Hi Folks,
Sorry for the late response but just got back yesterday from a ski vacation with the family.
Ron,
Glad you guys had fun! Finding another sub $500 944 shouldn't be too hard, finding a place to store the car is a pain. It would be nice to field a second team. If for no other reasons then to steal parts from.
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I'll drop by EASY tomorrow to pick-up a hood latch to replace the one we
"borrow" from your spec car and ship it out to you.
Kim,
We're all proud of you. It was a night and day difference between your first session and your last session. We witness someone who just run HPDE develop into a racer right before our eyes. Congratulations!
Gary,
You missed a fun event. You and Kim were one of my reasons to do the LeMons at such a inconvenient time (for me). I figured if you guys could make it thru a 100 plus field of mayhem and craziness, you guys will do well if you ever wanted to go into 944-SPEC racing.
Also if there was going to be any car to car contact, it was better to get it out of your system with the LeMons car than with your nice car.
Big Dog Jim,
I love this class and how everyone helps each other out. It's not unique to NorCal. I witness this with the other regions when I was a Millers.
Sid,
Our LeMons car is a mechanically strong car, it's not ready to be parted out yet. I wasn't sure if the car was burning oil or blowing oil out thru the dipstick opening. The dipstick keeps popping up and the engine area around the dipstick was coated with oil. This is the same problem Rick had at Infineon and we were fortunate it didn't start smoking. It's a simple fix by just replacing the dipstick with a new one or a used one with a better rubber seal.
Every time the car survives it's come back stronger. I estimated with our suspension upgrade the car was capable of placing in the top 15 if we kept the car on the track. Looking at the data and using a conservative 2:00 per lap we could have placed 8th if we kept the car moving. Of course
"could have, should have" is what all the teams say.
Don't know how much we can spend yet until I get the assigned residual value of the car by Jay Lamm (the LeMons promoter) but it will be a faster car the next time out.
Most all of the body damage was done at the last LeMons race at Altamont. This was when the
Road Warrior style nerf bars were legal. Throughout the Altamont race I remember less than a handful of black flags thrown and getting hit was a accepted part of the LeMons. After the Altamont race, nerf bars and wheel cages were no longer legal which is a good thing since our 944 was not armored.
What I don't like is now they went the other extreme of throwing a black flag for spins, four wheels off, passing under yellow or incidental contact. Passing under yellow I understand but everything else is part of racing and I think they should just let people race.