Road Atlanta Rollover Club Entry - 2013 - BGB Motorsports
05-16-2013, 02:04 PM
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Road Atlanta Rollover Club Entry - 2013 - BGB Motorsports
This past weekend BGB Motorsports driver Dr. James Norman was inducted into a very special club founded by the Sports Car Club of America's Atlanta Region, when he left the racing surface entering Road Atlanta's famous blind, uphill turn 1. Norman, of Tampa Bay, FL is normally known for his quiet, soft-spoken demeanor, which is why it was odd for the Porsche pilot of the #38 Cayman that the Ormond Beach, FL team campaigns in the new GX class for Grand-Am's Rolex Sports Car Series, to have attempted something such as this. Norman - someone who usually chooses to "fly below the radar," chose NOT to enter Turn 1 and instead, drift the entry of Turn 1 and then perform the elusive "gravel mowing, sideways somersault." This feat which typically earns anywhere from a score of 9.6 to 10.0 depending on the panel makeup of former Olympic Men's Gymnastics Judges from the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, involves leaving the racing surface to drift the gravel trap and then somersault before landing; in order to achieve maximum point allocation, the car must sustain only cosmetic damage taking additional cabin ballast in the form of gravel or Diet Mountain Dew.
With this being the Grand American Road Racing Associations first and only visit to Road Atlanta, given that the two sports car racing series in North America are merging and creating the United SportsCar Racing identity for 2014, Norman is sure to have his name in the history books as Grand-Am's entry into this very exclusive club.
Calls were made to Norman's home in Tampa but no comments were made.
The team's official comment was as follows, "This is typical for the Doc -- while the entire paddock and the rest of the motorsports world are shocked by the fact that we were able to put this car back together in 2 hours, we are not. The folks at Porsche Cars North America sell a very "balanced" car in the Cayman. Just read the reviews! Editors are always raving about the balance and we had no idea that's what they meant - we thought it gripped the road well." When asked about the miraculous fact that the car was unscathed, the team's manager added, "Since I started my career in racing, I find that it helps to pray weekly to the Catholic's patron saint of miracles before every event; when that doesn't work, I remember that it pays to stay current with your racing dues."
Corner workers from the Sports Car Club of America did not recognize the employee who has been a current dues paying member of the Atlanta Region SCCA since joining in 2000, racing out of region while living in New York City, Manhattan Beach, CA and then Florida. When asked why Tecce has chosen this region as his home he added "without the men and women of the Sports Car Club of America, who donate their time as corner workers to stand outside all day long ins sometimes very unfavorable conditions, none of us would be able to do what we do. Thanks Workers!"
With this being the Grand American Road Racing Associations first and only visit to Road Atlanta, given that the two sports car racing series in North America are merging and creating the United SportsCar Racing identity for 2014, Norman is sure to have his name in the history books as Grand-Am's entry into this very exclusive club.
Calls were made to Norman's home in Tampa but no comments were made.
The team's official comment was as follows, "This is typical for the Doc -- while the entire paddock and the rest of the motorsports world are shocked by the fact that we were able to put this car back together in 2 hours, we are not. The folks at Porsche Cars North America sell a very "balanced" car in the Cayman. Just read the reviews! Editors are always raving about the balance and we had no idea that's what they meant - we thought it gripped the road well." When asked about the miraculous fact that the car was unscathed, the team's manager added, "Since I started my career in racing, I find that it helps to pray weekly to the Catholic's patron saint of miracles before every event; when that doesn't work, I remember that it pays to stay current with your racing dues."
Corner workers from the Sports Car Club of America did not recognize the employee who has been a current dues paying member of the Atlanta Region SCCA since joining in 2000, racing out of region while living in New York City, Manhattan Beach, CA and then Florida. When asked why Tecce has chosen this region as his home he added "without the men and women of the Sports Car Club of America, who donate their time as corner workers to stand outside all day long ins sometimes very unfavorable conditions, none of us would be able to do what we do. Thanks Workers!"
05-16-2013, 02:24 PM
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Great, now I have the theme song to Flipper stuck in my head.
05-16-2013, 02:45 PM
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It was one of those A + B + C type things and I think ultimately A was equal to a fair amount of rear brake bias as we had just switched away from our 24 hour compound, B was equal to needing a bigger blip and I think that C was equal to something I have done several times myself and that's when a faster car passes you and pulls back over in front of you at the last second back on-line because they want the greatest arc to the corner (in this case an uphill, fast T1 at Road Atlanta - so the tighter entry is indeed going to hurt you some) and it either spooks you or pisses you off to the point that you want to roll more speed into the corner because the bigger GT car made your Ginger hairs stand up or made you brake where you didn't want to or caused you not to have a braking reference so your cajones increase in diameter because you're starting to get agro. It is nothing any of us haven't done, especially if you have ever driven an enduro in a momentum car, you know what I am talking about. The car just got back from the body shop with a $3400 repair bill to essentially rebuild everything from the windowline up and put a new quarter panel on. It just became the least damaging and least expensive rollover in Porsche racing history.
