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[Danny Steyn]

Hi All

qualifying came and went today in great conditions, but with a touch of headwind. On a track not known for drafting, a tow, or push, was essential to a good time. Alex Bolanos in his '94 claimed the pole with a 1.22.0. Todd Buras in his 1.6 ran a 1.22.2 for 2nd and I put my '99 in 3rd place with a 1.22.3.. Nice to see all SM variants so well represented.

Todd appears to be the class of the field. He ran several low 1.22's where Alex and I were lucky to get a single flier to get us near the front.

Tomorrow will be a little cooler and times should be faster in the morning. Will update later.

[Jim Drago]

wish I was there Have fun guys, be safe and try to all play nice

[Jim Drago]

All I can remember from Phone calls was Buras won followed by Andrew Von C from 11th and Alex Bolanos..
Someone fill in the details.
Jim

[CruzanTom]

Morning Race



SM Race in Afternoon:

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[CruzanTom]

Another attempt, afternoon race

[Danny Steyn]

In the morning STU/STL race Buras just checked out. Roger Burdette had an amazing drive and pushed me down the main straight every lap. We ran 1,2,3 with a huge gap to 4th until about 7 laps to go when a Prod car got turned into the pit wall. We had about 3 laps under FCY, and during that time my cam sensor went bad. By now Von C, Tucker, and Brown had caught us were ready to fly. I was really nervous on the restart, and pulled way over to let them by.

They came flying past down the straight but only Buras and Charbs made it through T1, as Brown, Tucker, and Burdette slid off in in perfect synchronicity in front of me, with no contact at all, but we're buried in the sand trap for the duration of the race. The next three laps were really interesting as a Prod car had oiled the track really badly. At tech Andrew was found underweight and moved back several places. Tom Hart finished 2nd in STL which was an amazing feat in that field.

A huge congrats to Buras for the new Roebling track record - Todd blitzed it with a 1:21.132! That's fast!

In this afternoons SM race, just like this mornings STU race, Buras ran away with it from the green flag. That car, with that motor, and Buras at the wheel is going to be pretty difficult to beat all year.

Andrew ran a great race coming from 12th to 2nd by race end. Alex finished 3rd and Jeff 4th, with me in 5th. The only real racing up front was between Alex, Jeff, Von C and myself, and we had many passes and lots of two wide racing through T1.

Something must have happened behind us, because there was a huge gap to 6th, which saved me as we had a cam sensor go bad again. Cliff Brown was an early contender, but developed an issue and was way off the pace. Tucker was also a contender initially, but fell back. There were several beat up cars on both sides of T5.

We debuted my new car on test day, but glitches kept us from racing it. It's bright and pretty, and I'll post some pics real soon.

[Danny Steyn]

An interesting side note! Many of us with '99's had issues with maintaining fuel pressure through T5. Brock's car, my new car and spare car, Von C's too. All had our cars die on exit of T5. We were all able to figure workarounds to cure this before the SM race.

Suspect that the elevated G forces that the Hoosiers allow us to pull, as well as the nature of the track which is essentially one massive serpentine skid pan from T3 to T9, plus the FP regulators we now run, all contributed to this issue. Not sure that it will reappear anywhere else, except possibly Barber.

[Mitch Reading]

Thanks for the updates guys

[Tom Sager]

A huge congrats to Buras for the new Roebling track record - Todd blitzed it with a 1:21.132! That's fast!

In this afternoons SM race, just like this mornings STU race, Buras ran away with it from the green flag. That car, with that motor, and Buras at the wheel is going to be pretty difficult to beat all year.

DewHurst is willing to pay to have Buras come to the Sprints with that car. I'm willing to outbid Dave to keep Mr. Buras below the Mason Dixon line

[tburas56]

Tom

The requested items are leaving Melbourne today. Thanks for the text and sorry for the dalay