What times are you running at Laguna Seca? Options

[SirAndy]

What times are you guys running at Laguna Seca?

Is a 1:40 possible in a 914 with good tires and power to spare?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Andy

[grantsfo]

What times are you guys running at Laguna Seca?

Is a 1:40 possible in a 914 with good tires and power to spare?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Andy

With your car on fresh slicks 1:40 should be attainable Andy. I was turning 1:41's in my little 2.5. But once you get in that 1:40 territory your hauling balls in a sub 300 hp car. Your using every inch of the track too.

I know my little 2.5 Boxster will do similar times once I'm finished with it.

[race914]

I was turning 1:41's in my little 2.5.

1:41 is a really outstanding time at Laguna. Here are some benchmarks for comparison:

Kevin Voight, in the Tom & Johannes VanOverbeek's old silver 914 with the 2.8, only runs 43s, and the majority of 911s running 2.8s are also running 43s...

Checkout the PCA-GGR KM class for times: http://www.pca-ggr.org/files/htm/5-31-04-tt-ls.htm

Rich Bontempi in his 3.0 914 (Vetteater) ran 1:50s, similar to Dan's 914-6 times noted above:
http://www.pca-ggr.org/node/567
that was in a full street legal car running 205s.
Rich's yellow EP class 914 ran around 1:41s. Similar to this 914 (rich is mentioned) http://bringatrailer.com/2010/02/02/bat-ex...sche-914-racer/

A 1:41 would have also won the 2009 small bore production SCCA Vintage event at Laguna: http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1083228

and would have also placed 4th in the 2009 Big Block Production class running with the Shelby GT-350s, Cobras and Vettes: http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1083244

Anyone remember Dave Ferguson and his irish green 914 2.8? I know Dan does. Here's a quote from Dave:
"<in 2000> my GT-2 legal 914-6 set the PCA (Class U) track record at 1:37.8"
http://sccaforums.com/forums/thread/99937.aspx

Here's Laguna Seca SCCA race results with Dave Ferguson and Kevin Buckler when he was campaigning the old TOGOs 911. http://www.sfrscca.org/content/view/3673/

Running 1:41s is a great accomplishment at Laguna.

Andy,
Dave owns Veracity Racing Data http://www.veracitydata.com/ and I would bet he would enjoy talking to you about his 914-6. Contact info is on his site. Or, stop in and meet Dave next time you are down this way, Roger Sheridan is also in Paso Robles, and GPR is right over the hill in SLO along with SWW914s shop http://protonmotorsports.com/ and last but not least Capt Krusty is a few miles away in Santa Maria so you could make it a 914 field trip...