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Yours Truly GOING TO BAJA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<------ Starting from pole in SSB race. Live broadcast of the race on SpeedcastTV starting at 11:25AM CST if you happen to be bored tomorrow around lunch time.
Tune in - the start should be a good laugh, I'll get eaten up and be P4 by turn one. Sorry, not running a miata, or even a Mazda product. There is a couple miatas in the SSB/SSC field though... Cheers, will try to do you gehs proud. |
well what are you running?
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Dood that's an accomplishment- give yourself some cred:
Luke W., of Marysville, Ohio, drove his No. 79 HPD/BFGoodrich Tires/Alpinestars Honda Civic Si to a lap of 2:42.252 (88.751 mph), just 0.207-second ahead of Ralph Porter’s No. 32 Dryer & Reinbold BMW/Hoosier Tire BMW Z4 for the provisional pole in Showroom Stock B. |
2006 Civic Si coupe in a very non-racecar like Showroom Stock configuration.
The last time one of our Civics qualified P1 at Road America, the guy was in fifth place by the first corner. So I'm looking forward to that... |
congrats bro
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Congrats, that's impressive. I hope that you will do a lot better than fifth by the first corner!
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As long as you're in iVTEC when the green drops, you'll be fine....until the real cars start trying :lmao: But if you had TRUBO KITTY plastered on your car, everyone would be like "WTF? " and you would distract them to a first place finish....because they'd be afraid of TRUBO KITTAH!!
Seriously, good lucks to you!! |
Good luck Luke. Kick some ass!
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Bad ass. I wish you luck.
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Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
(Post 929133)
2006 Civic Si coupe in a very non-racecar like Showroom Stock configuration.
The last time one of our Civics qualified P1 at Road America, the guy was in fifth place by the first corner. So I'm looking forward to that... |
Awesome. Will watch on my phone.
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grats on the great start, going to tune for as long as i can. watching the sport 2000 class now.
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I know what I'll be doing at 12:25 PM EDT; website not blocked.
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This shit won't play on my phone.
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Will be watching. Good luck Luke.
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Haha. Luke has sticker tires... while he is masking up.
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Ouch... not a good start.
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Yea crazy first wreck
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Luke is not in first. or 5th, or between. what did i miss?
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Why did that BMW go back out?
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Leaderboard shows Luke in first- nothing but the battle for SSB second getting covered.
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It was stupid... and Luke is well in the lead, or was until this caution. But I bet it finishes under caution...
Maybe not, no caution. |
Mine is muted. That tiburon is a little OC, no?
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Congrats Luke. Got the win.
Jesus, wow. Safety truck out on the track while racing was still going on. Good slip up, whoever was responsible for that shit. |
Yep- congrats Luke.
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Oh yeah. Finished about 10 lengths ahead. Sweet baby jesus nice work!
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Originally Posted by m2cupcar
(Post 929423)
Leaderboard shows Luke in first- nothing but the battle for SSB second getting covered.
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I'd like to take some credit for this win. Had I not sold you my first miata so that you could race it and blow up the engine, you would have never gotten this civic to race.
Sweet victory! :) Well done sir! |
Luke is a total bauce.
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Great job!
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Congratulations. Showroom stock typically has some very well prepared cars with very quick drivers. I'd say more so that PT in NASA in many cases. So that's impressive. Well done sir!
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Thanks for the kind words gehs...kind of a wierd race and honestly, the "directing" of the race was a bit of a mess. It should have been red flagged immediately after the first wreck, they sent out a pace car for the SSC class but not SSB so I had no idea what pace I was supposed to be doing. The restart was a mess, the red Z4 started 10s before anyone else.
