The Longest Day is Back! 24 hours at Nelson

[acotyk]

Roland,

Didn't catch you at the M-O IRL race if you were there, how's it going out there?

Car is coming along great, we tested at Gingerman last week, then Lance won two in his 240Z at the Brat Bash.

Wondered id Spirit of DC was netered, and what type cars are the ITS field?

Attaached is our team bio for this race.

CAtch you soon,

Andy

Roland,

Didn't catch you at the M-O IRL race if you were there, how's it going out there?

Car is coming along great, we tested at Gingerman last week, then Lance won two in his 240Z at the Brat Bash.

Wondered if Spirit of DC was entered, and what type cars are in the ITS field?

Attached is our team bio for this race.

Catch you soon,

Andy

[tireshoppe]

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I also have 8 - Ventus Z214 C30 (hard) compound in 205/50R15, priced to sell.
I can bring them to the track next week.
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Joe

[Hahn63]

Entry List and Pits spots.
Car # Class Team Name Hometown Make Color Reg. Pit
Drivers
Sponsors

2 SM 4 Old Racers Johnstown, PA. Mazda Miata Blu/Yel/Red SCR 44
Bill Coward, Harold Johnston, Rick Shields, Gary Blanarik, Rick Johnstone


3 ITE Team CRS Braintree, MA. Mazda Miata Red NER 23
Christopher Tier, Matt Miskoe, David Foote, Bruce Ledoux


6 ITB H.I.P.P.I. Racing 1 Englewood, OH. Toyota FX-16 Purple/Yellow OVR 7
Jason Albright, Matt Brannon, Joe Heretta, Chase Navarre,


7 ITS Miller Racing Canal Fulton, OH. Mazda RX-7 Red MVR 29
Matt Miller, Gary Martz, Brett Mars, Norm Fox
Kryder Racing, Walton Auto Parts and Glass, Allegheny Ford Trucks, Schauer Insurance

9 ITB Checkered Motorsports Lake In The Hills, IL VW Golf Silver CHI 34
Csaba Bujdoso, Brad Barnhouse, William Trainer,


12 SM Margarita Motorsports Dover Oh. Mazda Miata Blue 28
Dan Harding, Ken Mast, Allan Milarcik, Brent Walton, Keith Wise


13 ITB Hill Billy Motorsports Hubbard, OH. BMW 318i Blk/Red MVR 5
Jeremy Cesene, Tom Nutter, Scott Nutter, Michael Petrusko, Dan Cesene


15 SRF H.I.P.P.I. Racing 2 Englewood, OH. SCCA Purp/Yel/Grn OVR 7
JD Pfetzing, Ray Rivard


16 ITA Spirit of Nelson Columbus, OH. Mazda RX-7 Yel/Blk/Org OVR 45
Brian Roesser, Roland Hahn, Bruce Wolf, Norman Chute, Mike Saddleton, EB Lunken


17 SPU Raw Knuckles Racing Strongsville, OH. Stuart Taylor Phoenix Blue/Green NEO 19
Bob MacDonald, Ken Simonson, Mark Taylor, John Hinkle


21 SM Race Car Supply.com Lexington, KY. Mazda Miata White CKR 3
Randy Walker, Greg Walker, Wes Allen, Doug Sontag, Jon Ricker
RaceCarSupply.com and CKRSCCA.ORG Central Kentucky Region SCCA

23 ITB Rubber Chicken Racing Cleveland, Oh. VW Rabbit Yellow/Black NEO 20
Don Harrington, Tim Biglin, Wayne Biglin


27 SM Puskar Motorsports Chesterland, OH. NEO 33
Chris Puskar, Dan Puskar, Maril Bennet, Eric Stearns


28 ITB Team York York, PA. VW Golf White 8
James Troxell, Jay Troxell, Bob Rothstein, John de Planquie


30 ITS Phar Lap Herndor, VA. BMW 325i White/Red 42
Jell Pharr, Shane Kleinpeter, Jack Money, Tim Smith, Arjun Soundarajan
Elephant Motorsports (elephantmotorsports.com)

34 SM S & D Motorsports LLC Spring City, PA. Mazda Miata Blue PHIL 38
Herb Sweeney, Shawn Dewey, Peter Tonelli, Steve Gorrianran


