race report - video, palm beach sportscar classic Options

[machina]

Had our first joint event at Moroso with the SCCA and the VDCA. It was sponsored by Jaguar, pretty cool event.

Best finish for me was 7th out of 21 cars. The car turns and stops as well as most of the formula cars but the tired 1.7 injected motor just doesn't have it on the straights.

I could reel in any car out there in the braking zones only to be left behind in the straights again. It was kind of funny that the british cars, (MG, Triumph, etc) marvel at my "huge" brakes. To these guys, the stock solid rotors on our cars look like a dream compared to their drum brakes and 9" rotors.

In the faster class, my friend alan alesi in his 914-6 won the first race. This was against the jaguar backed factory e-types, pretty incredible. Car and Driver was there, was talking to the photo editors, Csaba was driving one of the jags.

I posted a video clip on my site, http://www.synthesisdv.com/vg/
click on the 914 in the garage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) You will need windows media player v9.

dave

[eresener]

Dave,
MediaStudio has a PRO version...but it is pretty expensive...I have it installed here..but don't use it at all....the VS7 i wrote about is extreemly easy to use...and it costs less that a hundred bucks...

I am in the process of building my 914 and I am documenting every step in both video and digital stills....hopefully by the beginning of the summer this car will taste the asphalt...and I will create an individual chapter of each step on DVD. I look at as a digital album of the process....will also incorporate "reality" commnets from myself, friends and suppliers as I build the car.... it will be fun, frustrating and most of all...mine.

Here in southeast Missouri we have some fantastic roads through the foothills of the Ozarks....semi-long streches of asphalt....and many, many areas that were built just for the Teener....both long and short curves....up and down grades that will make me proud of this car...my 84-944 5-speed enjoys cruising these undiscovered streches ...so I know now how I am going to enjoy my Teener.....

Best, Ed