Wow. Looks like I've missed a lot.

Don't know if you guys heard, but I got hit by a 911 at VIR. He started to spin so I chose an escape, but then he over-corrected & lifted snapping back the other way into my path. At one point I had the broad side of a 996 just a few yards in front of me. I thought I was going to hit him hard. Anyway, I chose a poor escape, but and he pinched me off. His rear end came around making contact at the passenger door and quarter panel. Not real bad, but not cheap.



Josh
Still waiting on Hinson?

Eric
Give up on working out the boost issues?

Joey
Fixed that car yet?

 

Damn Matt, sorry to hear that. Hope to see it back on the road again. Of course, I haven't seen it on the road in the first place, but I'm sure it's been there, haha. I have kinda given up on the boost issues. I can only hear the squeel when I'm driving it and it's boosting. When I just rev it when I'm sitting still, I have to get it to about 8 or 9k to hear anything, and by that time it's hard to hear where it's coming from. I think I need to get on a dyno just to put a load on the wheels.

 

Matt: Sorry to hear about the 911 incident. The damage doesn't look that bad but that is not an easy spot for a body shop to fix. The FB is running fine right now, it just won't pass tech for the upcoming autocross because of the ever-present oil leak. Mike's got another oil cooler for me though, so I will just need to get some new lines and put them on. I probably won't actually fix it until next spring when the weather warms up, though.

 

damn matt, that sucks. it hurts to see an FD take damage, to hell with the porsche, lol.

oh an yes i am waiting on hinson. got the radiator, but no brackets, hoses, etc. i don't even get upset anymore, waitin on hinson is a fact of life; like the sun rising in the morning.

 

^ and to stop beating around the bush by putting the rotary back in where it belongs.

 

ouch!!!! damn man sorry to see that.

 

Hey guys,
I just got word from VIR that Holidays Laps has been scheduled for Friday Dec. 8th, from noon-4pm! Kinda sux if ya ask me. But I will be there...I'm gonna schedule the day off when I get to work on Monday.

 

They always do it on a Friday I think, let's just hope the weather holds!!!

 

Woohoot I already have that Friday Scheduled as a vacation day!!!
Wonder if they would offer a deal to go on every run between 12 and 4?

 

NOOOOO, that engine is MINE!!! lol

Wait, it's not a continuous run for 4 hours? That sucks.

 

^No, it's 30 min sessions for 25 bucks each. I'm going but I can't stay all day...I have to go Keri's office Christmas party that evening. But, I should probably make 2 or 3 sessions!

 

Repeat after me: "Sorry Keri, but the traffic was so bad leaving that I couldn't get out of VIR before 4:30."

 

I'll be there! I'm not missing it this year. I have a meeting at the courthouse in Jhonson county at 8 to pay my dues.... but I should be out of there in time to make it to VIR at 12.

 

Well, that's cool...all us "cool" 8 drivers will be there! I guess we may have to coax the 7 drivers to leave the retirement home to make this trip...LOL! I was just kidding Bert, Greg, Rodney, Johny...and the list goes on and on and on and on!

 

damn, i'm not feeling well.... i think i feel a sick day coming.... right around dec 8th...

i swear to the gods of rotary the weather better hold this year. i'll be pissed if i miss this again.

 

I know what ya mean, I'll asking for that day off first thing Monday morning!

 

Do they require driver to wear helmet to run the holiday lap? Can you take passenger in the car?

 

No Helmet required and Passenger allowed (at least last year it was like that)

 

u don't even have to wear underwear.... and just in case...

 

Then you should appease them by making an offering of calling in sick and autocross in Nov.

 

DAMN!!!! $25 for a measly 30 freakin' minutes?! $200 for the whole time. That's crazy. Last time I checked, the dragon was free, just takes 7 hours to get there, haha. I'm still planning on going, but I may only do an hour or so. I can use that money for parts dammit.

 

ive been looking for that photo!

 

Last time I went to the Dragon, I think it cost $80 in gas too. And I almost left with a hood ornament resembling a sport bike that crossed into my lane.

 

Why Pay money to get on a REAL race track? When you can go to the dragon ;

1. Drive on curvy public road
2. follow a motor home over a mountian
3. chance of geting a ticket
4. chance of hitting wild life
5 . drive a curve "off line'
6. chance of running off 5000' cliff
7. Get flipped off by a biker
8. get run off the road by over agressive driver
9. spend 12 times the fee at V.I.R.
10. not send money to a good cause (salvation army christmas fund)


I'm beginning to see your point!


Sorry Ive been up for a while and on 3rd cup of java


Johny

 

All those "bad" things you mentioned about the Dragon sound like challenges to me.