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Shortcutsleeping
post Jul 15 2012, 02:11 PM
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Track day sponsored by a local ford dealer. I'm in one of the few GM cars (two camaros, one corvette) that showed up.

https://vimeo.com/45772822

17 sec clip.... Full vid soon.


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EDITED: Instead of making new threads, I'll just keep adding on to this one :-)

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post Jan 31 2015, 01:20 PM
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As I went into diamonds edge to brake heavily and then turn and start my way back towards the front straight, the car felt darty under the brakes and I was thinking that perhaps I'd gotten the rebound settings wonky and this was the result. No matter, I just needed one lap so I scooted up the back straight, went through the carousel and flew under the green flag flying at the starters stand to begin my qualifying. At the end of the front straight I got into the brakes a little bit early and I'm glad I did. The front end washed out and the tires locked way too easy, I unlocked them after a nice cloud of smoke and then got into the corner. Scratcher felt okay in the corner, but had difficulty going straight. I assumed I had uneven dampers, a faulty damper or a tire going down so I hustled the car that lap, laid down a decent 1:37 and pulled it into the paddock to check it out. Tires were okay, front dampers felt find when pushing down on the frame...and so I went to check the bearings and steering linkage next. Uh-oh.

Dude runs one of his fastest laps of the day with his steering rack about to fall out of the car (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/loco.gif)
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post Feb 1 2015, 02:23 PM
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QUOTE (StanIROCZ @ Jan 31 2015, 07:20 AM) *
Dude runs one of his fastest laps of the day with his steering rack about to fall out of the car (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/loco.gif)


It's amazing what you can tell yourself in the car. "Well, the rear end is starting to make some noise. I probably did something wrong setting up the gear, the race is almost over."

Kept enough pressure on P1 that he made a PUY and gave me the win at Road America! We were only doing ~140MPH into T1 and T5. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rotf.gif)

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post Apr 28 2015, 12:08 AM
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QUOTE (nape @ Feb 1 2015, 09:23 AM) *
It's amazing what you can tell yourself in the car.


Indeed!!!


Aight, some brainiac decided that the spec7 class did NOT need to be with the miatas, but with the ST/SU cars.

Here is qualy. HUGE HUGE field. Enjoy the sound, and let me know what you t hink about the rates of closure.

https://vimeo.com/126189818

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post Apr 28 2015, 11:04 AM
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QUOTE (Shortcutsleeping @ Apr 27 2015, 08:08 PM) *
Aight, some brainiac decided that the spec7 class did NOT need to be with the miatas, but with the ST/SU cars.



I haven't even seen the video yet and that sounds absolutely idiotic and extremely dangerous.
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post Apr 28 2015, 01:08 PM
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QUOTE (trackbird @ Apr 28 2015, 06:04 AM) *
I haven't even seen the video yet and that sounds absolutely idiotic and extremely dangerous.


It was pretty dangerous, yes.

I'll have some race videos up soon as well....the time difference between the fast guys and the slow classes were incredible.


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QUOTE (Shortcutsleeping @ Apr 28 2015, 09:08 AM) *
QUOTE (trackbird @ Apr 28 2015, 06:04 AM) *
I haven't even seen the video yet and that sounds absolutely idiotic and extremely dangerous.


It was pretty dangerous, yes.

I'll have some race videos up soon as well....the time difference between the fast guys and the slow classes were incredible.


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I'm expecting 70+ mph closing speeds (and maybe greater than that).

I'll check out the videos when I get home. Glad nobody was hurt.
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post Apr 29 2015, 04:48 PM
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10 Lap race from Sunday


https://vimeo.com/126335877

Front and rear cams going as well as a good microphone in the cockpit to hear the small block/jerico sounds.


