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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Afternoon at Infineon Raceway

Posted by: trekkor Apr 9 2005, 08:32 PM

Got to work with Brad in the paddock and pits on Scott Yeoman's 914-6 3.2 tube frame track car.

After recording tire temps/pressures for Brad following qualifying, I helped move the car onto the car scales. Brad determined the car needed more front spring and a firmer setting on the 31mm SRP front bar.

The car was sputtering due to a low fuel pressure/starvation issue.

We pumped all the fuel out and Brad fabbed an alternate fuel pick-up for the fuel cell.

Scott has a very fast car that he is still sorting out.
It's hard to run your best with new tires, suspension and engine mods the first time out.

In qualifying this early 911 with Cup Car body work ate the wall right before turn 11.

KT

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Posted by: trekkor Apr 9 2005, 08:49 PM

Scott in the carrousel...

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Posted by: trekkor Apr 9 2005, 08:51 PM

Again...

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Posted by: trekkor Apr 9 2005, 08:53 PM

Out of turn two up the hill.

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Posted by: SGB Apr 9 2005, 08:55 PM

Ouch fer the 911...

Thanks for the pictures. 914s always look great in action on the track!

Posted by: grantsfo Apr 9 2005, 09:00 PM

QUOTE (trekkor @ Apr 9 2005, 06:32 PM)

In qualifying this early 911 with Cup Car body work ate the wall right before turn 11.

KT

Ouch! How did he do that? Did he crash into someone who was braking too early?

Posted by: J P Stein Apr 9 2005, 09:00 PM

I see you took Andy along as offical team photographer.

Posted by: trekkor Apr 9 2005, 09:08 PM

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Ouch! How did he do that? Did he crash into someone who was braking too early?

I just looked up and there he was...

I didn't see the incident. He was able to fix it and win the race three hours later.

JP, I was just going to post something like that myself.

Poor Andy.

KT

Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 9 2005, 09:53 PM

i always liked taht tube frame car

Posted by: Jenny Apr 9 2005, 11:41 PM

Scott Yeaman. Good to see you there today Trek.

Jen

Posted by: anthony Apr 10 2005, 01:02 AM

Is there more racing tomorrow?

Posted by: Jenny Apr 10 2005, 01:39 AM

yup, they're out all day tomorrow as well.

Jen

Posted by: trekkor Apr 10 2005, 09:18 AM

For $10 you can go all over the paddock and track view points.

Posted by: butch Apr 12 2005, 03:35 PM

I wanna go next time! Invite me!!!

Posted by: Jenny Apr 12 2005, 03:37 PM

Oh, we weren't invited. Birgit and I just crashed the party.

Jen

Posted by: TMorr Apr 12 2005, 06:44 PM

Hi Trekkor

Good to meet you at the weekend. Here you are working the pit at the weekend.

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Posted by: jd74914 Apr 12 2005, 06:50 PM

That car's so cool

Posted by: Brett W Apr 12 2005, 07:46 PM

How's that car compare to Roger's car? What kind of times?

Posted by: Mueller Apr 12 2005, 08:19 PM

QUOTE (Brett W @ Apr 12 2005, 06:46 PM)
How's that car compare to Roger's car? What kind of times?

I'm not sure if you can make a fair comparison between the two cars....Rogers car has way more cubic dollars poured into it, but it would be interesting....I'm not sure if they have every run together...I guess one could look at the lap times for the same track to get an idea....

Posted by: Lyressa Roberts Apr 12 2005, 09:55 PM

QUOTE (Jenny @ Apr 12 2005, 01:37 PM)
Oh, we weren't invited. Birgit and I just crashed the party.

Jen

And I wasn't invited to crash with you?

Posted by: Jenny Apr 12 2005, 10:07 PM

She called me last minute saturday morning to see if I wanted to come with. I barely had time to tell Brian I was heading out. I'm sorry!!

Jen

Posted by: Lyressa Roberts Apr 12 2005, 10:15 PM

No biggie...I was just hanging my lip out...hehehe. It would have been difficult for me this last weekend (or this weekend for that matter). This class is a booger (Advanced Accounting) and I was working on spreadsheets from the time the sun came up to the time it set Sunday night.

Posted by: trekkor Apr 12 2005, 10:47 PM

QUOTE (Brett W @ Apr 12 2005, 06:46 PM)
How's that car compare to Roger's car? What kind of times?

Scott put up a 1:49.

KT

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 13 2005, 12:53 AM

Roger has 20+ years of seat time compared to Scott's 8-9 years. It wouldnt be too far off.. I know we ran a Laguna event with Roger last year, but we didnt run the same run groups. Roger was there with POC and we where running with PRC. Scott has been uncomfortable in the car with it's 500lb spring rates. I changed everything a few days before the event and got away from the Goodyear radials we where running. I pulled out all the negative camber and dropped the spring rates to 250 rear/350 fronts and sent him off. Now he is comfortable in the car. The suspension works again.

I learned yesterday that I was given the wrong temps for Hoosiers "hot" I was given 29-30 hot and we should have been running 24-25 hot. I was furious..

B

Posted by: nine14cats Apr 13 2005, 01:17 AM

B,

Who told you to run the hoosiers at 29 hot? If they are bias ply, I've never had them above 26lbs hot...they slip....

Good to see you guys out doing what you do...now if I can just join you sometime soon...

Bill P.

Posted by: Brett W Apr 13 2005, 07:44 AM

I run hoosier to just short of 30psi hot. Seems to work great for our car.

Why did you go back to bias ply tires? That's a step backwards from radials.