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924Guy
06-21-2008, 08:23 AM
My wife complained that this thread wasn't going yet... so I figured I'd better get it started!

Too early, not all the entries are in, I'm not throwing any names out there yet...

Rabbit07
06-21-2008, 09:17 AM
My vote is for a certain North East Saturn to win the American ITA Championship:cool:

Catch22
06-21-2008, 03:53 PM
Not me.
Pretty easy really.

924Guy
06-23-2008, 08:59 AM
Looks like Sam Moore will be schooling all of us in ITB... :( (and maybe a few in ITS too?)

lateapex911
06-23-2008, 09:10 AM
Looks like Sam Moore will be schooling all of us in ITB... :( (and maybe a few in ITS too?)

Now THAT's interesting!

spnkzss
06-23-2008, 09:17 AM
A certain black CRX with bright orange wheels wants to come back from his third at the ARRC in ITA. The development that has gone into that car since then will make that car a force to reckon with.

dominojd
06-23-2008, 09:22 AM
A certain black CRX with bright orange wheels wants to come back from his third at the ARRC in ITA. The development that has gone into that car since then will make that car a force to reckon with.

Not if we keep him sober the night before. :D

Gary L
06-23-2008, 09:24 AM
Looks like Sam Moore will be schooling all of us in ITB... :( (and maybe a few in ITS too?)
YES! YES! YES! :eclipsee_steering:

spnkzss
06-23-2008, 09:31 AM
Not if we keep him sober the night before. :D

If you change his habits, you might change is insanity on the track. Is that a risk worth taking? :shrug::D

Rabbit07
06-23-2008, 10:01 AM
A certain black CRX with bright orange wheels wants to come back from his third at the ARRC in ITA. The development that has gone into that car since then will make that car a force to reckon with.

Yep, I saw it with my own two eyes at VIR in March! 2.16's around VIR are flying! Let's see what happens at Mid-O

gran racing
06-23-2008, 10:36 AM
Now THAT's interesting!

Somehow I know one of the first things that popped into your head Jake. LOL Man, this is going to be one interesting race. Looks like I'll need to make sure the in car video is working.

I have no idea why you don't think you've got a shot at this Scott especially with how confident you were in being able to complete passes anywhere. :shrug:

erlrich
06-23-2008, 10:43 AM
My money is on an all-CRX podium in ITA.

edit: this assumes aforementioned black CRX with orange wheels shows up...

dominojd
06-23-2008, 10:52 AM
My money is on an all-CRX podium in ITA.

Not if I have something to say about it. :D

Andy Bettencourt
06-23-2008, 11:46 AM
My money is on an all-CRX podium in ITA.

+1 !

Goal for me: No DNF's and a top 10 overall. Need that PDX day for hella-sure!

shwah
06-23-2008, 12:11 PM
Not I.

I just want to learn the track and have some good clean close racing.

Knestis
06-23-2008, 02:05 PM
Note to self: "Don't be a total wanker."

K

924Guy
06-23-2008, 02:42 PM
Note to self: "Don't be a total wanker."

K

LOL... So it's probably considered bad form to punt slower ITS cars out of the way? ;)

Greg Amy
06-23-2008, 02:52 PM
Not if I have something to say about it. :D

You don't.

My goal is to beat my ITA times...with the ITS Integra.

dominojd
06-23-2008, 03:34 PM
You don't.

My goal is to beat my ITA times...with the ITS Integra.

WOW that is a lofty goal, are you sure you can do it? :D

Andy Bettencourt
06-23-2008, 04:21 PM
WOW that is a lofty goal, are you sure you can do it? :D

So cocky from waaaay atop the ITA points race in the NE!!! :)

dj10
06-23-2008, 06:34 PM
You don't.

My goal is to beat my ITA times...with the ITS Integra.
Glad to see you nice guys from the NE coming. I hope we can get together and have a beer.:birra:

dominojd
06-23-2008, 07:20 PM
Glad to see you nice guys from the NE coming. I hope we can get together and have a beer.:birra:

I always bring a few cases of PA finest. Yeungling. :D

Andy Bettencourt
06-23-2008, 07:50 PM
I always bring a few cases of PA finest. Yeungling. :D

Is that what people drink when they run out of Sam Adams?

:D

Oh, it's gonna be fun. Start your rain dance now Joe.

