the rock

[iambhooper]

until the Carolina Cup has a entry's of more than 1 or 2 C cars, doubt you will see many. i wouild consider running it, but without any competition, there is little chance for contingency money from Kumho.

as for cars bouncing off of each other... i never seem to know where those round black marks come from?

[Mike Spencer]

... i never seem to know where those round black marks come from?
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Hoop -

Bill brings in REALLY GIGANTIC Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the morning and we lean them up against your car.

(sorry, didn't know that was a problem)

[JeffYoung]

Damn, I need to move to B/C then. Donuts! Hmmmmmmmmm......

[Mike Spencer]

Damn, I need to move to B/C then...
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Not with THAT car, you don't!!!

[camop]

Any thoughts on the best hotel/motel for Rockingham? I'll be making my first trip to the Rock.

Thanks!

Neal Norton
Tampa, FL
ITA Miata #57

[iambhooper]

so that's what goes on at nite when I'm not there?!

[Knestis]

Hmmm....

Looks like we might go after all. I hate COMING to the race track with body damage even more than LEAVING that way, but I'm headed up to Conover's tomorrow to do a look-see and determine what we need to do to be ready.

Seven ITB cars already on the list is a strong motivator.

K

[lateapex911]

Thats what I love about you Kirk, you LIKE big fields!

[Knestis]

Well, they call it "racing."

K

PS - we're in.

[iambhooper]

It wound up being another great weekend of racing! The Honda did well, I got faster with every sesion (except the last). I wound up running the Carolina Cup race (since there wasn't a test day, I thought it would be good practice for the SARRC) and turned my fastest times of the weekend... proof that you are faster without brakes!

Qualifying for the SARRC was great and the race itself was a blast! It was tail to nose tail to nose between Butch Mckenzie (in his SSB Cooper), myself, and Jim Wray (in his ITB Rabbit) for half the race. Butch's tires were gone, so I was faster in the twisties, and he out pulled me on the straight. About halfway through, Jim and I swapped positions.

All in all I like the track layout. My car could use some more umph on the straight, but it handles the twisties extremely well. The surface is much more abraisive than VIR or Lowes, so the tire ware is much more.

Nice seeing everyone!

hoop

[Knestis]

Mr Hooper's is probably him pulling my chain, because he was right in front of me on the grid.

We didn't have anything for Richard Floyd but had a really fun race to 2nd. Gotta say, the Rock roval was a new trick for this old dog and some of the things that are hardwired into one's brain from "real" road courses just take some time to retranslate. Bowie Gray called and told Cameron that a Miata will go flat through the NASCAR 1-2 bank flat on street tires.

I guess my problem was that I wasn't on street tires. :P

Floyd also got his picture in the local paper, in a Sunday front page spread about the SCCA coming back to the track. Very nicely done, NCR SCCA.

K

[jmark]

Results?

[JeffYoung]

Which class? Which races? If I remember correctly SARRC was:

ITS

Kent Thompson
Jeff Young
Chris Hennecy
Jay Miller
Kathleen Weddington
Ron Earp

ITA
Rick Thompson
(not sure the others, i think a Ford Escort was second)

IT7
Grover McNair
Rex Deffenbaugh (way to go Rex!)
Paul Perez
Robert Mitchell
Chuck Hines

ITB
Richard FLoyd (and on the front page of the Richmond Co. Sunday paper no less)
Kirk

ITC
Ben Hooper (I think)

SM
Bob Thornton
Steve Figura
3rd not sure
Ron Munnerlyn.

Funny thing -- I passed a rock star. One of the SM guys is Edwin McCain, of the Edwin McCain band. Too much -- he tows wih his tour bus. Also the Robertsons had their new ITR 944S2 out and it was COOL. Won the ECR overall I think. Great car.

[jmark]

Thanks Jeff. Did you run the 260Z?

[JeffYoung]

We did, as a team, but I ran the TR8.

Makes in ITS were:

Kent -- RX7
Me - TR8
Chris - RX7
Jay - 280Z
Kathleen - RX7
Ron Earp - 260z

There were at least two other RX7s (Boatright and Rogers) that qualified but I think had issues during the ECR.

Steve Parrish won the Carolina Cup in his 240z.

[jmark]

Thanks!

[it7rx739]

ECR
1 st pl.Tom Rogers (way to go Tom)
2 nd pl.Ken Thompson (good job Ken)

[seckerich]

So the Mean Green British Machine scored a podium. Way to go Jeff.

[Parrish57]

Congratulations to everyone for a great race weekend! The Rock is awesome.

Jeff.. It looks like you made the right move by saving the brakes for the SARRC. Good run!! I just wish you could have run the CCPS as well. Who knows how it would have turned out?? I ended up losing 3rd gear and ran around in 4th for the last part of the race. It was wierd passing people on the banking just to point them by in the infield.

[iambhooper]

Mr Hooper's is probably him pulling my chain, because he was right in front of me on the grid.
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Perhaps, however once the green flag dropped, I never saw Pablo Azul again! Good run! That SI was faster than something through a goose, though.

So the Mean Green British Machine scored a podium. Way to go Jeff.
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The Triumph ran great! The roof was a nice looking addition, and seems to have helped on the top end. Glad to see the car doing well!