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Shortcutsleeping   Scratcher (Costas' Camaro)   Jul 15 2012, 02:11 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Full vid. https://vimeo.com/45770575 Loved the n...   Jul 15 2012, 07:25 PM
StanIROCZ   I love watching scratcher vids! What's ne...   Jul 17 2012, 01:13 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Stan, Thanks, glad you liked it! Driving that...   Jul 18 2012, 12:28 AM
Shortcutsleeping   Hi, I changed the thread title so I can just keep ...   Sep 6 2012, 01:47 AM
Eugenio_SS   your dog engagement tranny... is that w/ straight ...   Sep 6 2012, 02:44 AM
Shortcutsleeping   It's a jerico 4 speed and it has straight cut ...   Sep 6 2012, 03:10 AM
Shortcutsleeping   Swapping out gears (while watching Star Wars....he...   Sep 6 2012, 03:14 AM
StanIROCZ   QUOTE (Shortcutsleeping @ Sep 5 2012, 11...   Sep 6 2012, 04:27 PM
The Batman   That car is awesome to look at in detail. Just wo...   Sep 6 2012, 09:35 AM
StanIROCZ   QUOTE (The Batman @ Sep 6 2012, 05:35 AM)...   Sep 6 2012, 04:31 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Stan is right, they are wide-5 hubs. http://www....   Sep 6 2012, 08:00 PM
The Batman   Interesting, thanks for the info and the new websi...   Sep 7 2012, 09:16 AM
Shortcutsleeping   And, once you are done with Coleman... http://day...   Sep 7 2012, 03:21 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Breaking Scratcher: http://www.witchdoctormotorspo...   Sep 11 2012, 05:11 AM
mitchntx   Excellent the way you document your experience and...   Sep 11 2012, 11:27 AM
CrashTestDummy   Another advantage to wide-5 wheels was that you co...   Sep 13 2012, 04:01 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Thanks Mitch, and you are right. After so many eve...   Sep 19 2012, 04:24 PM
StanIROCZ   Is that a real license plate? Where’s the regis...   Sep 19 2012, 04:59 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Stan, It is a fake plate. My graphics lady does th...   Sep 19 2012, 06:08 PM
Shortcutsleeping   https://vimeo.com/50067383 Short clip of me using...   Sep 24 2012, 10:18 PM
Shortcutsleeping   http://thinkfastengineering.com/2012/09/bi...-for-...   Sep 26 2012, 02:02 PM
Shortcutsleeping   30 second clip my wife took at TWS Sunday afternoo...   Sep 26 2012, 02:31 PM
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Shortcutsleeping   1 lap (some traffic) of GoProHD goodness: http://...   Sep 28 2012, 05:24 PM
Shortcutsleeping   And now for something completely different.. ;-) ...   Sep 29 2012, 02:39 PM
Shortcutsleeping   http://www.witchdoctormotorsports.com/ch204.htm P...   Oct 20 2012, 07:06 AM
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198esp   sweet deal   Jan 4 2013, 04:15 AM
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GlennCMC70   Nice!   Jan 4 2013, 08:47 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Stan: Specs on TT1 corvette = Go to doug rippie mo...   Jan 4 2013, 09:43 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Aight, semi-fresh new (to me) used tires on order....   Feb 1 2013, 07:50 PM
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StanIROCZ   In the paddock he seems like such a nice guy.... h...   Mar 9 2013, 02:08 PM
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198esp   that is a pretty great shot, car is looking pretty...   Mar 18 2013, 11:10 PM
rocky   I would love to hang that picture in the garage fo...   Apr 3 2013, 10:01 PM
Shortcutsleeping   Thanks guys... I'm trying to get that last pi...   Apr 3 2013, 10:19 PM
Shortcutsleeping   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W4gOBSuLzI...eatur...   Aug 12 2013, 06:27 PM
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Steve91T   Wow. Just amazing.   Jan 27 2015, 05:00 PM
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Shortcutsleeping   FULL STORY FROM THE WEEKEND: AKA: OVERCOMING BROK...   Jan 30 2015, 09:34 PM
StanIROCZ   QUOTE As I went into diamonds edge to brake heavil...   Jan 31 2015, 01:20 PM
nape   QUOTE (StanIROCZ @ Jan 31 2015, 07:20 AM)...   Feb 1 2015, 02:23 PM
Shortcutsleeping   QUOTE (nape @ Feb 1 2015, 09:23 AM) It...   Apr 28 2015, 12:08 AM
trackbird   QUOTE (Shortcutsleeping @ Apr 27 2015, 08...   Apr 28 2015, 11:04 AM
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Shortcutsleeping   10 Lap race from Sunday https://vimeo.com/126335...   Apr 29 2015, 04:48 PM
198esp   QUOTE (nape @ Feb 1 2015, 08:23 AM) QUOTE...   Apr 28 2015, 12:03 PM
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Shortcutsleeping   http://www.witchdoctormotorsports.com/ch243.htm I...   Nov 13 2015, 02:59 PM
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Shortcutsleeping   More vid from the weekend. R2 - chased by anothe...   Feb 4 2017, 03:06 AM
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