MSR-H Post Race Media!!!!!

[GlennCMC70]

Please post all pics and vids here. I'll add a post race report later today.
Lots of action to report as well as winners of the 2012 Season Awards Banquet.

Wade - post a link to the great 2012 Year in Review Vid you guys did. Get it hosted!!!!!!


I'll start. Pics for now.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.467070173353343.108403.100001510932608&type=3&l=27ffdbc0f1

[GlennCMC70]

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/304279_467079550019072_242204523_n.jpg

[Dulaney]

Here's R4. Pretty boring after the first 1/2 lap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhDzjAb9-Ao

Here's R4 first lap and a half from a GoPro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDo2ciQ1CgU

R3. I spun off track around 13:30. Drove off twice after that, then slowed down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IYRXXo7V7c

[ShadowBolt]

Jay should have time to post some of our vids from this weekend sometime this week. Jay and Al and I had some of the best close racing ever. Like when Al hit me coming out of the last turn and I had to save it to keep from hitting the concrete wall. Damn that was some fun racing. In one of my races with Al we had two cameras. Ours facing forward and Gary had one facing backwards.


I had to brake Dans hub and rotor and put rocks in James diff just to get second. I broke Michaels starter but it was not enough.


JJ

[michaelmosty]

Haha, nice Jerry!!!
A new years resolution is for me to actually get off my ass and edit my videos this year. There were some pretty great video of the starts with highlights of Sean spinning in R1 T1 and the Casey stall for R3. There was also a convertible out there with that interesting bumper sticker.

[Dulaney]

Added some video links above.
I'd love to see some video of me parked in the middle of the track, and you guys having to drive around me. Damn, that was scary!

[AllZWay]

Unfortunately, both of my videos from saturday were messed up. The focus was screwed for some reason. Too bad to, since there was really good action in both races....but especially R2.

[Fbody383]

Your 2013 Golden Helment Nominees from Round 1...

https://vimeo.com/57897311

[GlennCMC70]

http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=2556264

[GlennCMC70]

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/484849_467073886686305_1643977377_n.jpg

[GlennCMC70]

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/263838_467073630019664_968222010_n.jpg

[Dulaney]

Perfect pic of the fog. Wish I'd thought of it.

[AllZWay]

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/304279_467079550019072_242204523_n.jpg

Did Todd ever notice the sticker?

[GlennCMC70]

Oh yes.

[rleng1]

I think his boyfriends did.

[AI#97]

Thanks for the one of the vinyl on Misty's camaro. turned out pretty cool.

[marshall_mosty]

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/484849_467073886686305_1643977377_n.jpg
Garrett will be excited to see himself on the internet!! He worked his little tail off getting "Uncle Bubba's" car ready for Sunday.

[Crumpacker]

Your 2013 Golden Helment Nominees from Round 1...

https://vimeo.com/57897311

Ouch! I saw #3 in person but you had an even better view. I cringe every time.

[AI#97]

Ouch! I saw #3 in person but you had an even better view. I cringe every time.

As a former winner of the award I want to remind you guys its about DISTANCE FROM THE RACING SURFACE...not just style or impact.

[rleng1]

As a former winner of the award I want to remind you guys its about DISTANCE FROM THE RACING SURFACE...not just style or impact.

Is that vertical or horizontal distance from the racing surface?

[Fbody383]

As a former winner of the award I want to remind you guys its about DISTANCE FROM THE RACING SURFACE...not just style or impact.See, my "win" should be invalidated... i was always in sight of at least one corner station...

[AI#97]

Is that vertical or horizontal distance from the racing surface?

If significant altitude is achieved, multiply the altimeter reading by 228.7, then add 4.0 and compare to horizontal distance from the racing surface. Larger number is the winner.

[Rob Liebbe]

Now I know what WWR stands for - Wheel to Wall Racing.

[ShadowBolt]

Now I know what WWR stands for - Wheel to Wall Racing.

That was a hell of a lick. Car okay Wade? I wondered if you pushed into it or if you were trying to catch the rear end and hit the wall correcting?

JJ

[AllZWay]

That was a hell of a lick. Car okay Wade? I wondered if you pushed into it or if you were trying to catch the rear end and hit the wall correcting?

JJ

Was that in race 4? Looked pretty hard.

[Suck fumes]

Even if the car looks ok I would take some measurements on the axle and take the rear diff apart. That was a good lick!

[michaelmosty]

Wow, hard lick indeed from the WWR #34.
Dave's off looked just like the one Jerry had in qual with me directly following, and Todd directly following, haha.

I vote Liebbe's off as front runner for the golden helmet. It looked like you didn't brake until the 100 marker. Must have had rust in the eyes. ;^)

[Rob Liebbe]

Wow, hard lick indeed from the WWR #34.
Dave's off looked just like the one Jerry had in qual with me directly following, and Todd directly following, haha.

I vote Liebbe's off as front runner for the golden helmet. It looked like you didn't brake until the 100 marker. Must have had rust in the eyes. ;^)

Probably Stehle and Francis in my mirrors. Gotta remember to ignore those mirrors.

