Opening Day Results?

[TimM ITB]

So, who can enlighten us as to the results from the IT world at NHIS? What a PERFECT day for a race! I went to the The 16V site and it looks like Ed Tisdale in ITS? or was that ITR? Beran Peter or Tom Kelly in ITB? Greg Amy in ITA?? Whatever you know, please post!

Thanks,

Tim M

[RSTPerformance]

ITA:

Greg Amy took a flag to flag victory, but not without Brandon Bogart from BB Racing on his tail for most of the race. Andy stated well back in the field and was on a mission to get to the front. He appeared to be faster than Greg, and found himself in second after Brandon fell out of the race. The best race was for third between Jeff Lawton and crazy Joe Diminno. Joe beat out Lawton with a few less parts than he started the race with and a bit louder... lol

EDIT: Looks like from reading the posts further down that Jeff did get ahead of the crazy loud Joe on the last half of the last lap... Sorry I missed that Jeff!!! It's great to see the race come down to the last lap... well its good if you are the one advancing!!! lol Thanks to both for a great show, it was the best of the weekend from what I saw.

A quick observation on the ITA field was that it had 7 different model cars in the first 7 spots for most of the race!!!

ITB:

Beran Peter ran blisteringly fast in that Yellow A3 Golf that is now his!!! He is among a few select people that have beaten Scott Carlson in the last 5 years... Great Job, not only in driving the car, but also to Tom Kelly and Beran Peter for building a VERY VERY fast car that has been vertualy undefeated since it has been fully built. Scott Carlson is Back and finished a healthy second after qualifying 3rd. Shawn Fohs is also back and finished third after qualifying 2nd in ITB.

No Hondas??? but 4 Volvo's!!! Yikes!!! Congrats to Jarod in the newly built Audi for getting signed of at the school :)

ITC:

The great Actor, Fred White took the win over a newbe in Brian Megliola's car... I don't recal his name :(

No Eric Perham???

ITS:

One of the Autotechnic BMW's took off while the other was in a great battle for the second overall position between ITR winner Ed Tisdale and ITS 2nd place finisher David Maynard. In the end one of the Autotechnic cars was gone, not sure what happened to him. and sorry for not posting names, I never know who's driving which car :)


ITR:

Ed Tisdale had a strong and fun race with the front running ITS cars, and took the ITR win, but not the overall win. Gregory Deems was the only other ITR car and finished mid pack in his first race with the car in ITR.

Was Ed running in ITS spec, or ITR spec?



Thanks to everyone for a great weekend. No major incidents occured and I think the only car we "lost" was Nat Wentworths old Saab. A student gently rolled the car in turn 10 in his second session Saturday. I talked with the new car owner and they plan on buildig another Saab for ITB!!!


Raymond

[JLawton]

The best race was for third between Jeff Lawton and crazy Joe Diminno. Joe beat out Lawton with a few less parts than he started the race with and a bit louder... lol

[/b]

Um, you got part of that right.............

[dickita15]

Ed Tisdale had a strong and fun race with the front running ITS cars, and took the ITR win, but not the overall win. Gregory Deems was the only other ITR car and finished mid pack in his first race with the car in ITR.
[/b]
Good report Raymond but there was a 3rd ITR car a few cars behind Greg. I don't remember the name but it was a grey BMW that got signed of Saturday.

[BobsAuto]

I'm bummed I didn't get up to see the races, but Raymond's report and the reports I got as I sat at Dunkin'Donuts make it sound like it was a heck of a day. I had the chance to earn a living (my small landscaping company--me) and I went for it. I have since found the muscles that went south for the winter and am REALLY sorry I didn't go up an spectate at least one of the two days of the weekend. (Any massage therapists out there for CHEAP?)

Sounds like a great weekend was had by all and from the faces I saw at DD's it was a fun one as well. BTW, the gals that work DD's at the time the races let out are the best. (I happen to know several of them and they actually know how to make a coffee right and smile as well. Next time you are in ask for Sonya and tell her I sent you.)

Take care and see you at the next event.

