First Spec E30 national Champ

#17

I have to congratulate patton, chris, and carter for great and clean driving. I wish i could have been in the mix but I got a little excited and what happened is obvious. Next season should be interesting and i’m looking forward to racing with some new people.

p.s. I agree with carter, we put brand new 5/32 shaved tires on the car on thursday and they didn’t get tacky until saturday afternoon! Then one of the tires went flat overnight on saturday and when we got there for the final race we had to scramble to go get a new tire as the toyo guys were packing up for the event.

#18

If anyone runs out of tires or has a puncture, I’m sure someone will have a spare Toyo for a race. We don’t want anyone to miss a race if we can get you on the grid.

Carter

#19

Carter wrote:

[quote]If anyone runs out of tires or has a puncture, I’m sure someone will have a spare Toyo for a race. We don’t want anyone to miss a race if we can get you on the grid.

Carter[/quote]

I think someone said on the day of the final race as we were working on david’s and carlton’s cars "what other series would be like this as far as helping each other out" the answer was: I don’t think there is one. This really is a great series and it wouldn’t be that way without a great bunch of guys.

#20

MikeD wrote:

Not to belittle SpecE30, but someones not giving other guys enough credit. Everyone at an event is a car guy, many are gearheads too. Guys all over NASA, PCA, SCCA, etc will usually help each other other as much as possible (though there are bound to be some pricks given a large enough group.) Heck, even the pro teams at the Lemans 24 will share parts & help. Auto racing is SUPPOSED to be a "gentlemans sport".

SMD

#21

smdubovsky wrote:

[quote]MikeD wrote:

Not to belittle SpecE30, but someones not giving other guys enough credit. Everyone at an event is a car guy, many are gearheads too. Guys all over NASA, PCA, SCCA, etc will usually help each other other as much as possible (though there are bound to be some pricks given a large enough group.) Heck, even the pro teams at the Lemans 24 will share parts & help. Auto racing is SUPPOSED to be a "gentlemans sport".

SMD[/quote]
True, the honda guys did a motor swap for a competitor all thru the night so he could race, the HC champ gave a competitor his spare axle, Seen it a bunch at all our events, heck, Beau Dunnivant gave his racecar to a competitor to run a TT in so he could qualify to go to nationals.I don’t think anyone wants to win because the competition canot actually run.

#22

smdubovsky wrote:

[quote]MikeD wrote:

Not to belittle SpecE30, but someones not giving other guys enough credit. Everyone at an event is a car guy, many are gearheads too. Guys all over NASA, PCA, SCCA, etc will usually help each other other as much as possible (though there are bound to be some pricks given a large enough group.) Heck, even the pro teams at the Lemans 24 will share parts & help. Auto racing is SUPPOSED to be a "gentlemans sport".

SMD[/quote]

agreed!

#23

Congrats Chris! Good job to everyone else. I wish I could’ve been there.

#24

Pictures are starting to appear on the interweb:
Carter:
http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm?template=pa&form_pa_id=1960&form_photo_num=21

Patton:
http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm?template=pa&form_pa_id=1960&form_photo_num=30

Mike D. and Kappy:

http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm?template=pa&form_pa_id=1960&form_photo_num=8

Carltons nose:
http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm?template=pa&form_pa_id=1960&form_photo_num=4

Al’s tail:
http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm?template=pa&form_pa_id=1960&form_photo_num=4

#25

thanks for sharing sean! I talked to the guy from tuner transformations while we were at mid-ohio and he said he filmed us racing some. So he said it could possibly be aired on the show.

#26

I know 2 of the pro photogs that were there, but they don’t have proofs from Group H up yet

#27

http://www.finishlineprod.net/2006_events/2006nationals/group_h/index.html
here are a bunch from a pro outfit. I think Chris must have slipped him a few bucks - there are a lot of "Bobo and Pops Racing" car shots :wink:
They have posters of all the competitors in a group for several of the other groups (AI, FFR, etc). Maybe they’re going to do a SE30 or GTS one also.

I bet this was an exciting moment for Carter - what will that guy do next???
http://www.finishlineprod.net/2006_events/2006nationals/group_h/IMG_8543.JPG.html

cheers,
bruce

#28

Bruce - good post and pics. I think 57 and 64 show it all - good e30 racing!
Ed

#29

Photo 64 just became my wallpaper.

Thanks Bruce!

Carter

#30

Those are great pics of how close the racing is.
Robert, it looks like your car is just a little lower all around than the other cars?

#31

more pics …
http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=11413

#32

did you Nationals participants notice that there are a couple of Nationals posters created:

http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=11623

cheers,
bruce

#33

that’s pretty sweet thanks for sharing!

#34

MikeD wrote:

Chris, The Clicky who took those pics will be doing his first HPDE this weekend at Summit…

#35

That is pretty cool.

#36

Thanks for the post Bruce. I’m getting one for sure.

Carter