Thank God everything was smooth, no issues whatsoever. I got to run with a bunch of Honda Challenge drivers, and GTS Porsches, and a few Miatas and 944’s.
I finished both races, and even got trophies. I don’t call them victories since I was the only one in my class, but at least I got to hug the trophy girls, a nice looking plastic ornament, and a bottle of champagne.
My best time was 1:49 on Saturday during quali. I’m nursing a sharp pain in my left leg (I know, that’s not an excuse) due to a pinched nerve that really hurts my heel.
If you guys want to update the track records you can go to Mylaps and verify my best time was 1:49.108 at Willow Spring Raceway on 5/5/07.
Weather was horrible. Windy, very windy gusts up to 50 mph, max temp was 70 on Saturday , and 80 on Sunday.
I’ll post pics later.
Finished two races !!!
So you were the only SpecE30 there? Dang, I need to get myself a SpecE30. I’m guarenteed a 2nd place trophy!
Seriously, congrats. I’ll be running in HPDE3 at the NASA event in June at BRP.
Mike
You should, I was expecting at least one more, but I guess they haven’t finished their cars yet. I’ll be in Button Willow in June, if everything is good.
This is what you get when you finish the race.
BETO wrote:
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If you guys want to update the track records you can go to Mylaps and verify my best time was 1:49.108 at Willow Spring Raceway on 5/5/07.
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Only race laps count for lap records
BETO wrote:
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This is what you get when you finish the race.
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Sweet! I really like champagne!
BETO - I saw you there & intended to stop over to introduce myself but kept getting sidetracked.
I was the only spec e30 on the west coast for a couple years but I eventually ran out of patience waiting for other spec cars to be built. So, over the winter I made a few non-spec mods hoping they would help me keep up with the JS e30 M3’s in the BMW club races. I found out quickly that I’d shown up with dead tires this weekend, so my laptimes were far off of what I was hoping for.
Anyways, congratulations on a solid first race weekend! It sounds like spec is finally starting to pick up so there shoud be some competition for you soon. Heck, I could convert mine back reasonably easily if you need someone to play with.
:evil:
Those miatas will be behind you soon, don’t worry.
Elephant4 wrote:
[quote]BETO wrote:
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If you guys want to update the track records you can go to Mylaps and verify my best time was 1:49.108 at Willow Spring Raceway on 5/5/07.
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Only race laps count for lap records[/quote]
ORLY!?:ohmy: Didn’t know. Then it’s 1:51.XXX
sdais wrote:
[quote]BETO - I saw you there & intended to stop over to introduce myself but kept getting sidetracked.
I was the only spec e30 on the west coast for a couple years but I eventually ran out of patience waiting for other spec cars to be built. So, over the winter I made a few non-spec mods hoping they would help me keep up with the JS e30 M3’s in the BMW club races. I found out quickly that I’d shown up with dead tires this weekend, so my laptimes were far off of what I was hoping for.
Anyways, congratulations on a solid first race weekend! It sounds like spec is finally starting to pick up so there shoud be some competition for you soon. Heck, I could convert mine back reasonably easily if you need someone to play with.
:evil:
Those miatas will be behind you soon, don’t worry.[/quote]
I was actually invited to join the GTS racers, but I like my Spec E30.
I passed one of those Miatas on Saturday, when my leg doing the shifting didn’t hurt that much. I feel I need a lot of seat time, that’s why I’ll go to some events other than just NASA in order to get faster. Specially after watching the videos, I know I can push more.
BETO wrote:
[quote]Elephant4 wrote:
[quote]BETO wrote:
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If you guys want to update the track records you can go to Mylaps and verify my best time was 1:49.108 at Willow Spring Raceway on 5/5/07.
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Only race laps count for lap records[/quote]
ORLY!?:ohmy: Didn’t know. Then it’s 1:51.XXX[/quote]
It was still in the 1.49 range, I’ve already got it posted to Mike who put up the new times already.