36 ITS Team OMGWTFBBQ Arlington, VA, BMW 325is Black WDC 41
Tom Philip, Joseph McGroarty, John Hall
Negative Camber/Go Banana

38 ITE Craftsmam-Piper Motorsports 2 Falls Church, VA. BMW 330i Silver 21
Alan Himes, Mitch Piper, Jim Briody, Brett Spande, John Schmidt


39 SM 3 Generation Racing Westcliffe, CO. Mazda Miata Yellow/Red CDV 32
Tom Abbott, Terry Abbott, Mark Miller


41 ITA Team Subway Coopersburg, PA Mazda Miata Yellow/Green 43
Joseph Plunkett, Peter Smith, Donald Dumon, Mark Crum


42 ITB Conover Motor Sports Team Gti Greensboro, NC. VW Rabbit Blue NCR 4
Kirk Knestis, Bowie Gray, Fred Snow, Matt Graham
Koni, Hoosier Tires, Hella High Performance Lighting, Competition Cages

50 ITS 50 Plus Racing Rockville, MD. Porsche 911E White WDC 26
Chuck Allard, Matti Vilkkila, Paul Moorcoves, Jay Poscente, Ian Fosler


51 ITS 5:10 Motorsports Datsun 510 White/Org 36
Andy Cotyk, Lance Loughman, Steve Kramer, Andrey Zavodsky
Hoosier Tire & Dick Wisler

56 ITE Craftsmam-Piper Motorsports 1 Falls Church, VA BMW 330i Gray 21
Jeff Lucas, Jon Hummer, Scott Linton, Andrew Ball


69 SM Berg Racng 1 Webster, NY. Mazda Miata Red 23
John Weisberg, Richard Picut, John Linster


74 SM Apex Automotive Racing Upton, MA. Mazda Miata Yellow NER 37
Marc Martin, Bill Whitney, Chris Whitney, Mark Wheatley
Apex Automotive Engineering

82 ITE RC Imports Rockville, MD. Mercedes 190E16V Black WDC 27
Cindi Ellinger, Rick Ellinger, Chuck Hemmingson, Greg Shaffer, Gus Mohammadi,
RC Imports

83 SM Rhinoceros Racing Thomaston, CT. Mazda Miata White NNJ 9
Thomas Minuto, Roger Dowd, Bill Miskoe, Ken Buchel, John Leary, Joe Boruch


86 ITE Boxing Cat Racing Boco Raton, FL Porsche 911 Blue FR 35
Peter Collins, Mitch Pagerey, Kevin Molloy


88 SM 3 Js - Wild Child Racing Honeoye Falls, NY. Mazda Miata White FLR 40
John Walsh, John Williamson, Greg Snell, Don Jaffe
Kumho Tires; Fr. Dominic; Thiel's Import Service – Canandaigua, NY.

96 SM Berg Racing 2 Webster, NY. Mazda Miata White 23
Dinah Deroller, Susan Kohn, Richard Watson, Brad Adams


98 SM Team One MoHud Corry, PA. Mazda Miata Purple/White/Blk MoHud 43
Charlie Campbell, Geoff Stim, Robert Karl, David Lendrum, Eric Lendrum


99 ITA Colletti Motorsports Moraine, OH. Acura Integra Red WOR 31
Steve Colletti, Bill Niemeyer, Bob Roth, Dave Volante


04 ITA Heman Racing Newton, NJ. Mazda Miata Blue NNJ 39
William Bifulco, Patrick Fanning,Michael Lo, Anthony Vrankovic


09 ITE Parma, OH. Mazda MX-5 NEO 30
Rob Piekarczyk, David Pantaric, Mike Olivier, Lance Knupp
Ohio Technical College





Enjoy,

Roland

[mkahley]

the link didnt come up

[Hahn63]

You should see it in the post now.

[Knestis]

We're totally excited about having great competitors in ITB! Let's make a race of it.

I'm willing to buy into the Winner-Takes-All Crew Beer Prize Fund for $20. Anyone with me? Hermanos Troxell? Y'all got nowhere to go but down, based on your recent performances and it's us, what's got something to prove.