Eagle7
06-23-2008, 08:25 PM
LOL... So it's probably considered bad form to punt slower ITS cars out of the way? ;)
It is if it's me. :cavallo:

Greg Amy
06-23-2008, 09:11 PM
Glad to see you nice guys from the NE coming. I hope we can get together and have a beer.:birra:
Dan, you know me: if there's beer involved, I am too...

:D

gran racing
06-23-2008, 09:11 PM
Marty! You beat me to # 13 again this year. :mad: That's it, I'm not going to share my beer with you.

Rabbit07
06-23-2008, 09:46 PM
Did someone say Yeungling? I love that stuff, it's a bit hard to find in Michigan though.

RSTPerformance
06-23-2008, 10:58 PM
I think the BMW 2002's will still kill the competition... The Volvo's (Including Sam in his very very well built car) don't pull us nearly as much as those BMW's did. If all is equal though my vote would be on one of the A3 VW's to take ITB especially if Beran showes up...

Raymond

R2 Racing
06-23-2008, 10:59 PM
It's going to be real hard to pick winners this year. I don't think any of the top three finishing ITS car & driver combo's are going to be there. In ITA, I'll just say "Moser: pick one". But, again, Marhefka might show up or someone else might step up and steal it. ITB and ITC are the same.


I have Yuengling in my fridge. Illegally transported across state lines. Makes it taste even better. I wish someone would've taken a picture of my face at VIR when I found out that they not only had an ice cream bar, but Yuengling on tap too within about 15 seconds of eachother. Remember Christmas morning as a kid? Yea, kind of like that.

lateapex911
06-23-2008, 11:39 PM
What's an ice cream bar????

TAC
06-24-2008, 06:49 AM
Latest update 48 entries

Group 1......17
Group 2.......1
Group 3.....14
Group 4......12
Group 5.......1
Group 6.......3



Todd

RacerBill
06-24-2008, 07:23 AM
Todd: Is the entry list up yet?

Eagle7
06-24-2008, 12:14 PM
Marty! You beat me to # 13 again this year. :mad: That's it, I'm not going to share my beer with you.
Hee hee. If I do as well on-track I'll be happy. :eclipsee_steering:
No beer for me. I'm in training.

924Guy
06-24-2008, 01:57 PM
I think the BMW 2002's will still kill the competition... The Volvo's (Including Sam in his very very well built car) don't pull us nearly as much as those BMW's did. If all is equal though my vote would be on one of the A3 VW's to take ITB especially if Beran showes up...

Raymond

Cool... 'cause I think I got those 2002's figured out... ;)

OTOH, Pablo's supposed to make an appearance, so then it should be nothing more than a question of how well-tuned-up the pilot is, right? Have you heard anything more about the rest of the NE ITB boys making the trip?? :017:

dj10
06-24-2008, 03:16 PM
Is that what people drink when they run out of Sam Adams?

:D

Oh, it's gonna be fun. Start your rain dance now Joe.

Someone go to Canada and bring down a few cases of "BLUE":D

924Guy
06-24-2008, 03:32 PM
Meh. We don't have to go to Canada to get good beer, we brew it right in-state!!!
http://www.bellsbeer.com/
Not to mention Atwater, Royal Oak Brewery, Dragonmead, etc...

Who's up for a few growlers from Dragonmead?!?!? http://www.dragonmead.com/

http://www.michiganbrewersguild.org/ - Yum.

TAC
06-24-2008, 04:45 PM
Todd: Is the entry list up yet?

Not yet. I spent the weekend playing with Grand Am plus the entries are flying in fast and furious. Up to 50 now.

Catch22
06-24-2008, 05:25 PM
I have no idea why you don't think you've got a shot at this Scott especially with how confident you were in being able to complete passes anywhere. :shrug:

I CAN pass anywhere...
If I'm close enough. Which I won't be.

Funny how that works.

Catch22
06-24-2008, 05:29 PM
I think the BMW 2002's will still kill the competition... The Volvo's (Including Sam in his very very well built car) don't pull us nearly as much as those BMW's did.Raymond

So I'm not the only one losing double digit car lengths to a 2002 on the back straight?
Well, if thats true I feel a little better. Just a little though.

Scott, who's only hope is a chain and a hook.

PS - Entry list can be found at dlbracing.com. ITB is currently tops at 11 and climbing.
Excellent!

lateapex911
06-24-2008, 06:03 PM
What makes those 2002s and 320is so quick? They have what 101-105 hp stock?? What injection do they run? I didn't think they were all that crappy (like a POS smogged up 'murican car) from the factory.

