That chart is just day two, not the whole weekend.

 

Edit: nevermind, I just reread you post and thought you were saying the 10th/24th thing was for sunday only....

 

Nah, if you click around enough, you'll find both days there. But, yes, one chart per day.

 

Oh Loren you lost me We weren't anywhere close to the top ten during the race after we broke down the first time

I was studying #25 (People's Curse) and when in the heck did they do any driver's changes on day 1? I see where it is obvious they got penalized on lap 38, but did one of their drivers really do 104 laps? No fuel? Absolutely exhausted? Of course it was cooler out because of the rain. It seems the next stop was lap 143. Maybe another on lap 184? Lap 198 looks like another penalty. Thoughts?

 

My email is tajracing45@yahoo.com

Thanks! I'll put the money to good use...repairing the car!

We really need to talk Mr. Stevenson down at Sebring to have Jay Lamm and his crew use of the Green Park short track for a weekend next year. Nothing like having home track advantage!

Those lap charts are a bit off I think. During the awards they said the #2 won but if you read the lap charts it said they finished second.

 

I think to get accurate total results, you have to add the total laps from each day. #2 could have finished 2nd (or even lower) on both days, as long as the person in front of them wasn't the same car both days, their total laps would be higher. More laps = the win.

James, I think #25's driver changes don't show up on the lap chart because they got so far ahead of everyone else. Look at the first few laps. He was gaining 8-10 positions or more per lap! By the time the first driver was done, they were far enough ahead that even with their driver change, they were still laps ahead of the next car... thus they were still #1 at the top of the list.

Cool, eh? It's a shame about that whole People's Curse thing.

 

Ah yes...forgot about the whole adding thing.

 

Wait, I stand corrected. Looking at 25's lap charts... my guess is that they swapped driver during their penalty at 38, and they probably did run that one driver for 104 laps. Remember, this is a spec racer team, not a bunch of hacks like us. Did you see the 10 gallons of water that poured out of their car when it got crushed? They clearly had a kick-ass driver-cooling system going, and that would make all the difference in the world.

We were able to squeak out a few 60-minute sessions... for us, that was around 50 laps. The number one reason we needed to come in? Heat exhaustion. Give us driver cooling and drivers that are in better shape... 2 hours would doable.

Hey, Barry... I don't remember us collecting money for the bet. Is there money left in the budget for that, or do you need us to chip in?

Those TAJ bastards earned it.

 

Dang fancy pants. The mob recognized and reacted properly though. CRUSH THEM!!!!

 

Loren "Spec" Racer does not equal "good" racer, there are a bunch of hacks running around in "spec" miatas and E-30's I have some good friends some I ran with in NJ that built spec miata's because they are CHEAP not beause they are FAST. (you could easially improve on the spec, even for similar cash, but then be classed in the clouds)

I have a acute level of hatred for "spec" classes since it encourages some teams to spend twice as much to get the same result. look at a "pro" spec miata engine build some time they are rediculously expensive, one could buy an entire cosworth engine for that money Spec Miata should have a $20,000 claim rule.. that would stop a lot of the shenagins. but to get racing on the cheap the concept does work.

and that "water" had a petro smell and lots of vapor coming off of it, I think they ruptured somthing other then a cooling system... hance the "burn it" comments from the crowd

but the car being a proven built race car... no doubt since their "parts" car was a undented full race prepped E-30 with the same paint scheme oh and that's car was an IS also so had 60 more horsepower then us to start, I'm happy we were as close to them as we were.

as for cooling.. YES! cool shirts are the Key they are not THAT expensive I think $300 for the system and $80 for each shirt. if we could have stayed out there for a full tank it would have helped, but the car did not last a full tank without needing repair. so keep that in mind.