June LRP

[Dano77]

The beauty of an IT7 is that once it works it stays working.

Unfortunatly that creates laziness, and that translates directly to entering.

I know we are all planning on attending with the exception of the To Hot Too Handle 62, Im still rebuilding that one.

We should have 7, and if Norm and Madison show that bumps the number to 9. No Special guest this week in the #7 car.

See you there,

Dan 77 IT7

[lawtonglenn]

Group 1 is shaping up nicely ... 5 ITB + 6 ITR + 6 ITS + 1 T4 = 18

um .... one of the ITR cars registered is Jim Taggart in a Lotus Exige, but I didn't see any Loti on the ITCS ITR chart ..

Taggart, Jim ITR 2006 Lotus Exige Taggart Autosport, Krugspeed Racing Cary, NC

http://www.taggartautosport.com/

Cary, NC – Among thousands of competitors...Jim Taggart...named the 2012 National SCCA Rookie of the Year.
Competing in a Lotus Exige in the STU class, Taggart qualified for the National Championship Run Offs
at Road America and won the Hard Charger award, finishing 6th and starting 22nd. For 2013, he plans a
Championship bid at the Run Offs and has also moved up to the pro ranks, competing in the Pirelli World
Challenge Championships.

Exige is listed in STU, T1, or T3 yes, but not in any IT classes ... am I missing something

[Terry Hanushek]

Glenn

Exige is listed in STU, T1, or T3 yes, but not in any IT classes ... am I missing something

Nope

I don't see it in the current (June 2013) GCR or the preliminary July preliminary Tech Bulletin.

Terry

[Andy Bettencourt]

Can we get some IT class reports? Pole sitters, winners and fast laps? Sweet weather.

[vicktorvolpe]

I think Blizzard won both ITA races, and Mickey came in second in both of them.

Abhi spent some time in contact impound. I think we all did actually. I went there twice for people using my bumper as brakes.

[moto62]

Can we get some IT class reports? Pole sitters, winners and fast laps? Sweet weather.

I beat Dano...lol!

[mossaidis]

Sat AM group 3 (ITA, IT7, EP, FP, HP, GTL, etc) race video has posted. Give it a few minutes so that the HD version becomes available.

NARRC @ LRP, 6/22/12 Race (AM)

[vimeo]69008671[/vimeo]

Sat PM will be uploaded tomorrow morning.

[Greg Amy]

In-car from Sunday AM's STL race, chasing a very fast, well-driven ITS Miata. Twist at the end...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ypt7GGjgQ[/ame]

[JLawton]

Can we get some IT class reports? Pole sitters, winners and fast laps? Sweet weather.

As Victor said in ITA..... It was close in race one between Mickey and Brian but I think the second race Prod traffic snuffed Mickey's chances of catching him. As always, Brian ran a smart race

In race two, Abhi and Chris were swapping positions for third and fourth. But on the last lap they come together in the up hill an both went into the wall. Lots of damage to both. I think we need video to determine exactly what happened.

Times were 1:03s

interesting Race 1 in Big Bore. A Mustang II Cobra went wide coming out of Big Bend then hooked it across the track into the tires on the inside. Looks like he had some damage. Corner workers pushed him out, he started to pull behind the wall, then changed his mind and ended up going back onto the racing surface right in front of the leaders. Wish I had video because it was kinda crazy. I'm sure he got a stern talking to when he came in.

Coolest car of the weekend was a Lotus running STU and some other class (he was in with the ITS/R/B cars) It was fast!! Another cool car was the Subaru BRZ. Having driven one the day before in the PDX, and seeing how it ran in the races, I'm guessing it will be the car to have in T4

[mossaidis]

As Victor said in ITA..... It was close in race one between Mickey and Brian but I think the second race Prod traffic snuffed Mickey's chances of catching him. As always, Brian ran a smart race

In race two, Abhi and Chris were swapping positions for third and fourth. But on the last lap they come together in the up hill an both went into the wall. Lots of damage to both. I think we need video to determine exactly what happened.