Hillbillies? Czechs? Hippies? Chickens? What say you? Maybe we can get Roland to hold the kitty for us.



K

[Hahn63]

I can do that! It will cost ya a beer.

[Willisbe]

I spoke w/ our Crew Chief and he was appalled that I would even think I would have to ask him that question. He even wants to challenge the other crew chiefs to a single "drink" chugging contest with $20 each on the line.

Do we want to each throw 20 bucks into the hat or do we bring a cooler w/ the $20 worth of beer to have handed over to us?


Jeremy Cesene
Hillbilly Motorsports

[Knestis]

I have concerns (well-founded, based on past experience) that any beer brought to the track might be in peril of not making it to the end of the event.

On the other hand, we'd have the extra fun of each team bringing it's local flavor to the challenge.

On the other other hand, a team that didn't have a lot of confidence in their chances might bring Bud Light.

At least it sounds like Roland is in as the Chief Brew-ard for this competition. We need a sanction number, BTW.

The danged schedule is such that we can't do much celebrating on Sunday, since so many people need to cut and run to get back to the real world. Cameron is staying that evening (he admits he doesn't want to be responsible for controlling the tow rig after staying up all of the previous night) so he might take that Crew Chief challenge. He WOULD be competitive I'm pretty sure but we DO need to successfully get him and the rig to the hotel that night...

K

[KelleyHux]

Wow ... "The Longest Day" was my all-time favorite race as a kid growing up. It just doesn't seem right to have it in August not June. Hopefully next year it can go back to the more traditional date.

As I look through the entry list, I see some familiar names - some guys who are veterans of this great race. Someone asked about advice - I remember one team crashing the car between 3AM and 4AM for two or three years in a row. Finally they just parked it between 3AM and 4AM the following year and had their best finish ever!

Good luck to all the competitors, and remember to be kind to your workers. A 24-hour race is not an easy event to do successfully from any front.

Kelley Huxtable
DMVR
(Mahoning Valley Region member 1974-1990)
"PLAY SAFE"

[dj10]

Entry List and Pits spots.
Car # Class Team Name Hometown Make Color Reg. Pit
Drivers
Sponsors

Roland [/b]

Is this correct 35 cars are entered?

[Knestis]

I think that's what I came up with when i counted the list.

K

[dj10]

I think that's what I came up with when i counted the list.

K [/b]

I've raced there with that many cars. I feel that is a good number for the 1.8 or 1.9 mile track, what erver the hell it is. 50 would be to many imo. Less banging I hope.

[3jsracer3js]

one thing we have done in the past is to tape a twenty in the rear window or pass. rear side window and the challange to all who got in was who ever scored the highest got to go up and down pit lane at impound and tear off the bills and tuck them in your pants like a stripper while parading up and down pit lane .receiving all the accolades [and boos] from your competors[ie. loosers] while you gloat[please remove helmet, danger of swelling]. so if your interested get your scotch tape ready ,stop by car 88 pits to see our $20. and sign in your in . we could really use the extra money unless you think you could beat us ,alot of people have thought so in the past .could be your year ??????..... see ya there

[mkahley]

good luck

[Willisbe]

Are any other ITB cars willing to ante up $20 worth of beer or is it just going to be the Conover boys and the Hillbillies?

Either way, we will be showing up w/ $20 (+1) of local beer... or as close as we can get to being local.

Jeremy Cesene
Hillbilly Motorsports

[Knestis]

You're on. I don't know what beer is local to Charleston, WV but we'll figure it out.
K

[Hahn63]

Is this correct 35 cars are entered?
[/b]

Yep, 35 is correct. At one point we had 40 but...stuff happens. Top quality teams are entered, should be a great show!

Heading off to the track. I encourge everyone to hunt me down , give me a beer and tell me what you think of the event.

Roland

ITA 16
( The loud nasty yellow thing)

[Conover]

You're on. I don't know what beer is local to Charleston, WV but we'll figure it out.
K
[/b]

http://www.blackwater-brewing.com/contactus.htm

Apparently the internet is really slow in W.Va.

[Greg Amy]

Apparently the internet is really slow in W.Va.[/b]

There's Internet access in WV now...?