Trackspeed Engineering's Turbo Miata @ Thunderhill July 23/24, 2011
07-25-2011, 03:35 PM
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Trackspeed Engineering's Turbo Miata @ Thunderhill July 23/24, 2011
We were at Thunderhill this weekend with SCCA running our 350whp "time attack" car (in quotations because I think I get disqualified from time attack if the car is capable of finishing two 30 minute races in a weekend ). The car runs in the catch-all ITE class, so our competition included a pair of very fast FD Rx7s, a turbocharged NSX, a couple of Porsches, and more.
The first race didn't start out well - the passenger door latch malfunctioned and Nick had to start from pit lane, behind the second group from the split start. It did make for some great video, and Nick worked his way up to 4th in class.
http://www.vimeo.com/26857190 (maudez, how do I embed this?)
Uploading the second race of the weekend now, I'll post the link today. It went much better, started 3rd in class and finished 2nd.
The first race didn't start out well - the passenger door latch malfunctioned and Nick had to start from pit lane, behind the second group from the split start. It did make for some great video, and Nick worked his way up to 4th in class.
http://www.vimeo.com/26857190 (maudez, how do I embed this?)
Uploading the second race of the weekend now, I'll post the link today. It went much better, started 3rd in class and finished 2nd.
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07-25-2011, 03:46 PM
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i'm sorry but it is funny to hear that smack, smack, smack when you are warming the tires up....
awesome driving after that tho...you caught those guys like it was gran turismo
haha did u flip off that guy in the transam?
awesome driving after that tho...you caught those guys like it was gran turismo
haha did u flip off that guy in the transam?
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The latch got bent and didn't engage the hoop fully. I had to reach in and push on stuff inside the door to actually get it to catch. First time it's ever acted up like that.
07-25-2011, 04:08 PM
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http://www.vimeo.com/26857190 (maudez, how do I embed this?)
2. paste whole link to video into post
3. fix door latch
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07-25-2011, 04:53 PM
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The first smack was me starting to warm the tires. The rest were me hoping the door would actually shut so I could start the race. It crossed my mind to loosen the harness and reach over to close it, but I knew there was an issue with the latch and that I wouldn't be able to simply pull the door shut.
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07-25-2011, 08:36 PM
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That was an awesome run by Nick - when we gonna see you Sav? I dream of the day of some w2w action
Edit, dam. even the posting a link embeds... cool.
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07-25-2011, 11:55 PM
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Looks great guys, although I'd hate to drive it in stop go traffic, looks like a bear down low.
Am I right in saying that was either a cold/dusty track or you need more tire? Looked all over the place.
Am I right in saying that was either a cold/dusty track or you need more tire? Looked all over the place.
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07-26-2011, 12:59 AM
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I'm going to play with the suspension setup this week and I'll be at Buttonwillow (Sat) and Streets of Willow (Sun) this weekend with the car, then back to Thunderhill in 2 weeks. Someday I will get off my *** and get my SCCA license too.
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07-26-2011, 01:45 PM
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Sunday afternoons race resulted in this:
And the video footage below. Slightly less exciting since I'm not working through traffic, and I make a few more mistakes due to the afternoon heat.
http://www.vimeo.com/26917442
And the video footage below. Slightly less exciting since I'm not working through traffic, and I make a few more mistakes due to the afternoon heat.
http://www.vimeo.com/26917442
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07-26-2011, 05:37 PM
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I got credit towards races this year based on the amount of entry fees I paid last year because SFR is run well and profitable every year with money to spare. Also the reason Thunderhill's facilities are always improving, as Thunderhill is owned/built by SFR SCCA.
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07-26-2011, 07:23 PM
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Piston cup.
He what in his cup? For those of you with kids.
Nick, at about 12:10 you flipped a switch on your dash. What was it? Afterburners?
That guy in the 928 wanted his spot back. He spent some time in your mirror. I didn't realize that those big cars handled so well.
He what in his cup? For those of you with kids.
Nick, at about 12:10 you flipped a switch on your dash. What was it? Afterburners?
That guy in the 928 wanted his spot back. He spent some time in your mirror. I didn't realize that those big cars handled so well.
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07-26-2011, 08:03 PM
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That switch is for the Racepak to scroll through the screens. I was seeing sensor data before and wanted to switch to the screen that showed me lap times and the predictive lap timer so I had to hit the switch to the right a couple times to get through the engine parameter screens.
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