I had an absolute blast!! I am having a hard time concentrating today at work. I can't wait until next time. :lol: Frank
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I had an absolute blast!! I am having a hard time concentrating today at work. I can't wait until next time. :lol: Frank
Misty,
I don't know if you noticed the R1 results. I had a nice gap on you going onto the strait going towards the flag and I saw you flying up on me. We crossed the finish line side by side.
I looked at the results and you got me by .002 seconds. :shock: I don't know what the equates to but I'm thinking about 1 inch. :)
Great racing this weekend!
And you are a doctor, right? :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by cobra132
Welcome to the club, Frank. Glad to have you out there.
Since everyone is giving a full weekend run down I will too.
R1-- Qualified horrible... I am blaming it on new front tires...not ability. :D Finished 5th, but it was a battle the whole time with Morgan and Michael. Mr. Mosty got me....but then kindly returned the favor a few corners later. :lol:
R2 -- Started 4th and followed Morgan on the outside of T1 and we were off for another battle.... only one problem....T6 when I didn't brake hard enough and hit Morgan while he was leading. :oops: I sort of lost focus afterwards and made a couple of mistakes that Burch gladly took me to school on...but still managed a 2nd.
I would like to publicly apologize to everyone and especially Morgan for that mistake on my part and also want to Thank everyone for doing such a good job avoiding Morgan and what could have been a really bad situation. :cry:
R3 -- I had a great start and jumped past several cars on the outside of t1 through T2.....but just never had much for Rob as he was flying and finished 2nd again. I had a mirror full of Morgan most of the race and was definitely thinking about the R2 misfortune. :shock: Luckily no payback.
Great job and congrats on the win Rob... I didn't realize it was your first win.
R4 -- This was an intense battle with Rob in front and Morgan behind me. I made a few attempts at the 30 Foot wide Texas flag, but it kept waving in my direction. I had one really good run leading on the front stretch, but Rob made sure the cones came into play. :evil: Nice move though.
On the last lap I knew that I had only one more chance for that last podium spot so I ended up over driving into carousel and Rob drifted a little high and I ended up in the grass dirt tracking the entire corner and this let Jerry get by me and finished 5th.
Well, The Proctor kid and Dawdy lunatic schooled me through there.Quote:
Originally Posted by rpoz27
I tried following them and wound up doing pirouettes in the grass on driver's right. :lol:
Misty, you have GOT to start trusting your instincts and get some confidence in your car and yourself.
You have proven you can plant the right foot and stab the brakes HARD. You just gotta figure out better timing of the 2! :wink:
R4 it was obvious you stepped it up. Keep the momentum going ...
There you go, Todd. 90% of the race write-up right here.
We're here to support you, brother.
What a weekend!!! Hot, Hot and Hot!
Another great weekend for NASA Texas and AI / CMC Texas!!!
My car prep was limited heading into the weekend with only time for an oil change and a quick wash and Armor All on the tires!!! ;-)
I spent most of my off time from the last event installing a passenger seat and fabricating the front splitter (Richard P., Thanks again for loaning me yours to help assist me in fabricating mine!) I completely underestimated how much time it was going to take to build a splitter. Looking at Richard’s it was just a square tube frame and some sheet metal… not problem!!! Not so much… three long weekends went into fabricating the splitter. The payoff this weekend was well worth it.
Now that the splitter was fabricated and ready for the track I needed to balance the rear with the new front splitter. Neill Gathings of Fulcrum Motorsports stepped in and mounted a prototype of their new carbon fiber AI spec wing on the # 7 AI Mustang. Marshall Mosty did some testing the week before, that helped for the initial setup for my car this weekend. Out of the box the setup was awesome, and racecar was very balanced. I was able better my personal best at TWS, running a 1:55.8 in Qualifying and in the race on tires that were 4 events old.
The new LX front end has some cooling issues on Saturday that resulted in water temps up in to the 240 range at times… Sunday morning I did some cutting and venting for the radiator that resulted in temps in the 190 range during the races.
I need to thank Neill with Fulcrum Motorsports for stepping up and taking part in our series, I look forward to seeing how well the wing performs at the other track, so far it is outperforming my expectations. WOW!