[Greg Amy]

I don't have anything significant to add to Raymond's report, other than to emphasize his points in ITA.

- This was not a walk-away win by any means. The top 5 cars or so were within a new tenths of each other, and this after a very high-traffic qualifying session.

- Andy had unfortunate difficulties with a shifter during qualifying, causing him to drop out on the first flying lap and start from the back. Joe, Jeff, and Brandon started *right there*

- I slipped past Mark Megliola's FP car through the oval; he got his tires heated up and passed me into T3 on lap 2.

- Brandon made a demon start, and tucked up right behind me. Each time we went into the braking for T3 he'd catch up and we'd drag-race up to T6.

- The full-course yellow was for Joe dropping exhaust parts at the apex of T3 (which I *almost* tagged passing a lapped car) and the pace car came out. I accurately assumed it was to control the field so a worker could retrieve the part in T3, and I also assumed we would not stay under its control for a full lap. At that point Brandon began to fade and slid backwards, allowing Mark and I to pull out a loooong lead before we got the green at S/F next time by.

- From that point forward I put it in cruise mode and just managed the spacing; I had almost the full straight to the next ITA car.

Imagine my surprise when I took the checkered flag, looked back, and saw what I *thought* was a blue ITA Miata, headlights a-blazing, just a half a straight back! I could not *believe* that Bettencourt had pulled it out and picked off almost every car to finish second from DEAD LAST!! I think we were as excited about that second place as he was!

I heard the Joe/Jeff battle was epic; I also hope the video comes out.

Official results were not available by the time we left; there were apparently some RFAs in process for PUYs. I heard that I was a tenth off my track record, Brandon's best time was thousandths of a second off mine, and Andy was within a tenth.

The ITA battle in the northeast is heating up, boys, and that mosquito is the car to watch this year... - GA

[JLawton]

That was a wild weekend……….

I was very surprised to see I had qualified third, only about 5/100ths behind Joe and only 7/10ths (about) behind Greg. We also didn’t think Andy had a chance in hell in catching us from the back of the grid. Just too much traffic.

On the start, Brandon got a screaming start and got by both Joe and I before turn 1 and we went into turn three in order of Greg, Brandon, Joe and myself. Greg and Brandon opened up a small gap between Joe and I and we opened up a good gap between Jeff Branscom and Tim K. After about two laps of Joe and I working together trying to catch Brandon and Greg, I realized that wasn’t going to happen. I also decided Joe was holding me up :bash_1_: and spent the next 14 laps waling on him to try and get buy!! Of course, we had a little intermission when Bettencourt comes cruising by us, giving me a “little” love tap as he did……. <_<

On the last lap, I was able to get a good run on Joe up out of three. Got inside him into 6, but had to down shifted into second . Joe tried the inside-out move but I stayed in the middle of the track blocking him from going inside, went to shift into third and missed!! :mad1: Joe blasted me in the bumper and was able to get around me and get his nose up to my rear quarter but couldn’t make it stick. With all the side by side driving we did, the only time we touched was when I missed the shift! With Brando dropping out I ended up third. Not bad considering the size and caliber of the field!!

But the best part of the whole race (from what I heard) was how clean it was!! Not our typical ITA race. Maybe it was because a certain driver <Richie>, who shall remain nameless <Richie> wasn’t there!!

Also, a fantastic job by the three rookies who ran in the race. All of them did outstanding in the school, got signed off and had their first race with a 27 car ITA field!!!

The only problem I had all weekend was with the 914 Prod car. He shouldn’t have been out there…………..

Great job by Andy and Brandon. Both were only a few tenths off the track record. Looks like the Amy era may be coming to an end………… :D

And thanks to Joe, for not taking out me or the rest of the field!! :023: :OLA:

[hunter164]

The ITA race was definitely a fun one to watch from the stands. It was great to see the #16 run consistant laps so close to the track record without any real testing. Made all the hours over the winter worthwhile. We will have it back and running for the next race, no worries there. Too bad it wouldnt hold out for another couple laps! Congrats to all that ran well this weekend.

