I joined Dog Days Racing for this race. The weapon of choice, is their "semi-retired from SCCA" '91 1.6l Spec Miata. No real changes where made from it's SM days, right down to the now superseded Bilstein shocks. Saturday is 8 hours and Sunday is 7 hours of racing. Racing was cut roughly 30 minutes early due to rain (lightning). Sunday the race started almost 45 minutes late due to a freaking monsoon coming through! The rain also REALLY slowed our team down. Blame it on the tires....car setup, driver skill (or lack there of)...whatever...two, three spins?
Mazda RX7
Saturn SL2
Our car with a fender bender....another Miata spun and our driver smacked him.
Getting in trouble with the judges....AGAIN!!!
'48 with a Buick 3800 super charger motor. Crown Vic front subframe, Ranger rear end
Super fast....in the straights...not all that fast in the corners; there drivers are really aggressive, one time I choose to put two wheels in the dirt to avoid them coming into my passenger seat; which caused them to black flag me...we lost 5 minutes and several places because of this.
Corvette with a junkyard truck 350ci motor.
Fresh set of rotors and pad for Sunday.
This is a new one for me: No assigned pit boxes! Due to the limited pit row, and the 80 teams there simply isn't enough space. The team has to haul all the stuff needed for a pitstop, (fuel, driver, cool suit ONLY) and haul it back. This makes pit boards/signs and car-to-crew communications critical.
321 laps, 21st position over all, 19th in class. Best lap 1.48.6. 100 gallons of fuel, and five trips to the black flag station!
Advanced AutoSport (the mid-west's premier Spec Miata shop) has a location right on track. I went to visit them and buy some extended lower ball joints.
Early in the race Sunday.
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