Registration is now open for the NARRC runoffs at LRP. Supps did not list rain!!!!!
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Registration is now open for the NARRC runoffs at LRP. Supps did not list rain!!!!!
The ITB online entries are up to 13 and I see the following notable names:
Bannerman
Benazic
Ford
Gerundo
Gran
Hubbard
Mullen
Pedersen
Reece
Tartaglia
Wagner
Wentworth
Zaslow
Where are S&R Blethen, Curran, Gleason, Subtelny, Tinis et. al.?
Tapped out? Computer challenged? Afraid of the 120% rule? Out of beer?
See you next week!
DZ
Just spent the rest of the seasons race budget on a weekend on Martha's Vineyard... got engaged :eek:
will be back out next year though, I hope the ITB fields stay as strong :)
My bet is Hubbard will win... He needs to go to the ARRC, I think he has the only potential to beat out those darn VW's, especially on that track where his car will really be able to get out and use that good p/w ratio!
Top 5:
Hubbard
Gran
Zaslow
Wentworth
Benazic
see you soon;
Raymond
Congratulations Raymond!!
That's awesome Ray!! Congratulations.
I'm iffy for this weekend. Something about my rear rotor ending up in my front head light on Saturday. :( I just need to find a source for a replacement rear radius rod. It's going to be a tough ITB race, that's for sure!
OK, what the hell? Details? At the club day?
i dont follow predictions but 5th for me?
i guess that will be my motivation to do some ass kicking
Hey, if I don't show that moves you up to 4th. :p Actually, I have you as the one of two guys to beat for this race. Not entirely sure who the other is though.
The "B" race should be one of the better this weekend. Looks like a decent turn out all around.... Hope the weather holds!
dave g if you do show up then it will be kessler honda's 1st and 2nd. the rest can go scratch
Congratulations Raymond !! and thanks for painting a "Bulls Eye" on my bumper. LMAO..
Im just hoping to finish the race without parts flyin off the ol' car, like wheels and stuff. Great to see a strong B field. Its a craps shoot to guess who might win. Anything can happen and usually does.
Good to see you "Rick" fired up. For certian, wet or dry we'll all have a blast. Get that stinkin Honda fixed Dave. See you guys a Slime rock
I soooooo wish it wasn't my 1 yr. anniversary this weekend! I would LOVE to be heckling and running with everyone. Lets hope it's a different weekend next year! Good luck to everyone and lets plan an ITB 25 year old re-union and we can ALL run together next year!
Stephen
Lovin' the ITB SMACK!!!
You read it here first....
Qualifying:
Wentworth
Hubbard
Benazic
Gran
Zaslow
Gerundo
Reece
Gleason
Bannerman
Tartaglia
Pedersen
Wagner
Ford
I'm determined to make it but the salvage yard gods haven't been so kind thus far. No one has the darn part I need. I did manage to extract the rear rotor from my head light though. (Yes, that's a portion of the rotor in the headlight area.)
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That works for me Dave. :) Let's hope for some rain on Saturday afternoon to shake up the race results though.
The weather looks like crap. Typical LRP NARRC-Offs!
Who wants to buy Ed's world famous Kuhmo rain tires?
With our luck it will be sunny outside. Bring the rain but make it obvious rain tires are the choice. Yahooo! Dirt Stockers would be nice to have. Oh well.
No repeats of June 20th please... that sucked
Rain - Interesting.:eclipsee_steering:
dirt stockers yes, do they work anymore? dont know.
I thought dirt stockers weren't DOT approved?
Not at all giving up. Supposidly the local Honda dealership will be receiving the last part I need to fix the car today.
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:)
Given all the ITB smack talk, that certainly will be one race to watch.
However (in order to generate more interest in the ITS race) I want to point out
that there is one possible outcome of Saturday's race that will result in a 3-way
TIE for NARRC points in ITS. Yes, it is unlikely outcome, but if I win and Brian
Bagnall comes in 6th, then the final points will be:
2425 DEDRICK, Jay
2425 BAGNALL, Brian
2425 LAWTON, Glenn
:)
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We had a beautiful day today at LRP...a bit chilly but at least it was sunny and dry. Lots of fast times... here's the top 5 Qual for Group 2:
1. Bettencourt 1:00.854
2. Hawthorne 1:01.743
3. Lawton 101.934
4. Lingenheld 102.496
5. Gulick 103.669
Those are some SICK qualifying times there! :eek:
Wish we were making it down for the A race, but won't get to leave here until noon or so.
Have fun everyone!!!
(oh, and it's pouring up here right now.....:rolleyes:)
Reporting in from UCONN Parents Weekend.
ITA -Hawthorne passes AB for a last lap victory-waiting for details from the racers.
TK
Wet but drying track. Top 5 chose everything from Dries to intermediates, to full wets. I went 'safe' and grabbed some R888's of of one of our rental cars. When Shane and Jeff rolled up on dries, I had wished I had joined them.
Shane and I gapped the field pretty quickly and we ran nose to tail the ENTIRE race. I think I led 30 or teh 32 laps - just not the last one! He got by me a couple times but was help up in traffic in the downhill and I got back by each time. When it was my turn to get held up, he made a great pass while taking the 1 to go board. No chance for me to get him back.
Shane deserved the win as he was faster than me in a few critical spots and drove a great race. 32 laps of his car velcro'd to mine. As a pair, we lapped the entire run group.
We have the car really hooked as is evidence by the Q time. Wished I had a chance to reset the track record again...
BTW: Denise Vanburen is within 8 10th's of some pretty crafty drivers in her Escort GT!
ITA turned out to be THE race to watch. Congrats to both Shane and Andy.
Gulick in his IT7 car came in 5th in ITA, and nearly came in 4th. Hell of a run! (Rumors have it that was all because of properly set tire pressures ON grid LOL)
Rick in ITB kicked some butt out there. I'd love to know what it felt like using the dirt stockers vs. Hoosier Radial wets. I was doing absolutely everything no just to put the car off and was not happy with how it was handling. This summer I went out in full wet conditions and it felt much, much better. Don't know what was going on here. I had some challenges that I couldn't seem to overcome with an ITS car (I so wanted to hit him!!!!) Rick pulled away. Then the radio reports came in with Nat catching up. This was one of my first times having someone on a radio and it was quite helpful, although I wish Jake could have heard me. The car felt a lot slower, but maybe it was the tires getting dry? In the end I blew the motor and sat on the sidelines with just a few laps to go. Turned out a hose severed off which caused the engine to go. Not good. Actually, *%&@!!!
Nat with his Blethen (that's who I thought copyrighted it?) set-up (left wet tires; right dry tires) earned second. Nice job.
Btw, what's the ITB track record?
ITA......man that was a fun race to watch!!!:)