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> Hooked on Driving @ Thunderhill this weekend ...
SirAndy
post Jul 23 2007, 06:59 PM
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friday and saturday, i'll be there working the pits ...

anybody here going?
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post Jul 23 2007, 09:51 PM
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What is it about people driving T Hill in the middle of Summer? Bad for your car, bad for you, generally a miserable place with near 100 degree temps forecasted this weekend. I know of a couple of very expereinced drivers/mechanics who refuse to go there this time of year.

Why not go to Hoopa where its almost 10 degrees cooler and trees shade the pavement?
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post Jul 23 2007, 10:00 PM
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nah, i like Thill in the summer. it's intense. memorable. just slightly crazy.


but andy should run the hill. unless he's scared?
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post Jul 23 2007, 10:12 PM
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but andy should run the hill. unless he's scared?

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car is not ready. if all goes well, i'll get the new clutch in tomorrow, but i'm missing a few things for hoopa and won't make it in time.
next year for sure ...

TH will be great, i'm going to be wrenching on some pretty damm nice 911s ...
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post Jul 23 2007, 10:49 PM
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why would the 911s need wrenching for a DE day? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Jul 23 2007, 10:53 PM
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why would the 911s need wrenching for a DE day? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


i'm going with a team that uses the DE this weekend to do car setup and testing to get ready for the NASA race (includes the PRC "Porsche Racing Challenge") at TH on august 11/12 ...

basically, the weekend will be spent getting the two 911s just puuurfect ...
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post Jul 23 2007, 10:59 PM
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interesting....who are the car owners/drivers? Might know them.
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post Jul 23 2007, 11:04 PM
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interesting....who are the car owners/drivers? Might know them.


Tom van Overbeek owns both cars and is going to drive one.

i haven't met the second driver yet ...
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post Jul 23 2007, 11:08 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Jul 23 2007, 10:04 PM) *

QUOTE(Dan (Almaden Valley) @ Jul 23 2007, 08:59 PM) *

interesting....who are the car owners/drivers? Might know them.


Tom van Overbeek owns both cars and is going to drive one.

i haven't met the second driver yet ...
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is he driving the robins egg blue IROC clone with the 3.6L?
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is he driving the robins egg blue IROC clone with the 3.6L?


yes, that is the plan ... well see if he's any faster than my 914 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

the motor internals are bone stock, but he runs webers instead of the FI ...
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post Jul 23 2007, 11:14 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Jul 23 2007, 10:12 PM) *

QUOTE(Dan (Almaden Valley) @ Jul 23 2007, 09:08 PM) *

is he driving the robins egg blue IROC clone with the 3.6L?


yes, that is the plan ... well see if he's any faster than my 914 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

the motor internals are bone stock, but he runs webers instead of the FI ...
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the car is extremely quick and Tom is a very good driver. He is a former Chief Driving Instructor for GGR time trial series.
He knows his way around TH.
He has done 1:40 in that car at Laguna
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post Jul 23 2007, 11:26 PM
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the car is extremely quick and Tom is a very good driver. He is a former Chief Driving Instructor for GGR time trial series.
He knows his way around TH.
He has done 1:40 in that car at Laguna


i did not know that ...

1:40 at laguna? that's pretty quick!
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post Jul 23 2007, 11:27 PM
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his son Johannes did get some of his driving skills from Dad.
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post Jul 24 2007, 10:51 AM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Jul 23 2007, 10:26 PM) *

QUOTE(Dan (Almaden Valley) @ Jul 23 2007, 09:14 PM) *


He has done 1:40 in that car at Laguna


i did not know that ...

1:40 at laguna? that's pretty quick!
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1:40 for a well prepared 911 with a 3.6 on DOT R tires is what I would expect to see on Laguna Seca from a skilled driver. With racelicks sub 1:40.

Hey Andy, Are you planning to do CDS at Laguna Seca in September? Your car would be a blast on Laguna Seca - its a perfect course for a 3.6 on race slicks. You have power required to run with the big boys in the straights/uphill and great cornering ability of the 914. My car rips in the technical stuff but I have to wave bye bye to more powerful cars as we hit the straights and catch up with them in braking zones.

Have fun at T Hill. Even with hot temps it should be fun!
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post Jul 25 2007, 05:50 PM
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Nothing to do with T-hill, 911s or Hoopa, but...

Just for an impressive point of reference,
This past weekend at Laguna Seca Casey Stoner (Aus) went 1:22.3 around Laguna on the factory Ducati MotoGP bike. On a race tire!

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post Jul 26 2007, 12:44 AM
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Nothing to do with T-hill, 911s or Hoopa, but...

Just for an impressive point of reference,
This past weekend at Laguna Seca Casey Stoner (Aus) went 1:22.3 around Laguna on the factory Ducati MotoGP bike. On a race tire!

Hijack over. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

You know what F1 record is? 1:07!
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post Jul 26 2007, 01:00 AM
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Bordais did a 1:05.8 in spring practice 2007 in Champcar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
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post Jul 26 2007, 10:29 AM
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I did not know that. ;-)

It's amazing what you can do with millions of dollars.
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post Jul 28 2007, 09:58 PM
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that was a great weekend, a bit too hot for my liking, but otherwise very much fun! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

pete stout was driving tom's blue racecar while tom was shaking down his brand new green racecar ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

here are a few pics:


pete's ride for the weekend:

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tom's new toy, 3.6L with aftermarked FI. very nice setup car:

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my car, longing for some track time:

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pete in action (he was surprisingly fast for a pen-scratcher (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ):

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oh, and tom's green car has a new bosch RaceLab system installed. jerry woods and i played with it all day friday and finally got it to work.

it's amazing what you can do to a car these days by just playing with a laptop ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)

you can add any sensor known to man to your car and the software allows you to take all that input and format/crossreference it any way you want and then display it on a digital dash unit ...
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