Thank you everyone for a great weekend!
DD
She stepped it up earlier than that!! On the start in R3 she was flying down the straight about 75 inches from the wall...somehow I squeeze in beside her and the wall and I am thinking " I got her down the hill cause she will brake early".....on the way down the hill I am suddenly thinking "Misty, hit the brakes already cause I am about to get hung out to dry!!!!" She did a great job and we both made it through there and were flying....I think she stayed right on my tail through 3 and 4. R3 was a crazy start but nothing like R2!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mitchntx
I bet Frank is still smiling from Race 2. He got out the car and was practically Giddy!!! Great times!
Honestly, most race weekends are a blur for me and its hard to recollect details from one race to another. I can say for the weekend I felt like I had the starts down pat and had excellent results on, I think, the 1st two turns of each race.
Friday – after working on the the car all week to get it ready (hallet damage, right hand net, new seat mounts, cracked torque arm, pitted axles, leaking seals, etc). I finally get out to the track before noon. After a few sessions I have steering problems and with some trouble shooting and massive amounts of fluid loss I figured the pump has failed. With Mitch’s help the pump comes off and I replace it after a visit to autozone.
R1- qualified at the back as usual. Had a pretty good start, I think. The front half of the field checked out and left us behind. The back half of us battled it out. I watched my mirrors. I ended up ahead of Mr. Proctor and tried like hell all race to keep him back there. I also enjoyed his battle with Mosty and almost went out myself as I saw Michael lose it with his 4-off. That allowed James to get back up on my quick. It was a great battle and I finished 4th.
R2 – inverted start. Was 5th overall in the line up before the green flag drop. Again, an excellent start. My best of the year maybe. With a great reaction time, a timely opening, and just flat out slicing the car up in and hanging it out I some how went from 5th to 2nd over all by turn 3. It wasn’t to last as in T6 I spun & stalled… in front of the WHOLE FIELD sideways. It was like looking into a tunnel of cars, lines forming on both sides of the track. “ OH SH!T” was the 1st phrase in my mind, I believe. “don’t hit me, don’t hit me, don’t hit me, don’t hit me, don’t hit me” was the second. Everyone was HARD on the brakes. One image I have burned in my memory is seeing Matt White’s front splitter buried HARD in the pavement as he tried to whoa up. Luckly the corner was in such way that the folks in the back could see what was up around the bend and bail out accordingly. (Sorry Marshal!). Anyway, by the time I got the car restarted and moving in the correct direction I was hot and of course, drove the car way too hard. I then went off in T8. Trying to make up time (it never works) I carried way, way too much speed into T1 and went straight off. I decided to just keep on trucking and made it to the oval. As I was sight seeing out there I decided I had enough and decided to go ahead and mosey my way into the pits to avoid any further incidents.
R3 – uh, again qual’ed in the back couple spots for CMC. Had a great start and ended up 3rd. made some mistakes with trying to keep Glen at bay in the 1st half of the race. Tried to keep up with James but made a mistake and let him slip away
R4 – not so great of a start. I think it was Misty, Mitch, Michael, Rob, James, Frank and myself who all ended up in a train. Nose to tail we fought it out. Extremely close racing. I tried to stick my nose in a couple spots for a pass but never got it to stick. Tried again in Larry but had to bail into the dirt by Curly and ended up at the back of the line. By the next lap, after following all those yah-hoo’s my water temps were in the 240s and I decided I didn’t want to pop a gasket and just backed out and watched everyone drive away.
Please, right click/Save As ...
As luck would have it, I had a front row seat to a LOT of exciting racing ... thanks to Matt and David for leaving some paint on either side of my car.
http://www.lawmotorsports.net/mw/vid...R2_1st_lap.wmv
The good Lord giveth and he taketh away ... I was really pleased with how well my car responded in the draft. A rear gear change really made 5th gear usable.
http://www.lawmotorsports.net/mw/vid..._R3_hilite.wmv
A close AI battle ...
http://www.lawmotorsports.net/mw/vid..._R4_hilite.wmv