Dorifto Dogs are underway

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:57 am

Mark Barnes wrote:

A big congrats to the Dogs! They are a first class team that ran a great race. Unfortunately for our team, the Grim Reaper Racing V-6 Mustang we chucked a rod about an hour and a half into the race. We spent the weekend watching a great event and pulling for the Dogs.

Thanks Mark! I was good to meet all of you guys and we were sorry to hear your weekend ended waaay too early.

Maybe we should try to run a two car team in the fall?

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:22 am

One area that has been skimmed over in the excitement of the win is the crew chief...... Ours was awesome, teams need to find someone dedicated enough to stand on a transformer box for fourteen and a half hours spotting and acting as crew chief. spotting was most impotant as it keeps drivers from passing under yellow and prepared for restarts....I believe I passed more cars on my restarts than I did in race driving all because I had Chris telling me when to get ready...then green, green , green. the only time a driver can see the flag station is on the front straight, it made a huge difference. calming down the driver was also a big plus for the team that was handled by Chris.. and of course for all this to happen you need good communications. Thanks Eric...and Sean, Kudos for your help in acting as runner/messenger/ photographer

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Bernie Baake wrote:

One area that has been skimmed over in the excitement of the win is the crew chief...... Ours was awesome, teams need to find someone dedicated enough to stand on a transformer box for fourteen and a half hours spotting and acting as crew chief. spotting was most impotant as it keeps drivers from passing under yellow and prepared for restarts....I believe I passed more cars on my restarts than I did in race driving all because I had Chris telling me when to get ready...then green, green , green. the only time a driver can see the flag station is on the front straight, it made a huge difference. calming down the driver was also a big plus for the team that was handled by Chris.. and of course for all this to happen you need good communications. Thanks Eric...and Sean, Kudos for your help in acting as runner/messenger/ photographer

I was thinking the same thing -- this was one of the big surprises for us actually. I don't think any of us planned for it but Tyler stood on a picnic bench for the whole day and stayed in constant communication. BOY was it neat to get the constant info.

FYI our radios and helmet speakers/microphone were crystal clear and the GMRS radios worked perfectly. Really was a good setup since it uses dual ear speakers.

http://www.amazon.com/MIDLAND-GXT900VP4 ... 704&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Midland-AVPH1-Ope ... 729&sr=1-2

What did you guys use for radios?

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:05 am

MikeWhitney wrote:

FYI our radios and helmet speakers/microphone were crystal clear and the GMRS radios worked perfectly. Really was a good setup since it uses dual ear speakers.

What did you guys use for radios?

Pretty much the same GMRS setup except one of the headsets was shorted out, which put them in open mic mode. Therefore we had to ditch one and have the driver in RX mode only. It worked OK since driver used hand signals for other stuff.

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

Final results are up:

http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1081081

Too cool - 2nd closest LeMons finish ever

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:39 am

This is a good insider look on some of the BS judging and penalty antics from one of the judges.

Mark Barnes · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:53 pm

Vincent, I think it would be a good idea to work together for the Fall race. We can leverage up our resources like fueling, repairs (both crews working on either car), meals (we grilled out), tools, etc. Share any good ideas, etc. Be nice to have all the THSCC teams running up front. We have already started a quest for another Ford 3.8L V-6 so we can start getting ready.... Again, Congrats!

RobLupella · **Posted:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:20 pm

Vincent Keene wrote:

This is a good insider look on some of the BS judging and penalty antics from one of the judges.

I really like the Sherman was justified/I9heart) ABE/ US Grant is #1 penalty. :lol:

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Huh, there was something going on last weekend other than NCAA basketball and Palm Sunday?

Congrats to the Premier Amateurs on the Dorifto Dogs team!

Todd Breakey · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:38 pm

Ryan Holton wrote:

Wes Eargle wrote:

Vincent Keene wrote:

IMO it was pretty much an ITB car ready to race (thus a ringer),

Quoted for the Sandboxers. :lol:

Yeah, no way it was an ITB car, an ITB car would have been 300 laps up after 15 mins. :lol:

It would also have made the $1500 in nickels during the race.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:34 pm

Todd Breakey wrote:

Ryan Holton wrote:

Wes Eargle wrote:

Vincent Keene wrote:

IMO it was pretty much an ITB car ready to race (thus a ringer),

Quoted for the Sandboxers. :lol:

Yeah, no way it was an ITB car, an ITB car would have been 300 laps up after 15 mins. :lol:

It would also have made the $1500 in nickels during the race.

Jettaa's poop nickle? cool.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:34 am

Some of the awesome work and ideas get lost at these events. I loved this one!

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:28 am

Lots of good videos from the event can be found here.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:13 am

Vincent Keene wrote:

Lots of good videos from the event can be found here.

was that tire smoke from your entry into turn 1? hmmn. :twisted:

video evidence indeed.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:18 am

steve remchak wrote:

was that tire smoke from your entry into turn 1? hmmn. :twisted:

video evidence indeed.

Yes it was. That was the closest we came to losing the race actually. I was watching the Jetta and Probe and misjudged my distance to the 300ZX. I had to lock 'em up to keep from punting the 300ZX. I literally missed him by inches. :eek:

BTW, all ready flat-spotted tires tend to stop on the flat spot over and over again so technically it was still your fault. :deadhorse:

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