Rabbit07
06-24-2008, 06:11 PM
The 02's are not Fuel Infected in ITB the Tii's are ITA cars. They are light and making good power with 32/36 DGV Webers.

R2 Racing
06-24-2008, 07:08 PM
What's an ice cream bar????
Well, it's kind of like a bar.....but with ice cream.....and the things you put on ice cream. I combined the two bars and made a Yuengling Float (TM 2008 KR Enterprises), with Cool Whip and a cherry on top.

Rabbit07
06-24-2008, 07:49 PM
Well, it's kind of like a bar.....but with ice cream.....and the things you put on ice cream. I combined the two bars and made a Yuengling Float (TM 2008 KR Enterprises), with Cool Whip and a cherry on top.

Awesome!:024:

Knestis
06-24-2008, 09:21 PM
>> OTOH, Pablo's supposed to make an appearance, so then it should be nothing more than a question of how well-tuned-up the pilot is, right?

Don't you know Vaughn, that the MkIII Golf is a magic car? It goes fast all by itself because of the rules. I don't NEED mad skilz.

:)

K

Catch22
06-24-2008, 09:31 PM
>> I don't NEED mad skilz.

:)

K

I suppose we're about to find out. That "2 cars in class" stuff you been bitchin' about won't be a problem come the 2nd weekend in August.

Scott, who believes the Doc has more skillz than he lets on.

924Guy
06-25-2008, 08:07 AM
>> OTOH, Pablo's supposed to make an appearance, so then it should be nothing more than a question of how well-tuned-up the pilot is, right?

Don't you know Vaughn, that the MkIII Golf is a magic car? It goes fast all by itself because of the rules. I don't NEED mad skilz.

:)

K

LOL!

I'm looking forward to this, gonna be fun with a big field!! Nice to get some real competition again... :blink:

Knestis
06-25-2008, 08:28 AM
I'm in but my number isn't. What question is "four" the answer to?

K

gran racing
06-25-2008, 08:41 AM
So I'm not the only one losing double digit car lengths to a 2002 on the back straight?

First thing I did was run up to Matt and tell him I'm getting absolutely creamed on the back straight by them.

924Guy
06-25-2008, 11:29 AM
First thing I did was run up to Matt and tell him I'm getting absolutely creamed on the back straight by them.

I thought you had a Kessler Engineering motor?!? :blink:

TAC
06-25-2008, 06:57 PM
Just to clarify something. There is a PDX on Friday that is going to be mainly geared to street cars. There is an instructors group that will be made up of competition cars. Space is limited and you have to contact Kurt Neimeyer at [email protected] to sign up to help.

There is an evening test session being put on by Mid Ohio for all the classes eligible. This is an open test session. $150 gets you 3-20 minute sessions on the track. The evening sessions run from 5 pm till 8 pm. Go to www.midohioschool.com to register. Steve Bidlack is the chief instructor.

Todd

Catch22
06-25-2008, 09:37 PM
First thing I did was run up to Matt and tell him I'm getting absolutely creamed on the back straight by them.

Hey Dave, lets have a beer Friday night.
Might want to discuss a thing or two.

Scott, who ain't talking about protests.

gran racing
07-17-2008, 01:42 PM
Damn you Beran! :) Okay, so he's my ITB pick.

RSTPerformance
07-26-2008, 07:48 AM
Damn you Beran! :) Okay, so he's my ITB pick.

I am probably not going... No money in the tow fund :(. Only because of this my vote is on Beran also - for all three races!

Raymond "anyone want to pay the gas from NH" Blethen

lateapex911
07-26-2008, 09:14 AM
Just curious, Raymond, how much EXTRA is it going to cost vs last year? Simple math...total miles/miles per gallon X actual dollar increase in prices from a year ago.

For example, lets just say I go 1000 miles round trip, and I get 10 MPG. That's 100 gallons burned. And lets just say that gas has gone up a dollar a gallon. (all numbers for easy math) So that would be $100. What are your numbers?

RSTPerformance
07-26-2008, 09:56 AM
Jake-

Last year it cost us around $1,000 in travel (gas, tolls, etc but not including food or time). As the gas prices continue to rise it makes it more difficult for someone whom "barely made it" in the past to actually make it now.