And to top it all off, the end of the race was ludicrous. There was a stranded/wrecked car taking up the whole track after the kink and none of the other drivers were lifting or slowing down going past the incident. I was the first car to the wreck and slowed way down because they were waving the yellow furiously. I had to drive in the grass all the way to the wall to get by safely, and the mustangs behind me never lifted and went flying by this stranded car with a driver in it at 10/10ths going past in the grass. They cut my lead by like 80% because they never slowed for the crashed car so I went back to full speed and we did the whole shebang all over again a lap later. Very dangerous, and very disappointing that guys were willing to risk their lives and someone elses... Anyway, weird race, only 6 or 7 green flag laps (the laps are long at RA...) and probably boring to watch. Still hasn't really set in that I won the Runoffs, I haven't had any time to enjoy it or celebrate... Had to tear the car down in tech after the race and luckily I'm the lead mechanic on my car and we had very few crew. P.S. One of the contingencies for winning the Runoffs on BFGoodrich tires is a chance at a free all inclusive ride in the BAJA 1000. WHAAAATTT1!!?!??!?!?!? Pray to God, BAJA here i come!!!! P.S.S Will try to load video ASAP, unfortunately my rearview camera didn't work, and the front view is mostly boring as heck...but oh well |
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Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
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P.S. One of the contingencies for winning the Runoffs on BFGoodrich tires is a chance at a free all inclusive ride in the BAJA 1000. WHAAAATTT1!!?!??!?!?!? Pray to God, BAJA here i come!!!!
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Originally Posted by cymx5
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I'd like to take some credit for this win. Had I not sold you my first miata so that you could race it and blow up the engine, you would have never gotten this civic to race.
Sweet victory! :) Well done sir! The car I bought from him was the first car I ever tracked and the car I learned to drive in. I put a lot of track miles on that car, many of which were boosted. I can't believe it took as much abuse as it did before letting go. |
Props are back - +1 for victory!
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Just going to leave this right here...
Originally Posted by BFGoodrich Tires
BFGoodrich Tires® Announces 2012 “Select-the-Seats” Winners
Five Team BFGoodrich members awarded coveted spots in legendary off-road race and high-performance driving school GREENVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 25, 2012) – BFGoodrich Tires® today announced the winners of the 2012 “Select-the-Seats” program. As a result of the online contest, four drivers will participate as members of the 2012 BFGoodrich Tires/Wide Open Excursions “Baja Challenge” team and will race in the 45th anniversary of the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 race Nov. 14-17, 2012 in Ensenada, Mexico. Another winning driver will be heading to the Ford Racing High Performance Driving School in Tooele, Utah. And the gold medal winners of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) National Championship were awarded two spots in the “Baja Challenge” buggy. All drivers will be equipped with racing gear courtesy of MasterCraft Safety®. The winning drivers who will be a part of the “Baja Challenge” team are: · Brad Lovell · Bud Brutsman · Kyle Tucker · Roger Lovell · Luke Wilwert · Michael Crawford The winning driver who will be going to Ford Racing High Performance Driving School is: · Rob MacCachren “This year’s ‘Select-the-Seats’ program was our most successful yet, with triple the number of votes received versus last year’s program. BFG’s online community was engaged and rallied the vote for their favorite Team BFG motorsports personalities,” said Jamey Fish, director of consumer experience, BFGoodrich Tires. “It is programs like these that continue to reinforce the breath of our brand’s abilities to provide thrilling driving experiences both on and off the pavement.” Team BFG members Bud Brutsman, Brad Lovell, Roger Lovell, Kyle Tucker and Rob MacCachren all come from very different, yet successful automotive backgrounds. · Brad and Roger Lovell make racing a family affair, fielding rock-crawling and off-road racing entries as Lovell Racing. As both fabricators and drivers the team dominated rock crawling competition for years and now is competing for championships in Ultra 4 rock racing and TORC off-road series. The team’s rock racer was recently featured on an episode of the hit show, “Top Gear.” · Bud Brutsman combines a love for all things automotive with a passion for production to create some of the best known car-themed shows on television including Overhaulin' and Rides for the Learning Channel, Hot Rod TV, Optima Street Car Challenge and Car Crazy on SPEED. · Kyle Tucker and wife Stacy opened Detroit Speed and Engineering in the heart of stock car racing country, where they design, fabricate and install modern engineering for classic muscle cars. Kyle’s creations or “test cars” can be seen competing throughout the year at a variety of events showing the GO not just the show. Kyle and DSE have been featured on SPEED earlier this year and will be creating Kyle Busch’s Toyota Dream Ride for SEMA. · Rob MacCachren has won nearly everything