Mike G.,
How the heck have you been?!?!?
05-16-2013, 02:48 PM
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I looked at the car before the race and I was amazed that it was nearly unscathed. Light dimpling etc on the roof but otherwise fine...
Expensive Patch, but not as expensive as it could've been ..
Expensive Patch, but not as expensive as it could've been ..
05-16-2013, 02:56 PM
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The Doc does a pretty good job out there among the faster GT and DPs, when the little Cayman is really the least built/developed race car in the entire Rolex field.
It was one of those A + B + C type things and I think ultimately A was equal to a fair amount of rear brake bias as we had just switched away from our 24 hour compound, B was equal to needing a bigger blip and I think that C was equal to something I have done several times myself and that's when a faster car passes you and pulls back over in front of you at the last second back on-line because they want the greatest arc to the corner (in this case an uphill, fast T1 at Road Atlanta - so the tighter entry is indeed going to hurt you some) and it either spooks you or pisses you off to the point that you want to roll more speed into the corner because the bigger GT car made your Ginger hairs stand up or made you brake where you didn't want to or caused you not to have a braking reference so your cajones increase in diameter because you're starting to get agro. It is nothing any of us haven't done, especially if you have ever driven an enduro in a momentum car, you know what I am talking about. The car just got back from the body shop with a $3400 repair bill to essentially rebuild everything from the windowline up and put a new quarter panel on. It just became the least damaging and least expensive rollover in Porsche racing history.
It was one of those A + B + C type things and I think ultimately A was equal to a fair amount of rear brake bias as we had just switched away from our 24 hour compound, B was equal to needing a bigger blip and I think that C was equal to something I have done several times myself and that's when a faster car passes you and pulls back over in front of you at the last second back on-line because they want the greatest arc to the corner (in this case an uphill, fast T1 at Road Atlanta - so the tighter entry is indeed going to hurt you some) and it either spooks you or pisses you off to the point that you want to roll more speed into the corner because the bigger GT car made your Ginger hairs stand up or made you brake where you didn't want to or caused you not to have a braking reference so your cajones increase in diameter because you're starting to get agro. It is nothing any of us haven't done, especially if you have ever driven an enduro in a momentum car, you know what I am talking about. The car just got back from the body shop with a $3400 repair bill to essentially rebuild everything from the windowline up and put a new quarter panel on. It just became the least damaging and least expensive rollover in Porsche racing history.
05-16-2013, 02:58 PM
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The Doc does a pretty good job out there among the faster GT and DPs, when the little Cayman is really the least built/developed race car in the entire Rolex field.
It was one of those A + B + C type things and I think ultimately A was equal to a fair amount of rear brake bias as we had just switched away from our 24 hour compound, B was equal to needing a bigger blip and I think that C was equal to something I have done several times myself and that's when a faster car passes you and pulls back over in front of you at the last second back on-line because they want the greatest arc to the corner (in this case an uphill, fast T1 at Road Atlanta - so the tighter entry is indeed going to hurt you some) and it either spooks you or pisses you off to the point that you want to roll more speed into the corner because the bigger GT car made your Ginger hairs stand up or made you brake where you didn't want to or caused you not to have a braking reference so your cajones increase in diameter because you're starting to get agro. It is nothing any of us haven't done, especially if you have ever driven an enduro in a momentum car, you know what I am talking about. The car just got back from the body shop with a $3400 repair bill to essentially rebuild everything from the windowline up and put a new quarter panel on. It just became the least damaging and least expensive rollover in Porsche racing history.
Mike G.,
How the heck have you been?!?!?
It was one of those A + B + C type things and I think ultimately A was equal to a fair amount of rear brake bias as we had just switched away from our 24 hour compound, B was equal to needing a bigger blip and I think that C was equal to something I have done several times myself and that's when a faster car passes you and pulls back over in front of you at the last second back on-line because they want the greatest arc to the corner (in this case an uphill, fast T1 at Road Atlanta - so the tighter entry is indeed going to hurt you some) and it either spooks you or pisses you off to the point that you want to roll more speed into the corner because the bigger GT car made your Ginger hairs stand up or made you brake where you didn't want to or caused you not to have a braking reference so your cajones increase in diameter because you're starting to get agro. It is nothing any of us haven't done, especially if you have ever driven an enduro in a momentum car, you know what I am talking about. The car just got back from the body shop with a $3400 repair bill to essentially rebuild everything from the windowline up and put a new quarter panel on. It just became the least damaging and least expensive rollover in Porsche racing history.
Mike G.,
How the heck have you been?!?!?
