again, I had to pit while in lead, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Wasn't really that bad as I didn't expect to make it the distance. I was just glad to be able to drive and have some decent battles during my short stint.
The top three in the blue sprint were Gary Boss (GT4R 2:23.5), Glenn Sapa (GT4S 2:25.3) and Claudio Kemp (GT4S 2:27.6). Jerry Green finished next (GTC1 2:30.007) followed by Charlie Boyer (GTC1 2:31.6). In B, Barry Brensinger took top honors (2:31.7). In C it was Jim Breakey (2:32.8), then Rod Johnson (2:34.6), and Michael Origer (2:32.8). After my exit from D, the final podium was Wally Riuz (2:35.4), Jack Borys (2:34.9) and Dan Matre (2:36.2). In E it was reg Turek (2:38.5), Cory Jump (2:38.1) and Bob Klaskin (2:39.4).
Well that all. I will definitely be back next year...with lots of spares
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While it looked touch and go for a while, it stayed completely dry all day. It was mostly overcast, but reasonable cool.
In the green sprint, Robert Viau (F 2:39.4) took the overall win, with Mike Iapaluccio (G 2:40.1) and Steve Boris (F 2:39.5) in 2nd and 3rd. Other class winners were Dick Strahota (H 2:445.9), and Mitch Richard (I 2:48.3). I didn't get to watch much of this, so I can't really add much color commentary.
In the red sprint, the top 3 overall were Bob Faieta (GTC4 2:17.6), Chris Brown (GTC3 2:19.9), and John Crosby (2:20.5). Spencer *** also had a great run with Chris Brown, but spun off into the T14 gravel on lap 10 ending his race. Watching those two swap the GTC3 lead back and forth was really a treat to watch. Bob Faieta also had a great battle with Steve Goldman in his GTA. They swapped the overall lead a couple of times, and man did they haul in T5. Last on my top favorites to watch was Bob Van Zelst in his GTP1. I'm not sure why, but he started at the very back of the pack. When the green dropped, he split the two cars right in front of him before even crossing start finish. By the end of the first lap, he had already passed 7 or 8 people. When the checker came out, he had worked all the way up to 11th (out of 30). Not bad for starting at the back!
Now on to my group (blue). I was not able to find a spare booster pump, but Dan the miracle man Jacobs was able to temporarily fix the issue. Unfortunately, the fix only seemed to last for a short while. Still, I figured I would drive until the system lost pressure, and then come in. The system lets you know well in advance of the pressure loss, so it wasn't really an issue to drive on it. So I did the warm up and all was fine. In the qualifying, I got 3 laps before it started beeping at me. Sure enough, the pump was scalding hot from the failing bearing. Still, I was able to put my car at the front of D, but the question of if I would make it thru the race remained.
So before the race, Dan repacked the bearing with grease, and we hoped it would last. I also iced the pump down in an attempt to keep it cooler, and hopefully have the grease stay in there longer. I also tried not to use the brakes unless I had to, opting for the handbrake in the pits and on the warm-up lap. I also stopped doing the "tap in go" in a few corners like the kink, and under the Billy Mitchell bridge
When the green flag dropped, I was actually able to get a decent start (rare for me) and pass a couple of cars. The first couple of laps were uneventful, as I tried to nurse my car home for the win. Wally Riuz was in 2nd behind me, with Jack Borys behind him. I just slowed it down and tried to keep a few seconds between me and them. I spent those first laps battling with Rod Johnson in his 993RS Clubsport. If you can get close enough, that car will open a serious hole in the air and give you a massive draft tow. Anyway, after about 3 laps, a GTC2 car spun in T1, and Jim Breakey did some serious off roading to avoid him. Jim was able to keep it going, but was slowed way down between T1 and T3. I took advantage of the situation, and managed to get past Jim. It would not last long. A couple of laps later, Jim was storming back up on me as we left T3. I moved over and got a nice tow up the middle straight. Well, one more lap later, and my brake pressure warning lamp came on again. As we were only on lap 7 of 12, I just pitted as I knew there was no way I would make it 5 more laps. I might have been able to nurse it for 2, but not 5. So again, I had to pit while in lead, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Wasn't really that bad as I didn't expect to make it the distance. I was just glad to be able to drive and have some decent battles during my short stint.
The top three in the blue sprint were Gary Boss (GT4R 2:23.5), Glenn Sapa (GT4S 2:25.3) and Claudio Kemp (GT4S 2:27.6). Jerry Green finished next (GTC1 2:30.007) followed by Charlie Boyer (GTC1 2:31.6). In B, Barry Brensinger took top honors (2:31.7). In C it was Jim Breakey (2:32.8), then Rod Johnson (2:34.6), and Michael Origer (2:32.8). After my exit from D, the final podium was Wally Riuz (2:35.4), Jack Borys (2:34.9) and Dan Matre (2:36.2). In E it was reg Turek (2:38.5), Cory Jump (2:38.1) and Bob Klaskin (2:39.4).
Well that all. I will definitely be back next year...with lots of spares
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Here are some more pics for everyone. PM me I have shots of most of the Club Racers, none really of the DE.
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man great weekend. I kept myself in DE and did not race but enjoyed every moment of it. I promised myself one season in the car to get aquiatned before I club race, so next year I am in!!! I wish there were more of you guys in B stock though because the entries will probably be low. Congrats to all the racers who did well and finished the races!
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Road America + Dry Weather + Great Folks to Race With = Ridiculously Good Times
Colin offered a (strong) draft up the hill during the Enduro, but alas, my F-car couldn't stay in the wake very long. I'll take any help I can get![Wink](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
Mike in Chi (the head Turtle) was kind enough to drag me to a personal best lap time while chasing him in qualifying for the Sprint race. (Again, I'll take any help I can get!)
My thanks to all who participated for a great weekend of exciting and clean racing. A great Fun Race, Enduro, and Sprint race... what a BLAST!
Colin offered a (strong) draft up the hill during the Enduro, but alas, my F-car couldn't stay in the wake very long. I'll take any help I can get
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Mike in Chi (the head Turtle) was kind enough to drag me to a personal best lap time while chasing him in qualifying for the Sprint race. (Again, I'll take any help I can get!)
My thanks to all who participated for a great weekend of exciting and clean racing. A great Fun Race, Enduro, and Sprint race... what a BLAST!