there is to win in off-road racing. Rob has been a BFGoodrich Tires ambassador for over 20 years, and in that time has dominated Baja racing with five wins each in the SCORE Baja 500 and 1000 races. Rob just recently achieved a 200th career win on BFGoodrich® tires at the Traxxas TORC Series at the historical Crandon International Raceway. “Simply put, without the fans, we wouldn’t have this sport,” said Bud Brutsman. “Like crossing the finish line first, I’m extremely excited to receive top honors from the public and can’t wait to head to the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in November to participate in one of the world’s toughest, most-intense, most-sought after races in the world. A big thank you to BFGoodrich and everyone who voted for me.” Fans will be able to watch the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 by visiting Off-Road Racing News » race-deZert.com. The “Select-the-Seats” program, now in its third year, has crowned the 2012 winners: · Fans voted via online application on BFGoodrich Tires’ Facebook page (facebook.com/bfgoodrichtires) for their favorite Team BFGoodrich members to win a coveted spot at the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 or Ford Racing High Performance Driving School. In an exciting twist to the program, the winning desert racer, Rob MacCachren, will attend the Ford Racing High Performance Driving School, one of the top pavement racing schools in the country. Bud Brutsman, Brad and Roger Lovell and Kyle Tucker will join the “Baja Challenge” team and get behind the wheel at the 45th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. · BFGoodrich also challenged SCCA members to compete for a seat in the “Baja Challenge” buggy by offering an additional two seats to the gold medalists competing on BFGoodrich g-Force™ R1 tires. The winners were Luke Wilwert and Michael Crawford. Wilwert captured his first Showroom Stock B National Championship at the 49th SCCA at Road America, winning by a mere 2.145-seconds over the 14-turn, 4.048-mile track. Crawford survived a wild race to win the Showroom Stock C National Championship at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. New for this year’s “Select-the-Seats” program, participating fans had a chance to win an offroad adventure trip for two at the Wide Open Excursion driving experience outside Reno, Nev. Erick Tuttle of Oxnard, Calif was randomly selected at the end of the public voting period and will learn learn how to put BFGoodrich tires to the test in the rough and unpredictable terrain of the Nevada desert in Wide Open cars. |
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Holy shit, congratulations!
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Awesome! Looking forward to pictures.
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Have you ever driven a Baja truck? This should be fun - in for video!
Oh yeah, btw congrats!! |
+1 props for teh awesome. Congrats, I'm sure it will be a blast.
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Originally Posted by GeneSplicer
(Post 931599)
Have you ever driven a Baja truck? This should be fun - in for video!
Oh yeah, btw congrats!! I've never done any 4 wheeled off-road or desert racing. We'll be driving in some sort of spec buggy class. Info on the car here ---> The Car Tube frame buggy, 18" of suspension travel, 175hp N/A Subaru 4 cyl, 4spd MT It's no trophy truck, but you won't hear me complaining. |
Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
(Post 931846)
Thanks for the grats.
I've never done any 4 wheeled off-road or desert racing. We'll be driving in some sort of spec buggy class. Info on the car here ---> The Car Tube frame buggy, 18" of suspension travel, 175hp N/A Subaru 4 cyl, 4spd MT It's no trophy truck, but you won't hear me complaining. "Top speed 90", although I have to admit this made me go lolwut? |
I'll be getting on a plane in a few short hours to fly out to San Diego, then down to Ensenada for a week of BAJA pre-running. I'll try to take some video for you guys.
Also, SpeedcastTV has the race replay up for the SSB/SSC national championship race for anyone who's interested and missed it live. I think the current one is slightly edited, and it's available in "decent" quality. Can be seen here ----> SpeedcastTV Cheers and I hope I live through a week of BAJA practice... |
My boner has come here for you. Please have happy rape
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Baja is a hoot, my cousins race and I've gone down to pit for them a few times. Enjoy it!
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Quick update from Pre-running: BAJA is freaking crazy. This sh+t is 90% retarded crazy and 10% amazing.
Unfortunately we've had some reliability problems and generally each day has been a new sort of disaster. We killed a cow today... That it's all |
Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
(Post 943117)
We killed a cow today...
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Getting on a plane right now to head to San Diego and then on to Ensenada..
Race starts Thursday, or car should leave the start about 1pm. Coverage of the race and tracking can be seen at: race-dezert..com, racetheworld.net as well as Bfgoodrichtires.com and score_international.com Check out BFG's and Score's Facebook pages for updates. I'm in car "BC2", should be registered under "Bud Brutsman" (producer of Overhaulin and Rides, etc) Cheers! |
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