Finger Lakes Regional @ Nelson Ledges Wrap up

[ITA_honda]

Hope everyone enjoyed a fine weekend of racing!
We had a little bit of everything....
sun, clouds, rain (and lots of it at times)

Luckily ITA was in group one and had dry track on Saturday.
Sunday morning (after a shower), we dried the track off for the rest of the groups. It was slick, but not as bad as I thought...and it dried out nicely during the later part of the session.

I was fortunate enough to snatch my first two ITA victories and set a personal best lap time (1:19.3)

How did everyone else do??

[boywonder]

I had a little bit of fun...
The car ran great nearly all weekend, (some trouble during Sat qualifying but cleared up the issue before the race), which is a first, and allowed me to focus on driving. Had a blast reeling in Jim "Frenchy Royale" during our race, after qualifying 0:095 behind him, and had several exciting laps on his rear bumper.
He did a great job of both psyching me out before the race and making that lil car wide on the track and kept me behind him, in 4th, at the finish. I also turned in my new best time at Nelson @ 1:24:831.

Sunday was a lot of fun also, but in a "balls in your throat" sort of way. I was nervous running in the rain, especially when I realized on grid that my wipers didn't work.
I ran the same 710's (thanks to Jay for giving me his take-offs) on the car in the rain as I did during the sun on Saturday, but disconnected the rear sway bar. Lots of screaming could probably be heard from my car as I skated through turns, but I feel that I learned a lot about adjusting my line for rain during that race and now feel more comfortable in the wet. I managed to get by Frenchy early in the race and kept him behind me while also passing a few other cars, including two Miatas (one of which got back by me), and finished 3rd in class. Best lap in the rain was 1:41:602.

Jay was fast again this weekend and hung with "freakin' fast Bill" (Bill: thanks again for the help on the car and allowing me to take spy shots under your hood), on Saturday before Bill blew everyone away in the rain on Sunday. I was very happy to be able to pull the car on the trailer under its own power and without any damage, especially in the rain. Thanks to everyone for keeping it clean and for being such great competitors, I really had a blast!

See you all at IT Fest!

[ITA_honda]

I had a little bit of fun...
The car ran great nearly all weekend, (some trouble during Sat qualifying but cleared up the issue before the race), which is a first, and allowed me to focus on driving. Had a blast reeling in Jim "Frenchy Royale" during our race, after qualifying 0:095 behind him, and had several exciting laps on his rear bumper.
He did a great job of both psyching me out before the race and making that lil car wide on the track and kept me behind him, in 4th, at the finish. I also turned in my new best time at Nelson @ 1:24:831.

Sunday was a lot of fun also, but in a "balls in your throat" sort of way. I was nervous running in the rain, especially when I realized on grid that my wipers didn't work.
I ran the same 710's (thanks to Jay for giving me his take-offs) on the car in the rain as I did during the sun on Saturday, but disconnected the rear sway bar. Lots of screaming could probably be heard from my car as I skated through turns, but I feel that I learned a lot about adjusting my line for rain during that race and now feel more comfortable in the wet. I managed to get by Frenchy early in the race and kept him behind me while also passing a few other cars, including two Miatas (one of which got back by me), and finished 3rd in class. Best lap in the rain was 1:41:602.

Jay was fast again this weekend and hung with "freakin' fast Bill" (Bill: thanks again for the help on the car and allowing me to take spy shots under your hood), on Saturday before Bill blew everyone away in the rain on Sunday. I was very happy to be able to pull the car on the trailer under its own power and without any damage, especially in the rain. Thanks to everyone for keeping it clean and for being such great competitors, I really had a blast!

See you all at IT Fest!

wait...you were on slicks for the race??
holy crap dude! you did VERY well!
My hat is off to you bro!

[boywonder]

wait...you were on slicks for the race??
holy crap dude! you did VERY well!
My hat is off to you bro!

Yup, I didn't think my "rain" tires (old and worn full tread RA1s) would be much better, so I just left the Kumho's on.

Thanks for everyone's continuous encouragement - I'm just trying to learn without wadding myself, or anyone else, up.

[ITA_honda]

Yup, I didn't think my "rain" tires (old and worn full tread RA1s) would be much better, so I just left the Kumho's on.

Thanks for everyone's continuous encouragement - I'm just trying to learn without wadding myself, or anyone else, up.

trust me man, just keep practicing!
practice practice practice.
there is no such thing as too much track time, test days etc.

A lot of the instructors were impressed watching you at the drivers school (including me) you really did well!
keep up the good work!

[cjb25hs]

Greg, congrats on the wins, wish I could have been there but was on vacation last week in the Dominican. Looks like I would have faired pretty well in the 2nd to 4th place battle based on lap times, if I would have run.

[RedMisted]

I was fortunate enough to snatch my first two ITA victories and set a personal best lap time (1:19.3)

How did everyone else do??

Congrats on your wins and personal best fast lap. I took a break from racing this weekend and went to Norwalk to watch NHRA. Almost lost what was left of my hearing in my right ear when a single Funny Car made a pass. God, those things are SO DAMN LOUD!

[ITA_honda]

Congrats on your wins and personal best fast lap. I took a break from racing this weekend and went to Norwalk to watch NHRA. Almost lost what was left of my hearing in my right ear when a single Funny Car made a pass. God, those things are SO DAMN LOUD!

thanks Chris,
yeah...those funny cars are REALLY loud!
just think....they take a 5 second pass, and their engines are done! wow. imagine replacing our engines have to be replaced every race!

ouch!