This year we just don't have that in the budget (growing up in personal life also costs money it seems :( ). We didn't have enough last year either but we found it with a little help from others. This year we both needed to build new motors and that took up a considerable amount of the racing fund. I would love to go, but as we get close I just don't think I have enough to make it, even at last years gas prices.

Raymond

PS: I am not sure what we get for gas mileage, but we are going to lime rock next week... We will do the math and see how much it would cost.

dickita15
07-26-2008, 12:49 PM
Raymond.
Maybe semantics but it is not that you don’t have the money. It is your priorities won’t allow you to spend it on racing.
:shrug:

RSTPerformance
07-26-2008, 03:26 PM
Raymond.
Maybe semantics but it is not that you don’t have the money. It is your priorities won’t allow you to spend it on racing.
:shrug:


Darn girls... Got to love em!

lol

TAC
08-02-2008, 08:27 AM
O.K., just over 95 I.T. cars spread out over 6 classes. Care to make any prediction's now?

TAC
08-04-2008, 06:49 AM
The weather is getting better.


Thu aug 07 Partly Cloudy 79° 60°

Fri aug 08 Mostly Sunny 74° 56°

Sat aug 09 Partly Cloudy 75° 57°

Sun aug 10 Partly Cloudy 78 58

Not that I'm complaining.........Nice fall weather in August. Must be Mid-Ohio.

bonespec
08-05-2008, 12:09 AM
The weather is getting better.


Thu aug 07 Partly Cloudy 79° 60°

Fri aug 08 Mostly Sunny 74° 56°

Sat aug 09 Partly Cloudy 75° 57°

Sun aug 10 Partly Cloudy 78 58

Not that I'm complaining.........Nice fall weather in August. Must be Mid-Ohio.

Better than snow in April!

TAC
08-05-2008, 06:45 AM
Or October. :biggrinsanta:

Rabbit07
08-05-2008, 09:05 AM
I got a call yesterday from John Payne. Looks like one of the Volvos from Hell is going to be coming down. Look out ITB!

924Guy
08-05-2008, 10:39 AM
I got a call yesterday from John Payne. Looks like one of the Volvos from Hell is going to be coming down. Look out ITB!

Promises, promises... ;)

R2 Racing
08-05-2008, 05:14 PM
Hey Chris, now that Greg's out of ITA, are you looking to step back up as the "1st non-Honda on the grid" this weekend?:smilie_pokal:

Rabbit07
08-05-2008, 06:14 PM
Hey Chris, now that Greg's out of ITA, are you looking to step back up as the "1st non-Honda on the grid" this weekend?:smilie_pokal:

I am going to try. I shook the car down last weekend at Waterford and was very unimpressed with how the car is working!? We all know Neons push, but it was bad, I could barely keep it on the track :wacko: No matter how I do, it will be nice to get out and see everyone again.

See you there......

dominojd
08-05-2008, 08:31 PM
Hey Chris, now that Greg's out of ITA, are you looking to step back up as the "1st non-Honda on the grid" this weekend?:smilie_pokal:

I'm sorta hoping a nissan is the first non honda. :D

iagreen
08-05-2008, 09:15 PM
We all know Neons push, but it was bad, I could barely keep it on the track :wacko:

Is that just a scare tactic to keep us CRX's from trying pass you around the outside? :eclipsee_steering:

Rabbit07
08-05-2008, 09:18 PM
I'm sorta hoping a nissan is the first non honda. :D Who, Doug Spencer in the 240sx? :)


Is that just a scare tactic to keep us CRX's from trying pass you around the outside? :eclipsee_steering:

You see right through me
:cool:

R2 Racing
08-05-2008, 11:14 PM
I'm sorta hoping a nissan is the first non honda. :D
Does an Acura count?:smilie_pokal:

dominojd
08-06-2008, 07:17 AM
Who, Doug Spencer in the 240sx? :)



Is there a middle finger icon somewhere? ;)

924Guy
08-06-2008, 08:11 AM
LOL... Crazy Joe and Douggie fighting it out... I'm looking forward to watching that!!!

Of course, Catkiller will probably have a better view than I will... ;)

Rabbit07
08-06-2008, 09:56 AM
LOL... Crazy Joe and Douggie fighting it out... I'm looking forward to watching that!!!

Of course, Catkiller will probably have a better view than I will... ;)

Yeah, from my rear view mirror:D

Let the smack talk begin:p