I definitely had a lot of fun out there running with the ITS boys and seeing how much more I have to get out of my car to make it to the front. I&#39;ll get there though! I was a little too excited during qualifying but was all settled down and had great time chasing everyone come race time! A couple more ITR cars to chase around wouldn&#39;t hurt.

[dpc]

That little black nat(small black bug) is going to be in your ears., Andy you were impressive from where I was standing..... dave

[JLawton]

I definitely had a lot of fun out there running with the ITS boys and seeing how much more I have to get out of my car to make it to the front. I&#39;ll get there though! I was a little too excited during qualifying but was all settled down and had great time chasing everyone come race time! A couple more ITR cars to chase around wouldn&#39;t hurt.
[/b]

Greg,
You had a hell of a weekend, nice job!! No doubt you have the talent and with a little more seat time, I&#39;m sure will be a force. (plus, the car sounds really cool!!)

[Greg Amy]

http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=200251

[dickita15]

Wow, I thought the ITS field was pretty good but both Greg and Brandon put in faster race laps. Sorry Andy your best lap missed by 0.001 seconds. <_<

[Andy Bettencourt]

Wow, I thought the ITS field was pretty good but both Greg and Brandon put in faster race laps. Sorry Andy your best lap missed by 0.001 seconds. <_< [/b]

I wonder why the ITS qual times were 1-2 seconds faster than their race laps while ITA stayed right on for the most part.

[Andy Bettencourt]

Crazy weekend for the 09 car. Test day was shortened ironing out some prep issues and the discovery of a mystery oil leak ended the day. Luckily we had the 2 days until the race while the school was on.

With the help of Lester from Apex Automotive (who was IN the school), the upper cam seals and the lower crank seal got replaced. The technique he showed us for a speedy install was used later the next day on another car...

So I topped off the oil (remember that) and we went out to qualify. First flying lap the shift lever came loose. The factory delrin locating bushing at the base of the ball had cracked due to insufficient torque on the locating bolts. Couldn&#39;t find any gear...qualfied last with my warm up lap as the only time I had posted.

Reset expectations...with Greg, Joe, Jeff and Brandon all running solid times, my new goal was to somehow set fast lap as I got through traffic and to finish 5th or better. I got 10 spots in the first lap and was the recipient of some nice luck and some great racing slowing guys down (thanks Joe and Jeff!). Car was smoking something fierce in right hand turns - especially under braking. Another crew guy had &#39;topped off&#39; the oil so I was running an extra quart...thanks to the corner workers for recognizing I wasn&#39;t dropping anything on course and letting me continue.

FCY came out and I saw a shot, but as Greg said, someone didn&#39;t keep up so they got away...Brandon&#39;s car went flat and I got by him...and then there was one. I knew Greg had to have been running conservative as I wouldn&#39;t have gotten to him but just under 4 seconds seperated us at the stripe. A great result for me - there were times during the weekend I thought we were done.

Now off to take my beating at Pocono before we get to Lime Rock!

[jpvonoy]

Also, a fantastic job by the three rookies who ran in the race. All of them did outstanding in the school, got signed off and had their first race with a 27 car ITA field!!!
[/b]

Thanks Jeff, I had a blast out there, I can&#39;t wait to do it again! The only close call I had was with Rob B. in the Z3. I didn&#39;t realize he was going to make his way off the track, and went by him on the right as he was turning into me. I don&#39;t know if that was my fault, sorry Rob, at least I went off the track a bit and didn&#39;t make contact.

I just want to say that everyone I met or dealt with over the weekend was very nice, helpful, and really gave us a great first impression.

Jeremy

[almracing]

I have to say I was quite surprised when I saw Andy&#39;s Miata up thru the field so quickly. Needless to say I made sure he had a hole to fly thru.

My race was not the best performance of the car&#39;s potential... with a loss of power and vibration i dropped into the pit lane when the double yellow was thrown. After a quick check, I tried to head back out but the car would not fire. :blink:

Finally, I could not have raced this weekend without the help of fellow IT racers!! I spent the spring rebuilding the car and overlooked my helmet date. At the annual tech my helmet was found to be out of date. DOH!!

