Mazdeuce does One Lap

Looking at the piles of stuff behind cars in the paddock makes me understand Andy's trailer idea: Everything in the trailer, little-to-nothing in the car. Unhitch and race. Post-race, hitch up and you're gone.

Results are up and we finished 24th overall and 2/4 in class with 0.689g.

mndsm wrote: Is someone driving the ridiculous swat truck the whole.event?

That was the local SWAT truck, becuase every small Indiana town needs armor. Unfortunately they are not going with us.

I want one.

I think that's the wildest wing I have ever seen on the back of the GT-R.

Feedyurhed wrote: I think that's the wildest wing I have ever seen on the back of the GT-R.

I was thinking the GT-R needs a Viagra.

Feedyurhed wrote: I think that's the wildest wing I have ever seen on the back of the GT-R.

Airflow over the bottom of the wing is more important than the top.

I was wondering why the uprights were like that. Same question I had with Ed's car.

I'll take a picture of my co-driver next to the wing. It's enormous. The uprights are probably 5 feet tall.

So want to do this again when the budget allows

The year I did it we packed everything into the car (well, wagon) and it was a major PITA. I wish we'd brought my tire trailer, plus we could've put a bike on the trailer, which would've helped learn the tracks better.

Is the factory Honda team there with the V6 turbo, 6MT swapped mini van again? If so, they're a bunch of great guys and that mini van is shockingly fast on track.

Does that 944 LS swapped car not have head lights?

I'll see you in Colorado at HPR on Monday. Make sure to ping me tomorrow if you want me to bring you anything.

In reply to docwyte:

Packing and unpacking isn't really a problem (so far) we can do it in about three minutes. Even Andy Hollis is without a trailer in the Cayanne.
The guys in the 944 do have lights. They also have a picture of a monkey butt which they mooned us with as they passed this afternoon.
The Honda team has a mid size SUV, the Acura MDX maybe? I get confused. It has a bunch of Megan racing stuff on it and they say the best change was removing 1000lbs from the car.
I'm looking forward to saying hi in Colorado. So far we need nothing. I'll let you know if that changes.

mazdeuce wrote:

Of course there had to be two white 81 Camaro's entered to make me wrong...This is the Camaro in question. Note the One Lap badges around their entry number. My understanding is that all 25 times it has been run now, have also been consecutive.

Here at Mid America Motorplex for the first actual track sessions. Completely flat track that is easy to drive visually. I went out conservstively braking one marker before I thought I needed to. I got a couple of lines wrong, but it was still really fun. My fast lap was a 1.55.8. Pretty sure that will put me way down the order. My co-driver runs in the afternoon and I expect him to be faster.
Having a blast.

When you get to Hallett, I will seek you out and try to give you tips on the fast line, not the instructor line.

mazduece, are you guys planning on getting there early for the track walk?

For Hallett we'd like to, but we'll see how the schedule works.
We're absurdly bottom of class and I finished 40 out of 54 finishers this morning. I think we have firmly cemented ourselves as tourists.

z31maniac wrote: When you get to Hallett, I will seek you out and try to give you tips on the fast line, not the instructor line.

Perhaps I'd better join you.

My co-driver for scale next to the uprights.

Your co-driver is much better looking than that rear wing assembly.

But which one is better at adding speed to the car?
We're about to find out. He's suited up and contemplating the track as the first cars go out.

mazdeuce wrote:

I can't stand up at work now.

That Porsche seemed a lot less cool the third time he spit an axle out.

Just stopped to try and help a corvette that was dead on the road. He had spark and fuel pressure, but wouldn't start. My knowledge and troubleshooting ability ran out at about that point and he was calling for a tow when we rolled out. He says he'll catch up with us either with a fixed car or a rental.

Some thoughts on the format of the track stuff. Here's how it works. You get a sighting lap, and then your run group (of four to six) stops at the start line. You do a standing start one at a time and are scored for three laps, your standing one and two flyers. You get the checkers, do a cool down and pit in. Your time is for all three laps.
It's pretty interesting to think about. You have to go fast of course, but the format heavily penalizes a spin or other large mistake. We're not anywhere near the pointy end of things, but being consistently mediocre may pay off. We're currently 37 in the field, 5/10 in stock and dead last in luxury car. After three laps and almost six minutes of time, my co-driver and I were 0.7 seconds apart. It seems that we're doing things about the same.

And......the axle is falling out of the diff again. God dammit.