Bob,
Sorry to hear about this. Did CVAR do anything? That type of behavior in the
other groups is one reason I really like group 4.
It's probably no consolation for you, but my weekend was fun. Ok, so most of
the
fast guys weren't there. All the work on the suspension has transformed my car
completely. The fastest car in my class was Mike Orlie's Porsche 356. With the
engine rebuild last fall, I found I could outrun him on the straight, but it was
hopeless in the turns. Now with the suspension work, I think my car handles
better than his in the turns too. I haven't done anything magical, just
shortened
the upper A arms and the other mods that all of you have figured out. Winning
is
great, but when you beat a Porshe it's even better. I can't wait to see how the
car does at Hallet in three weeks. However, I first have to dig through 8
inches
of snow to get the racecar back in the garage. Sunshine and 75 degrees in
College
Station yesterday, 8 inches of snow and 10 degrees in Tulsa this morning.
Larry Young
Bob Kramer wrote:
> John,
> Group 7 sure is frustrating. The last race Sunday was very similar to the
> rest, except that I finally got fed up with the #44 240Z blocking and put in a
> complaint after the race. Every time I tried to make a move inside or outside,
> he would change his line to jump over in front of me. That in itself I could
> live with but on 3 occasions in the last race, he did it when I was already up
> inside his rear quarter. What was sad, was that early in the race I did pass
> him after drafting him down the straight, and going faster into one and was
> pulling away from him. I was running a second a lap faster, and catching a
> pair of 911's in front of us (ones I hadn't been able to run with early in the
> day), but my car started running too hot. After 3 laps or running slower to
> cool it down, the 240Z caught me and passed me on the straight. Soon I was in
> a safer cooling zone so I proceeded to try to pass him back for the next 4
> laps, with him blocking every move.
>
> After cording the Hoosiers, I was very surprised that I put up my best lap
> times of the weekend on Brad's 8 year old Yoke 008's. Being slick as they
> could be, I drove them pretty much the same as with the bias ply TD.s,
> drifting, really sliding through the turns. The shorter tire and rear ratio
> change more than made up for the loss of grip.
>
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Price
> To: Bob Kramer
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:38 AM
> Subject: Races
>
> How did the rest of Sunday go for you?
>
> John
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