Thanks to Brian Mushnik who happened to drive up and let me borrow his helmet. And a thanks to Fred White for letting me borrow his helmet too. I needed to use Fred&#39;s since he has the Hans clips. It says alot when people will lend gear without any hesitation!!

Now back to troubleshooting the loss of power....

[dazzlesa]

for comparison, in 99 the winner ran 1:18. it was my first race and i ran a 1:28 the last car running.

[Doc Bro]

Jeremy,

No sweat bud, I was stuck in 5th gear after a broken shifter linkage pin. I had no power to get out of the way up the hill. I was a sitting duck, but when you guys came up on me 2 guys went track left and you went track right. I tried to get out of the way of the masses, but 3 wide is tough there. No harm we all got out unscathed. I was sorry to be out and sorry to see you w/ 2 wheels off.

On a side note thanks to Andy, Nick Leverone, Greg, Dave and Dan Maynard and Crazy Joe for helping me with my suspension and shock set-up. Thanks to the folks who expressed concern for the mechanical. We qualified 19th and was sitting in 9th after 6 laps. I was pleased with the handling of the car after their expert advice. Car&#39;s fixed...see you at Pocono.

PS....G.D. 39 cent parts!!!! :bash_1_:



R

[dominojd]

I just want to say that everyone I met or dealt with over the weekend was very nice, helpful, and really gave us a great first impression.

Jeremy
[/b]

So ya coming to Pocono in 3 weeks?


I don&#39;t have any long stories about this weekend Jeff, Greg, and Andy pretyy much summed it up.

All I have to say is Holy Crap I ran a 1:16.6xx and were in the hell did that Mosquito come from. Freakin awsome job Andy that was impressive. You have Greg Shakin in his shoes. :)

[Andy Bettencourt]

No more cars with HP at Pocono!!!!!

:P

[gsbaker]

It&#39;s going to be one hell of an ARRC this year...

[Greg Amy]

...Looks like the Amy era may be coming to an end………… :D[/b]

Good! "<strike>Strikeouts are</strike> Winning all the time is boring. It&#39;s fascist. <strike>Throw some ground balls</strike> Finish second once in a while, it&#39;s more democratic." (HT: Crash Davis, Bull Durham)

;)

[hunter164]

Greg,
You had a hell of a weekend, nice job!! No doubt you have the talent and with a little more seat time, I&#39;m sure will be a force. (plus, the car sounds really cool!!)
[/b]

Thanks for the help during the school Jeff. It was much appreciated. I had a great time and learned alot. Paired with what I learned last year at the school I have a much better idea when to take risks, and when to sit back a little. Only more seat time can get me the rest of the way. Im not sure if it&#39;s talent or selected stupidity, but I&#39;m willing to give it a shot! I just need to work on increasing the race budget so i can get to some of the other tracks that might be better suited to the car. I have to get the exhaust back to the right sound right now too. Apparently at some point during the race I shot the O2 sensor right out of the header. Maybe that was the thud I heard going through the oval...

[jpvonoy]

So ya coming to Pocono in 3 weeks?
[/b]
I don&#39;t think we&#39;ll make it to Pocono, but we might do Lime Rock next month, whenever that is. I would really like to get the suspension set up and get an alignment too. But before we do that, we need to replace most of the bushings and replace some front suspension parts that are bent. Then I&#39;ll feel a little more confident about driving the car hard.

Question for anyone: After I got my Novice permit back from Sunday&#39;s race, I saw there were two slips of paper stapled to it saying that I needed to work one session at each of my two regional races before I can get licensed. I wish I saw that before the race on Sunday. Now, I missed working at one of my races. Guess I&#39;ll have to do two more races (and work at them both) before I can get my license?

Jeremy

[RSTPerformance]

I don&#39;t think we&#39;ll make it to Pocono, but we might do Lime Rock next month, whenever that is. I would really like to get the suspension set up and get an alignment too. But before we do that, we need to replace most of the bushings and replace some front suspension parts that are bent. Then I&#39;ll feel a little more confident about driving the car hard.

