Do you have a website?
Do you run at Road Atlanta?
I really can't do too much traveling because of a family situation.
Heck, if The Mitty was any indication I don't think Daisy could finish
longer sessions anyway... I know she will get better once I work out a
few bugs.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Mike Jackson
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 2:04 PM
To: Henry Frye
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: An E-mail Interview with Henry Frye
I guess I need to start paying Henry for his PR work in our behalf.
Cant
promise 9 sessions every year. We were undersubscribed so groups were
collapsed to benefit all. However, the VDCA model is a minimum of 2 -
30 min
sessions a day (pit out to pit in and cleanup if required) plus a no
extra cost
60 min race and another that is lovingly known as the "gimmick" race.
anyway, thanks again Henry, we'll be sending you a free pass to the head
of the
registration and tech lines.
Mike
Henry Frye wrote:
> At 08:58 AM 05/06/2005 -0400, N197TR4@cs.com wrote:
> >Interviewer: Henry, what do you attribute to your recent and
resounding
> >success on the Vintage Race Tour? Your lap times have made a great
leap in
> >being lower.
> >
> >Interviewee:
>
> Two things.
>
> First, motor. Everybody talks about what bits you need to go fast. It
took
> a few years to fit them in the budget, but I got 'em. But the motor
never
> really pulled. Finally, got the car on a dyno, figured out what was
wrong
> in one afternoon, fixed it, and now when I go to the track, I drive. I
> don't troubleshoot the motor, I focus on driving.
>
> Second, seat time. Like most people, I have only a couple
opportunities a
> season to run the car. If you go to events that cost big bucks, and
you
> only get FIVE SHORT SESSIONS, you are barely learning anything.
Actually, I
> don't think you do learn anything. You can barely figure out which way
the
> track goes.
>
> So, my advice...
>
> GO TO EVENTS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE THE FLIPPIN' CAR!!!
>
> At the Wild Hare Run last month, Mike Jackson gave us 9 sessions over
3
> days, one of the sessions was a no additional cost one hour enduro,
with
> the pursuit race on Friday, a qualifying race on Saturday, and the
feature
> race on Sunday. As I said, I totalled up the track time from the
results
> sheets and I drove over 280 miles at speed, timed, at VIR. I got my
lap
> time down to 2:26, which is very close to what Snook and Jackson did
at the
> Gold Cup last year, winning their race. Well, duh, after 80 laps you
would
> think ANYBODY would figure out the fast way around the track!
>
> Isn't this the kind of event we want to run a FOT Focus event at?
>
> Is this where I get to thank my sponsors??? ;-)
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