2012 Thunderhill 25 hours - Team 949 Racing
 

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NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill
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2012 NASA 25 Hours Of Thunderhill
December 8-9, 2012 Willows, CA

Once again we have assembled a great team for the Thunderhill 25 hours. We return as the defending E2 champions. This year we will field four cars.
E3 "Kitty" black NB2
E3 "Super" Silver NB1
E2 "Nemo" Orange/white NB2
E1 "Crusher" Orange NB2

The Team 949 Racing facebook page will be information central. The team will try to make twitter updates during the race that will post to our FB page.

Follow the race live with the racemonitor app for android and iPhone
Live timing Live Timing Feed



Crew
John Wing - Engineer (satisaii)
Andrew Kidd - Head Mechanic (savington)
Keith Tanner
Bryan Wood (bikeindirt)
Manny Hernandez (Neocataboi)
Grant Conley
Murat Guruz
Joe Perez
Abe Mara
Steven Krause (kung_fu_jesus)
Jessica Posa
Jon Chan
Mei Xu
Madeleine Moir
Michael "Ham" Deron Hom
Chris Clay
Alex Renderos
Tom Probert
Zhong Cheung
Zi Yeung
Chris Safranski
Alex LaJeunesse
Brian Kelley
Joel Anglade
Julian Woon
Matt Hyatt
Ryan Goodaker
Gordon daSilva

Drivers
Emilio Cervantes
William Chen (bellwilliam)
Mark Drennan
Nick Buchanan (crashncar)
Gordon Jennings (trackdayhookey)
Sonny Watanasirisuk (VagaXt)
Justin Neel
Theo Coetzee
Oli Thordarsson
Bob Bundy

Shiny car parts
Federal 595 RS-R
Carbotech Brakes
Trackspeed Engineering
Weekend Racer
Keegan Engineering
Sampson Racing Communications
Lang Racing
OS Giken
DIY Autotune
Injector Dynamics
Subesports
Racepak
TC Design
Track HQ
The Parts Group
2nd Chance Roadster
Autokonexion
Boundary Engineering

Just 4 weeks away!

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Glory Road.

Proud to be part of the team - hope I can help! :fael:

3 drivers TBD? Any Word?

We're working on having live streaming in car video from all 4 cars.

THAT would be incredibly awesome... the twitter was so/so last year, but if you can pull of streaming live video from each car - would be tremendous - I'll see no sleep during the 25. Doing that in itself requires a dedicated IT guy.

Like I told everyone who complained about the sparse twitter feed, and there were some surprisingly ugly complaints (???), that we were busy winnin'

But yeah, I'll try to get more of the crew posting updates as they come off their shifts.

If we have enough team members maybe we could dedicate someone as a social media manager. That person could make sure no important strategy was inadvertently shared on Twitter/FB. How is the cell service at the track? Last time I was there I recall getting reasonably good 3G on AT&T.

Emilio, have you gotten my email regarding this event? It is slightly time sensitive so I want to make sure it actually made it to you.

Yes. Should have final roster set today.

Emilio the Federal is only listed as 205's in 15's - are you running 17's?

What's wrong with the 205?

-Ryan

?

We make 15" wheels and that's what we race Miatas on.

:ugh:

Yeah what I meant was I don't know what CCSC is implying - 205/15 sounds fine to me. He seems to think that's a problem.

-Ryan

no problem at all, just thought they'd be running biggest rubber possible.

Shooting in the dark here, but I would guess that it's a blend of classing points which IIRC factors in what tire you're on, and possibly strategy - I don't know if you're allowed tire changes - as in switch tire size/brand in pits, or if you have to select one type of tire and stick to it, but the 205 would be good in the wet if it started raining, and it is a North CA race in the beginning of the rainy season.

-Ryan

Uh-oh: This Is Audi's Insane Front-Wheel Drive TT-RS Racecar

Looks like some big money is headed to Thunderhill.

Right there is your overall winner.

No way, it's fail-wheel-drive...

With just a wee big bigger budget than y'all.;)

~$250k. Will 949 have that much money on the Tarmac combining all 4 cars, the team, consumables and hardware? We'll have 4x the amount of feet on the podium! :2cents:

$250k is just the basic car. That doesn't include the D/A system probably $80k. Renting TRP a few times, flying an entire team over from Germany a few times. This is a million dollar effort. My guess is you could fit three ILX projects within the cost of the base TT-S RS.

Our budget for everything, four cars, is a fraction of that too.

With enough money thrown at it a CJ-7 could win overall.

Hell yea. Look at the Suzuki Escudo (AKA Geo Tracker here in the States) that slaughtered Pikes Peak for many years.

No one has EVER looked at a geo tracker and thought "THAT would make a great race car!"

:facepalm: spend what youve spent on whatever project youve been working on, on something like, oh say, a honda crx, and youde have a car that could click off laps faster. Downsides? No drifting, and your front tires wear slightly faster. Big deal...

Emillio, Sonny, Sav, Alex, and everyone else, I wish you guys much luck! I wish I could be there to help out, even if all I did was go on grub runs lol I know! Ill dress my kids up in 949 team colors and we will be team mascots :winner: Ill be following fb the weekend of for updates!

I am interested in the 595 RS-R choice. Can you elaborate a bit on the reasons for that?

I am also interested in why you have choosen this tyre, I didn't know that it was available in the US, here in Europe it's becoming quite very popular, very very good grip level, slighly under a R888 in the same dimension but for a fraction of the price (150 euros each R888 vs 70 euros for the federal). In France it's beeing considered like the best cheap trackday tyre for the mx5, not the better one but the best quality/price rate. So I'm a little surprise to see it in a racing environment.