Question for anyone: After I got my Novice permit back from Sunday&#39;s race, I saw there were two slips of paper stapled to it saying that I needed to work one session at each of my two regional races before I can get licensed. I wish I saw that before the race on Sunday. Now, I missed working at one of my races. Guess I&#39;ll have to do two more races (and work at them both) before I can get my license?

Jeremy
[/b]


Jeremy-

Look in the GCR at how long you can race on yur novice permit... It is at least a year, and I think it might be 18 months... take the $75 or so you save and put it into an entry fee or bushing ;) and just run as many races as you want on the novice permit... that will also give you plenty of time to work more than 2 times!!!

Ramond "Congrats on getting signed off!!!" Blethen

[jpvonoy]

Thanks Raymond! I just checked the GCR and the permit is good for 24 months. So, you&#39;re right, I have nothing to worry about, plenty of time to complete all the requirements.

[Andy Bettencourt]

Nice to meet the rookies. Also Andrew Zimmerman from NJ in his Teg. Bring these cars out to LRP May 18-19th for a Double!!! ITA up here ain&#39;t too shabby...

[Tkczecheredflag]

I&#39;ll chime in with my 2 cents.

CPM Motorsports had a really great/fun weekend. The TEG has been real darty the past couple of outtings. We checked our toe after qualifying made an adjustment to the front right and hoped for the best. While I was watching another run group and figured I would check the front end for loose/damaged parts one more time - this was my best move of the weekend - found a lower control arm pivot bolt that was ready for fall out - re-tighted and torqued - problem solved - well sort of - tightening the bolt didn&#39;t tighten my scrotum for T-1 and T-2. It would appear I continue to loose time in this part of the track - I need to start drinking Crazy Joe&#39;s hromone mix to master this part of the track.

Had a great race with Geoff Branscombe #94. We traded P6 and P7 a few times and managed to stay door handle to door handle in T1/T2 and T6 - a very clean and talented racer making the race quite enjoyable - nice job Geoff.

Watched most of Crazy Joe and Jeff&#39;s battle - quite a show. Andy was wicked quick - thanks for showing me the head lights, my last request to Andy before the start of the race. Greg "Awesome" Amy - still making tons more torque than I can handle with that "twin cam." Someday I&#39;ll show you the Pocono video, where you "check out" like the motor is taking a "nitrous shot" exiting the chicane. I felt horrible for Brandon as we grabbed a spot from him on the last lap exitng T3 - you ran a great race.

Finished P-5 - We&#39;ll take it - learned a lot more about the car and me - I need bigger balls and a tad more power - practice, practice practice - money, money money. See ya in Pocono.

[stevel]

I saw there were two slips of paper stapled to it saying that I needed to work one session at each of my two regional races before I can get licensed. I wish I saw that before the race on Sunday. Now, I missed working at one of my races. Guess I&#39;ll have to do two more races (and work at them both) before I can get my license?


[/b]

I don&#39;t believe you need to do them at an event you necessarily race at. I know I didn&#39;t. I went up on a weekend I wasn&#39;t racing and worked 2 sessions in a row (actually did about 4 since I was there) and got it all out of the way at once.

s

[Andy Bettencourt]

I also want to single out NER&#39;s Timing and Scoring with some praise.

1. We had an error on the grid sheets that had Nick&#39;s SM time at an impossibly low 1:14.0. A quick trip to T&S got it resolved without any pain and minimal confusion for the other drivers.

2. The speed the event hits MyLaps. The event ain&#39;t over for eveyone on Sunday night! Ultra-fast.

3. This one may seem simple to us but the FORMAT of the MyLaps results is perfect. One click (http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=200251) gets you all the info you need to know. What actually makes up each run group and the sanction number plus event officials. As someone who likes to surf MyLaps for IT results, it can be real painful to have to open up each run group to find the IT cars because they aren&#39;t listed in the group sub-title. Most do, but some don&#39;t. It also makes it easy to find manditory liscense renewal info.

Thanks!