[kbrewmr2]

looks like it just pushed wide in the grey stuff and ran out of real estate. I almost pulled the same move once or twice myself...

[Al Fernandez]

Didnt you do that the last time you drove a Camaro Rob?

[ShadowBolt]

Didnt you do that the last time you drove a Camaro Rob?

Aren't they supposed to be easier to drive?


JJ

[rleng1]

And he told me one of the first things we are going to do to the car is fix the mirrors.
I say, put blinders on the driver.
Funny he told me that i don;t need to see where I have been.
Thats why we are called Wahoo Racing.

[ShadowBolt]

Gary,

How bout that video of R4?
I know you are not busy or anything.

JJ

[Rob Liebbe]

And he told me one of the first things we are going to do to the car is fix the mirrors.
I say, put blinders on the driver.
Funny he told me that i don;t need to see where I have been.
Thats why we are called Wahoo Racing.

Do as I say and not as I do.

[David Love AI27]

Ouch! I saw #3 in person but you had an even better view. I cringe every time.

You and I came pretty close one time...

[David Love AI27]

Even if the car looks ok I would take some measurements on the axle and take the rear diff apart. That was a good lick!

I agree... Amber slid the 27 sideways over the curbing at bus stop one year and I didn't find the broken axle flange till I drove all the way to Hallett and it gave out on my first lap of practice on Sat... long way to drive to not complete one lap...

[David Love AI27]

Aren't they supposed to be easier to drive?


JJ

NAW.. He was just trying to prove that both platforms can can go equally as far off track...

[Wade]

I haven't had a chance to tear the car down yet, but I will before MSRC. At a minimum, I have a bent axle. I will replace the front hub as a precaution. Hopefully that is the extent of the damage. Remarkably enough, there is almost no body damage, just a dent in my super fender flares on the front. I couldn't believe I was that close to Jerry at the end of the race, just missed my turn-in point while carrying way too much speed. Arg.

[ShadowBolt]

I haven't had a chance to tear the car down yet, but I will before MSRC. At a minimum, I have a bent axle. I will replace the front hub as a precaution. Hopefully that is the extent of the damage. Remarkably enough, there is almost no body damage, just a dent in my super fender flares on the front. I couldn't believe I was that close to Jerry at the end of the race, just missed my turn-in point while carrying way too much speed. Arg.

It took me a while to get through traffic. Guys were all running really hard. My car was real good......no, make that GREAT in Carousel. I think I had just passed you prior to you hitting he wall. On the lap prior someone checked up infront of you (we will see on the video) so when you checked up I had to. That is when Al punted me in the rear and I came out of that last turn sideways knowing I was going to back into the wall. I don't know why or how but the car hooked back up and off I went. Al did the right thing and did not pass me during my slide. He said it was because he had caused the slide with his bump and sportmanship and all that stuff but I think the real reason is because he had no idea where I was going to go. I know I didn't.

JJ

[jdlingle]

Here's a quick cell phone video of the entire grid rolling out for race 2: https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?v=4403075872034&notif_t=like

[Crumpacker]

You and I came pretty close one time...

http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af110/samcrumpacker/54%20and%20caddy/DSC_3684.jpg

[HoustonNW]

Here are the first two laps of race 2, 3, and 4:

http://youtu.be/uDKZ2TQK7aQ

I'll find a better place to mount the camera facing backwards, made a noob mistake and didn't check what the camera was actually recording. I sure need to get one of the kids to clean the inside of the car!

[ShadowBolt]

Here are the first two laps of race 2, 3, and 4:

http://youtu.be/uDKZ2TQK7aQ

I'll find a better place to mount the camera facing backwards, made a noob mistake and didn't check what the camera was actually recording. I sure need to get one of the kids to clean the inside of the car!

Thanks for not hitting me at the start of R4 when I yanked it right to keep from hitting Casey. Also don't watch Rob!

JJ

[Fbody383]

I'll find a better place to mount the camera facing backwards...i put mine on the rear glass when i do that. OR, get one of the glue on mounts and put it on the roof... rear bumper cover... rear fender... rear axle...

[Casey_SS]

Race 3....yep, that one. :(

https://vimeo.com/58208954

[Dulaney]

Very impressive how much ground you made up after that. You likely would've caught me, even if I didn't take my nap on the side of the track around 13:30.

I never get tired of watching our different shift points, due to rear gear. I never hit 5th all weekend. I tagged the rev limiter in 4th a few times, but there was no real need to shift. (Maybe this is partly why you were 2 seconds faster)
Through the carousel, it was a toss up as to whether 3rd or 4th was better.

[michaelmosty]

Casey, you are the most polite racer ever!!! Waving to everyone. ;^)

[Casey_SS]

Yeah, I noticed the same thing watching your video. I picked up some time by holding 4th going into the Launch but it was showing 6500 on the tach...I'm pretty surprised the Opti survived.

I was really wanting 3.42 or even 3.23 gears for this track. I gave up a ton of speed in the kink going into Diamond's Edge simply because I didn't trust myself to pull off a clean 5-3 downshift under heavy braking, every lap. I tried it in practice and screwed it up enough times to not want to risk it in a race. I was trying to get the 5-4 downshift out of the way early but it cost me a lot more speed than I realized. <sigh> There just isn't an ideal gear for all the tracks we run and I'm too lazy to do gear swaps on a regular basis.

