Looks like Patterson broke a valve spring. They're wrenching on it now. Kellam is sandbagging his times and Liebbe is coming up to speed nicely. No other drama yet, but tomorrow is another day.
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Looks like Patterson broke a valve spring. They're wrenching on it now. Kellam is sandbagging his times and Liebbe is coming up to speed nicely. No other drama yet, but tomorrow is another day.
Warmup ongoing. Patterson made it out, looked like it was a little slow. Dean Martin blew up big.
Thanks Al, keep them coming.
Ginsberg updating HERE.
Good link Francis.
Liebbe on pole of first qualifier by almost 2 seconds with a 2:16.9!!
Kellam is 2nd behind by .018
Where is a link to the next several days schedule?
Go Texicans!
What's the word on Patterson?
Bring the PAH, boys!
(When Rob gets back, Mitch might just have to sell him a 4th gen!)
Buy stock in LAW Motorsports. Everyone will want a 4th gen now.
1st qualifying session is done...
Liebbe set a scorching pole time in CMC: 2:16.9...just a bit over a second better than the track record. Its nice and cool this morning, so that will likely slip during the race session later.
In CMC2, Nick Steel is on pole with a 2:14.205. Our man Kellam is right behind him with a 2:14.223, and Dave Brown is next with a 2:14.474!
Patterson is down a bit on the grid, 6th or so if I remember right, but his in the middle of a large group that is very very close on times. AI is going to be a killer race!
If Rob doesn't have his stang ready next year he will be my hired gun.
Maybe he is the new Stig!
Any way to listen to the races?
JJ
Thanks for link Mitch-I don't frequent the nat site. So I went to check out nats info.
There is a link for Live timing and scoring of course it doesn't work and shows 2009 Results. Hopefully they will get that updated but now the forum doesn't work at all for me.
Live T&S is only for the big show Saturday.
Mike's motor is fine, or so it seems. He's having issues w/ his rear set-up. Getting thos resolved will net better lap times. He told me he was only about 1.5 seconds off pole.
JK, just hang onto Nick's bumper and save all your moves for the big show Sat.
JK - lets chat sometime, I know what works on Nick.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alien
I told him once he left the dark side, his eyes would be opened to the evil he's been associating himself with for years.Quote:
Originally Posted by rleng1
PAH!
Must ... not ...... post ......... must .......... refrain ...............Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
http://nerdarama.com/wp-content/uplo...-star-trek.jpg
KKKKAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNN!
Yeah Baby! Texas Duece!Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
Keep it up guys.
First day is done with remarkably little drama. Liebbe won from the pole in CMC1, posting a fastest lap just shy of Glenn's record. Adam got a bad start but clawed up to second. Balingit started last due to having missed qual but fought up to 3rd.
In the duece Nick pulled a bit of a lead as Kellam and Brown fought every single corner. Nick came in first, with Brown second and Kellam third...except Jeremiah was repositioned to last for attempting a pass and racing through a yellow.
Dont have AI results right now...
Thanks for the updates....
Fri CMC/Duece qual done...
Liebbe is not allowed to race a 4th gen when he comes home.
JK nice qual; did you guys find something on the car?
How's Patterson?
Give us a little better info. if you have it Francis. I was busy and didn't get to follow it live.
I'm guessing Liebbe took the pole and maybe JK too?
Last I saw:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
Liebbe on pole by about 1 sec
Kellam on pole by about 1.25 sec
Patterson qual 4th down about 4 sec
I need a disclaimer... from the Live T/S link... use at your own discretion.
From Ginsberg's Tweet:
Liebbe P1 (2:16.9), Owens P2 (2:18.2), Ginsberg P3 (2:18.7).
He picked up 1 sec after taking the wing off. Hey Mosty, time to put your wing back on.
Nothing like a little drama...looks like a Texas style inverted start for this afternoon's qual race.
Jeremiah's qual time was thrown out due to a technical infraction. His subframe connectors are connected to each other by a tube spanning the center of the car. This tube also has a piece of steel strip going around the driveshaft, so it is a valid driveshaft loop...unfortunately it violates the rule stipulating subframe connectors may not span across the floor from side to side. It really bums me out because I am pretty sure that car has been like that for a long time and it was not caught before. I know we specifically did subframe connectors as a tech item in Tx recently because we had some discussions around Mosty's car having seat reinforcements tied into the subframes on both passenger and driver side. That really sucks.
