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Jim Drago

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Thanks Todd Green for putting this together for me. The video is full of air noise and the camera gets cloudy from the middle on and it is actually a little boring. Figured people would be sitting around over the holidays and might want a distraction. You can FF to the 9 minute mark for the start



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Nice drive. Thanks for the post. Can't believe nobody complained about your steady yet rapid accelleration after the pace car pulled off the track.
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Thats the way the starts are at RA. Don't accelerate and you will be waving goodbye to everyone.

Nice race Jim, see why you do so well there, no mistakes :cheerful: . Car looked good also. Thanks for posting, will have to get Shawn to go to school on your lines ;)

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Thanks for the video Jim. Nice drive.

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Thanks for the video Jim. Nice drive.

What's the next SM goal?

Next goal is simply to have fun which should be easier now :) When I started SM, my goals were to eventually win "a" race. I have so far exceeded any goals I have set for myself in racing, most after 2005 has been a bonus. At this point, all I want to do is continue racing, help some folks get better and faster and tinker with the cars a bit. As you know, SM is all the competition anyone could ever want. I enjoy racing in SM, so I plan on staying here. I'm probably most proud of the fact that I am the only person that has won a SM National championship in a car that he built from the ground up including the engine, did all the set up, data and the driving.

I didn't attend the Mazda shootout as I did not want to race anywhere else and I thought that opportunity would be better spent on a younger Mazda driver with some aspirations of climbing the ladder.
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You have it all going well, Jim, and a lot of us can thank you for good advice and example. Thanks for the video as well. That was a really good school on consistency and driving YOUR car without getting distracted by a hard charger from behind.

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Great drive Jim.

From my humble observation, it looks like you brake about a half click earlier than I did, and this seems to be confirmed by Berry's chase. The upshot is you're getting back to throttle much earlier than your chasers, which makes a ton of sense with the long straights at RA. Smart, smooth and fast.
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