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wstukas
post Mar 15 2012, 03:16 AM
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The start of Sunday's American Iron race. Desalvo's blue S197 was running AIX. Landon Ball and I had a great battle for several laps. We both bested the old lap record at Road Atlanta of 1:35.8. He ran a 1:35.3 to my 1:35.1. I qualified on the pole, but got caught sleeping at the start, and fell back to third early. Jo Lee pointed me by on the back stretch (he was down on power all weekend with engine woes) and then the battle between 3rd and 4th gen was on!

Landon and I both took advatage of the new HP/weight ratio for non ABS cars (neither of us were running ABS to start with). He added aero over the winter and lost some weight and cut nearly 2 seconds off his personal best at Road Atl! I went to a close ratio 4 speed, new rear gear and a 7.25" clutch and lost another 100lbs bringing my post race weight to ~2930.

Enjoy the Vid!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgEPBB9J0dU
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post Mar 17 2012, 03:43 AM
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Thanks for the info. I just started putting together a 3.10 center section for Road America and was hoping it'd be about right for Road Atlanta and maybe VIR. I shift at 6500 and I usually limit the redline to 7000, but I make peak power at 6100, so it looks like I should be in good shape.

I like a 3.40 @ Mid-O, but I think it's closer to 6700-6800 on the back stretch, so your 3.23 should be good there too. Just a heads up if you're coming back up for Nationals this year.
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wstukas   NASA SE American Iron race at Road Atlanta -- new lap record   Mar 15 2012, 03:16 AM
roy   Nice action .   Mar 15 2012, 05:57 AM
Pony Exp.305   Nice video but kick ass on vette....Dang.. Look li...   Mar 15 2012, 08:23 AM
93FirehawkTA   Fantastic video Will! Exciting moments going ...   Mar 15 2012, 10:35 AM
wstukas   QUOTE (93FirehawkTA @ Mar 15 2012, 06:35 ...   Mar 15 2012, 10:46 PM
nape   I only got to watch a couple minutes before my com...   Mar 16 2012, 06:52 AM
wstukas   QUOTE (nape @ Mar 16 2012, 02:52 AM) I on...   Mar 16 2012, 11:14 PM
nape   Thanks for the info. I just started putting togeth...   Mar 17 2012, 03:43 AM

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