Watkins Glen Club Race
#46
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Way to go, Hunt! Glad you and the car were plague free this time around!
#47
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Nice job Hunt. The best I could manage was 7th and 8th and I couldn't even get into the 13s but if you average the two the way they do for trophies, accounting for DNFs, then I got 5th. I'll take it and declare myself prince of the mid-packers. I wish I would have done the enduro, and I was going to if it got better but it got too much better and I just didn't feel like unloading and putting the drys back on. Some wierd things going on out there but I had a blast anyway!
#48
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Great time(as always) at The Glen. Here is a video of the purple group enduro from my SPC. Track went from quite wet at the start and gradually dried. I made the last minute decision to go on slicks the entire race and it paid off for me in the end despite having to be very cautious the first 20-30min. Ended up 1st in SPC and 4th overall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx7gW9NmGdU&t=422s
Here is a 360 cam view of yellow sprint 2 race start.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM2ZXZHJV5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx7gW9NmGdU&t=422s
Here is a 360 cam view of yellow sprint 2 race start.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM2ZXZHJV5k
#49
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I thought the "quasi split" was insane. We went around like an accordion, and then I watched Bill Rudner jump the start before T10 (my guess is he got a "Green Green" radio call but who knows). Why did they not simply throw two greens? That was the dumbest idea I have ever seen, leaving it up to the leaders to hit the gas at the Bridge for a start?? NOT a fan, hope it never occurs again..
#50
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Manny nice driving
#51
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I thought the "quasi split" was insane. We went around like an accordion, and then I watched Bill Rudner jump the start before T10 (my guess is he got a "Green Green" radio call but who knows). Why did they not simply throw two greens? That was the dumbest idea I have ever seen, leaving it up to the leaders to hit the gas at the Bridge for a start?? NOT a fan, hope it never occurs again..
SPB was not scheduled for a split start, so once they threw the green the race was on for all in the group.
Aaron
#52
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They let us try it. Some liked it some didn't. Gary is a grumpy old man, resistant to change
#54
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Technically true but a gentlemen's agreement had been struck in order to create our own unofficial race group/start which we enjoy when paired with the SP1-3 but our numbers were to big to put us with them this time so E class was the big winner.
They let us try it. Some liked it some didn't. Gary is a grumpy old man, resistant to change
They let us try it. Some liked it some didn't. Gary is a grumpy old man, resistant to change
Come on Gary, you were at The Glen racing, how grumpy could you be?!
#55
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Actually, I like this one. Much better composition.
I thought the "quasi split" was insane. We went around like an accordion, and then I watched Bill Rudner jump the start before T10 (my guess is he got a "Green Green" radio call but who knows). Why did they not simply throw two greens? That was the dumbest idea I have ever seen, leaving it up to the leaders to hit the gas at the Bridge for a start?? NOT a fan, hope it never occurs again..
I was a little worried about everybody hitting turn 1 with stone cold tires but these things work pretty well cold. Over all I'd say it worked pretty well though it would be nice to have a pace car. The flagger did indeed throw us a green when we got there. When I thought about it later that was a pretty good idea in case some in the front didn't know if the first group got a green or not.
#58
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Oh man I feel bad for your tires! I cant imagine doing that whole race on full wets. Nice job as well