SoCal: Time attack tuesdays

[-The Stig-]

... Sitting at work ... I could do that stuff all night. Haha. I wanna do it again. But in the Fbody. That'd be much better, especially since it'll be like 800lbs lighter. And making a little more power. Weee!

[chr2002ca]

Yep, that was definitely a hoot. The track has a fun setup considering it's really a go-cart track, the people there are very polite, and the event was well run. It was cool teaming up with Matt and Dan for the drive up there also, and meeting Paul in the Orange Crush also. It was a bummer Doug blew out his other shock on the way up there, but he was still sporting enough to give it a go considering his tires were bouncing horribly around each corner. I think heading up early and grabbing an early dinner was definitely a good idea. Great fun for $23. And I was able to drive home! No AAA! Yeh!

How many runs were you guys able to get in on the second session?

Here are some video clips I took of Chad, the Stig, Dan, Paul, and Matt on the 2nd session as it was starting to get dark:





Here are the sorted times from the 1st 3 runs. If someone has the times from the runs in the 2nd session, feel free to post them.

Run 1 -
Chris 50.59
Chad 51.02
The Stig 51.04
Dan 51.28
Paul 51.51
Matt 51.55
Doug 56.57 (2 blown rear shocks)

Run 2 -
Dan 48.72 (rediculous)
Chad 49.70
Chris 50.31
The Stig 50.52
Paul 50.57 (solid!)
Matt 51.78
Doug 54.85

Run 3 -
Dan 49.22
Chris 50.10
Matt 50.59 (great improvement)
Chad 50.70
Paul 50.88
The Stig 51.26
Doug 52.20 (With 2 blown shocks? HTF?)

Someone wearing a TCI shirt(was it Jason?) was taking some cool action shots with his camera. If you know his contact info, see if you can get him to post some pics.

Chad, thanks a bunch for letting us know about this event!

[Vegas69]

You guys let a Roadrunner take you out?

[chr2002ca]

You guys let a Roadrunner take you out?

YES! We got a Todd comment!

We wish you could have been there to join in the fun Todd. Dan does SCCA racing and has his car really dialed in now, plus he's a great driver. He mentioned he came very close to catching Mary at a recent AutoX, so that gives you an idea of how fast he's getting. He said the car is at 3600lbs now which is still 'heavy' but is actually lighter than my car. It's great to see that RoadRunner surprising the hell out of everyone, including the announcer on the video clip. Throw in the fact that it's his daily driver now, 80 miles a day, and it's really impressive.

[TCI Engineering]

Thanks for posting the first session numbers Chris. I am uploading my pics now....all 56 of them.

I'll add in Don's numbers from the '32 Ford as well.

1st session
Run #1 = 56.22

Run #2 = 54.43

Run #3 = 53.63

He was improving each pass so we didn't make any adjustments to the car at all.


Here is everyone's 2nd session.

Run #1
Don = 52.20
Chad = 49.97
Dan = 48.84
Stig = 50.92
Paul = 51.19
Matt = 50.88

Run #2
Don = *spun*
Chad = 51.02
Dan = no-time *traffic*
Stig = 52.12
Paul = no-time *traffic*
Matt = no-time *traffic*

Run #3
Don = 53.04
Chad = 51.13
Dan = 49.33
Stig = 51.32
Paul = DNF
Matt = 53.86

-Jason

[406 Q-ship]

When are you going again??? I want to be able to put in a request to leave work early so I can go, I need at least a week of notice. I hate missing any chance to beat the Malibu.

[TCI Engineering]

If you guys want the hi-res version of any of these just shoot me a pm with your e-mail addy and I'll send it over. Paul, that one of yours in the left hander coming at me is definitely my favorite. The little point & shoot didn't do too bad while it was light out but after it started getting dark it failed miserably.



Everyone lined up for the 1st session











Lined up for the 2nd session





Parade lap

[TCI Engineering]

[Chad-1stGen]

Hmmmm wonder if I should run a wee bit more air pressure in the front tires lol

[Chad-1stGen]

Chris.

Thanks a bunch for the video! You even managed to get one of my two sub 50 times.. yeeehaaa!!! I love how you can hear Doug in the background calling out peoples times and getting accurate too!

Now I don't have to post the crappy cell phone video I took so we'd have at least something to report back with.

Last night was a blast. A big Thank You to those of you that came out to the lil ol cart track to have some fun. I was pretty skeptical of the place myself but its actually a lot of fun and with fellow pro-touring friends it was 10x better!

I was talking with Rob McGregor last night and he's talked with some of the workers before and mentioned trying to get some more pro-touring types to join him and they've exhibited the typical attitude of "those cars can't handle!" Well I think we made a bad ass showing! Dan was probably top 5 fastest car there that night!

What is a "Chicago Box?"

a. area on street or track under fire from gangsters with machine guns
b. area on street or track which requires you to slow down enough to grab a dime bag out the car window
c. area on street or track that looks like this...


Note all three answers above were given in response to this question. The curly fries describe "the Stig's" anticipated path through the Chicago Box.

Ok lets make this a once a month thing in the summer. Who is down for August. I can make August 10th though I'm not sure if that is too soon for peeps that went tonight or not. I probably can't do the last Tuesday in August.

Thanks again guys. I also got to meet Evan from TCI but missed meeting Jason I think it was. Thanks for coming out.

[TCI Engineering]

I was talking with Rob McGregor last night and he's talked with some of the workers before and mentioned trying to get some more pro-touring types to join him and they've exhibited the typical attitude of "those cars can't handle!" Well I think we made a bad ass showing! Dan was probably top 5 fastest car there that night!

Rob has been trying to get us out there for months now. I am sold that's for sure.

