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07-25-2009, 04:31 PM
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Had a REALLY REALLY great race with Derek Schwarz in GTS4. We swapped positions 4 times and were nose to tail most of the race (save for when traffic split us up). The race was a decided in a last lap pass at the top of roller coaster in the braking zone for the back straight. Working on having the video uploaded this afternoon.
Great example of a very light, lower powered GTS4 car (from what I understand) vs. our higher powered (313 rwhp) and higher weight (2760) GTS4 car. He dominated out of the hole and in the braking zones...I had the advantage in the draft at the end of the straights and in the high speed corners. We ran our GTS4 tune which caps a significant amount of hp from the top end of our motor and it was my first weekend driving R-comps on this car since 2000. Besides some late race oversteer that is likely due to not changing from our setup for slicks, I was very happy to see we could run competitively in GTS4. Sure beats running with the 600 hp beasts in GTS5 and watching them run away on the straights.
Great example of a very light, lower powered GTS4 car (from what I understand) vs. our higher powered (313 rwhp) and higher weight (2760) GTS4 car. He dominated out of the hole and in the braking zones...I had the advantage in the draft at the end of the straights and in the high speed corners. We ran our GTS4 tune which caps a significant amount of hp from the top end of our motor and it was my first weekend driving R-comps on this car since 2000. Besides some late race oversteer that is likely due to not changing from our setup for slicks, I was very happy to see we could run competitively in GTS4. Sure beats running with the 600 hp beasts in GTS5 and watching them run away on the straights.
07-27-2009, 11:50 AM
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Brian, it was nice to meet you. Also good to see others there as well (Roger, etc.). My weekend started off ok taking 3rd in class for the UTCC. Then on Saturday during qualifying I snapped the rear driver's side stub axle, ending my race weekend. This is the second one that I have snapped, I'm guessing that 924S's were not meant to wear sticky 275's with an addition 100hp (both stub axles broke on hard acceleration of our fast right hand turns).
07-27-2009, 01:00 PM
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Brian, it was nice to meet you. Also good to see others there as well (Roger, etc.). My weekend started off ok taking 3rd in class for the UTCC. Then on Saturday during qualifying I snapped the rear driver's side stub axle, ending my race weekend. This is the second one that I have snapped, I'm guessing that 924S's were not meant to wear sticky 275's with an addition 100hp (both stub axles broke on hard acceleration of our fast right hand turns).
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07-27-2009, 01:38 PM
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Looked around the paddock for your car, but only saw you out on track or on the grid.
07-27-2009, 01:46 PM
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Hopefully get to meet you guys next time!
07-27-2009, 01:54 PM
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He hit the brakes going into the entry to the upper esses and I shot the gap. He turned right into the side of the car. Said he couldn't see me because his side mirror was messed up. 
It was labeled as a "racing incident". Fortunately, the tire took a lot of the impact and it will be minimal body work. Sux cuz I'm about to put it up for sale and have to fix it 1st. 2 seasons and not a scratch until yesterday. Gonna take a break.
It was labeled as a "racing incident". Fortunately, the tire took a lot of the impact and it will be minimal body work. Sux cuz I'm about to put it up for sale and have to fix it 1st. 2 seasons and not a scratch until yesterday. Gonna take a break.
07-27-2009, 02:49 PM
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Had a REALLY REALLY great race with Derek Schwarz in GTS4. We swapped positions 4 times and were nose to tail most of the race (save for when traffic split us up). The race was a decided in a last lap pass at the top of roller coaster in the braking zone for the back straight. Working on having the video uploaded this afternoon.
Great example of a very light, lower powered GTS4 car (from what I understand) vs. our higher powered (313 rwhp) and higher weight (2760) GTS4 car. He dominated out of the hole and in the braking zones...I had the advantage in the draft at the end of the straights and in the high speed corners. We ran our GTS4 tune which caps a significant amount of hp from the top end of our motor and it was my first weekend driving R-comps on this car since 2000. Besides some late race oversteer that is likely due to not changing from our setup for slicks, I was very happy to see we could run competitively in GTS4. Sure beats running with the 600 hp beasts in GTS5 and watching them run away on the straights.
Great example of a very light, lower powered GTS4 car (from what I understand) vs. our higher powered (313 rwhp) and higher weight (2760) GTS4 car. He dominated out of the hole and in the braking zones...I had the advantage in the draft at the end of the straights and in the high speed corners. We ran our GTS4 tune which caps a significant amount of hp from the top end of our motor and it was my first weekend driving R-comps on this car since 2000. Besides some late race oversteer that is likely due to not changing from our setup for slicks, I was very happy to see we could run competitively in GTS4. Sure beats running with the 600 hp beasts in GTS5 and watching them run away on the straights.
Roger, sorry to hear about you getting hit, hope all will be ok. It was very nice to meet you and hope you can run with us in GTS4 next time.
07-27-2009, 02:52 PM
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Derek - Sorry to hear that. Would love to see the malay from your perspective.
I've got it all in HD. I think I've watched it 4-5 times this morning in the background while I work on other things. Trimming it up right now. It's a 2 GB+ raw file, so it's taking a while to edit and compress. I probably won't get it uploaded to Vimeo until later tonight. I don't think the company I'm consulting at today would appreciate me using all of their outbound bandwidth to upload a video.
I've got it all in HD. I think I've watched it 4-5 times this morning in the background while I work on other things. Trimming it up right now. It's a 2 GB+ raw file, so it's taking a while to edit and compress. I probably won't get it uploaded to Vimeo until later tonight. I don't think the company I'm consulting at today would appreciate me using all of their outbound bandwidth to upload a video.
07-27-2009, 03:16 PM
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Roger - good to meet you this weekend. Sorry to hear about the car - I think the EVO driver has something for Porsches - he took Edward DePew off on Turn 17 and chopped me going into 14 during Saturday's race - Glad to hear your OK and no major damage to your car.
07-27-2009, 07:06 PM
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#491 took DePew off at start finish as well!
Craig congrats on your accomplishments this weekend, you did a hell of a job!
I really enjoyed the Watts/Schwarz battle. thanks guys for such a great show. Please let me know where the video will be posted I would love to see it.
Thanks to Frank DePew and Richard Morauer for bringing us out to another NASA event - they are my favorites!
Craig congrats on your accomplishments this weekend, you did a hell of a job!
I really enjoyed the Watts/Schwarz battle. thanks guys for such a great show. Please let me know where the video will be posted I would love to see it.
Thanks to Frank DePew and Richard Morauer for bringing us out to another NASA event - they are my favorites!
07-28-2009, 10:49 AM
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He hit the brakes going into the entry to the upper esses and I shot the gap. He turned right into the side of the car. Said he couldn't see me because his side mirror was messed up. It was labeled as a "racing incident". Fortunately, the tire took a lot of the impact and it will be minimal body work. Sux cuz I'm about to put it up for sale and have to fix it 1st. 2 seasons and not a scratch until yesterday. Gonna take a break.
It was labeled as a "racing incident". Fortunately, the tire took a lot of the impact and it will be minimal body work. Sux cuz I'm about to put it up for sale and have to fix it 1st. 2 seasons and not a scratch until yesterday. Gonna take a break.Norm's car (Beast) was impressive to say the least.
Lots of great racing going on out there in all the GTS classes.
When I figure out how to stay on track and drive faster maybe I'll be part of it.