But one thing important, it has quite good longevity, I made more than 10 trackdays with a set of 4 and I think that I can do another one with them, where a R888 don't last me more than 5 trackdays.

In for results as well! I need new tires soon as it is, I would love to see what you have to say about these.

:hahano:

I work and drive for a couple race teams that run high level FWD cars.

I was being sarcastic...

Super Miata > 949

Some video of the Audi TTRS in action. It's built for the German VLN series and the 24hrs. of the Ring, so designed around endurance.

Pretty cool the 25hrs. of Thill is getting a factory-backed effort from Audi. Interesting decision marketing wise, Audi spending a lot of money to send one of these over (car goes back to Germany in March). Probably the rationale is marketing to the European market - "we went to the US to beat Porsche." Means there should be a well-made documentary coming from Audi about the race.

At least six Audi Club SF area HPDE drivers have gotten TTRS's (most of them instructors). They all seem to love it.

What is the "Audi Club SF?" Audi Club San Francisco? Is there a national Audi club similar to PCA (Porsche Club of America) and do they put on HPDEs?

Has this happened yet?

Yep. Welcome to the Audi Club North America

They put on a good show, at least on the East Coast.

I think all the ACNA regions do HPDEs. ACNA Golden Gate does them at Thunderhill, Sonoma and Laguna Seca. Very well run events. Very non-Audi friendly too. BMWs and Porsches and even Miatas are seen. Seven instructors I can think of run Miatas (including me - 2008 Audi A4 Avant still my beloved DD).

Audi Club Golden Gate

See you guys at Thunderhill!

Scott Fraser

What team, car, class and role?

Oh I'm an instructor class driver, oh blah blah blah technique, blah blah blah drop your sinful payload on my chest, blah blah I will eat your mud, blah blah some pros shuffle-steer.

What do you know about anything? :giggle:

Edge Motorworks
E36 BMW
E0
worthless wonder

I have helped Navid since it was the 13hr. (I have missed a few years, its cold and usually a rough long night). I just kinda help fill in the missing gaps and rather not have any real title or job.

I would like to drive but driving is expensive just for the equipment. Someday I will find the cash to go on the track (other than driving school years ago). anyone want to sponsor?

I will find you guys on grid, if you need anything fell free to give me a call, text or hunt me down.

Scott

How'd the test and tune - qualification go today? didn't know if the live feeds came about - sure there is plenty other high priority things than feeding us video. As far as live coverage goes - only place I found was Endurance Radio Live

Bring the pain tomorrow!

Go! Race! Win!

Side note... does anyone in your crew have any free time to swing by Sacramento to help me buy a Fiat 128? (totally serious...)

Live feed of the Audi TTRS

Live Stream, NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill 2012 - 034Motorsport | Performance Parts for Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen

Holy crap the way that TTRS is moving through the field. Is anyone else running in the same class as that team?

Y'all posting in a professional endurance racing thread.

Holy crap! Someone's racing a Silverado?!

Oh, I see, it's a former NAStruck.

That RSX from Fanstasy Junction put down a fast lap, 2:00.4xx, but looks like Crusher has a lap on him right now anyways :).

I suppose laptimes aren't nearly as important in enduros.

Live cameras that I've found so far.

Thunder Valley Racing in car: Thunder Valley Racing - 25 Hours of Thunderhill - on USTREAM: Come on board with team Thunder Valley Racing racing in #26 Saturn SC2 during the longest en...
Robert Davis Racing Pit Camera: teamrdr5 on Justin.tv
Boothman Racing Pit Camera: BoothmanRacing on USTREAM: Boothman Racing FFR#85 is competing in the ES class at NASA 25hr 2011 Endurance race December 3-4 at Thunderhill racetrack, Will...

That Radical is flying around the track. As of 6:52 into the race, Crusher took the class lead from CJ Wilson Racing!

Looks like crusher is down 4 laps now to CJ wilson.

Anyone know what happened to the Audi? Crashed or broken?

Not sure, but I heard transmission issues. Their facebook says they are done.

What happened to 949? was it a pit? I have a live feed of pit, and never saw them go by while cj passed them 4 times... but I could have easily missed it.

copied from mr_hyde on another forum who is there in the pits

4:47
"Differential change took 27 minutes. Nemo now 15 laps down. Yes, it was an MSM diff"

7:33
Nemo now has a new engine and transmission to go with that differential.

7:49
Crusher p1, kitty p3, super p4. Memo p last but running with the spare motor...

Im assuming thats local time as opposed to race timing? that would explain the issues with nemo.

Actually that should be EST. Sorry for the confusion.

11:39
Just got up from 3hr nap. Sitting in RV alone looking at race monitor. Nemo is out of the race, blew its second engine. Kitty was the car to beat but a brake problem put it too far back to catch up. Super lost time with a radio problem and off pace stint but getting longer runs from its Toyo RR tires than the front runners on Hoosiers. Hoping we can cycle our fastest drivers through it and claw our way back.

I drove about 8 of the first 9-1/2 hours then slept (sorta). Time for some coffee andcseat time. Ill try to check in around 3am when I get out.

Oh yeah, Andrew Kidd and Keith Tanner are machines.

True dat! Watching the rear end swap on Nemo was impressive!

The 949 team is dialed in! Good luck tonight guys!

Wow - 494 laps in, under yellow, Crusher is leading by a lap over CJ Wilson... this is gonna be down to the wire.

Now under green, watching the timing, seems Crusher is gaining and about to put a full lap on CJ - trailing by about 12 sec.

This is a great race between 949 & CJ Wilson Racing.

Crusher just set their fastest lap 2:00:540