Having a miata at every wheel (25 Hour video)
#1
Posted 12-11-2011 04:23 PM
Still love SM but the power could be addictive...
#2
Posted 12-11-2011 06:44 PM
Jim
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#3
Posted 12-11-2011 07:05 PM
How much do the lap times slow during the dark hrs?
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Frank
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#4
Posted 12-11-2011 07:19 PM
#5
Posted 12-12-2011 09:55 AM
Added:
Class E3 in a 1.6 SM HooverSpeed. Marc had 3 cars this year, all Miatas. One was a 1.8 with mods in E2 and the other two were both 1.6 in E3. The other E3 car was close to the podium but driver error sometime in the early morning hours made that car uncompetitive. All in all, Marc and his crew did a great job supporting a three car effort.
#6
Posted 12-12-2011 10:34 AM
Which car and class were you in?The various generations of Miata/MX5s do very well in these long endurance events. The reflective markers are new as of last year, IMHO, they get in the way more than help. As for as slowing down at night, it is a very long race, at no point in time should you really be driving 10/10th if you want the equipment to survive, therefore night time laps are not really slower. I set my team’s quickest lap around 10 PM whilst maintaining clean and consistent laps and my teams slightly conservative approach was rewarded with another podium finish. It is a very fun and rewarding event.
Brian, thanks for the vid! Love it! I hope the many others that participated and are here on the forum can share a little at some point
Elliot...lets see some B-spec???
Ron
RAmotorsports
#7
Posted 12-12-2011 06:07 PM
Jump to 30 to 40mins in for the night portion.
http://www.youtube.c...&v=fOhf0Ge68MI#!
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#8
Posted 12-12-2011 09:02 PM
#9
Posted 12-12-2011 10:27 PM
Greg
#10
Posted 12-13-2011 12:31 AM
We have 50 hours of video to sort through from two cars, but Emilio and William are going to put together some sort of highlight reel eventually. I'll share that here.
I'd LOVE to see some B-spec video. In particular, the driver that went off at T9 and kept his foot in it all the way through the dirt, re-entering the track close to T10. Darin and I went by on track, and I almost crashed braking into T10 from laughing so hard, seeing that little bugger jumping through the dirt at 80+ mph.
Cheers,
Dean
Former driver
#11
Posted 12-13-2011 08:35 AM
Cam has it right - although I've set fast lap both times at night when I've driven, these aren't qualifying laps by any means. There's no point in shoving it down the inside or making a risky pass... the 25 is all about staying on the black stuff and on the hot side of the pit wall.
That's even more the case when it's not your car and, like having a miata of power at every wheel, you have about a miata of $$$ at every wheel too.
@Greg - don't rush to a BMW, Mazda took 4 of 5 fendered podiums...
#12
Posted 12-13-2011 09:31 AM
Great video - and great editing
Your video so makes me want to do this race
thanks
Danny
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#13
Posted 12-16-2011 08:06 PM
I'd LOVE to see some B-spec video. In particular, the driver that went off at T9 and kept his foot in it all the way through the dirt, re-entering the track close to T10. Darin and I went by on track, and I almost crashed braking into T10 from laughing so hard, seeing that little bugger jumping through the dirt at 80+ mph.
Cheers,
Dean
Hey Dean, I seem to remember a certain red Miata over there at one point too! Did the driver ever confess??
I congratulated your team after the race but never did see you (maybe I did and a lack of sleep prevents me from remembering!) Anyway, cangrats again to all of you guys. You were on it!!
Thanks for the video Brian!
On a different note; who was the weapon in the #41 black Firebird?? That guy should be a golfer, not a racecar driver!!! Thank god they were only driving the 6 hour.
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#14
Posted 12-16-2011 08:16 PM
And if I was a betting man, I'd say the "pilot" of the black Firebird took some turns in the TruSpeed GT3 after he finished with the 6 hour.
Former driver
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Posted 12-17-2011 03:16 PM
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