Scott,
I will be getting there Friday afternoon and since I park by TruChoice as well I can help you setup your canopy, even if you are an ITA driver I'll be with the black ITS RX-7 #73, come look for me.
Pauly D
Scott,
I will be getting there Friday afternoon and since I park by TruChoice as well I can help you setup your canopy, even if you are an ITA driver I'll be with the black ITS RX-7 #73, come look for me.
Pauly D
Hopefully we don't have weather like this: http://www.grandamerican.com/News/Article.asp?ID=6683
I thought we had it bad a few years ago... Check out the pictures from Thursday - The wind rolled a 5th wheel on its side!
See ya all next weekend!
Matt Downing
1995 Honda Civic EX Coupe - ITA
Ohio Valley Region, SCCA
Matt: See you up on the hill. I registered on Wednesday - wanted to wait and see how the car was comming together. Looks like everything is ok - I get wheel rotation in all gears. If Thursday's work goes well, I am going to shake down at Columbus Motor Speedway late on Thursday.
Bill Stevens - Mbr # 103106
BnS Racing www.bnsracing.net
92 ITA Saturn
83 ITB Shelby Dodge Charger
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Anybody else see this?
http://matt.nfscheats.com/videos/spo.../Handcrash.wmv
Uh - that's not good.
Steve Linn | Fins Up Racing | #6 ITA Sentra SE-R | www.indyscca.org
Yea - We def. need to take a walk over there Friday night and see if the track has made any changes... Hopefully they have 'filled' the hole or 'level' the grass to road transition.
Matt Downing
1995 Honda Civic EX Coupe - ITA
Ohio Valley Region, SCCA
Somebody please go take a look. I won't be rolling in until O' dark thirty on Saturday morning (I'll honk when I come by your rig Downing) so I will be very interested to hear about what people see there.
Steve Linn | Fins Up Racing | #6 ITA Sentra SE-R | www.indyscca.org
Just so you guys know, I'm expecting to hear stories of a Scott, Ian, Steve, and Matt shootout! Get to it, and create good in car video for my viewing enjoyment.
Oh yea, and no one go off drivers right down the backstraight.
Kevin
2010 FP Runoffs & Super Sweep Champion
2010 ITB ARRC Champion
2008 & 2009 ITA ARRC Champion
'90 FP Acura Integra RS
'92 ITA Acura Integra RS
'92 ITB Honda Civic DX
I'll try my hardest to give Downing the finger.
I doubt I will see Scott and Ian except at the start as the motor away from me!
Steve Linn | Fins Up Racing | #6 ITA Sentra SE-R | www.indyscca.org
Yea - the only shot I have at seeing those guys is when they come around to lap me! I did remove the flapping rocker covers, so it should be easier to get around me... Man am I pumped to get back on the track! And I'd love to see the finger again - that just got me more motivated than you can imagine!! (But you know I'll do it to you the first chance I get :P )
Matt Downing
1995 Honda Civic EX Coupe - ITA
Ohio Valley Region, SCCA
....says the guy who can motor me down the straights.I doubt I will see Scott and Ian except at the start as the motor away from me!
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Kevin
2010 FP Runoffs & Super Sweep Champion
2010 ITB ARRC Champion
2008 & 2009 ITA ARRC Champion
'90 FP Acura Integra RS
'92 ITA Acura Integra RS
'92 ITB Honda Civic DX
Finally got loaded up by Midnight last night! Allignment is done and I'm ready to have FUN! The cooler is packed and I've got the 'guest' beers on ice. Should be at the track by 5:00pm. Hopefully earlier - I really don't want to be at work right now!!!!! It is time!
Matt Downing
1995 Honda Civic EX Coupe - ITA
Ohio Valley Region, SCCA
So we'll make the six-pack track walk at about 6?
Ian
Well, when you're arriving I'll just be leaving Indy.
See everyone on the morning. Have some extra beers for me.
Steve Linn | Fins Up Racing | #6 ITA Sentra SE-R | www.indyscca.org
Yea - 6 sounds about right. I don't plan to walk the whole track, just over to the 'ramp'. And don't worry Steve, we will still be drinking by the time you get there
Matt Downing
1995 Honda Civic EX Coupe - ITA
Ohio Valley Region, SCCA
Geez Steve, it's only like a 3.5 hour drive! Put the pedal to the metal and get some good practice in before you get to the track!Well, when you're arriving I'll just be leaving Indy.
