The first ~4min of 55min I captured from the race on Saturday. I've got some editing to do with the rest of it, but here's a look at one of our pit stops. Driver must be out of the car for refueling, so we have two drivers suited up to refuel and I hop in as soon as they're done.
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15min clip from my first session early saturday. Most of this time was spent following/chasing the eventual 2nd place car, the Alfa Romeo Milano V6 (the awesome sounding car ahead of me, if you turn the volume up all the way)...then he went 4-wheels-off at about the 12:15 mark and I slid by about a lap later as he probably started seeing black flags pointed at him.
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Brief race recap:
-Andy starts Saturday, runs 16 laps, isn't feeling good, pits. Doesn't drive the rest of the day.
-Pete hops in for 44 laps, sets fast lap, the car goes 60 laps on fuel with some caution laps at the beginning of the race.
-I take over and run 53 laps, no issues.
-Jeff gets in, goes fast immediately, runs 41 laps and pits due to black flag, for 4-wheels-off. The penalty is just a driver change. Longer stop, we weren't ready, radio wasn't working.
-Pete gets in, comes in once for a black flag that wasn't for him, goes back out. Ran 52 laps.
-I get in for the last ~2hr of Saturday, was going good, green the whole time (no full course caution, unlike my first stint), then get a black flag with 12min to go for passing under yellow. No penalty, go back out and finish up the session. I don't know where I passed under yellow. Chances are I was racing someone who also didn't slow for the yellow so it wasn't obvious and I didn't see it.
Sunday, the plan is one driver stop, so each driver has to push for over 2hr.
-Andy goes about 2hr, 20min and turns 57 laps.
-Pete finished with about 2hr, 10min, doing 61 laps.
This helped us climb from 9th to 4th on Sunday and our only stop was the fastest of the weekend...we were actually suited up and ready to fuel and change drivers.
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I'll add more later including some helmet-cam clips, but here's the result and a few pictures I took, mostly on Sunday.
http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1940004
4th overall out of 102 entries. 1st in Class B (The Bad), by 7 laps over the other 240 wagon. Our best result to date and second consecutive race in which we won our class. We'll be bumped to Class A (Group A?) next race as confirmed by Judge Phil, so we'll have to step it up and go for the overall win.
Changes for this race included a "new" power steering rack w/o assist (old crusty one off my autoX car), "new" 170k mile B230F with mostly unknown history and way too much iron dust stuck to the crankshaft after drilling for the oil return, and a NEW set of 225/50/16 Dunlop Direzza Star Spec tires that really helped a lot. We also mounted the big air deflector as a rear spoiler, too. The car felt good and didn't have any problems during the race. Oil consumption was normal, about 1/2qt or less per ~2hr stint.
Post-race celebratory coke shower courtesy of the Keystone Kops
The wrist pin still pivots, but that piston is used and abused
About 5 laps til the finish (we ended with 371 laps, about 45sec ahead of the 5 series bimmer behind us, #78)
The office where it all gets done
And the best feature of the track, 20 degree banked concrete
14.5hr race at Shenandoah circuit, Summit Point, WV. Overall winner was again the '98 MB S500. They're clean, smooth, fast enough, and didn't have any car trouble during the race.
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15min clip from my first session early saturday. Most of this time was spent following/chasing the eventual 2nd place car, the Alfa Romeo Milano V6 (the awesome sounding car ahead of me, if you turn the volume up all the way)...then he went 4-wheels-off at about the 12:15 mark and I slid by about a lap later as he probably started seeing black flags pointed at him.
<iframe width="640" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Uzas3XqyQNE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Brief race recap:
-Andy starts Saturday, runs 16 laps, isn't feeling good, pits. Doesn't drive the rest of the day.
-Pete hops in for 44 laps, sets fast lap, the car goes 60 laps on fuel with some caution laps at the beginning of the race.
-I take over and run 53 laps, no issues.
-Jeff gets in, goes fast immediately, runs 41 laps and pits due to black flag, for 4-wheels-off. The penalty is just a driver change. Longer stop, we weren't ready, radio wasn't working.
-Pete gets in, comes in once for a black flag that wasn't for him, goes back out. Ran 52 laps.
-I get in for the last ~2hr of Saturday, was going good, green the whole time (no full course caution, unlike my first stint), then get a black flag with 12min to go for passing under yellow. No penalty, go back out and finish up the session. I don't know where I passed under yellow. Chances are I was racing someone who also didn't slow for the yellow so it wasn't obvious and I didn't see it.
Sunday, the plan is one driver stop, so each driver has to push for over 2hr.
-Andy goes about 2hr, 20min and turns 57 laps.
-Pete finished with about 2hr, 10min, doing 61 laps.
This helped us climb from 9th to 4th on Sunday and our only stop was the fastest of the weekend...we were actually suited up and ready to fuel and change drivers.
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I'll add more later including some helmet-cam clips, but here's the result and a few pictures I took, mostly on Sunday.
http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1940004
4th overall out of 102 entries. 1st in Class B (The Bad), by 7 laps over the other 240 wagon. Our best result to date and second consecutive race in which we won our class. We'll be bumped to Class A (Group A?) next race as confirmed by Judge Phil, so we'll have to step it up and go for the overall win.
Changes for this race included a "new" power steering rack w/o assist (old crusty one off my autoX car), "new" 170k mile B230F with mostly unknown history and way too much iron dust stuck to the crankshaft after drilling for the oil return, and a NEW set of 225/50/16 Dunlop Direzza Star Spec tires that really helped a lot. We also mounted the big air deflector as a rear spoiler, too. The car felt good and didn't have any problems during the race. Oil consumption was normal, about 1/2qt or less per ~2hr stint.
Post-race celebratory coke shower courtesy of the Keystone Kops
The wrist pin still pivots, but that piston is used and abused
About 5 laps til the finish (we ended with 371 laps, about 45sec ahead of the 5 series bimmer behind us, #78)
The office where it all gets done
And the best feature of the track, 20 degree banked concrete
14.5hr race at Shenandoah circuit, Summit Point, WV. Overall winner was again the '98 MB S500. They're clean, smooth, fast enough, and didn't have any car trouble during the race.
