reppin' miata's @ viper cup / whelen TT
09-05-2011, 01:15 PM
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reppin' miata's @ viper cup / whelen TT
despite a terrible start, managed to snag one of these and a free hoosier yesterday. alot of people liked the little miata fighting off american supercars!
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09-05-2011, 01:19 PM
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This is good ****, congratulations. You're still going down in TXMC though. I want the gold, give me the gold. 
Seriously, good job, I'm proud of my Miata brethren.
Seriously, good job, I'm proud of my Miata brethren.
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09-05-2011, 01:56 PM
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Nice job. 
Were you running A6 or R6 Hoosiers? Size? Laptime? Winners time? Can't seem to find **** on mylaps or NARRA's site..I might run with this group, I see they visit Cression (close to home)..
Were you running A6 or R6 Hoosiers? Size? Laptime? Winners time? Can't seem to find **** on mylaps or NARRA's site..I might run with this group, I see they visit Cression (close to home)..
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09-05-2011, 02:04 PM
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Nice job. And you deserve more credit than you're giving yourself. Most don't realize what big advantage all the torque is for compensating on late throttle input coming out of turns. You're doing a great job of accelerating light years ahead of the guys in front- making up car lengths by accelerating while they're still feathering, or coasting. And then there's the braking...
An underpowered (relatively speaking) car is great way to encourage one's driving skills. btw- your phone makes the car sound like a 13b...sry 
An underpowered (relatively speaking) car is great way to encourage one's driving skills. btw- your phone makes the car sound like a 13b...sry
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09-05-2011, 02:39 PM
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those old hoosiers you gave me last year! 225 r6. they weren't as grippy as my nitto's but i had to do the best with what i had. 4 wheel drifted off the track once. winners time was 1:55.6ish. it was tim ray from nasa tta class. actually leading the points i think. i missed 2nd place on sat. by 0.2 tenths of a second, and 3rd by less than a tenth iirc. that was on 205 bfg's. now i see why your so mad about nasa classing, i like free tires too!
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09-05-2011, 03:23 PM
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those old hoosiers you gave me last year! 225 r6. they weren't as grippy as my nitto's but i had to do the best with what i had. 4 wheel drifted off the track once. winners time was 1:55.6ish. it was tim ray from nasa tta class. actually leading the points i think. i missed 2nd place on sat. by 0.2 tenths of a second, and 3rd by less than a tenth iirc. that was on 205 bfg's. now i see why your so mad about nasa classing, i like free tires too!
I won't be compettive at their hp levels (can't dial up more boost/hp) but I'd still run for fun with them if they come back next year..
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09-05-2011, 10:40 PM
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Nice job. And you deserve more credit than you're giving yourself. Most don't realize what big advantage all the torque is for compensating on late throttle input coming out of turns. You're doing a great job of accelerating light years ahead of the guys in front- making up car lengths by accelerating while they're still feathering, or coasting. And then there's the braking... An underpowered (relatively speaking) car is great way to encourage one's driving skills. btw- your phone makes the car sound like a 13b...sry
An underpowered (relatively speaking) car is great way to encourage one's driving skills. btw- your phone makes the car sound like a 13b...sry
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09-06-2011, 01:23 AM
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Doesn't matter wt swap you have. 3 rules, power/weight ratio, r-comps required. So your class would be TT1 and this sat, a 1:58 would have gotten you a podium.
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09-06-2011, 01:27 AM
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Spoolin is became significantly faster this year, I'm taking notes.
lol @ calling our Miatas "underpowered". I know they are compared to the Vipers but god damn my hands are full in my under-powered car.
lol @ calling our Miatas "underpowered". I know they are compared to the Vipers but god damn my hands are full in my under-powered car.
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09-06-2011, 09:11 PM
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yup you should'a, probably could'a.... i posted about this on trackjunkies and other places 6 months ago.
here's the race report:
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/W...id=Nd2cSvSBSVA
here's the race report:
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/W...id=Nd2cSvSBSVA
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09-06-2011, 09:27 PM
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i am amazed at how much of motorsports Whelen sponsors. I went to highschool with both of the Whelen sons. Whelen engineering is just a town over. Always did drool over their cars.
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