Pic of the office - 2011 version...
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10-31-2011, 11:52 AM
Pic of the office - 2011 version...
11-01-2011, 10:46 AM
A closeup of my 2011 NASA Nationals award.
Being clear, it was hard to get a good pic of it; lol.
11-04-2011, 10:09 AM
NASA is a good group to run with, I highly recommend the MW/GL regions if you haven't attended. They are ran by the same guy - Dave Royce. We do a small/quick awards ceremony every Saturday night; immediately after the FREE FOOD & BEER. So that brings everyone down! It might last 15min in total.
Here's a pic from the August Mid Ohio TTA Awards. That day I broke the track record with a 1:33.2 and took 1st. Coincidentally this was the same podium at Nationals... but rearranged a bit:
11-07-2011, 07:50 AM
TTA Podium at the 2011 NASA Nationals (me on the left):
11-07-2011, 08:10 AM
Man!!! We need you to beat the douche in the sandals!
11-07-2011, 08:20 AM
I am impressed they gave you podium girls! Ha ha!
11-07-2011, 08:22 AM
I know!Originally Posted by fixem2@ATK
Actually in addition to that, they had some local High School's dance team just to the left and they did like little 15-30sec dealios before each group (like ALL of TT) was announced. I didn't know whether to like it or keep to myself given I'm pretty sure they were all High Schoolers and odds were somebody knew or was related somewhere close!
11-07-2011, 08:25 AM
ha ha!! Got to keep those to yourself to be safe!
11-08-2011, 02:33 PM
Here's follow up from some data I posted back in July
Average speeds (per lap per my GPS) for local tracks using my best laptimes:
- 74 mph - Gingerman (Old) - TTB setup
- 77 mph - BlackHawk Farms - TTB setup
- 79 mph - Gingerman (Long)
- 81 mph - Autobahn
- 83 mph - Mid Ohio (Club)
- 85 mph - Putnam Park
- 85 mph - Gateway Int'l - TTB setup
- 86 mph - Mid Ohio (Pro)
- 89 mph - VIR Full - TTB setup
- 97 mph - Road America
Note my TTB setup is usually 2-3 seconds per lap slower than my 2011 TTA setup.
11-09-2011, 12:40 PM
Dec 3-4th - NASA SE @ Road Atlanta...
Already 48 cars registered in TT; 7 in TTA (my class). Hmm...
11.5 hr trek each way though...
11-09-2011, 12:40 PM
Dec 3-4th - NASA SE @ Road Atlanta...
Already 48 cars registered in TT; 7 in TTA (my class). Hmm...
11.5 hr trek each way though...
11-15-2011, 07:13 AM
Just a heads up that I'm traveling this week for work. So limited access to the internet; and thus updates.
Just logged on to see if there's any word on the new rules and/or schedules and didn't see anything yet. Later....
11-18-2011, 06:33 AM
While I mostly have built the car and run with NASA, one of the organizations I've ran with is called Global Time Attack (GTA) - picking up where a previous organiation called Redline Time Attack (RTA) left off.
2011 was the first year for GTA and they partnered mostly with NASA; buying tracktime at a few events. One included Autobahn in Sept, 2011 which I unfortunately did not make as it was 1 week after NASA Nationals and I had plans to attend an annual beer festival in St Louis. haha.
Anyways.... GTA announced their 2012 schedule. Nothing around here. NJMP and Road Atlanta are the closest of their 6 events.
11-23-2011, 09:03 AM
Put myself on the waitlist for Road Atlanta; Dec 3-4.
It'd be pretty neat to make first-time trips to Mid Ohio, Road America & Road Atlanta this year!
11-25-2011, 09:26 AM
No word on my waitlist situation for Road Atlanta. Sounds like it's a no-go. Hell, I'd be several hours deep into the drive 1 week from today! (Friday).
11-28-2011, 08:01 AM
No update - so it's a no-go. Not enough time to order the stuff I needed in the next 4 days. So 2011 season officially done (again).
Hoping to get the 2012 NASA ruleset; and when that happens it'll be time to retire this SEASON thread!
11-28-2011, 08:58 AM
Sorry to hear the last race is a no-go. Always looked forward to your runs.
11-28-2011, 12:22 PM
No biggie. While I was stoked to give Road Atlanta a try, I'd already mentally checked out for the winter! It would have been a crazy rush this week just to make it and likely put me into a madrush all the way till x-mas because of it.
For some positive news, I did reconnect the battery and fired up the Evo on Friday when it was near 60. Started right away and purred... Officially 24603 on the odometer; I think I've been saying it's got 25k all year! lol.
11-29-2011, 12:49 PM
They recently released the local NASA track schedules for 2012. My local region is the MW (Midwest) which is ran by the same group as the GL (Great Lakes). So I have those schedules which really helps map out my year.
I also have the schedules for some other regions that I might travel to for a few events, like the MA (Mid-Atlantic), SE (SouthEast), MS (MidSouth) and Central.
Phew....
12-01-2011, 08:31 AM
One thing I never listed out was ALL the top times per class and what type of car won them. So here's the info, along with a brief reminder of the power/weight per class.
Note; I competed in TTA; with a best of 1:32.8
TTR - 1:27.1 - Radical SR3
TTU - 1:29.7 - Evo IX (425whp MD + lots of Aero!)
TTS - 1:30.8 - C5 Vette (lots of Aero!)
TTA - 1:32.5 - C5 Z06 Vette
TTB - 1:35.8 - C5 Vette
TTC - 1:36.9 - e36 BMW
TTD - 1:39.8 - Mazda Protege
TTE - 1:41.9 - Honda Civic
TTF - 1:46.3 - Infiniti G20
12-01-2011, 08:54 AM
With a little Aero work and power you could compete in TTU, my guess.
12-01-2011, 09:01 AM
Not to take anything away from my friend that won TTU. But the regional record (held by Danny Popp no less) is a 1:26.6 - over 3 seconds faster than the winning time at Nats; and also faster than the TTR time! Needless to say; Popp wasn't there!
Ya never know who's going to show up; that's how the ball bounces sometimes.
TTS; which was 1.7 faster than my class of TTA; is the next bump in classing that I might jump to. It'd be completely legal if I ran my same setup from this year; dropped 100lbs, added full aero (rear wing, front splitter, new bumper). Think that'd be worth 1.7 seconds?
In reality I'd change the setup a bit, but ya get the idea I'm sure.
12-30-2011, 10:06 AM
The nameplates for our MW/GL Regional Championship awards recently came in the mail! Pretty.
Btw, the small list you can't really make out is a listing of all the tracks on the schedule - along with their specific emblem.
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