First day in a Cup Car
03-22-2007, 12:46 AM
#32
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1:56 is very fast at T-hill . I assume you were running the "hill", even if you were not, 1:56-7 is very quick. (the hill is called the "cyclone" vs the bypass which is about 2-3 seconds faster) The ran the "bypass" during the 25hours race at Thunderhill.
What kind of times did you run in the 356 racer?
If you are running 1:56 with the "cyclone" by all means, go to the runnoffs, you will be right in the hunt! Nice job!
Mk
What kind of times did you run in the 356 racer?
If you are running 1:56 with the "cyclone" by all means, go to the runnoffs, you will be right in the hunt! Nice job!
Mk
Originally Posted by MarkPcar
OK, follow-up.
I ran two weekends back-to-back at Thunderhill, PRC the first and a SCCA Double National the second.
In PRC I finished 8th of 10 Cup cars in the first race and 7th of 7 in the second race (after a little incident). Fast lap for the weekend was a 1:58.6.
On Thursday of the following week we worked all day on the set-up and found a 'better' set of used tires for the weekend (Why can't anyone deliver Cup tires???).
For the SCCA weekend we had 6 cars in the GT2 class - 3 Cup cars and 3 other cars. Saturdays race ended in a second place finish and Sundays race was my first ever racing win! Fast lap was a 1:56.6 which is within 1/2 a second of the fastest Cup cars from the PRC weekend.
Whooohaaaa - I'm now the North Pacific division SCCA GT2 points leader! Maybe I should plan for the Runoffs where Analog Mike took 6th place in 2005 with my car. Still lots to learn but it sounds like fun.
I love driving this car!
I ran two weekends back-to-back at Thunderhill, PRC the first and a SCCA Double National the second.
In PRC I finished 8th of 10 Cup cars in the first race and 7th of 7 in the second race (after a little incident). Fast lap for the weekend was a 1:58.6.
On Thursday of the following week we worked all day on the set-up and found a 'better' set of used tires for the weekend (Why can't anyone deliver Cup tires???).
For the SCCA weekend we had 6 cars in the GT2 class - 3 Cup cars and 3 other cars. Saturdays race ended in a second place finish and Sundays race was my first ever racing win! Fast lap was a 1:56.6 which is within 1/2 a second of the fastest Cup cars from the PRC weekend.
Whooohaaaa - I'm now the North Pacific division SCCA GT2 points leader! Maybe I should plan for the Runoffs where Analog Mike took 6th place in 2005 with my car. Still lots to learn but it sounds like fun.
I love driving this car!
