Racing with SCCA/CCR/13 hour at VIR

#1

Anyone gonna be there? Any tips? getting the car teched Tuesday…a little worried, not sure what to expect. Running an e30 with a team of SCCA/vintage drivers.

Al

#2

i’ll be there (crewing, not racing). what’s your team name? is there a master entry list that is publicly viewable?

#3

Good luck Al. I’ll be there spectating and then the next two days driving with Chin Motorsports.

#4

done the race the last 4 years, not this year however. make sure you have the car up to scca standards, they can be a pita with little stuff like fuel test ports. and for gods sake make sure you cover your nasa decals!!!

#5

Scuderia Gonzo Alonzo, running the GTS1 e30 with an e motor…I think it is listed as ITA but most likely will be ITE, as the cage is xtensive.

A

#6

I will be there with the OPM boys in the #20 ITA Integra. I was really hoping for another Acura-on-Acura rematch with Andrew, but I guess it is not to be.

There are 59 cars registered. The largest class is SM with 19 cars. Add the ITA Miatas, SSM Miatas, and STU MX-5 Cup cars and 32 cars on the grid are cute little Mazda girly cars.

It looks like Jason Marks et al are there to go for the repeat win in a BMW (E36 IIRC).

My goal for this year is to stay off the curbs better so our FWD rocket doesn’t eat any axles. Taking off race-hot calipers sucks.

Al - Be careful with pit/refueling rules. They are sticklers.

#7

Here’s the list as of today:
[size=2]2 ITA TOLER-BOB CHARLOTTE NC 325E WHITE
4 ITA LUKE-ROBERT STERLING VA CIVIC SI YELGRN
5 ITA BIFULCO-WILLIAM NEWTON NJ MIATA BLUE
9 ITA RAATZ-TYLER CANTON GA MIATA MULTI
11 ITA FERGUSON-FRED BOLTON MA MIATA RED
20 ITA DOWNTON-RYAN CUMMING GA INTEGRA MAROON
38 ITA EARP-RONALD CARY NC MIATA WHITE
68 ITA CENZALLI-RONALD ROSWELL GA MIATA RED
95 ITA KENT-LYONEL POWELL TN CIVIC EX BLGRYO
13 ITB DOUGLAS-MATTHEW COLFAX NC CIVIC WHITE
28 ITB TROXELL-JAMES YORK PA GOLF WHITE
29 ITB JANOSKA-JEFF ALEXANDRIA VA CRX SI RED
12 ITE ZITZA-RONALD MAITLAND FL 993 SILBLK
22 ITE PHILLIPS-STEVE ISLE OF PALMS SC MUSTANG BLUE
35 ITE SHANFELD-BRIAN POWELL OH INTEGRA BLUE
39 ITE MARKS-JASON DUBLIN VA 325 YELWHT
40 ITE MAGOLAN-JAY DUBLIN VA 325I UNK
57 ITE TOUSIGNANT-SERGE ST LAMBERT QC M3 YELLOW
81 ITE BLACK-WILLIAM GREENSBORO NC CTS V SILVER
93 ITF SCHMITT-JOHN SUNBURY OH ACCORD BLACK
98 ITF WILWERT-LUKE MARYSVILLE OH ACCORD BLACK
7 ITR HAPUTANTRI-SRIPATHI OAK RIDGE NC 325I RED WH
7 ITR ROBERTSON-BENJAMIN ALPHARETTA GA 944 S2 BLACK
78 ITR SARRAN-WILLIAM TERRACE PARK OH 325I YELLOW
88 ITR HUGHES-CHRIS BRIDGEWATER NJ 325I YELLOW
99 ITR THOMPSON-RICKEY GOLDSBORO NC Z3 BLACK
6 ITS WATSON-RICHARD HINGHAM MA MIATA BLACK
21 ITS DIEDRICK-DAVE CALEDON ON CANADA L7K1G3 CA SENTRA SV BLUE
24 ITS DE HARO-JOHN RALEIGH NC 325IS BLACK
25 ITS WILLIS-TERI STAR TANNERY VA 325IS WHITE
0 SM OBRIEN-WILLIAM MARSHALL VA MIATA SILVER
1 SM BURDZY-VOYTEK ALGONQUIN IL MIATA BURGUN
8 SM DEWEY-SHAWN TOWNSEND DE MIATA WHITE
17 SM MAYNARD-KEN GREENSBORO NC MIATA WHT RD
19 SM DASILVA-MANNY MORRISTOWN NJ MIATA WHITE
33 SM HUNT-JAMES OXNARD CA MIATA BLACK
47 SM HOOVER-FRED LONGWOOD FL MIATA BLUORG
51 SM PELAK-MARK CAPE CORAL FL MIATA BLUE
53 SM HARRISON-PHILIP ARCADIA FL MIATA BLUE
59 SM VONCHARBONNEAU-ANDREW DELRAY BEACH FL MIATA BLUE
69 SM TISSERONT-STEPHAN GREAT FALLS VA MIATA WHITE
71 SM SAKOVICH-PETER ALEXANDRIA VA SPEC MIATA GRNWHT
74 SM SEJD-JAMES RALEIGH NC MIATA BLUE
75 SM NORMAN-JIM RALEIGH NC MIATA GREEN
76 SM COOKE-TYLER RALEIGH NC MIATA RED
77 SM GREIST-JOHN MADISON WI MIATA ORANGE
79 SM BIZE-DENNIS NEW YORK NY MIATA ORANGE
87 SM NASH-AARON ALTAMONTE SPRINGS FL MIATA BLUE
90 SM BERTOK-STEVE LEXINGTON SC MIATA GREEN
32 SSM DIMARCO-ROBERT MALVERN PA MIATA WHITE
41 SSM PLUNKETT-JOSEPH COOPERSBURG PA MIATA YELGRN
58 SSM HENWOOD-MATTHEW ARDMORE PA MIATA WHITE
73 SSM BUSBY-JULIAN HIGH POINT NC MIATA SILVER
26 STU WHITIS-DEREK RALEIGH NC MX5 GREEN
30 STU ATTERBURY-JOEY VIRGINIA BEACH VA MX 5 BLACK
63 STU CARTER-AL WILMINGTON DE MX 5 SLVR
67 STU PLUMB-HUGH UNIONVILLE PA MX 5 WHITE
94 STU MOORCONES-PAUL HIGHLAND MD INTEGRA R YELLOW
27 T3 DEVIT-MYRA ROSWELL GA S2000 BLK RE
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#8

