I was out there with my buddy who was in HPDE 1. It was hot as hell but was a pretty good time. Did you make it out of there before the storms on Sunday? That was rough on the way home..

 

I rolled out just as it started to rain. I had a horrible tow home. My trailer running lights kept popping a fuse on my truck which I replaced 3x and eventually said fuck it and drove home with the hazards on. If that wasn't enough my equalizer hitch snapped a bracket and almost caused me to wreck at speed and the rain was so hard that it overcame my window coverings and drenched the inside of my car. Not that there's much to drench, but annoying none the less.

July is always brutal at VIR.... October is usually beautiful.

 

sounds rough. I luckily wasn't towing his car home, but it was still nasty to drive in.

We will be back out there in October. I saw a few cars from build threads on here except yours. Ill have to look out next time.

 

word to all of that you said Brian. If I can get to that in october. I certainly will.

 

Congrats on the win.

and the weather was fucking bonkers.



edit:
and so I don't have to post a new thread.. and if you don't mind.. I'm sharing Mike's vid. He never likes to toot his own horn so I'm doing it. He hasn't raced the bmw in 13 months and got back in and did very well. 2nd on sunday in the rain and 1st on saturday in the dry. yay drftwizard..who drives grip.

http://youtu.be/uxYu_0EX3wg

 

Congrats on winning. I like how your car is so simple, yet its winning. Im guessing SEAT TIME at VIR...lol

 

congrats

 

No I don't mind at all... saw Mike a few times this weekend and watched a video of that race from one of his competitor's cars on NASAforums.

Thanks, me too... keeps costs down. No facy custom suspension, no radical motor, no crazy aftermarket body work (other than the spoiler) = KISS principle.

The winning part is becuase the car is developed to the fullest extent of the rules for TTA/PTA and the fact that the C5Z is a really good car for the class as it's nearly a spec car. If I were to move up to TTS/ST2 I'd need coil-overs, full aero and up-sized tires to 295s or 315s all around to compete.

Oh... and thank you to GM for building a great car to begin with. The car has a very stiff/light chassis, great suspension geometry/design and a solid powertrain all from the factory. Don't have to re-engineer much to go racing.

 

Jesus those pictures are terrible. You'd think Finish Line Productions could poduce a better product. Maybe they are deluted as a sales tactic.

Either way, It was hot.

 

I just stole all of them off the internet.... I don't care about the quality, I'm not buying any of them.