Nats Updates

[BryanL]

Checked the race monitor app on my way home last night and at lunch today. Here are my updates-don't know if they are posted anywhere to check??
Yesterday looked like Aaron and Hermman in CMC were around a 2:10 and the rest of the CMC was at 2:15 and slower. Mark Smith looks good in AI at 2:10 followed by Michael Stacy at 2:12. Also looks like Sammy McSpadden which I assume is Aaron's dad is running the spec iron car in AIX was at 2:15.
Looked like the same times during qual today but must have been a caution-Aaron may have a mechanical as he didn't show a lap or maybe one. Another what I think is Texas driver? in AI Alec Udell had the field by 3 seconds in AI, too. In the Miata's I saw Texan Adam Poland maybe a top 5 and Nathan Stacy doing well too. I think there are a set of brother maybe from Texas in the class that are up there, too. Also saw Terry Fair's name.

Good luck to the Texan's! Anyone know of a place to follow please post up. I assume speedcast will be showing the big races this weekend but I don't hold my breath for it.

[kbrewmr2]

Here's who I spotted from Texas Region

Group A - AIX/AI/CMC - Alec Udell, Mark Smith, Mike Stacy, Sammy McSpadden, Aaron McSpadden
Group B - Wreck Pinata - Adam Poland, Trevor McCallion, Nick Reger, Tim Reger, Nate Stacy, Mike Globe
Group C - Slow TT classes - nobody
Group D - Super Unlimited & Super Touring - Kevin Mixon
Group E - 944Spec - Phil Hanson
Group F - Cake Eaters I mean GTS - Jay Matus
Group G - SpecZ and PT - nobody
Group H - Fast TT classes - Terry Fair

[kbrewmr2]

Thurs qual race for Group A - Udell 1st in AI, Smith 4th, Stacy 6th and McSpadden 6th in AIX

Thurs qual race for Group B - N.Reger 5th, Poland 6th, T.Reger 10th, Stacy 20th, Globe 28th, McCallion 30th

[BryanL]

Aaron McSpadden won CMC-started in the back and still won by over 10 seconds and pretty much bested the rest of the field by 2 seconds a lap. Nice work Aaron-bring that trophy back to it's rightful place in Texas. Looks like Smith and Stacy have a chance for a podium in AI as well. Udell had the field by 3 seconds a lap.

What was really interesting is the makeup of the fields. Out of 6 AIX cars all were Mustangs and in AI out of 13 there were 12 Stangs and a Buick GNX (awesome!)-not a single GM in AI is an atrocity. CMC is well represented in CMC but like the past several years can't compete with the Mustang.

"2013 The Year of the Mustang" I guess I have to change my slogan now as when the rules came out it was the year of the fox-guess I was right about the model. Real sad to see the disparity that NASA has produced in our classes.

[GlennCMC70]

Any live feeds like years past?

[GlennCMC70]

http://www.nasaproracing.com/liveresults/champs


http://www.camaromustangchallenge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4434

[BryanL]

Oh yeah-forgot to add. I really miss the video updates that Burch would do back in the day.

[Suck fumes]

Well today was interesting. The stoptech caliper bracket that holds it on the spindle broke at 100mph on the 2nd lap. The bolt is steel and the bracket is aluminum, well that bolt pulled out taking all the threads with it! But we were able to re tap it and fix it. Thank you Jason Massey at illicit Motorsports. The master fixer guy! Started dead last, had to play dodgeball with all the AI guys and CMC guys. Tons of rocks on the track so I had rocks hitting the windshield and got caught in the brakes also making all kinds of weird noises. Crazy day but due to Jason's setup and motor we prevailed! The car was on rails!

[MikeP99Z]

in AI out of 13 there were 12 Stangs and a Buick GNX (awesome!)-not a single GM in AI is an atrocity.

Why bother spending $5k to bring a knife to a gun fight.

[MikeP99Z]

Nice run Aaron!

[ShadowBolt]

Great job Aaron! Keep it up.

JJ

[AllZWay]

Good Luck.. Aaron.

[Fbody383]

Aaron! Bring that trophy home where it belongs! Nice work...