A short while later, both Nick Steel and Dave Brown showed up late to the driver meeting...so both of their qualifying times were thrown out as well. That makes three drivers so far this weekend that have lost a qual time for missing or being late to a meeting. :?
Liebbe is scorching the track, but Ginsberg and Balingit are right there too. Should make for another great race if Adam can figure out how to not botch the start :lol:
Not sure about Patterson's qual time, havent seen those yet.
Like has been said; thanks for the updates!
If I'm seeing it right, the CMC / Deuce Qually race is at 2:30 today. The AI Qually race is after it at 3:15.
For me it seems like the live TS link is working ok.
Go get em Texas boys.
Yeah it is... Go Texas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wirtz
Well it goes to show that Nationals is a whole differnt game. Locally we cant be expected to catch everything. I know sub's were a tech item sometime over the last year or so, but was his car tech'ed then? Nats tech is every very good. I have never been flagged at Nat's tech, but its been close more than once.
Its good to see our National director setting the tone even w/ his own folks. I also like the high standard that has been set and maintained over the 5 years of National events.
Mike had an electrical issue mid race yesterday. It was easily resolved post race. The suspension issue is another matter. Write it off to growing pains involved w/ testing parts for a vendor. It could get resolved, but not until Saturday (AI day off).
I hate to see JK having all this stuff happen to him. But it does show that Nats is about the details as much as on track performance.
Keep your head up JK, and keep plugging away. Win it, and all this will add to it and it will be that much sweeter.
Rob - dont change a thing. Watch Dave, he is fast there.
well crap - now all of a sudden the live link is not working for me. Anyone got it running?
It worked for me 30 minutes ago...
Live T/S... crashed and burned... i got nothing. <<crap>>
AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
Someone call Al and make he do play by play on speaker phone...
Or maybe Adam can 'tweet' while racing.
What goes on from there? Does he have to fix it before the big race or did he have to fix it before todays qual?Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fernandez
On the bright side, at least it was caught early so that if he has to fix it he has some time. Would really suck to win the whole thing, then discover the infraction and have the results thrown out.
JK and RL both won. Just got a text from Al.
Go Texas! 8)
AI still to come.
Rob Liebbe
Dave Balingit
Adam Ginsberg
Jeremiah Kellam
Nick Steel
Dave Brown
Keep that fire lit JK!
Awesome. I guess JK was sandbagging on Thursday.
Now if all you bozo's would have been working on Friday afternoon the link wouldn't have crashed.
Here is mylaps link.
http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=594998
Yeah BABY!
Way to go Rob!
JK, I figured you would get buckled down and get it done.
Mike, quit sandbaggin. 8)
Bring home the gold...
Good deal.
Straight up standing start for the main race tomorrow?
All CMC races at Nat's are standing starts.
Mike got 5th according to mylaps. CMC race still isn't up on mylaps.
Text from Mosty said Tommy has pole.
I was told that for yesterday Tommy went from 15th to 2nd.
He may just win it.
Rob set new CMC track record.
2:17.765
Good job Rob.
Man it killed me to crawl under Jermiah's car and look at what Tech (none other than Alan Blaine) was pointing out. Jeremiah and Wayne made repairs so he was able to run the last qual race...and run he did! Maybe it was all the anger, but he drove a hell of a race taking the win by a substantial margin. Nick Steel came in 2nd, and Dave Brown 3rd.
Liebbe and Balingit battled for several laps with Dave up front until Rob made a clean pass. Dave never fell back more than a couple of car lengths though, and a few times he was right on Rob's tail. Adam came in 3rd just ahead of Kent. Those two guys ran a great race. In post race tech James Ray got DQd for a similar infraction to Kellam: illegal chassis stiffening. In this case the door bar was welded to the door jamb.
Grid for the big show in CMC:
CMC1
Liebbe
Balingit
Ginsberg
Sjoblom
Owens
Incidental Contact
Lariviere
CMC2:
Steel
Brown
Kellam
Burnett
Plum
Ray
AI preliminary top 5:
Schlender
Macmillan
Winkler
Murray
Patterson
We have a special treat...the boys did F1 style interviews for GoRacingTV. GoRacingTV is doing some coverage of the championships. They just showed up today, but are planning to do some cool things. The interviews are allegedly going to air tonight at 9pm central time:
http://www.goracingtv.com/09/16/2010...-of-honda-hpd/
I hate you guys....
Off to sulk.......... :cry: