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> Vintage Racer Group, Dominion Raceway Inagural Race
MikeSpraggi
post Oct 29 2016, 05:08 AM
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VRG went to a new track, Dominion Raceway in Thornburg, Va. last weekend, Oct 21-23. Had a great time and liked the layout of the track the more I drove it. Here's a video of the first sprint race Sunday morning for Group 1. My teener was running fairly good and the tires had good grip. Surprising end to the race...well, at least for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MTg44Y36Ko
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post Oct 29 2016, 08:58 AM
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Nice drive! It's good to win!
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post Oct 29 2016, 07:44 PM
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Congrats. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
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post Oct 29 2016, 07:52 PM
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That's what I'm talking about Michael.....really good driving, car sounds great. So sweet to see your teener taking the checkered! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Oct 29 2016, 08:48 PM
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post Oct 30 2016, 02:25 AM
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That's what I'm talking about Michael.....really good driving, car sounds great. So sweet to see your teener taking the checkered! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)


Hey John, good to hear from you. As I said before....missed Kermee...but hey....that would have meant no checkered flag for me! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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post Jan 11 2017, 06:30 AM
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Thanks for sharing Mike, very nice driving.....Are you running stock gears, and what size engine. Best, Mark
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post Jan 25 2017, 04:52 AM
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Thanks for sharing Mike, very nice driving.....Are you running stock gears, and what size engine. Best, Mark


Yes, running stock 4 cyl gears, not good for some tracks, good for some others, I do have other boxes and a stash of gears, but don't know what I really want yet. Engine is a close to stock, Weber carb'd, 2.4 six with about 180 at the wheels. Car weighs in at about 2060 dry.

Thast gear set seems to do well for me at Watkins Glen, not so great at NJ Motorsports Thunderbolt. Dominion Raceway is good as well as VIR, but Summit Point, not great. Pitt Race is another good one for the stock gear set, so, I may just live with what I have since I won't be changing out boxes out depending on the track.
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QUOTE(MikeSpraggi @ Jan 25 2017, 02:52 AM) *

QUOTE(mlindner @ Jan 11 2017, 05:30 AM) *

Thanks for sharing Mike, very nice driving.....Are you running stock gears, and what size engine. Best, Mark


Yes, running stock 4 cyl gears, not good for some tracks, good for some others, I do have other boxes and a stash of gears, but don't know what I really want yet. Engine is a close to stock, Weber carb'd, 2.4 six with about 180 at the wheels. Car weighs in at about 2060 dry.

Thast gear set seems to do well for me at Watkins Glen, not so great at NJ Motorsports Thunderbolt. Dominion Raceway is good as well as VIR, but Summit Point, not great. Pitt Race is another good one for the stock gear set, so, I may just live with what I have since I won't be changing out boxes out depending on the track.


Mike, you probably know/have this but in case not, there is a '901 gear chart' Excel spreadsheet that is super helpful and I'll shoot you my version if you want.
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post Jan 26 2017, 02:40 PM
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QUOTE(MikeSpraggi @ Jan 25 2017, 02:52 AM) *

QUOTE(mlindner @ Jan 11 2017, 05:30 AM) *

Thanks for sharing Mike, very nice driving.....Are you running stock gears, and what size engine. Best, Mark


Yes, running stock 4 cyl gears, not good for some tracks, good for some others, I do have other boxes and a stash of gears, but don't know what I really want yet. Engine is a close to stock, Weber carb'd, 2.4 six with about 180 at the wheels. Car weighs in at about 2060 dry.

Thast gear set seems to do well for me at Watkins Glen, not so great at NJ Motorsports Thunderbolt. Dominion Raceway is good as well as VIR, but Summit Point, not great. Pitt Race is another good one for the stock gear set, so, I may just live with what I have since I won't be changing out boxes out depending on the track.

Mike & Mark,
In Kermee I'm on stock gearing, the 2.7 puts down just over 200 rwhp & weighs just about 2000. However, I'm purposely running 225/45/15's which gives about a 5% gearing down factor to help match the car to Summit Point & the other tracks. Last fall I finally did hit the rev limiter (7000) on the back straights at Road Atlanta and VIR on the cooler days making good power, so will go to 50 series tires next season to gear "up" a bit. YMMV. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Feb 20 2017, 08:13 AM
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QUOTE(MikeSpraggi @ Jan 25 2017, 02:52 AM) *

QUOTE(mlindner @ Jan 11 2017, 05:30 AM) *

Thanks for sharing Mike, very nice driving.....Are you running stock gears, and what size engine. Best, Mark


Yes, running stock 4 cyl gears, not good for some tracks, good for some others, I do have other boxes and a stash of gears, but don't know what I really want yet. Engine is a close to stock, Weber carb'd, 2.4 six with about 180 at the wheels. Car weighs in at about 2060 dry.

Thast gear set seems to do well for me at Watkins Glen, not so great at NJ Motorsports Thunderbolt. Dominion Raceway is good as well as VIR, but Summit Point, not great. Pitt Race is another good one for the stock gear set, so, I may just live with what I have since I won't be changing out boxes out depending on the track.


Mike, you probably know/have this but in case not, there is a '901 gear chart' Excel spreadsheet that is super helpful and I'll shoot you my version if you want.


Thanks. Yes, I do have it and used it in making decisions during the initial build.

Thanks again.
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post Feb 20 2017, 08:17 AM
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QUOTE(MikeSpraggi @ Jan 25 2017, 02:52 AM) *

QUOTE(mlindner @ Jan 11 2017, 05:30 AM) *

Thanks for sharing Mike, very nice driving.....Are you running stock gears, and what size engine. Best, Mark


Yes, running stock 4 cyl gears, not good for some tracks, good for some others, I do have other boxes and a stash of gears, but don't know what I really want yet. Engine is a close to stock, Weber carb'd, 2.4 six with about 180 at the wheels. Car weighs in at about 2060 dry.

Thast gear set seems to do well for me at Watkins Glen, not so great at NJ Motorsports Thunderbolt. Dominion Raceway is good as well as VIR, but Summit Point, not great. Pitt Race is another good one for the stock gear set, so, I may just live with what I have since I won't be changing out boxes out depending on the track.

Mike & Mark,
In Kermee I'm on stock gearing, the 2.7 puts down just over 200 rwhp & weighs just about 2000. However, I'm purposely running 225/45/15's which gives about a 5% gearing down factor to help match the car to Summit Point & the other tracks. Last fall I finally did hit the rev limiter (7000) on the back straights at Road Atlanta and VIR on the cooler days making good power, so will go to 50 series tires next season to gear "up" a bit. YMMV. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)


John, I have a set of 16x50 series tires I ran the two seasons ago and I seemed to have more top end on the larger tracks and really liked that.
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post Feb 24 2017, 11:08 AM
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Mike do you know of any detailed pics from the VRG Watkins Glen event??
I was there in my White 914-6 GT
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post Feb 26 2017, 10:24 AM
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Mike do you know of any detailed pics from the VRG Watkins Glen event??
I was there in my White 914-6 GT


Were you in my run group?
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post Feb 26 2017, 10:35 AM
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Mike do you know of any detailed pics from the VRG Watkins Glen event??
I was there in my White 914-6 GT


Is one of these you?

http://billstoler.com/site/#/gallery/2016-...g16-7670-6465e/
http://billstoler.com/site/#/gallery/2016-...g16-8196-c8d1f/
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post Feb 26 2017, 10:53 AM
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Mike do you know of any detailed pics from the VRG Watkins Glen event??
I was there in my White 914-6 GT


Sorry, those links don't work. Let's try this.

Is one of these yours?

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