2019 Champs at Mid-O

[Al Fernandez]

I won’t be driving but planning to go as an official. Whose going to represent Texas??!!

[39PitCrew]

I won’t be driving but planning to go as an official. Whose going to represent Texas??!!

Hey Al, is this the weekend of Sept 21st?
I live about 90 minutes from Lexington/Mid-Ohio. Would love to have a reason to be the track for a day.
Scott

[Al Fernandez]

Yep, that’s the one

[Den34]

I am not representing Texas but look forward to seeing you there Al.

Bob

[Al Fernandez]

Yeah, a bit bummed nobody from Tx will be there in a knuckle dragger class

[Supercharged111]

Yeah, a bit bummed nobody from Tx will be there in a knuckle dragger class

Wha? No defending national champ?

[blk96gt]

Wha? No defending national champ?

I wanted to go but I don't want to take that much time off from work right now.

[Supercharged111]

Just checked the entry list, looks like Texican't? :p























I can really only say this because one brave soul from my region signed up. Our best hope nonetheless.

[Suck fumes]

word! time is money

[Supercharged111]

Not for me, I'm on a salary. That logic should apply in about 7 years though.

[Sook]

Entry list looks awesome, which I could have made it.

- Josh

[Supercharged111]

Same here. Nats just aren't in the cards for me in the foreseeable future. If only I were a single NASA engineer with nothing but time and money. . . :D

[RichardP]

Qualifying has been over for several hours and results are posted for everyone except Group C. Anyone know what's going on?

Richard P.

[Supercharged111]

Hmm, looks like an LT1 4th gen just won nats. . .

[Fbody383]

Hmm, looks like an LT1 4th gen just won nats. . . Nice...

[Al Fernandez]

What an awesome weekend. Have to congratulate all of the participants, we had tons of really good clean racing. Nasa did an awesome job live broadcasting...in a few days the videos will be posted for viewing any time. Kent Owens took CMC with the next four cars all within two seconds. AJ Hartmann is the AI champ after Lapaglia was DQ for having an engine mapping control switch within drivers reach. More details soon...

[centerville]

What happen to Cody? I was pretty hungover yesterday but pretty sure I did not see him in the final.

[Fbody383]

Lapaglia was DQ for having an engine mapping control switch within drivers reach. More details soon... This should be good. Any "switch" should be a problem, i.e. not hard to wire in a bluetooth receiver and do it remotely. Possibly even a GPS module so the car knows where it is.

CONGRATS Kent!

I watched some of the coverage but missed the Champ race. Sounds like a good one to watch.

[RichardP]

AJ Hartmann is the AI champ after Lapaglia was DQ for having an engine mapping control switch within drivers reach. More details soon...

Great for AJ. He was faster all weekend but didn't get as good of a launch on the start. Wonder how long Lapaglia has been running with the switch...

Richard P.

[marshall_mosty]

Any "switch" should be a problem, i.e. not hard to wire in a bluetooth receiver and do it remotely. Possibly even a GPS module so the car knows where it is.


No way to police that without a black box in each car. Nothing keeping someone on your crew to remotely flash the tune wirelessly on the pace lap and re-flash on the cool down lap... the death of amateur hobby racing. Just like when “video killed the radio star...” :)

[Supercharged111]

AJ Hartmann is the AI champ after Lapaglia was DQ for having an engine mapping control switch within drivers reach. More details soon...

Ohh, kinda reminds you of that 4.8 that rapped out past 8000 in years past with the door switch was it? Why wasn't Patterson there this year?

[Fbody383]

the death of amateur hobby racing Nah, potentially just an oversight. Giving the benefit of the doubt since I don't know him, it could have been inadvertent.

Reminds me of a case of welded subframe connectors in plain sight that had been tech'd multiple times...

Sometimes the penalty needs to be harsh as the deterrent to others.

[64GunPilot]

Nah, potentially just an oversight. Giving the benefit of the doubt since I don't know him, it could have been inadvertent.

Reminds me of a case of welded subframe connectors in plain sight that had been tech'd multiple times...

Sometimes the penalty needs to be harsh as the deterrent to others.


My car has an engine temp sensor disconnect switch. I havent needed it yet, but supposedly the TPI can be hard to warm restart and that switch is supposed to help. I suppose I need to get rid of that. You guys already mentioned it would probably cause a stink. Of course I wont be on any podiums anytime soon.....so no one cares yet.

Maybe his switch was similar......had a reliability function rather than adding power, but technically against the rules.

[ShadowBolt]

How can a Camaro win a CMC race......much less Nats? I thought that was impossible. Please I was just kidding. I don't want to start a war. LOL


JJ

[Al Fernandez]

Actually it was a firebird that won lol
It was comforting to see the AIM data on the top 2 cmc cars showing negligible acceleration differences, if anything the quickest being the 2nd place car of Wright.

[RichardP]

How can a Camaro win a CMC race......much less Nats?

Easy. No Mustangs showed up... :-)


Richard P.

[BryanL]

Actually it was a firebird that won lol
It was comforting to see the AIM data on the top 2 cmc cars showing negligible acceleration differences, if anything the quickest being the 2nd place car of Wright.

Would be more comforting to see that used at events with different platforms.....or was it also used last year at Cota? I would have liked seeing how much power Randy picked up when he lost his muffler.

[Supercharged111]

Easy. No Mustangs showed up... :-)


Richard P.

Damn, ya beat me to it.

[BADVENM]

What items were checked for compliance in CMC?

[Supercharged111]

What items were checked for compliance in CMC?

Glove boxes. ;)

[BADVENM]

Lol!

[Al Fernandez]

Over the course of the weekend, we checked track width, sway bars, air dams, restrictor sizes vs dyno forms, rear camber, strut tower supports, and dynoed four cars. I did not send any of the top three to the dyno after the champ race; all had dynoed in front of me before, all had run nose to tail with no visible signs of advantage, and the AIM data did not show anything suspect.