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this should get everyone's blood boiling for next weekend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgMPMZjp4mE

I did not get lapped until 7:13 into the video. With the new motor it will not be until 8:13 next year Considering that I had to start at the very back of Thunder, not too bad.

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Jim Pastorius
2008 Silverado VortecMax
1992 Camaro CMC#92
2002 BMW R1150R

2009 3rd Place CMC Mid-Atlantic Championship
2009 CMC Hyperfest Winner

For an appetizer I'll have a Ferrari and for the main course a bowl full of Mustangs and Camaro's please.

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My takeaways from that video? First, it's only a matter of time before someone takes him out accidentally. There's just WAY too big of a speed differential in that race. I just don't believe you can even be *expected*, as one of the slower cars out there, to keep THAT good of an eye on your mirrors.

Second, he drives really tidy. So tidy that it's really hard to tell how hard he's really pushing the corners. Data would be interesting. Turn one certainly looks fast. Oak Tree is hard to tell, but looks like he was pretty late on the gas his first time through and then pretty dang good the other times. I wonder about his brake point at the end of the back straight. It's probably just that he's going so bloody fast he has to brake that early, but I'd love to see data on that from his brake point all the way to turn-in. Just feels like from watching he's not getting full effect from the hill and what his brakes can do. Could be that his car is just too flat even under braking from what I'm used to seeing myself. But again, it's probably just the raw speed and that whole exponential thing.

Third, that was a really bad read in that big Oak Tree pass. He's lucky he didn't get pushed into the weeds. He's also lucky he's so much faster than everyone else out there, or he loses the racecraft battle BADLY (ie. if someone nearly as fast as him had been on his tail...).

Fourth, that was a REALLY boneheaded pass on the Ferrari unless that guy was pointing (maybe he was and we couldn't see it or I just didn't notice). Just way too late if there was no point.

Fifth, that f'n thing is sick fast.


--Donnie

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meh, 1:55 is for wimps...

I do see him sawing the wheel some so he's pushing the car a bit...probably more than we can tell so he's a fast driver.

Saw you fly by Jim.

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Marty Howard
2011 NASA SE Factory Five Challenge Champion
Track Events Logistics Coordinator - TZC/THSCC
2007 Factory Five Challenge Car.
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I see you've been talking with Dr. Paul Winters? Did you know he has a turbo RX7?

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2003 BMW 330i

Welcome to my world Actually it is part of the mental preparations before a race. On full course, it is not too tough and usually I can stay on the lead lap. Otherwise, I know about 3/4 of the way in I had better be driving with an eye in the mirror. Plus the GT cars know they are gaining on us.

Now at some place smaller like CMP or Summit, you may get 5-10 minutes of clean track. You are exhausted after it. It really becomes give and take. You drive your line and let the GT cars pass where they want. Honestly, we do get a lot of respect from the GT cars. Usually, there can be 5-6 CMC cars battling. They seldom do stupid things to interfere with the race.

You really try to use the GT cars to your advantage when you are in close racing. You want them to pass you when you want them to. Ideally feeding them up to your competitors rear bumper and then follow them through for a pass. It works ... sometimes.

As for Danny in Oak tree, not really sure if it was his fault. The two slower HC cars moved off line, while the Camaro held his line. Knowing all three cars a little, I feel for him <lol>.

As for me, I had a loose exhaust in grid and had to pull out. Went back to paddock and tried to fasten it up. Then rolled out and caught the up to the back of the pack in turn 14. I made it to the top 5 of CMC and felt that was all I was going to get. So went into cruise control.

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Jim Pastorius
2008 Silverado VortecMax
1992 Camaro CMC#92
2002 BMW R1150R

2009 3rd Place CMC Mid-Atlantic Championship
2009 CMC Hyperfest Winner

EVERYBODY!!!!

I'mmmm urrrrr turrrrBO luvaaaaaaaaaaa

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Tom Freeman
'98 M3/4/5 | '93 Spec3 325i | '12 TSX sport wagon | '03 Tahoe
Team Silver Bullets '91 240SX

Well played. You know he's doing about 150 at the top of the uphill esses...

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Tom Freeman
'98 M3/4/5 | '93 Spec3 325i | '12 TSX sport wagon | '03 Tahoe
Team Silver Bullets '91 240SX

On the cool down lap none the less!

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2012 Boss 302
2003 BMW 330i

3rd gear Vtak is a killa though!

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2012 Boss 302
2003 BMW 330i

I must have missed that.



Seriously, that thing is too fast for the 13. Someone would take you out for sure. And since we all KNOW race car drivers can't dial it back, well, no way. That's what I'm going to keep telling myself, anyway, now that I'm in $800 fender hell! *cough*


--Donnie

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Something something big fish little pond something something

Seriously, that guy is fast.

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Todd Breakey
STS 42 - 1992 Sunburst Miata
Dammit!
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