NPC: Run at the SCCA Majors |
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NPC: Run at the SCCA Majors |
ThePaintedMan |
Jan 10 2015, 12:46 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,886 Joined: 6-September 11 From: St. Petersburg, FL Member No.: 13,527 Region Association: South East States |
So with the tutelage of you guys over the past few years I got a chance to prep a car for a gentleman making his first run for the SCCA Majors (formerly National Runoffs). This is our first weekend and with a fraction of the budget of the big boys in P2, so far we qualified 3rd for this afternoons race. If we finish well enough today and tomorrow, we only need to run Sebring next weekend and Road Atlanta to be in for Daytona in September. Already avoided a catastrophe yesterday when I spotted a control arm bolt nearly ground off by the curbs during my final check.[
attachmentid=482655] Even cooler is that I've had two different team owners ask me to come crew for them next year. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) Anyhow, thanks for helping me get a foot in the door! Attached thumbnail(s) |
ThePaintedMan |
Dec 29 2015, 06:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,886 Joined: 6-September 11 From: St. Petersburg, FL Member No.: 13,527 Region Association: South East States |
Totally forgot to update this when the Runoffs were over. It was a great season, but was a ton of work. Something to be said about running a sorted, purpose-designed chassis versus the homebuilt car that Ed ran this season. But all in all, it was a success running a 20 year old 20k homebuilt car versus 125k+ Stohrs and Radicals.
We finished 14th at Daytona, which was mostly due to just staying on track. The guys at the front, Chris and Jeff are truly in a league of their own. http://cdn.growassets.net/user_files/scca/....pdf?1443221791 But the cool part is Ed ran the Turkey Trot (regional race) just after Thanksgiving at Sebring and won! I don't think he's won a race since he was racing in ITB in the early nineties, so it was nice to get him a good result with all the headaches we had over the past 2 years. The goal for next year, in my mind, is to get another 50 lbs off of the car (and the driver). I finally have a couple of setups for Sebring and Daytona that I'm happy with, but the rest remains in getting the car closer to weight and having Ed drive it more aggressively. I've got some other tricks up my sleeve like getting it to flat-shift and some aero tweaks, but those are more fine tuning. Ed has also insisted that I get my SCCA license this year, and (apparently) already registered me for drivers school in June. Not sure how I feel about that, since I'd be doing it in this car and it's by far the fastest thing I'll ever have driven. But it does look fun... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
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