Times were 1:03s

It was good to see Jeff Lawton in the paddock. It's been too long.

Morning Race summary: Started 12th in group, 5th in class with a qual time of 1:04.5. Track seemed slow in general on Friday. Finished 7th in group, 2nd in class. I passed Chris Raffaelli at the start. Brian Blizzard passed Wendell Holmes, who made contact with a Yellow EP Honda S2000 at the end of Big Bend. Wendell out. Eventually passed Abhi in no name and on the next lap Abhi tries a pass on the inside of turn 1, pinches his car and spins out (double 360's) and thankfully with no contact. Now running in second place behind Blizzard, we fight traffic and I could not get a clean to pass him, but could of should of... blah blah. I had fastest time of the class, 1.02.5, followed by Brian Blizzard at 1.03.3. Well deserved hand shake to Brian, nothing but a good race!!!

[Abhi]

In race two, Abhi and Chris were swapping positions for third and fourth. But on the last lap they come together in the up hill an both went into the wall. Lots of damage to both. I think we need video to determine exactly what happened.

Here is my in car video. Start watching at about the 19:15 mark.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_b6...AyamNoYnc/edit

Quite disappointed. I thought that I was holding my line and got taken out by an over aggressive move. Would like the opinion of the forum members.

The car is pretty bent, frame is twisted. Not sure how soon it will get fixed.

Abhi

[mossaidis]

Sorry about the trials and troubles Ahbi. It sucks for you, in general all involved and the ITA group as a whole. Chris' rocker panel didn't look too pretty either. I left LRP in a rush knowing I had to go upstate just to go to NYC again in the same evening otherwise I could have stopped by the trailer in B paddock to talk.

From your video it looks like you were holding your line though it is tough to tell when you are cresting over the hill due to the loss of reference points. Did Chris have video? Did anyone behind you have video of the race? What did the corner workers have to say?

[vicktorvolpe]

Here is my in car video. Start watching at about the 19:15 mark.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_b6...AyamNoYnc/edit

Quite disappointed. I thought that I was holding my line and got taken out by an over aggressive move. Would like the opinion of the forum members.

The car is pretty bent, frame is twisted. Not sure how soon it will get fixed.

Abhi

Wow that's a hard hit abhi. Sorry to see that.

[raffaelli]

Abhi,
Thanks for posting the video. My go pro stopped as I was getting in the car which is very unfortunate as the race we had up to the contact was the most fun I have had so far in the car yet.

What I thought happened at contact is not what is on your video. I had been watching you push wide on most turns post apex. I thought that if I could duck inside, beat you up the hill I could use Dick P to box you in at west bend and drag race you to the checkered. What I did not count on is how much my car would move drivers left when it got light at the top of the hill. It moved much more than normal because of my speed and line. Lesson learned. Please accept my apology, I feel horrible about damage to your car. It is unfortunate that such a great race resulted that way.

I am glad we had a chance to speak on the phone to clear the air. I look forward to getting on track with you again.

Here is my in car video. Start watching at about the 19:15 mark.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_b6...AyamNoYnc/edit

Quite disappointed. I thought that I was holding my line and got taken out by an over aggressive move. Would like the opinion of the forum members.

The car is pretty bent, frame is twisted. Not sure how soon it will get fixed.

Abhi

[mossaidis]

Can we get some IT class reports? Pole sitters, winners and fast laps? Sweet weather.

Do you have a smart phone? Many of us use Race Monitor for "real-time" and past event results. Of course, story telling on it.com is more fun

[Andy Bettencourt]

Do you have a smart phone? Many of us use Race Monitor for "real-time" and past event results. Of course, story telling on it.com is more fun

I do but never realized the software had a history option. I always thought that you could only see what was live or just finished.

[StephF]

You can access history two ways. During the event, select the "i" in the top and ask for race results. You can then selct which group and race you want.
After the event, you can select race results on the front page and go back and find them that way.