Cascade Lakes Hill Climb, Video Link Options

[Randal]

Great weekend up in Ashland running the Cascade Lakes Hill Climb.

Yesterday when I arrived back up the hill it was 33 degrees and snowing.



Had to change all my plugs as I was again chasing a stumbling in the motor from Friday. Anyway got that fixed and ended up running the morning session.

So they started the runs about 9:30AM and the road never did get very warm, but it was fun none the less.

Managed to take 4 seconds off my SPU record from last year and today took another second off. The run today should have been 2-3 seconds better, but I missed my "2" shift at the start and totally blew one part of the course. Oh well will have to wait till next year. And it looks like the transmission is coming out next week for repairs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif)

Here is a video of the run on "cold cold" Saturday. Ha, I'll never complain about the Marina again.

http://youtu.be/JfwSBy8B7a8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfwSBy8B7a8


Oh forgot to mention that I had a bit of a mishap during a parade lap when it was WET. Went around turn 4 and put some power down to determine whether the slicks would grip the road. "222" just spun around and went off the course. Good news was that I was able to reverse back on course, but my splitter was destroyed.

So you'll notice the car being loose in the video run.

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Nice run Randal! Cool to see an old vintage racer go up the hill so quick! Bet there were not many cars close to half century old running times you ran!

[Randal]

Nice run Randal! Cool to see an old vintage racer go up the hill so quick! Bet there were not many cars close to half century old running times you ran!

The only car in front of me that wasn't new was a Lola super vee open wheel car that was a screamer.

I would have been right there with that twin pair of FAST Z06 Vettes, but on my last run missed a shift at the start and totally blew the chicane. Still managed to catch up and post my fastest time of the day as the road was 110 degrees in the sun and that made a difference. Think I did get all the other Vette's, Mustang's, Evos, Subi's Miata's and Mitsubishi's and a beautiful Fiat (X19) that had a 230hp rotary. Oh that guy who used to have that crazy fast VW with the 2.3 was running a brand new Subi.

Know I was in the top ten, maybe as low as 7th overall.

Think my transmission needs some Tom Amon effort, although it could be that my linkage got bent or loose or something like that when I had my mishap in the parade lap. Going downhill to the starting line the only way I could get it into first was by reving the motor and double clutching into first. Then the upshift off the start didn't work and I had to find second, so lots of time lost. The Vette's only got my by a second and change. As they say, next year.

And thinking a wing might be a good idea for some downforce on the higher speed corners. But then again wings might not do much until 90mph.