[Suck fumes]

I'm working on it haha

[AI#97]

I've been reading Ryan Walton's updates and it sounds like NOBODY has put Udell on a dyno yet. Same BS ruining the grid for the final race the last two years they ran there.

Sad thing is I think I remember running 2:08's back in 09 on the old toyos and Lindsay was in the 2:06's... where are all the guys who used to run 3 and 4 years ago?

Mike is right though...why spend the money to fill a field so a cheater can go win the race and look like a star?

I should take my car next year with the boss 302 motor in it claiming it only makes 320rwhp and make an even bigger farce of it all! LOL! Same crap game...different year.

[AI#97]

correction, I went back to look at previous thread. Most were running 2:10's. I think I ran an 09 close to 08's and Lindsay was in the 06's, Martin was in the 07's.

Mike might be able to chime in about 2010 laptimes....

anyway, maybe it isn't as fishy as I thought but considering the new toyos are "faster" than the old stuff we ran on...Maybe Udell has some old Toyos?! LOL!


LOL! Yeah, I guess there is some latent hostility flowing through my veins!

[Suck fumes]

Udell is legal and he DID Dyno.

[michaelmosty]

Great running so far Aaron and good luck tomorrow. I can't wait to hear all of the details from the weekend.
I've never raced Nats but have been to quite a few and always enjoy seeing the tech and dyno that goes on.

[BlueFirePony]

Speedcast's schedule says they start at 2:20 PM ET (12:20 PM MT), which according to the NASA schedule I am looking at would be just in time to see the checkered flag for the Group A Championship race...really, no love again?

[RichardP]

Speedcast's schedule says they start at 2:20 PM ET (12:20 PM MT), which according to the NASA schedule I am looking at would be just in time to see the checkered flag for the Group A Championship race...really, no love again?

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Why would they go live for an hour of dead track time? Hopefully they are going to tape delay the first hour of activities so they don't have the hour of dead time in their schedule...


Richard P.

[BryanL]

Time zones are different. I think speed cast starts at 12:15 central which is 15 before our race the way I see it

[BlueFirePony]

Time zones are different. I think speed cast starts at 12:15 central which is 15 before our race the way I see it
They've got conflicting info there. The "Saturday broadcast" says 1:15-4:15 ET, but their featured race and countdown are for 2:20 ET.
Guess we'll find out soon enough...

[BryanL]

It makes sense to me. We aren't the featured race. That would be the miatas.

[BlueFirePony]

It makes sense to me. We aren't the featured race. That would be the miatas.
Hmm...I just logged into my Speedcast account and the countdown timer dropped from 1 hour and change to just 4 minutes ...<holding breath>

[Suck fumes]

Trophy is coming to Texas!!! Won all three days and passed tech/Dyno all three days.

[BlueFirePony]

Trophy is coming BACK to Texas!!! Won all three days and passed tech/Dyno all three days.
Congrats! Looked like you were in a class of your own!
BTW, fixed it for ya ;)

[Chuck]

Congrats Arron! What happened to Dave?

Chuck
CMC#14

[Fbody383]

Trophy is coming to Texas!!! Won all three days and passed tech/Dyno all three days.Congratulations Aaron, great job and travel safe.

[BryanL]

Congrats. I was waiting till tech was finished to find out. Great job. Mark got his podium I told him he would get-sweet. Hats off to all that went. Have fun tonight

[marshall_mosty]

Good job to everyone who made the haul!!!

[MikeP99Z]

Grats to Alec, Mark, and Aaron! Great job!

[ShadowBolt]

Great job Aaron!

JJ

[michaelmosty]

Congrats to all the TX racers!!!! Awesome job to Aaron for the CMC championship and to Mark for an AI podium.
There were some great racers in both classes, y'all made us proud!!!
I can't wait to hear all the stories from the week.

