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Old 06-07-2012, 08:25 PM
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Mac did a great job keeping things safe for the first stint in the rain, and gave me the car as the track dried out. I had a fun couple of laps racing with Peter for the lead of GTC4.

Make sure you watch until the end. I had a big slide at the top of the esses when it started raining the last few laps. The end of the race in the rain was very sketchy! It wouldn't have been a bad idea to call the race a few minutes early to avoid a bad situation.




Video from Sprint Race 2. The car was feeling great, Such a fun track to drive.

Just realized I didn't mention the 2 videos are of 2 different cars. The Enduro is in Mac's 2006 GTC4 class 997 cup and the sprint is from our 2008 GTA2 class Grand-Am 997 cup. They look like the same cars at a glance from the incar clips.

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Originally Posted by coryf

Make sure you watch until the end. I had a big slide at the top of the esses when it started raining the last few laps.
That must have been quite scary... Great work there!



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I was working the scales last weekend at the Clash. it's cool to see it from the drivers point of view.

Thanks for posting the video.


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Nice driving and nice pass into T1, and good recovery in the esses. Did I see the right hand casually resting in the lap around 8:34??

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Sprint Race 2 video added to the original post.
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Hey...you promised me you wouldn't post how you abused me in Turn 1...

Oh well, at least I made you work for it... Great driving. Best 5-6 laps I had all weekend!
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Thanks for posting, awesome driving! 1:52....
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Come on, you left at least 3-4 seconds on the table.... in that 52.7 lap.

Nice job! Is this the same car you all had for sale earlier in the year that, apparently, I should have bought ?

Sounds more like an RSR than a cup car!
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Originally Posted by coryf
Video from Sprint Race 2. The car was feeling great, Such a fun track to drive.
Warning light on the left side of dash ?
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52.7 is niiiiiice. And you probably lost a couple tenths passing those 2 cars on that lap!
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Nice driving as always, Cory. Sorry we didn't get a chance to visit--every time I swung by, you weren't there.
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Originally Posted by GT3 Techno
Warning light on the left side of dash ?
That's the "slow down you're make'n everyone look bad" light
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brake pressure indicator to help prevent lockup (I say this not looking at video) re: warning light
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Originally Posted by RSRRacer
brake pressure indicator to help prevent lockup (I say this not looking at video) re: warning light
Normally this light is for engine issues... may be this car has a different set-up.

Great driving anyway !
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Thanks for the comments guys.

Originally Posted by danielyonker
Did I see the right hand casually resting in the lap around 8:34??
Whats wrong with being a little relaxed in the car?

Originally Posted by PedroNole
Hey...you promised me you wouldn't post how you abused me in Turn 1...

Oh well, at least I made you work for it... Great driving. Best 5-6 laps I had all weekend!
Ha! I was proud of that pass and wanted to show it off a little. That was a blast running with you. I thought you were cruising when I was gaining but all of a sudden you took off! Good luck in the IMSA challenge race at RD America.

Originally Posted by RSRRacer
Come on, you left at least 3-4 seconds on the table.... in that 52.7 lap.

Nice job! Is this the same car you all had for sale earlier in the year that, apparently, I should have bought ?

Sounds more like an RSR than a cup car!
Hi Chris. Haven't heard from you in a while, we've been missing having you at the track. Yes this is the same car you looked at. The car was running great this past weekend! It's hard to do much setup work at a PCA race but we had it pretty close by the 2nd sprint. It is a 2008 grand-am model with some updates. We went through the engine before this weekend and trans since buying it before Rd Atlanta. Planning on doing some gen-2 body work and run it in the 2013 24hr at daytona.

Originally Posted by GT3 Techno
Warning light on the left side of dash ?
That is the diag light. We checked it with modas and it showed nothing wrong. We have talked to PMNA about the light on other cars in the past and they say its normal to go on/off without having any issues.

Originally Posted by 38D
52.7 is niiiiiice. And you probably lost a couple tenths passing those 2 cars on that lap!
It was hard finding open laps. We havent looked at the data from that race yet but I'm sure there was a few tenths lost. I wish we had a chance to do a low fuel, qualifying run with new tires. The car was definately running strong.

Originally Posted by Veloce Raptor
Nice driving as always, Cory. Sorry we didn't get a chance to visit--every time I swung by, you weren't there.
Sorry I missed you. The paddock there is so spread out its tough to get around to see everyone. Sounds like you had a very productive week with your coaching guys. Catch you at the next one.


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