Updates!!!!

[downingracing]

Thurs. night at 10:40pm. We are here! Camp fire is going and we are going thru the beer! (Will be making a run in the AM for Fri. night party...) Should have a case or so to 'share'. Weather is great! Rain earlier and now cool, clear and 70-ish. Car is still on the trailer and yes, I'm fairly lit!

Camp fire testing is going good. We learned what to do and what NOT to do... We will be ready for the camp fire tomorrow!

And for those of you who know me - the car is STILL on the trailer. Might come off Tomorrow. :P

Looking forward to the weekend!

See (some of) you Tomorrow!

** Updates will be made on and off during the day. I'm in group 1, so look for updates later in the morning and mid-afternoon. I'll get a 'final' update once the days activities are complete. (as long as I can still type!)

Matt

downingracing.com

[bonespec]

SWEET!

Matt dunno if I'll be there Sat night, I'd love too, but sleeping in the heat doesn't happen for me.

My sleeping habits keeps others awake (snoring) so I guess I could be "planted" in the Ruck Compound if needed.

Everyone racing, safe Quals to a all, no need to be thrashing on Sat. night.

[downingracing]

Friday morning at 8:00-ish. Starting the day. Anyone want PDX updates? If not, I'll report in the AM Tomorrow.

[Racerlinn]

Yeah, but is the car still on the trailer?

[924Guy]

Don't worry, Downing, I'm bringing a case of Bell's to help you with that...

[Chris Wire]

You guys let me know when you see Calvin Fish, Dorsey Schroeder, Greg Creamer, et al, and I'll keep surfing SpeedTV.com for the broadcast schedule.

This is going to be huge!

Good luck to all IT.comers there. As you know, simply being a member here gives you a tremendous advantage over your competition.

P.S. Is the car still on the trailer?

[bonespec]

"car? what car?"

[downingracing]

Fri. 6:30pm:

PDX was a great event! Only Two cars had 'impacts' that I know of. Everyone else had a great time!

Yes Steve, the car IS off the trailer. AND the NEW R6 Hoosiers are mounted. Yes I said NEW - BRAND NEW!

We've got the fire pit ready to go and the beer is on-ice. We've already started the beer testing. I'm happy to say that it is GOOD!

More updates Tomorrow.

[gsbaker]

Well?

[spdmonkey]

i've been racing enough with downing to begin to wonder why there are no updates....i hope he's not working on the car again due to contact...i mean shawn is working on the car...

dave

[Dave Burchfield]

So..........it's Moser the younger in A(dad overheated) Amy has a killer start to take the lead then loses a or some gears in the trans.

Huffmaster out to a 3 second lead in S until about lap 5 when Smith overtakes in the keyhole, builds a 5 second lead and wins by 3 seconds.

More to follow..........

Film at 11.......

OH..........and Downing comes in on a rollback......no bent sheetmetal but possibly a suspension issue


and Gran wins big in B

[RED DIAMOND]

i've been racing enough with downing to begin to wonder why there are no updates....i hope he's not working on the car again due to contact...i mean shawn is working on the car...

dave
[/b]

Dave
I hate to report that Matt broke a left rear hub/stub axel and I had to bring him in on the rollback.

Tim

[Dave Burchfield]

The Downing paddock is deserted........are they out sourcing another stub axle, or are they just going after beer?

Inquiring minds...........

[Dave Burchfield]

Here we go!!!!!

Final results:

ITA
1. Rob Moser 1:43.962
2. AJ Nealey 1:44.258
3. Jon Marhefka 1:43:887
4. Jan Reif
5. Kevin Ruck

Fastest race lap - Jon Marhefka 1:43.887
Margin of victory - 5.38 seconds

IT7
1. Jason Albright 1:48.693
2. Scott Nutter 1:48.943
3. Phil ALspach 1:52.062

Margin of victory - 9.372 seconds

ITC
1. Vesa Silegren 1:51.277
2. Bill Shearer 1:52.052
3. Keith Hamilton 1:52.555

Margin of victory - 17.03 seconds


RACE GROUP 2

ITS
1. Kristian Smith 1:42.636(new track record)
2. Rob Huffmaster 1:42.817(better than existing track record)
3. Brian Ehmer 1:44.293
4. Keith Wise
5. Larry Morris

Fastest Race lap - Kristain Smith at 1:42.636
Margin of victory - 1.325 seconds
Average race speed - 83.237 mpg(that's haulin&#39

ITB
1. Dave Gran 1:49.382
2. Brent Louzon 1:49.178
3. James Heckman 1:49.582
4. Raymond Blethen
5. Stephen Blethen

Margin of victory - 5.973 seconds


The TCC group is out now........20 Corvettes.....what fun!!

If you stayed home.......you should be just sick right now. Temp is 80 with a breeze, beautiful blue skies, and the just pulled the beer wagon in for the party this evening.

More later..................if anyone can still type.......

[downingracing]

4:14pm update. Everyone already covered the updates, so I've got nothing to report... Small suspension problem, but it is all better now and I can continue my run to try to stay out of the fast ITA cars way!! I'm pretty much sucking. Hope to get a little faster Tomorrow. (doubt it, but one can always dream!!)

Beer is on-ice and ready to go for the after-party party/camp fire. I'm ready to have one now! (of course, I'll wait until the last checkered of the day... :P )

[tnord]

SM
Bennett
Watts
Maki
Fowler

i was pretty dang close on my predictions so far.

[bonespec]

Beer is on-ice and ready to go for the after-party party/camp fire. I'm ready to have one now! (of course, I'll wait until the last checkered of the day... :P )
[/b]

no pics of the camp fire?????

[m glassburner]

ITB details ??? It looked like a close race...

[Dave Burchfield]

ITB details?? Dave Gran ended up racing with some of the mid-pack S cars and P2, 3, 4, and 5 were a freight train for the last 20 or so laps.

It's another beautiful morning at Mod-Ohio. Cool and beautiful blue skies. Most everyone is back in condition to compete today. Heck, even Jake was polishing his wheels last evening so you know he has to be getting ready for the big day today. Seems he had a bit of a fuel delivery issue that took him out yesterday, but that is now attended to.

Kudos to Vaughn Scott and his gang for getting their cars ready for today. Vaughn had a $2 switch put him out yesterday and Rob Spencer had a pretty significant encounter with some concrete. It required the mind power of a number of engineering minds to develop a strategy to rectify the situation, and the car is ready to go back on the track. We'll let them share the details.

It' going to be a great day!

[gsbaker]

If you stayed home.......you should be just sick right now.[/b]