[jpvonoy]

I don&#39;t believe you need to do them at an event you necessarily race at. I know I didn&#39;t. I went up on a weekend I wasn&#39;t racing and worked 2 sessions in a row (actually did about 4 since I was there) and got it all out of the way at once.

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[/b]
That&#39;s good to know, thanks stevel. I think I&#39;ll work the next race at LRP since I can&#39;t race that day.

[Andy Bettencourt]

That&#39;s good to know, thanks stevel. I think I&#39;ll work the next race at LRP since I can&#39;t race that day. [/b]

I might be mistaken, but you should be able to race that day. You just race on your Novice permit. They won&#39;t allow you to &#39;submit&#39; for your Regional until you have worked a couple stints - but you can race on your Novice permit all year........no?

[jpvonoy]

I might be mistaken, but you should be able to race that day. You just race on your Novice permit. They won&#39;t allow you to &#39;submit&#39; for your Regional until you have worked a couple stints - but you can race on your Novice permit all year........no?
[/b]
Yes, sorry, I meant I can&#39;t race that day since my teammate already has plans for the day, and he is the one with the truck and trailer! So, I figure it&#39;s a good time to work at the race.

[Andy Bettencourt]

Yes, sorry, I meant I can&#39;t race that day since my teammate already has plans for the day, and he is the one with the truck and trailer! So, I figure it&#39;s a good time to work at the race. [/b]

So you give him your street car and take the T&T!

[Doc Bro]

Or rent him a uhaul if he needs a truck. Don&#39;t pass up the opportunity to race. Winter&#39;s waayyy too long to skip races in the summer!!

R

[lateapex911]

Congrats to all the rookies, sounds like a good crop. Is that (77) Ray Lee Chees old car?

[Andy Bettencourt]

Congrats to all the rookies, sounds like a good crop.[/b]

Some cool cars I haven&#39;t seen before...ITA gets better and better!!!

http://www.the16v.com/SCCA/07/042207_nhis/images/DSC_5083.jpg

http://www.the16v.com/SCCA/07/042207_nhis/images/DSC_5085.jpg

http://www.the16v.com/SCCA/07/042207_nhis/images/DSC_5109.jpg

[Jeremy Billiel]

Man it looks like another great weekend that I missed chasing that little white ball in Florida.

I am looking forward to getting back out in May.

[Doc Bro]

Jeremy,

You know what they say right?

Those with golf balls golf; those with real balls race!!

R

[Jeremy Billiel]

Jeremy,

You know what they say right?

Those with golf balls golf; those with real balls race!!

R
[/b]

I have not heard that, but I like the saying although it should be

Those with golf balls golf; those with big balls race!!

[jpvonoy]

So you give him your street car and take the T&T!
[/b]


Or rent him a uhaul if he needs a truck. Don&#39;t pass up the opportunity to race. Winter&#39;s waayyy too long to skip races in the summer!!
[/b]
Good ideas :D This is true!


Congrats to all the rookies, sounds like a good crop. Is that (77) Ray Lee Chees old car?
[/b]
Thanks, the 77 car is new, we just built it (still in the process).

[lateapex911]

I also didn&#39;t recognize these cars:

[Doc Bro]

Jake, your race car has too much dust on it.

The one on the left is Geoff Branscombe...his 3rd season. The right one is Andrew Zimmerman who&#39;s new.

R

[Andy Bettencourt]

Zimmerman is from out of Region. He rented to William Fox who ran the school and race - finished in 8th!

[lateapex911]

Jake, your race car has too much dust on it.

R [/b]

LOL, well at least it&#39;s&#39; Road Atlanta clay dust, and it&#39;s only six months old. ;)

[JLawton]

Jake, your race car has too much dust on it.

[/b]

Yeah, when are you racing again........ Or are you saving it all for the ARRC again!!

[Eric Parham]

Sounds like I missed a great weekend. Glad it went so well! :023:



No Eric Parham???
[/b]

Recharging the batteries this year. Tow vehicle bit the dust. Might sell the ITC Sciroccos. Hope to make it out a few times, but full season unlikely. How &#39;bout some video?