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[Danny Steyn]

 With a decent handling car and decent tires, it is always flat..

 

Well .......... not always Jim, and I set the video start-point to spare you "your memory" of the incident that put me in the lead........ 

 

https://youtu.be/6NVz64egqLs?t=2m26s

[Jim Drago]

Well .......... not always Jim, and I set the video start-point to save you "your memory" of the incident that put me in the lead........ 

 

https://youtu.be/6NVz64egqLs?t=2m26s

 

I'll stick with my statement and add a few words... with a decent handling car, decent( Hoosier) tires and DRY track... It is always flat.   The kink should never be taken lightly, there is a pucker factor event every lap as it should be.. But compared to shaved RA1s of yesteryear... The Hoosiers turn that pucker factor down at least by 50%.  Looking forward to a fun weekend.  

[MPR22]

Word is Danny hired a Seminole tribe shaman. This may be the most expensive race outside of runoffs I will ever attend. Danny is making me buy 5 sets of H2Os.

[MPR22]

I blame Davison, uh I mean the ananymous person who posted that damn clock. If not for that Danny would have been blissfully unaware of his futility and never spent the 150k for the shaman. We may never see another dry race this year.

[Jim Drago]

I blame Davison, uh I mean the ananymous person who posted that damn clock. If not for that Danny would have been blissfully unaware of his futility and never spent the 150k for the shaman. We may never see another dry race this year.

That is going to be small piece of John Carters legacy... No one else knows where it is or how to shut it off Danny will never win on that clock regardless and something tells me JC is laughing about that fact somewhere out there

[Bench Racer]

Come on folks, the SMACK is on the light side. 

 

Winners competition:

 

First Spec Miata paddock completely set up.

 

Fastest Thursday test day lap.

 

First person for CCC tech.

 

First person to fail tech.

 

Fastest Friday qualifying lap.

 

Fastest Saturday qualifying lap.

 

Saturday race winner.

 

Sunday race winner.

[MPR22]

Come on folks, the SMACK is on the light side. 
 
Winners competition:
 
First Spec Miata paddock completely set up.
 
Fastest Thursday test day lap. ROSS by .5
 
First person for CCC tech.
 
First person to fail tech.
 
Fastest Friday qualifying lap. Steyn
 
Fastest Saturday qualifying lap. Drago
 
Saturday race winner. Haldeman
 
Sunday race winner.

Calling my shot. ROSS

[Danica Davison]

Winners competition:
 
First Spec Miata paddock completely set up:  If we are talking about a pro shop ... I say OPM. Danny is going, so Tum told me they brought two extra crew guys just for him this weekend. Should help setup go a lot faster with the extra hands.
 
Fastest Thursday test day lap.  "We talkin bout practice?" - Allen Iverson
 
First person for CCC tech.   Panty Stain
 
First person to fail tech.  Trick question. Nobody fails.
 
Fastest Friday qualifying lap.  The donut man: Mr. Todd Buras
 
Fastest Saturday qualifying lap.  Haldeman
 
Saturday race winner.  We donut even have to guess! It is Buras! (see what I did there)
 
Sunday race winner.  it will be Berry close. But Craig will beat Jimmy D at the line.

[Preston Pardus]

Fastest Thursday test day lap.  B

 

Fastest Friday qualifying lap.  U
 
Fastest Saturday qualifying lap.  R
 
Saturday race winner.  A
 
Sunday race winner. S

Todd Buras is going to take it all.

[Tom Sager]

Looking at the entry list alphabetically, the B's seem to have the strongest entry.  Gotta go with the killer B's. 

[FTodaro]

Good luck to everyone this weekend.

 

FYI, we had three rear hub failures at Mid O a few weeks back.

 

Take the time to pull off the rotors to check the base of the hubs, especially at RA. Be proactive.

[Ron Alan]

Good luck to everyone this weekend.

 

FYI, we had three rear hub failures at Mid O a few weeks back.

 

Take the time to pull off the rotors to check the base of the hubs, especially at RA. Be proactive.

Frank...just so there is no confusion, please clarify "Rear hub failure"

 

The front "hubs" are essentially 1 piece but can fail at bearings or the actual hub(lose wheel if not caught)

 

Rears are a separate bearing and hub...either can fail. Just want to know what failed 3 times? You say base...which I can guess but I'd rather have you say what exactly...thanks!

[FTodaro]

bearings coming apart  and/or the hub cracking around 360 degrees such that the tire comes off or wobbles

[38bfast]

Rear hub flanges, the part that the lug nuts press into. They fracture 360 deg right at the hub face and the hubcentric ring. Once it fails the only thing holding the wheel on is the brake caliper / rotor. If you load that side in a corner the rotor or the caliper bracket will fail and the wheel assembly will depart from the car. Generally causing a loss of control and a lot of sheet metal damage. Sometimes you can get lucky and the tire will just fly off and not touch the body work. Or on a bad day the tire packs under the car and jacks it into the air. From most we have seen the hub/wheel has been subjected to a hit in the past and not replaced. As preventive maintenance we replace them at the beginning of every season or after contact with anything in the rear tire

[Bench Racer]

Ah $hit, why don't we run Hoosier A7's, everyone would feel like superman and we could change worn out/broken parts much more frequently. And of course we'd buy a bunch more tires and Hoosier would be some happy campers.

 

I had no intents of going to the track until Sat., but friend required parts therefore I went today. This afternoon test session it would seem Buras took control of one fast group and Hadleman took control of another fast group. The Browns and a couple other cars had their group doing their thing. Lap times, I don't have a clue but would guess laps were nothing close to record level, I could be wrong.

 

Guys and Amy, have fun qualifying on Friday.

[Bench Racer]

Sat. practice, the Browns, 1 & 2. 

[Danica Davison]

[Bench Racer]

Is my computer screwed up with the lap times chart or is the feed from our club %#$@& again?

[Danica Davison]

I think the timing loop must be broken because it shows danny in first

[Bench Racer]

John, Preston, Fastest Friday qualifying lap?