[Casey_SS]

Casey, you are the most polite racer ever!!! Waving to everyone. ;^)

I thought you held the official title for that....are you passing the torch? ;)

[Rob Liebbe]

Randy English from Team Wahoo leading the CMC field in Race 4 and Gary's color commentary about Wade.

https://vimeo.com/58390378

[Rob Liebbe]

Founds these two gems while surfin' Vimeo

My version...
https://vimeo.com/5050234

Wirtz's version...
https://vimeo.com/5051145

Oh yeah, I've gotten sucked back into CMC.

[Storm Trooper]

Well here is my OOPS in the 3rd race. Its racing right lol
https://vimeo.com/58336553

[Rob Liebbe]

The Varied Game-Faces of the CMC Grid

Serious
1192

Serious but Relaxed
1195

Goofy
1193

Goofier
1194

[Al Fernandez]

I was going to say the pictures reflected the car's behavior on track until I saw the last one...

[Rob Liebbe]

I was going to say the pictures reflected the car's behavior on track until I saw the last one...

No, you were right the first time.

[kbrewmr2]

No, you were right the first time.
I second that... :)

[JJordan]

Finally some vids. Ran out of Vimeo room to load the two Gary took looking back from Al's car and mine in R3 and R4 respectively. I will get them up asap.
This is Jerry on Jay's log in. Do we have a rule against taunting? I kept telling Al "no no no" when he would try a move. He tried a bunch more but you never see him on this Vid. The vid Gary took shows it from Al's side.

R3
https://vimeo.com/58802361

R4
https://vimeo.com/58804340

JJ

[Rob Liebbe]

My triumphant return to racing - or "I'll win you a trophy this year Randy!!!"

https://vimeo.com/58650625

[rleng1]

Rob, nice video.
but hello, i have ready have won the GH award on my own, and a 5th place overall. Was looking for something a little more productive.
Who puts the who in wahoo? Rob does.

[Rob Liebbe]

Rob, nice video.
but hello, i have ready have won the GH award on my own,

You could be the first repeat winner!!!!!

[GlennCMC70]

Finally some vids. Ran out of Vimeo room to load the two Gary took looking back from Al's car and mine in R3 and R4 respectively. I will get them up asap.
This is Jerry on Jay's log in. Do we have a rule against taunting? I kept telling Al "no no no" when he would try a move. He tried a bunch more but you never see him on this Vid. The vid Gary took shows it from Al's side.

R3
https://vimeo.com/58802361

R4
https://vimeo.com/58804340

JJ

Jerry/Jay - You guys keep it up. It looks like it is all starting to come together for you guys (finally).

[ShadowBolt]

Jerry/Jay - You guys keep it up. It looks like it is all starting to come together for you guys (finally).

Not exactly sure how I'm supposed to take that. We are starting our sixth year in CMC so 2.5 years worth of seat time each so far. WOW that sounds bad when I type it. I would say Jay needs to get a car but he will be missing races soon enough......right BL?

JJ

[Rob Liebbe]

but he will be missing races soon enough......right BL?

JJ

Did Brian get Jay pregnant?

[ShadowBolt]

Not exactly, but something like that.


JJ

[BryanL]

Did Brian get Jay pregnant?

I spend one night in Mustang Ranch at Houston and you assume I'm doing Jay-Wow.

Just don't be surprised if you see me in a black mustang-I'll wave at you when I'm passing you on the inverts though.

[rleng1]

How do you wave to us when you are in the front?

[RichardP]

We are starting our sixth year in CMC so 2.5 years worth of seat time each so far.JJ

I think it's great you guys have been sharing the car but I think the limited track time per weekend is holding you both back a bit. Two half weekends a couple of months apart isn't equal to one full weekend of track time when you are trying to develop the very subtle differences between going fast and running at the front. You are spending a significant amount of your weekend track time just blowing off the cobwebs, getting your mind aclimated to the speed/forces, and calibrating your spacial awareness in a pack of cars. By the time you have everything dialed in and are ready to learn, your time is over...


Richard P.

[Rob Liebbe]

Bryan Who?

[ShadowBolt]

https://vimeo.com/59766258

Try this.

JJ

[Suck fumes]

That link doesn't go to a video just the Vimeo home page.

[ShadowBolt]

https://vimeo.com/59773389

This one is from R4 looking back from my car. I started second to last so lots of cars to pass.

JJ

[BryanL]

Good view. Boy you just pass the 77 with ease. When I'm out there you can mount your camera like that on my car so you can watch yourself behind me. If you can keep up.

[Rob Liebbe]

Good view. Boy you just pass the 77 with ease. When I'm out there you can mount your camera like that on my car so you can watch yourself behind me. If you can keep up.

Yeah, but he passed Al TWICE!

[BryanL]

Yeah, but he passed Al TWICE!

Well my bad. I thought it was Rob driving. Though I should have known better since the car was on the track.

[rleng1]

I point by old people.