Jake, it was certainly ready by Group 5! The track's overall record for the original configuration was lowered for the first time in 22 years by Paul Lecain in his Ralt to 46.3XX seconds!
Jake, it was certainly ready by Group 5! The track's overall record for the original configuration was lowered for the first time in 22 years by Paul Lecain in his Ralt to 46.3XX seconds!
"Dumb people are always blissfully unaware of how dumb they really are."
"Don't genius live in a lamp?"
-Patrick Star
NER Board Member
I thought the track wasn't exceptionally grippy. Last years qualifier I felt like I could do the downhill flat, no way this time.
As to Paul, he was so visually fast in the warm up, I put a clock on him. He was running 46.6's at 9:30am on the green track. It was amazing.
Andy, the reason you can't do the downhill flat can't be blamed on the track, it's because your new horse under the hood squirts you out of West bend faster!
I thought the overall record was lower? held by the Toyota GTP 2ltr? Driven by, Jaun Fangio!!(???)
Last edited by lateapex911; 10-05-2010 at 02:10 AM.
Jake Gulick
CarriageHouse Motorsports
for sale: 2003 Audi A4 Quattro, clean, serviced, dark green, auto, sunroof, tan leather with 75K miles.
IT-7 #57 RX-7 race car
Porsche 1973 911E street/fun car
BMW 2003 M3 cab, sun car.
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The two Gurney AAR Toyota Eagle lap times in the 43's run in '92 and '93 by Davy and P.J. Jones (no relation) were set on the 1.54 mile track with the original Chicane, not on the regular layout (where you could probably subtract yet another second at least-but, alas, they'll never get the chance to run it). Fangio II was a co-driver in '93 I think.
"Dumb people are always blissfully unaware of how dumb they really are."
"Don't genius live in a lamp?"
-Patrick Star
NER Board Member
Prior to Rob's incident, the track was good and the B record could have easily fallen under the right circumstances.by the ITS/ITB group, nobody had oiled it, and there was enough rubber to approach the B record.
How quickly are the mylaps results typical up?
Last edited by gran racing; 10-05-2010 at 07:48 AM.
Dave Gran
Real Roads, Real Car Guys – Real World Road Tests
Go Ahead - Take the Wheel's Free Guide to Racing
What is the ITB Track record at Lime Rock ? I thought it was 1:03:3 ?
I though the track was good..I couldn't see much going into the uphill or much on the back straight without shielding the sun. I stuck around to get a final sheet ... Dave G was a flyin !
And as far as the true split start , I had no idea we were doing it until we got on track. I though it was pretty cool.
John VanDenburgh
VanDenburgh Motorsports
ITB Audi Coupe GT
1:03.314 is the B record.
I won't be shocked to see an ITB car dip into the high 2s. For that matter, Eric Curren took Paul's car into 1:02s after a few laps a couple of years ago.
Last edited by gran racing; 10-05-2010 at 02:00 PM.
Dave Gran
Real Roads, Real Car Guys – Real World Road Tests
Go Ahead - Take the Wheel's Free Guide to Racing
Jake Gulick
CarriageHouse Motorsports
for sale: 2003 Audi A4 Quattro, clean, serviced, dark green, auto, sunroof, tan leather with 75K miles.
IT-7 #57 RX-7 race car
Porsche 1973 911E street/fun car
BMW 2003 M3 cab, sun car.
GMC Sierra Tow Vehicle
New England Region
lateapex911(at)gmail(dot)com
LOL! Added a space between words.
Dave Gran
Real Roads, Real Car Guys – Real World Road Tests
Go Ahead - Take the Wheel's Free Guide to Racing
Glen - as always - AWESOME VIDEO!!! Super good quality, great race
BenSpeed
#33 ITR Porsche 968
BigSpeed Racing
2013 ITR Pro IT Champion
2014 NE Division ITR Champion
thanks Ben... I had a blast with you, Steve and Rob!
Glenn Lawton
GSMmotorsports
#14 ITS RX7
NARRC ITS Champion 2012
NERRC ITS Champion 2013 12 11 10 09 08
NERRC STU Champion 2010
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Dave & Glenn- Great driving!!! Looks like I missed some great racing, can't wait to see what next year brings!!!
Glenn- You forgot to mention a highlight in T1 Lap 1... BMW's crash into each other again!!! I think one of those 4 guys always crashes into someone or something, I wonder what they spend in a year to keep those cars so fast and so good looking It is very fustrating when your the target but I have to admit it makes for some interesting racing.
Raymond
RST Performance Racing
www.rstperformance.com
John- Great to see you up at the front in no time with the Audi, your experience at Lime Rock certainly shows! I know that your sucess is not all car and has a lot to do with your driving,,, Its a fun car to drive, so long as you are willing to push it! What did you get down to for lap times?
Raymond
RST Performance Racing
www.rstperformance.com
So I take it no baby yet? I was wondering if Steph had the little one right after the weekend.
Dave Gran
Real Roads, Real Car Guys – Real World Road Tests
Go Ahead - Take the Wheel's Free Guide to Racing
Raymond/Stephen,
It was really fun being back out there racing again. And I love the fact that the track is so smooth now. I made some mistakes here and there , making corrections as I went. I was using a lot from memory ,some of the old "landmarks" aren't there anymore. But i figure to just let it fly this weekend and see where I wound up.
The Coupe is a fantastic car, it needs a bit of work though. Get the front end to stick a bit more. And I want a bigger bar for the rear , and take the junk yard motor out of it and rebuild it. It'll be a busy winter.
My best time was a 1:04:3..which was way better than I had hoped to get out of this weekend. And I want to thank you guys for giving me some tips and hints about th Audi's. The info is invaluable !
I got thinking, since I have an extra caged shell, I could possibly talk my TWIN brother into racing too. (LOL!) We could have a mini Audi-fest ....
John VanDenburgh
VanDenburgh Motorsports
ITB Audi Coupe GT
It was fun running the ITA car again. it is nice to have the horsepower in comparison to the B car. more dry laps were definatly needed to get up 2 speed. andy was in a class by himself. jeff and shane were driving like wild men tryin to pass tim. the lap cars added to crazy racin. as for the crash, change and inspect those hubs regularly. surface rust shows the crack was there and looking for a time and place to snap off. quite violant and scary until the car was stopped in the tire wall. everything thing did its job. the factory rear tire holder snapped off from the impact so bolts through the floor is in order.
Rick Benazic
All Star Sheet Metal inc.
ITS Honda prelude #06
Results are up on mylaps.
DZ
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