NASA SE American Iron race at Road Atlanta -- new lap record |
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NASA SE American Iron race at Road Atlanta -- new lap record |
Mar 15 2012, 03:16 AM
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Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 175 Joined: 17-December 09 From: Marietta, GA Member No.: 7,478 |
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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Mar 17 2012, 03:43 AM
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Veteran Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,511 Joined: 14-November 04 From: Homer Glen, IL Member No.: 540 |
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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