Results From The Glen?

[jimalley]

Someone must have some news from Watkins Glen!

[vwzx7]

Fast Lap - Started

1 - Cefalo 2:19.877 - 1
2 - Branscombe 2:19.558 - 4
3 - Wheeler 2:20.286 - 2
4 - Hawthorne 2:21.276 - 6
5 - Lawton 2:21.068 - 5
6 - Perry 2:23.834 - ?
7 - Breault 2:24.817 - 7
34 - Crazy Joe 2:21.191 - 3

[vwzx7]

Here's a shot from the boot....1st lap.

https://improvedtouring.com...1&d=1217217000

[JLawton]

Yeah, not a steller weekend for me, for many reasons. The biggest of which, not having been there in over 10 years, was pulling up the panties. Can't blame the car, can't blame the tires (and lord knows I tried justifying blaming both those things ) it was all me...........

it started by having the engine and tranny sitting on the shop floor at 2:00pm on Thursday, getting a speeding ticket at midnight in East Bumfuck, NY, rolling into the motel room at 12:30 only to have none of the beds made up and the smell of fresh paint.......Watching Joe come within inches of putting his car in the guard rail on the warm up lap of qualifying (previous run group had layed down some oil going into the laces), over reacting to Rob tapping me on the start of Saturday's race and then passing under a yellow.........

Some great driving by Mark, Steve, Geoff and Shane.

I heard Rick did some serious damage to his Civic in "B". I guess he tangled with the Camero (who everyone was having problems with from what I heard) I think he was protested in Saturday's race by a couple of drivers for passing about 6 guys under yellow......... And not being very safe about it. This guy had NO ONE else in his class in our run group.........

The back markers however, were dangerous!!! Some of the closing speeds on these cars were scarey!!!

[gran racing]

So does that mean you didn't live up to the "I'm gonna beat Greg's Glen lap time"?

[Dave Zaslow]

Mr. Diminno's lack of forward motion at the start put me into the spot behind Rick and the Camaro. I was hoping to testify for Rick at the protest. When I spoke to the Camaro guy in impound he was not sorry or apologetic. Yes he was penalized for a multiple PUY on Saturday; and yes he was the only SSB car running. Cannot the corners call in this crap and at least have the stews chat him up? Anyone behind this mess have a camera in? The video should be brought to his next race as a warning to all.

So I narrowly escaped the Civic/Camaro synchronized (almost full track blockage) spin by realizing that the third coming together was not going to lead to a happy ending. I did an extreme brake and a jink to the few feet left of asphalt on the outside. Nat Wentworth saw my difficulties and slowed enough not to take me out as well. OTOH he did pass me immediatly, and then Ken Hubbard blitzed past him into 1st in B. A bunch of Miatii also went by. So I went into full warp(ed) mode. Ran down the Miata's, caught Nat and watched him pull off with a broken trans, and looked way ahead to Ken. Ken could pull me on the straights, but not in the turns. Lots of work and squealing tires got me to Ken who bobbled in the toe. Didn't get done the first time, but the next time I was there. We had a lot of fun dicing and it was an amazing weekend for me. Qualified on pole, won the qualifier, won the race, new B track record.

[tdw6974]

Results and Photos are up on NESCCA

[Dave Zaslow]

Tom,

Please thank Ade for the photos.

Is there any chance that the results will be posted to mylaps?

DZ

[StephF]

Rick, sorry to hear about your incident. What was the outcome of the protest with the Camaro driver? Did he get a clue afterwards or did he remain unapologetic?
Hope your car can be fixed easily. It sucks when they get broken like that...

[dazzlesa]

there was no protest because i was in no mood to here that he did not see me or some other story. dave z spoke to him and he was non apologetic. i beleive he said that he would apolige on monday. i am glad i did not stay to hear that. yeah it sucks when it was not a created by a failure or blowing a turn . i think i got lucky with the damage. i hope to know by next week. if i learned anything that drivers do not always see a smaller car coming.

[JLawton]

if i learned anything that drivers do not always see a smaller car coming.

He obviously had his head up his ass from the sounds of his performance in Saturday's race and from previous races..

Come race the "A" car now!!

[tdw6974]

Dave, No Mylaps for the Glen. Will explain next time we meet up