pretty much everything steve said…do your best to avoid the (spec) miatas…i’ve seen some of them going at it like it’s the last lap of the runoffs mid way through the race…

Steve D wrote:

three-peat :wink:

a no-curb rule should be in place for every driver in races this long…

see you guys up there!

#9

Congrats to Dave and the Bimmerworld crew for another overall victory. Three in a row in a 13 hour race is a testament to the car AND drivers!!

Skeen had the best sounding car out there (CTS-V) and the team started on pole, but had some issues. At least the fuel tank didn’t melt like last year.

Jeremy Lucas and the Honda boys had a sweet sounding Acura that was fassssst! Can we legalize air jacks for SE30? They are frickin cool.

Rev Al again scored first on laps-per-dollar-spent!

We had 2 axle failures in the first hour. We were down 17-18 laps to the leaders at that point. 12 more hours of trouble free driving and we got back to 2nd place. It damn sure felt like a victory!! Hopefully things turn around for me and I can pay for the bulletproof drag ricer axles for the Integra next year!!!

Good to see Tower and meet Will!

#10

This was my very first SCCA race…one of the rules was that you have to run “Illumaboards” they light your car # up and are pretty neat looking. The problem is they are only available from one source. We spent most of our practice/qually time trying to get the things to work. Luckily a rep was there…took 3 control units and 2 sets of boards, the stewards would not let you practice without them. We had a bent brake pad that we thought was causing a vibration, turned out to be a bad bearing, if we had been able to practice I could have sorted it out. Anyway, it cost us 20 laps at the beginning, we worked our way up after that, having a team of drivers in their 60’s presented some challenges…the only other issue was one driver ran out of fuel at the end of pit road which cost us some laps. A fun race, very competitive field, something like 49 cars still running at the end, no full course cautions, few if any black flags. I will be back.

Al

#11

how do you bend a brake pad?

#12

Good question. I had ordered a full set of Porterfield R4-E’s for the race, they got shipped to the wrong place, so for practice and qually I put on a set of crusty HT10’s…one end of a front pad was bent when we checked them Friday night, I put the HT10’s off my spec car on and did not have any more issue’s. We qualified on those ***'s you ran at the VIR MA school…still have some life in em.

#13

Steve D wrote:

thanks! we certainly didnt have the fastest car there (i started the race and got lapped by the porsche during my stint) but a consistent driver lineup, a reliable and easy to drive car, fuel mileage, and solid pit work gave us the win…

[quote]We had 2 axle failures in the first hour. We were down 17-18 laps to the leaders at that point. 12 more hours of trouble free driving and we got back to 2nd place. It damn sure felt like a victory!! Hopefully things turn around for me and I can pay for the bulletproof drag ricer axles for the Integra next year!!!
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i hated to see your car parked off track during my stint…glad you guys got it fixed and back out there…congrats on the strong finish!

#14

FARTBREF wrote:

and you swore up and down that wasnt your car that i saw getting pulled down pit road… :wink:

#15

I thought you were talking about the end of the race, yes, we got towed from the end of pit road…embarrasing…