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[dtfastbear]

It seems that there are a couple spec-miata-driver-fueled storms a brewin' for the 25 Hours of Thunderhill this year. I'm sure there are a TON of SM drivers in spec miatas competing in E3... to name a few that I know:

- Miatacage - Bruce Wilson, Will Schrader, Ken Sutherland, ...
- RJR - Jaime Florence, Gibson brothers
- Dion Johnson, Auto Shop Al and company
- Hooverspeed - who's driving for them?

and many others. That class is always fiercely competitive, with 3 cars within 2 laps of each other after 25 hours last year.

E2 is going to be very interesting, and is also littered with spec miata drivers.

- Atlanta Motorsports Group (returning E2 champs led by Jason Hoover and Tony Silva, both SM legends) with Todd Lamb and Darin Polsley driving. Who else is in that car?
- 949 Racing and SuperMiata - Nick Buchanan and Dean Thomas (me) splitting time across 2 E2 cars
- Miatacage - same drivers from E3 - 6 drivers splitting 2 cars across 2 classes - that's a strong move!
- Hooverspeed - Have to imagine they have some SM drivers in their E2 car, also

Unlike the faster E1, E0, ES classes where the cars differ greatly in speed and fuel mileage, these two classes have incredibly close competition the ENTIRE race, and it often comes down to real race strategy and flawless execution. And a ton of good luck.

So who's in? Shall we let the smack talk begin?

Cheers,

Dean

[Charlie Hayes]

We are taking a e30 out in E3.

Loren, Tim, Jim, and I will be wheeling it around!

[Johnny D]

Barret Tilley and I for the 6 in E3 in my car.

86 entries, nice.
J~

[Sean Allen]

I wish! Instead I will be at Ft. Benning jumping out of airplanes... Good luck Charlie and Nick B, I'll drive with ya sooner or later.

[john mueller]

I'm still hoping a ride will fall from the sky right into my lap...

[dp35]

The other drivers on our AMG E2 team will be Beau Borders and Ryan Winchester (various racing backgrounds, no SM that I'm aware of).

I hope our MX5 can keep up with those overdog 99 Miatas. Looking forward to the challenge.

Will we also have Jim Daniels in E2 this year driving an RDR RX8 again?

[Dennis]

DrivenToTheTrackRacing/3D Racing are entering Brian Leong's 1.6 SM in E3.

Drivers: Brian Leong, Dennis Clark, David Gehringer, Walt Feyling.

Hoping for a better experience than last year, dry track please!

Dennis

[Rob Burgoon]

dry track please!

lol yeah right!

[DionJ]

Dante and Wil Powell are the other drivers with Al and I....

[dp35]

Driver & entry lists updated today. I see Jeremy Hittle and Phillip Hollifield.

Drivers list: http://www.nasa25hou...rivers_list.pdf

Entry list: http://www.nasa25hou...es_11-17-11.pdf

[Charlie Hayes]

Should be really awesome with everyone out there!

[Ron Alan]

Along with Vodden, Kim Wilcox, Wes Wilkerson, Brandon Kraus, Tony Heyer, Ed Railton to name a few others.

Ghidinelli is driving a BMW...traitor!

No Honda turbo hybrids??

[Dan Cooper]

Ron, they're working on the speed deployed wings that they got permission to run in E3 next year...

...that and putting wheels on the roof...

[RazerX]

Ron, they're working on the speed deployed wings that they got permission to run in E3 next year...

...that and putting wheels on the roof...

they have a pit stall so they are bringing something... Maybe a KERS system...

[Johnny D]

I asked Dave but haven't got a reply and this is my 1st bigger Rodeo so I'll ask you guys.

What is a PL/Side Tone?

J~

[dtfastbear]

In order to maximize the number of folks that can share UHF frequencies, there's the concept of a "side tone" which is an in-audible tone that is sent just before any transmission that you make. A receiving radio programmed with the same frequency and side tone will pick up that transmission and ignore any transmissions that are not preceded by the side tone. So, if you used frequency 457.5375 and PL 156.7 and I used the same frequency with PL 82.5, we're both broadcasting and receiving on the same frequency, but our radios will filter each others communications out and we won't hear each other. Google CTCSS.

Cheers,

Dean

[Johnny D]

Thanks Dean.
I have channel 1 and 2 freqs, will a scanner tell me the PL?
I better start Googling.
J~

[cam]

I'm one of the HooverSpeed driver, will be in one of the 1.6's. Of 6 attempts at the 25, been on the podium 3 times and won class of those times. This event is the highlight of the year.

[Dan Cooper]

they have a pit stall so they are bringing something... Maybe a KERS system...

...they already had that...

[tahoez]

rain please!