[Al Fernandez]

Very very cool stuff. Congrats Aaron, CMC National Champ!! And congrats to Mark for a well deserved 3rd in AI. Excellent stuff

[Suck fumes]

Boo ya!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qyeOwWHzOK0

[BlueFirePony]

Boo ya!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qyeOwWHzOK0
Did you mistakenly post a video of your Sunday drive? :)
Nice job...you can win the race at T1 :)

[Suck fumes]

Rear view. http://youtu.be/Kxh8TBS_7-U

[cobra132]

Geeezz, it looked like you took an M60 to knife fight. Nice driving. FMR

[Suck fumes]

When I go to nationals I don't mess around. I'm all business when it comes to championships!

[Trublu]

From our friends at Ford Racing
http://racing.ford.com/road-racing/news/articles/ford-racers-shine-at-nasa-national-championships-1293055473057/

[Suck fumes]

If only that reporter spelled Jason's shop right! Supposed to be illicit not Elisa Motorsports.

[MikeP99Z]

Supposed to be illicit not Elisa

Maybe that's her stage name.

[Fbody383]

Watched the race this morning... Mark had a great drive onto the podium.

[smitty328]

Well, the Nationals was a great event (wish there would have been more entries), but it was bittersweet. My father had been in hospice care for a couple of weeks and he took a turn for the worse on Friday, I was afraid to answer my phone or check messages until after each race on Fri and Sat. Fortunately I was able to get back in time to say goodbye on Monday and he passed on Tuesday. He is in the ultimate place now and who knows, he might even give me some help in some upcoming races.

On to racing

The dyno situation sucked! The results were all over the place with the same setup and everyone was afraid of being underweight. There were a few DQs during qualifying and qualifying races in several classes. I ended up going with my smallest restrictor at 349hp and 335 torque and I was 180 lbs. overweight. Those numbers were from around 10:00am with temps in the 70s. After the race Saturday with the same setup and hotter temps, I was at 359hp with 80lbs to spare. The second place car only had 10lbs to spare and Alec was 200lbs over because he was afraid of the dyno.

On Friday’s race I continued my really really bad streak of standing starts. I went from 3rd to last in about 3 seconds. I was so slow Aaron had to give me a push in turn 1. I was 3rd place in CMC in T2.

In the final race I was a little slow to get things going, I literally gave Eliot Fisher (who ended up P2) a free pass on the front straight of lap 2. I finally got things together and I was behind Elliot, I knew I was faster, but my lack of racing experience was showing, I just couldn’t figure out how to get around him.

Anyway, enough talk here’s the video


http://youtu.be/UK22DOyC6rA

[smitty328]

http://youtu.be/cxc4eaKHr6c

[ShadowBolt]

So sorry to hear about your dad!


JJ

[Storm Trooper]

So sorry about your dad.

[marshall_mosty]

Mark,
We'll keep you and your family in our prayers.

[Racebrat]

My family's thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Mark

[Casey_SS]

Sorry about your Dad Mark. That's a terrible thing to go through.

[AllZWay]

Mark... So sorry to hear about your Dad. :(

Great race.

[smitty328]

Thanks everyone for the thoughts and prayers.

[BryanL]

Dang Mark-Sorry to hear about your loss but glad you were able to make it back to say goodbye. Boy I bet that was a long drive home!

[smitty328]

Thanks

And yes, the drive kicked my butt!

[Suck fumes]

Thursday race. I didn't post the whole video but it shows me starting DFL then caught the leader.

http://youtu.be/D9iD_pNBHXA

[Fbody383]

Thursday race. I don't know why we let somebody that drives as smooth as you, races hard but leaves racing room, acknowleges fellow competitors, etc. race with us... ;)

It's settled, you're giving the classroom session next race.

[Suck fumes]

Ya sorry for my language. Kent was really pissing me off swerving like a mofo blocking.
That's what you call "driving angry" hahaha!

[kbrewmr2]

I got DQ'd/repositioned for less aggressive blocking than that in '09. Throw paper next time vs getting mad. Or just pass 'em like you did anyway LOL!

[Suck fumes]

Yah I hate getting all the politics involved. I just handle it my own way on track! The officials saw my video and said he was protecting his line. I almost laughed but decided to say OK. And just beat him on track. The guy in the 57 green 3rd gen was actually more pissed than I was at Kent cause even he thought I was getting blocked horribly!