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Blainefab
post Nov 17 2007, 12:07 AM
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Anybody else here going to be at the 25hr? I'll be working tech Thurs and Fri, and will stick around at least for the start Sat.

Stop by and say hi - tech will be set up under the permanent canopy. I will have my usual collection of hardware with me.

If anyone needs any Blainefab parts/equipment etc, I can deliver. Call now 831 427-3296
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JKnight
post Dec 5 2007, 06:19 AM
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Got a gallery of shots somewhere Nick? How did your stints go?

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post Dec 5 2007, 09:28 PM
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QUOTE (JKnight @ Dec 5 2007, 01:19 AM) *
Got a gallery of shots somewhere Nick? How did your stints go?

Jason



Yah, most of the pics I've taken are up here: http://gallery.noid.org/gallery/2007-25hour

My stints went very smoothly. I did 19:50 to 22:15, 04:30'ish to 07:00 and brought it home with the 10:45 to 12:00 stints.

The first stint was pretty uneventful (Other than getting myself to settle in and run 2:13's and not 2:09 - 2:10s). The second stint was a bit tougher. There was some intermittent rain during the first part of the stint which with a combination of trying to save the brakes made it a bit challenging to bang out laps. I had a couple of moments, particularly in turn 3 where I went a bit wide and started to slide pretty badly in the slag and dirt that was offline. It didn't help that people started driving like jackasses for a while. It wasn't long before those folks ended up in the infield and thing settled down. The biggest drama came around 6:45 or so when I got divebomed by an MX5 cup miata going into turn 11. The asshat hit me just in front of the left rear wheel and then the left front wheel. The impact spun me around and stalled the motor. I got it fired back up and after giving the car a bit of shake back and forth going down the back straight figured that the only damage was probably some toe-in on the left front wheel so I kept on banging laps out till I got called in for a driver's change.

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post Dec 5 2007, 11:22 PM
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QUOTE (NickS @ Dec 5 2007, 04:28 PM) *
QUOTE (JKnight @ Dec 5 2007, 01:19 AM) *
Got a gallery of shots somewhere Nick? How did your stints go?

Jason



Yah, most of the pics I've taken are up here: http://gallery.noid.org/gallery/2007-25hour

My stints went very smoothly. I did 19:50 to 22:15, 04:30'ish to 07:00 and brought it home with the 10:45 to 12:00 stints.

The first stint was pretty uneventful (Other than getting myself to settle in and run 2:13's and not 2:09 - 2:10s). The second stint was a bit tougher. There was some intermittent rain during the first part of the stint which with a combination of trying to save the brakes made it a bit challenging to bang out laps. I had a couple of moments, particularly in turn 3 where I went a bit wide and started to slide pretty badly in the slag and dirt that was offline. It didn't help that people started driving like jackasses for a while. It wasn't long before those folks ended up in the infield and thing settled down. The biggest drama came around 6:45 or so when I got divebomed by an MX5 cup miata going into turn 11. The asshat hit me just in front of the left rear wheel and then the left front wheel. The impact spun me around and stalled the motor. I got it fired back up and after giving the car a bit of shake back and forth going down the back straight figured that the only damage was probably some toe-in on the left front wheel so I kept on banging laps out till I got called in for a driver's change.

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What were you driving......oh a Mustang......THAT explains it!

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Blainefab   25hrs of Thunderhill 07   Nov 17 2007, 12:07 AM
CMC #37   I will be there to donate some tires and wheels to...   Nov 17 2007, 12:49 AM
CMC #37   My pix: http://www.geckoranch.com/cars/25hr2007.h...   Dec 2 2007, 06:35 PM
DanKeen   sonofa.... I forgot it was this weekend   Dec 3 2007, 07:29 AM
Unbalanced Engineering   Nick Steel, Brady Flaherty, Chris ??? and I were u...   Dec 3 2007, 08:52 PM
CMC #37   Congrats Jason and the team! It is a bit freak...   Dec 3 2007, 08:59 PM
trackbird   How's Karen doing? Didn't she have the har...   Dec 3 2007, 09:03 PM
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trackbird   So, the car was fixed? That's excellent news. ...   Dec 3 2007, 09:07 PM
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trackbird   That's fantastic news! Wow, I'm impres...   Dec 3 2007, 11:12 PM
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rmackintosh   QUOTE (CMC #37 @ Dec 3 2007, 08:05 PM) QU...   Dec 4 2007, 01:08 AM
CMC #37   QUOTE (rmackintosh @ Dec 3 2007, 08:08 PM...   Dec 4 2007, 01:24 AM
rmackintosh   Guess I should be happy I hit a moving car that I ...   Dec 4 2007, 01:38 AM
Blainefab   Quite the deal, my first one - I teched cars from ...   Dec 4 2007, 08:41 AM
NickS   QUOTE (Blainefab @ Dec 4 2007, 03:41 AM) ...   Dec 4 2007, 10:46 PM
CMC #37   QUOTE 7yrs ago when I heard that Jerry wanted to d...   Dec 4 2007, 07:00 PM
JKnight   Got a gallery of shots somewhere Nick? How did you...   Dec 5 2007, 06:19 AM
NickS   QUOTE (JKnight @ Dec 5 2007, 01:19 AM) Go...   Dec 5 2007, 09:28 PM
rmackintosh   QUOTE (NickS @ Dec 5 2007, 04:28 PM) QUOT...   Dec 5 2007, 11:22 PM
Blainefab   Fri nite, 16hrs before the start, hot pits. The ...   Dec 5 2007, 06:49 AM
Unbalanced Engineering   I think it was mostly because we were trying to do...   Dec 6 2007, 12:10 AM
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Unbalanced Engineering   I know We were not running over the crows nest. ...   Dec 6 2007, 02:39 PM
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