Pro IT Series (NE) - Round 1 at Pocono

[Terry Hanushek]

Stephen

It looks like lots of ITR participation in the TeamDI Pro-IT series! How many, and what type of cars showed up? IT sounds like the class is going to be pretty strong for participation here in the North East!

ITR has been a very strong class for Pro IT - without immediate access to Darrell's records I am guessing that we have averaged 6-8 cars over the past two years with tight, competitive racing. At Pocono last weekend, we had seven entries - Ben's Porsche and six BMWs. Unfortunately, we had some attrition in a normally reliable class. I'm sure that the BMWs will step up to chase Ben around Thunderbolt next month. It would be great to see a Mazda in that mix.

See ya at the races

Terry

[Jeremy Billiel]

ITR really is shaping up nicely in New England. ITS and ITA are dying unfortunately...

[mossaidis]

ITR really is shaping up nicely in New England. ITS and ITA are dying unfortunately...

Well, I hope not. My hope is that ITA/S numbers will rise once NARRC goes to a ... more... "cleaner" track.

[Jeremy Billiel]

Well, I hope not. My hope is that ITA/S numbers will rise once NARRC goes to a ... more... "cleaner" track.

ITA still has car counts, but seems very hit or miss on who shows up a given weekend. ITS is all but dead.

[lawtonglenn]

....hmmmm...Jeremy...don't confuse you with the facts?

car counts from two weekends ago Rational at NHMS

2 ITR
6 ITS
13 ITA

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[lawtonglenn]

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in fact Jeremy, here are the ITS car counts from this first
NERRC race of 2011, and the 13 ITS races I did in 2010


Track Date = ITS Count
NHMS 5/1/2011 = 6
LRP 10/2/2010 = 11
NHMS 9/12/2010 = 7
NHMS 9/12/2010 = 7
NHMS 9/11/2010 = 8
NHMS 8/22/2010 = 6
NHMS 8/21/2010 = 6
NHMS 7/11/2010 = 6
NHMS 7/11/2010 = 6
NHMS 7/10/2010 = 7
NHMS 6/6/2010 = 6
NHMS 6/5/2010 = 6
NHMS 5/2/2010 = 6
NHMS 4/10/2010 = 8

now realize, I too miss the days when we had 12 or 15 ITS cars
in each race, but your "all but dead" comment is dead wrong.
I expect a retraction.

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[Jeremy Billiel]

....hmmmm...Jeremy...don't confuse you with the facts?

car counts from two weekends ago Rational at NHMS

2 ITR
6 ITS
13 ITA

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Glen - I apoligize if I offended you! When I said ITS is all but dead I was referring to depth and quality of the ITS field. The Rational is one small sample size.

[dtanthon]

At Pocono we had the following depth and quality for ITS. If my car was ready I too would have entered lowering the quality a little. These are some of the best ITS cars and drivers in the SCCA.

Pro IT
Rob Driscoll
Jeff Henderson
Matt Rooke
John Hainsworth
William J. Weaver
Donald A. Yeske

Regional
Rob Driscoll
Jeff Henderson
Matt Rooke
Darrel Stein
Joe Stadelmann
Steve Himmelsbach
William J. Weaver
Donald A. Yeske
Louis Devillers
John Hainsworth
Raymond Blethen III

[CRallo]

Not the first time this week Jeremy has stuck his foot in his mouth... Sorry Jer, just talking actual facts here

He is just sour and out of touch cuz he hasn't been racing, don't mind him. *ducks*

[Greg Amy]

When Chris Rallo, of all people, is giving someone grief for not racing, you know that's something...

[mossaidis]

When Chris Rallo, of all people, is giving someone grief for not racing, you know that's something...

The truth and nothing... but... the truth.

[Jeremy Billiel]

[JLawton]

I started IT racing in 2003 (I think) and the counts rise and fall in the different classes. Things will come around.

[lawtonglenn]

Glen - I apoligize if I offended you! When I said ITS is all but dead I was referring to depth and quality of the ITS field. The Rational is one small sample size.

that is a half-assed and disingenuous response

"I apologize, I had my numbers wrong" ...would have worked

"Ooops, I was mistaken" ...would have been fine

"I was referring to depth and quality" ...is truly offensive, both to me and to all the other ITS competitors

you should be ashamed of yourself

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[Jeremy Billiel]

that is a half-assed and disingenuous response

"I apologize, I had my numbers wrong" ...would have worked

"Ooops, I was mistaken" ...would have been fine

"I was referring to depth and quality" ...is truly offensive, both to me and to all the other ITS competitors

you should be ashamed of yourself

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Geez Glenn! This is not an attack on anyone. You, Henderson and a bunch of others are clearly very fast and good drivers. If you go back to my original comment I was stating the ITR seems like its shaping up nicely as people drop out of their old class and go to ITR.

Don't read into my ITA and ITS comments are knocks on any driver or region. Just saying that the good old days of really good 15-20 ITS cars every weekend is no longer here. That's all...

[dickita15]

2010 Narrc series, number of drivers who scored points:
ITR 15
ITS 19
ITA 44
ITB 31
ITC 9

[StephenB]

2010 Narrc series, number of drivers who scored points:
ITR 15
ITS 19
ITA 44
ITB 31
ITC 9

Sadly with 31 drivers all scoring points in ITB and not one champion in the end.
BUT it looks like they made a better set of points rules for this year!

Stephen
2010 NARRC Points Leader

[dtanthon]

Pro-IT Sanction 11-R-1482-S

http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=653957

[Terry Hanushek]

Results for Pro IT Round 1 and the Joe DeLuca and Linda Gronlund Freedom Races on the NESCCA site

http://www.nescca.com/nescca_main/crr11resultspoc.pdf

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[Fred Fox]

I was wondering what happened Fred. I'm also sorry i didn't get to say hello to you, I didn't know where you were paddocked.
Your clutch and my valve spring retainer...gheez, what a way to start a series. Lets try and touch base in Jorsey.

Hey Dan, sorry to hear about your engine. I look forward to seeing you at NJMP.