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12-06-2011, 12:48 PM
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Hey Mark, what was up with the 195's rear hatch in the first few hours? I saw it up for quite a while as it zoomed down the front straight.
12-06-2011, 12:48 PM
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+1 and I was in an e30 running 2:10's!
TruSpeed Porsche - they had a driver (hopefully just one) that did not belong on a racetrack, especially in that sort of car. I had to pass the car 2-3 times, and I was driving a Mazda MX5 Cup car with a 2:01 best lap. It was not a very safe situation.
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12-06-2011, 01:05 PM
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dp35, I asked Rob at TruSpeed if they were having tranny issues beacuse the car was going so slow in some parts of the track. I like a lot of people were all over him (and almost into his rear bumper) and passed him 2 times in one stint. Rob said he was new to this, I hope he learned a lot, I sure he was freaking out.
12-06-2011, 01:57 PM
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Hey Mark, what was up with the 195's rear hatch in the first few hours? I saw it up for quite a while as it zoomed down the front straight.
According to Bill Rader, who built the gearbox and used some of our parts in it, there were no issues with the box. I suspect your assessment is correct that it was just a matter of a newer driver in a serious real deal racecar trying to figure out how to drive it in race conditions.
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12-06-2011, 04:24 PM
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Mark C,
Living the dream yet again!
Nice job watched everyone on T&S and streaming. That had to be fun, Maybe next year, Mark P lets see how the season goes, maybe a spec box team is in the making...
Living the dream yet again!
Nice job watched everyone on T&S and streaming. That had to be fun, Maybe next year, Mark P lets see how the season goes, maybe a spec box team is in the making...
12-07-2011, 01:20 PM
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You would have a blast doing the 25hr. It is a challenge and demanding but something you should seriously consider.
Are you going to Sebring like we discussed at Rennsport?
Mark
You would have a blast doing the 25hr. It is a challenge and demanding but something you should seriously consider.
Are you going to Sebring like we discussed at Rennsport?
Mark
12-07-2011, 03:13 PM
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the reason Mercer kept their nose clean and tidy was because every guy in that car was a good driver- van overbeek and fogarty are great drivers and know how to work traffic to avoid accidents. the clutch failed in our 36 car with about 4 or 5 hours to go which stuck me in 4th gear for my 95 min stint...quite hilarious pinging off the rev limiter at 8100 rpm in a mazda and taking t1 flat
12-07-2011, 03:41 PM
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Yeah it did make me smile to stick with the TruSpeed car through 10-13... even had to back out of the throttle of our lowly E30 eta to avoid hitting them.
Thanks for the positive comments Mark... several teams came up to us afterward and complimented our effort. We are one of the slowest cars, the most fuel efficient, and almost certainly the cheapest entry. But we do have a great crew of drivers with solid experience... just not lots of money. So we try to be aware of faster traffic while doing what we can to keep lap times down. For the most part faster cars were patient with us and didn't force things. Last year we finished 26th and this year 27th overall just through consistency and reliability.
We are working on some plans to get faster... either a bit of tweaking to the eta or possibly a bump up to an E36. Not sure how it will pan out but either way we'll be back again!
Thanks for the positive comments Mark... several teams came up to us afterward and complimented our effort. We are one of the slowest cars, the most fuel efficient, and almost certainly the cheapest entry. But we do have a great crew of drivers with solid experience... just not lots of money. So we try to be aware of faster traffic while doing what we can to keep lap times down. For the most part faster cars were patient with us and didn't force things. Last year we finished 26th and this year 27th overall just through consistency and reliability.
We are working on some plans to get faster... either a bit of tweaking to the eta or possibly a bump up to an E36. Not sure how it will pan out but either way we'll be back again!
