2006 NASA Nationals GTS4 first lap fiasco
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Originally Posted by JimB
It's RWHP Larry. You should be able to drop a lot more than 100 lbs. Sounds like fun doesn't it?
I assume that the car is not weighed with the driver.
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Retired Club Racer & National PCA Instructor
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
Sounds like I could take all of the lead out!
I assume that the car is not weighed with the driver.
I assume that the car is not weighed with the driver.
My challenge is getting my car light enough.
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Originally Posted by JimB
RWHP * 9.0 lbs = car + driver
My challenge is getting my car light enough.
My challenge is getting my car light enough.
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
Oh, then it looks like I could run in GTS3 on my Hoosiers, because 2760 plus my weight just slots in there! ..... ..... .....
you gonna start running nasa larry?
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Originally Posted by spazegun2213
you gonna start running nasa larry?
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
I might. I would love to get back to Mid O but the Club date doesn't work for me.
April 20-22
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September 13-16 NASA Nationals
You will find some great competition to run with in GTS-3 at Mid Ohio.
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Originally Posted by Jim Child
You will find some great competition to run with in GTS-3 at Mid Ohio.
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
Yeah, I saw. The top GTS-3 cars are about 2 seconds quicker than PCA C class. Then again, I can probably run about 200 lbs lighter than I do now, so that should help to close the gap some.
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Originally Posted by Jim Child
If you're looking at NASA Nationals lap times you need to consider that the track was faster in September than it was for the PCA race in May. Around July or so Mid Ohio ground down the curbs and now you can get all over them. Most guys, including myself, found about a one second improvement with the change.
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Larry,
I think it's pretty hard to compare PCA and NASA times at MO. The track was repaved for 2006 so previous years don't mean much. And, it rained almost the whole PCA weekend last summer so the times were pretty slow.
It looks like at most tracks the GTS3/PCA C times seem to be in the same neighborhood. I'm a little off the GTS4 times on some tracks but there's a whole bunch of stuff I can do to my car in NASA that I couldn't in PCA.
It should be fun.
Jim
I think it's pretty hard to compare PCA and NASA times at MO. The track was repaved for 2006 so previous years don't mean much. And, it rained almost the whole PCA weekend last summer so the times were pretty slow.
It looks like at most tracks the GTS3/PCA C times seem to be in the same neighborhood. I'm a little off the GTS4 times on some tracks but there's a whole bunch of stuff I can do to my car in NASA that I couldn't in PCA.
It should be fun.
Jim
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I'm planning on running NASA next year as is a friend of mine. Basically it gives us 1 maybe 2 more Glen races (they may have a May as well as Oct race), 4 more Summit Point Races!!, 2 VIR and i think a LRP. They have a forum as well for our series GTS Challenge. A friend of mine who runs PCA also loves them. I cant wait to run with them, and its HP to weight classing. How can you beat all those additional races close to us.
I'm planning on running NASA next year as is a friend of mine. Basically it gives us 1 maybe 2 more Glen races (they may have a May as well as Oct race), 4 more Summit Point Races!!, 2 VIR and i think a LRP. They have a forum as well for our series GTS Challenge. A friend of mine who runs PCA also loves them. I cant wait to run with them, and its HP to weight classing. How can you beat all those additional races close to us.
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Originally Posted by 1957 356
which NASA region hosts the Glen races?
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This was on the NE forum:
And they did run one event there last year. I would expect that they will have at least one this year.
Wow, GTS Challenge isin it's 5th season. 2007 is just about to start and we are expecting big things. Chris Streit is the new GTS Director in the Midwest region and in the Northeast region the Director duties will be shared by Michael Gershanok and Phil Eiseman.
With the addition of the Northeast region, GTS now runs at LimeRock, Watkins Glen and Beaverun is back on the schedule.
With the addition of the Northeast region, GTS now runs at LimeRock, Watkins Glen and Beaverun is back on the schedule.