UTCC @ VIR July 19, 2013
07-21-2013, 08:43 PM
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Great toasty times indeed. Glad to see and hang out with everyone. AIM showed a 2:08.5 rolling lap but if not on the time sheets it does not exist! :-(.
Cheers and maybe we'll do it next year all over again...
Cheers and maybe we'll do it next year all over again...
07-22-2013, 03:28 PM
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Saweet! Congrats in advance! That car is ultra cool. We had a photo shoot in the AM before the event started and the 818 was one of the cars in the group for the shoot. Awesome machine.... MUCH faster times at VIR definitely on tap for it as well...
07-22-2013, 11:07 PM
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I was there and can confirm the heat really took a toll. I could not get any closer than 4.5 seconds of my best time at VIR. I think I drank 4 gallons of water. Kevin took some great shots of us in the morning photo shoot, I would recommend him to any one wanting quality photos of their car in action.
07-25-2013, 05:06 PM
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Long, aggravating day for me. Car ran awesome just one weekend before at VIR. But I discovered a bottoming out issue that didn't surface (or I didn't hear until Sunday) . I assumed the shock was bad as the suggestion of a Pirelli engineer. Tire was being cut into deeper and deeper. Took the shock off, sent it off to be examined while out of the country for the week. Synergy helped with storing the car and taking the shock off and putting it back on. Got the refreshed shock on, STILL RUBBING. By this time I'm super nervous because its been rubbing for a good while and the groove is very deep.
Raised the car up almost an inch, handling goes to crap, no traction anywhere, not to mention the TPMS I just installed had a leaky valve stem causing rapid air loss, and the settings on the refreshed shock had been changed. Didn't figure that out until mid day. Managed a 57.7. Tires were on their 6-9 HC's too. Had some stickers but left them in the trailer because of all of the issues, didn't want to chance wasting a set of tires trying to catch Clay in the GT2 in the afternoon heat on a whacked setup.
Not to mention I got put in Group B. Was not happy about that. Clay was in it because he was driving fast cars in both groups. They just put me in it for some reason. Next after me was almost 10 seconds slower. Less fun.
Raised the car up almost an inch, handling goes to crap, no traction anywhere, not to mention the TPMS I just installed had a leaky valve stem causing rapid air loss, and the settings on the refreshed shock had been changed. Didn't figure that out until mid day. Managed a 57.7. Tires were on their 6-9 HC's too. Had some stickers but left them in the trailer because of all of the issues, didn't want to chance wasting a set of tires trying to catch Clay in the GT2 in the afternoon heat on a whacked setup.
Not to mention I got put in Group B. Was not happy about that. Clay was in it because he was driving fast cars in both groups. They just put me in it for some reason. Next after me was almost 10 seconds slower. Less fun.
07-25-2013, 06:48 PM
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Long, aggravating day for me. Car ran awesome just one weekend before at VIR. But I discovered a bottoming out issue that didn't surface (or I didn't hear until Sunday) . I assumed the shock was bad as the suggestion of a Pirelli engineer. Tire was being cut into deeper and deeper. Took the shock off, sent it off to be examined while out of the country for the week. Synergy helped with storing the car and taking the shock off and putting it back on. Got the refreshed shock on, STILL RUBBING. By this time I'm super nervous because its been rubbing for a good while and the groove is very deep.
Raised the car up almost an inch, handling goes to crap, no traction anywhere, not to mention the TPMS I just installed had a leaky valve stem causing rapid air loss, and the settings on the refreshed shock had been changed. Didn't figure that out until mid day. Managed a 57.7. Tires were on their 6-9 HC's too. Had some stickers but left them in the trailer because of all of the issues, didn't want to chance wasting a set of tires trying to catch Clay in the GT2 in the afternoon heat on a whacked setup.
Not to mention I got put in Group B. Was not happy about that. Clay was in it because he was driving fast cars in both groups. They just put me in it for some reason. Next after me was almost 10 seconds slower. Less fun.
Raised the car up almost an inch, handling goes to crap, no traction anywhere, not to mention the TPMS I just installed had a leaky valve stem causing rapid air loss, and the settings on the refreshed shock had been changed. Didn't figure that out until mid day. Managed a 57.7. Tires were on their 6-9 HC's too. Had some stickers but left them in the trailer because of all of the issues, didn't want to chance wasting a set of tires trying to catch Clay in the GT2 in the afternoon heat on a whacked setup.
Not to mention I got put in Group B. Was not happy about that. Clay was in it because he was driving fast cars in both groups. They just put me in it for some reason. Next after me was almost 10 seconds slower. Less fun.
Car looked very good despite the problems and issues.
