Spec Miata Results

[JLawton]

Anyone have results to the Spec Miata Challenge race on Monday??

[itracer]

From the LRP web site:

"Jim Ocuto won the 25-lap Spec Miata Challenge race over Herbert Sweeney and Peter Smith."

[oanglade]

From specmiata.com:

Jim Ocuto won from pole (qualifying @ 1:02.9!),
Herb Sweeney 2nd, Peter Smith 3rd. Much carnage for many in the race and in qualifying. 45 cars entered...not sure how many actually finished. Plenty of bent sheet metal thru out the paddock.


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Ony Anglade
ITA Miata
Sugar Hill, GA

[lateapex911]

What??????

A 1:02.9??? Hmmm, that's pretty respectable....

What were the other times? Good job Pete!!!

Were you there Ony? (or just well informed?) If so, how'd you do? (I thought your car was really bent recently...)

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Jake Gulick
CarriageHouse Motorsports
ITA 57 RX-7
New England Region
[email protected]

[oanglade]

Just informed (not even "well", I would say).

That was posted by someone else on specmiata.com.

I did think that the pole lap time was pretty quick, compared to other results that I have seen posted here. These little cars keep surprising me.

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Ony Anglade
ITA Miata
Sugar Hill, GA

[16v]

T&S sheets are up on ner.org

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Doug
NER.org
the16v.com
briansgarage.com

[moto62]

Here you go.
http://www.ner.org/RR/04/results/0705lrp/s...ge-laptimes.pdf

Page down below the results to see the individual lap times.

http://www.ner.org/RR/04/results/0705lrp/s...allenge-web.pdf

The 1:02.9 looks like a timing glitch to me.
Ray

[16v]

Ray that guy was FLYING.

[moto62]

Originally posted by 16v:
Ray that guy was FLYING.

Yeah! But not that fast.
Ray

[dickita15]

Originally posted by moto62:
Yeah! But not that fast.
Ray

yes ray he was. he had the downhill locked and was upshifting at pit in.
dick

[dpc]

He sure looked that fast to me, he was also very smooth. dave (ray, those little cars can go that fast)

[Serge]

Jim Ocuto's SM is a good example of where SM under the national rules is headed.
This car represents the best of everything; from motor, tuned exhaust, ballance, testing and a top driver to round out the package.

The SM class is going to become more of an IT class going forward with numerous "hot" packages offered by a number of tuners and builders, resulting in wider qualifying gaps between "the haves and the have not".

Perhaps Ocuto's SM demonstrates a little better why we chose to create the very conservative (More Spec'd) SSM class, which doesn't allow the tuned, custom-build intakes and exhausts, which can add a considerable increase in power.

[16v]

I've added some images from the event http://the16v.com/SCCA/

too bad the cloud cover/lighting didn't work with me

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Doug
NER.org
the16v.com
briansgarage.com

[Dano77]

Doug, Is my Miata too pretty to take a picture of? You got one of me but not my whole car. Half the car is shown behind TJ's golf at NHIS. I know the car isnt ugly enough to be mine,so you didnt know which one it is.
DAN, The cleaner miata.

[moto62]

Originally posted by dickita15:
yes ray he was. he had the downhill locked and was upshifting at pit in.
dick

So do I in my A car. Take a look at the lap times. The lap before the 1:02.9 was a 1:04.5. The next fastest lap he had was a 1:03.3, and that followed a series of 1:03 lap times so that is understandable. You will never see your fastest lap after one of your slowest.

<font face=\"Verdana, Arial\" size=\"2\">Originally posted by dpc (ray, those little cars can go that fast)</font>

Yes, but not in IT trim.

Understand this. Jim won because he a very good driver. He went faster than everyone else (only a 1:03.8-but the only car in the threes during the race) and he did a fine job getting through the traffic and has a well sorted car. I'm not trying to take anything away from anyone. All I'm saying is that the 1:02 looks like a timing glitch. Let's put it this way. If the 1:02 was done during the race, It would be a new track record. How would you Miata folks feel about having to go that much faster to even come close to bettering that record? Do you have it in you? Is your car capable? Aside from his ability, do you think his car is that much better than yours?
Ray

[16v]

Originally posted by Dano77:
Doug, Is my Miata too pretty to take a picture of? You got one of me but not my whole car. Half the car is shown behind TJ's golf at NHIS. I know the car isnt ugly enough to be mine,so you didnt know which one it is.
DAN, The cleaner miata.

See you this weekend?



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Doug
NER.org
the16v.com
briansgarage.com

[Dano77]

Not racein this weekend. NO Liscense,forgot to mail everything in May. Thats right May,it is July now ,right? Car will be there on sat & sunday with a big old 4SALE sign on it. Maybe some Spec guy will wreck & just have to own my car on sunday. See you at the track Dan"No Liscense"

[RSTPerformance]

Dan-

If you have sent the stuff in they WILL send you a fax with a copy of your license. they will process any necessary paperwork THAT day so you can get it in time to race. If you don't have a fax to recieve a copy have it faxed to my house (603) 228-1254. You can pick it up from us, or we can bring it over to your house or the track. Try to do this at least 1 day in advance incase the fax does not go through, as knowone will be home during the day to verify that it goes through. I could also recieve a fax at my work and drop it off. Call me on my cell (603) 738-6686 if you want that fax number.

Raymond "Value added services for the IT family in the Northeast!!!" Blethen
RST Performance Racing

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