See everyone on the morning. Have some extra beers for me.
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If anyone cares, me and four friends have 1507.2oz of beer on hand for our trip to Indy this weekend. That's 31.4 beers a piece.
Kevin
2010 FP Runoffs & Super Sweep Champion
2010 ITB ARRC Champion
2008 & 2009 ITA ARRC Champion
'90 FP Acura Integra RS
'92 ITA Acura Integra RS
'92 ITB Honda Civic DX
So, have they changed the "launch pad"?
What effect have the track changes had on lap times?
Marty Doane
ITS RX-7 #13 (sold)
2016 Winnebago Journey (home)
Large stacks of tires in front of the ramp. The new surface was GREAT! I was worried about having no patches to reference, but the track is smooth and FUN! I don't know about anyone else, but I bested my personal best time by 1.8 seconds! (And I know I've got a few turns that I can still improve on.) Ran a 1:48.5 in qual. on Sun. and a 1:47.6 in the race! Can't wait to get the F/D installed and maybe spend the $$ for some 'real' suspension!
It was GREAT seeing everyone! I really enjoy running in ITA. Great people! Looking forward to doing it again! And Ian, glad you're OK.
Matt Downing
1995 Honda Civic EX Coupe - ITA
Ohio Valley Region, SCCA
Head-on into a tire wall at 120 MPH?Large stacks of tires in front of the ramp. [/b]
Marty Doane
ITS RX-7 #13 (sold)
2016 Winnebago Journey (home)
WOW!! what a great weekend of racing!! Ok, any weekend of racing is great. I saw a few farmiliar faces and met some new & interesting people (ITB Pintos rock!!!). Plus I got to stand in some BMW divots!!
I'd like to thank the Cincy Region for putting on the event, and my fellow drivers in group 4/5. I had some great racing with Steve Linn in the 1st part of Saturday's race, then spent the 2nd half chasing Phil's orange RX7. I improved my best lap by over a second also (once I put the Kumhos back on the car). Sunday I put the Toyos on the car for the whole day and just couldn't get as fast.
The trip out there was decent too. No traffic, no flood detours, no troubles. I figure the track is about a 770 mile tow for me (one way). I got home about 6:30am today. I only stopped for a 45 min nap in Conn because my crew was supposed to work today.
I hope to get back out there in within the next 2 years (planning on VIR for my long haul next year) and race with you fine people again.
Buddy
# 58 ITA
Glad to hear that everyone in Group 4/5 had a great time. This weekend seamed to be another development session for us. Got tied up putting the finishing touches on the trailer on Thursday, and replacing suspect brake lines on Friday, so we missed annual tech on Friday. But we were able to get an early start on Sat. morning.
Shift linkage issues are seem to be fixed. So, now that the car gets up to speed, the fuel has decided to become the current problem. A friend who watched my in-car video suggested that I might have an issue with the float levels. Hard to diagnose when the car is not moving. But in the course of cleaning out the garage today, I found a collection of fuel system (filters) stuff that's going to get installed before September.
But the good news, the car rolled onto the trailer at the end of the weekend and back off and into the garage. Got a lot of track time (compared to my lst weekend), and picked up my first race finish. Which is saying a lot for having a car that refused to make left turns without turning the engine off.
Thanks to all for not taking my front fenders off (although a couple of times, you came close). I don't think I saw anyone shake a fist at me, and I tried to stay out of everyone's way and let you race (I will have a nice new set of red gloves before September!).
Ian, great to see you back on the hill after the race. That was some hit.
Wish I could be at the Brat Bash in two weeks, but other obligations have precedence.
See you all in September!
Bill Stevens - Mbr # 103106
BnS Racing www.bnsracing.net
92 ITA Saturn
83 ITB Shelby Dodge Charger
Sponsors - Race-Keeper Data/Video Aquisition Systems www.race-keeper.com
Simpson Performance Products - simpsonraceproducts.com
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