Rob was kicking ass in his truck

1st session

Run 1 = 49.25
Run 2 = DNF
Run 3 = 50.84

2nd session

Run 1 = 52.04
Run 2 = 50.44
Run 3 = 50.74


I asked the track guy what the fastest time was on this track layout and he said 53.20 from an EVO 10.

-Jason

[79-TA]

Thanks for posting the first session numbers Chris. I am uploading my pics now....all 56 of them.

I'll add in Don's numbers from the '32 Ford as well.

1st session
Run #1 = 56.22

Run #2 = 54.43

Run #3 = 53.63

He was improving each pass so we didn't make any adjustments to the car at all.


Here is everyone's 2nd session.

Run #1
Don = 52.20
Chad = 49.97
Dan = 48.84
Stig = 50.92
Paul = 51.19
Matt = 50.88

Run #2
Don = *spun*
Chad = 51.02
Dan = no-time *traffic*
Stig = 52.12
Paul = no-time *traffic*
Matt = no-time *traffic*

Run #3
Don = 53.04
Chad = 51.13
Dan = 49.33
Stig = 51.32
Paul = DNF
Matt = 53.86

-Jason

I existed too. I ran my daily driver fox body, so I was less visible.

updated version:

2nd session:

Run #1
Don = 52.20
Chad = 49.97
Dan = 48.84
Stig = 50.92
Paul = 51.19
Matt = 50.88
Brett = 55.58

Run #2
Don = *spun*
Chad = 51.02
Dan = no-time *traffic*
Stig = 52.12
Paul = no-time *traffic*
Matt = no-time *traffic*
Brett = 54.06

Run #3
Don = 53.04
Chad = 51.13
Dan = 49.33
Stig = 51.32
Paul = DNF
Matt = 53.86
Brett = 53.38



I'm down for going again on the 10th. We need Jon there to represent the lowbuck pro-touring crowd.

We need to get Mary Pozzi down here once she's sorted her car a bit. Taking the overall track record would be a pretty great statement for the potential of updated muscle cars.

[slow4dr]

I existed too. I ran my daily driver fox body, so I was less visible.

updated version:

2nd session:

Run #1
Don = 52.20
Chad = 49.97
Dan = 48.84
Stig = 50.92
Paul = 51.19
Matt = 50.88
Brett = 55.58

Run #2
Don = *spun*
Chad = 51.02
Dan = no-time *traffic*
Stig = 52.12
Paul = no-time *traffic*
Matt = no-time *traffic*
Brett = 54.06

Run #3
Don = 53.04
Chad = 51.13
Dan = 49.33
Stig = 51.32
Paul = DNF
Matt = 53.86
Brett = 53.38



I'm down for going again on the 10th. We need Jon there to represent the lowbuck pro-touring crowd.

We need to get Mary Pozzi down here once she's sorted her car a bit. Taking the overall track record would be a pretty great statement for the potential of updated muscle cars.

HAHA, Sorry Brett!!

I have great faith in Mary but I doubt she'd knock 5 seconds off of Dan's time to take the track record. Would be very cool to see her lay down some mid 40's though.

After Sal saw the pictures all he could talk about was getting the Camaro back together to take it out there. It's not like the car is completely taken apart right now so I think after Louisville he will put some attention towards going. Of course him and Evan won't lap it as well as Mary could but they can hold their own for a couple of drag racers.

[DFRESH]

If you guys are on Facebook, go to "Adams Motorsports Park". They have a page---and there are quite a few videos of all of us last night--good stuff--just watched them all. Man, I love that place---what a great discovery.

Doug

[79-TA]

If you guys are on Facebook, go to "Adams Motorsports Park". They have a page---and there are quite a few videos of all of us last night--good stuff--just watched them all. Man, I love that place---what a great discovery.

Doug

Link? I tried searching it and I didn't find any pics or videos.

[79-TA]

HAHA, Sorry Brett!!

I have great faith in Mary but I doubt she'd knock 5 seconds off of Dan's time to take the track record. Would be very cool to see her lay down some mid 40's though.

After Sal saw the pictures all he could talk about was getting the Camaro back together to take it out there. It's not like the car is completely taken apart right now so I think after Louisville he will put some attention towards going. Of course him and Evan won't lap it as well as Mary could but they can hold their own for a couple of drag racers.

Oh dang, I had no idea that the record was so quick. I just assumed it was a high 46 since the guy running 47.1's was supposedly near the track record.

We'll have to get more details on it to see if it's rwd, overall, and with the chicane at the end.

[TCI Engineering]

Excellent night gentelmen,well untill those tires jumped in front of me.Dan sorry for screwing up your hot lap.Im in for the next date that will work for everyone..Jason thanks for the great shots of all the boys rides.If i could get the hi res pictures i would be appreciate it.

Just PM me your e-mail addy and I'll send them over today.

Oh dang, I had no idea that the record was so quick. I just assumed it was a high 46 since the guy running 47.1's was supposedly near the track record.

We'll have to get more details on it to see if it's rwd, overall, and with the chicane at the end.

It was a pro driver behind the wheel of an EVO 10 that ran the 43.20 with the track in it's current configuration. I didn't ask him what the RWD record was.

-J

[rrunner68]

Edit: Oops!

[rrunner68]

2nd Session:

1st go....
Chad: 49.97
Dan: 48.84
Stig: 50.92
Paul: 51.19
Matt: 50.88

2nd go.....(Stupid roadster)
Chad: 51.02
Dan: TRAFFIC
Stig: 52.12
Paul: TRAFFIC
Matt: TRAFFIC

3rd go....
Chad: 51.13
Dan: 49.33
Stig: 51.32
Paul: DNF
Matt: DNF