NHIS SCCA T-1 National race wrap-up.......
05-13-2007, 12:06 PM
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NHIS SCCA T-1 National race wrap-up.......
Last weekend Rhonda and I made the treck to NHIS for the 2nd National of our division. After shearing my wheel studs and putting the car into the sand at Summit Point ( hardest part to stomach was that I was running 4th when it happend ) the car went to Phoenix for repairs and a once over. Joe A. and the guys took care of her and she was ready for NHIS.
Apparently I was ready too!! After settling in on the test day and getting used to the track, as well as getting my confidence in the car back, I dove in Saturday morning with a qual time of 1:10.8, good enough to take the Pole Position in T-1. After the Afternoon qual Pete Kulka was close, but the time stood and I officially was able to say I had attained my first Pole Position in a National race!! Rhonda and I were very happy!
Race day, i'm feeling pretty good. On the green flag I get an OK start, but Pete, gridded directly behind me, gets a great one. He is able to get around me and put some distance between us as I get muddled up in traffic. I still have trouble with starts. After 2 laps Pete is gone, leaving David Sanders and I entrenched in a 20 something lap battle that would be the talk of everyone watching. The red and yellow Vettes put on the best show of the race! Dave and I cleanly swapped positions, pressured each other and simply had a blast racing for 2nd. Little did we know Phil Di-pippo was lurking in the back watching us cook our tires off and by the time Rhonda told me he was running us down, he was on me. I had nothing to hold Phil off and he slipped by me with 2 laps to go. I tried to stay close enough to make a move at the end as he pressured Dave and almost did, but it was not my day. We crossed the line nose to tail, unfortunatley on that lap I was in back.
Overall a good race, it was just hard to swallow grabbing my first Pole position and loosing a podium slot. I recieved a lot of congrats and phone calls from fellow racers about the qual position and that really encourages me. One more thing in the record books for me, and I am still searching for that first National win. Soon, hopefully soon!
Videos will be posted soon on the site, as well as pictures and results! Thanks to all who support Rhonda and I in this, without the morale support it would not be the same! This National stuff is TOUGH!!
Joe
www.over1g-racing.com
Apparently I was ready too!! After settling in on the test day and getting used to the track, as well as getting my confidence in the car back, I dove in Saturday morning with a qual time of 1:10.8, good enough to take the Pole Position in T-1. After the Afternoon qual Pete Kulka was close, but the time stood and I officially was able to say I had attained my first Pole Position in a National race!! Rhonda and I were very happy!
Race day, i'm feeling pretty good. On the green flag I get an OK start, but Pete, gridded directly behind me, gets a great one. He is able to get around me and put some distance between us as I get muddled up in traffic. I still have trouble with starts. After 2 laps Pete is gone, leaving David Sanders and I entrenched in a 20 something lap battle that would be the talk of everyone watching. The red and yellow Vettes put on the best show of the race! Dave and I cleanly swapped positions, pressured each other and simply had a blast racing for 2nd. Little did we know Phil Di-pippo was lurking in the back watching us cook our tires off and by the time Rhonda told me he was running us down, he was on me. I had nothing to hold Phil off and he slipped by me with 2 laps to go. I tried to stay close enough to make a move at the end as he pressured Dave and almost did, but it was not my day. We crossed the line nose to tail, unfortunatley on that lap I was in back.
Overall a good race, it was just hard to swallow grabbing my first Pole position and loosing a podium slot. I recieved a lot of congrats and phone calls from fellow racers about the qual position and that really encourages me. One more thing in the record books for me, and I am still searching for that first National win. Soon, hopefully soon!
Videos will be posted soon on the site, as well as pictures and results! Thanks to all who support Rhonda and I in this, without the morale support it would not be the same! This National stuff is TOUGH!!
Joe
www.over1g-racing.com
05-13-2007, 01:27 PM
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Le Mans Master
Thanks for the post Joe. I look forward to the video.
I, too, have trouble sometimes with the start. I have been getting "schooled" in the fine art of the start and the first few turns by John Norris (in an improved touring BMW), our local racing legend here in SoCal. While I often get the pole, he is good at coming out strong and fast and dive-bombing me into one of the first few corners. I am learning how to fend him off. It is good schooling.
Oli
I, too, have trouble sometimes with the start. I have been getting "schooled" in the fine art of the start and the first few turns by John Norris (in an improved touring BMW), our local racing legend here in SoCal. While I often get the pole, he is good at coming out strong and fast and dive-bombing me into one of the first few corners. I am learning how to fend him off. It is good schooling.
Oli
05-13-2007, 06:45 PM
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I caught about 3/4 of the race, which was pretty good, and thought everty one ran pretty well. Dipippo got caught up by a "slower" AS Mustang for a couple of laps but once he got by ran 11s pretty consistantly. If he had another lap he prop would have been 2nd.
Good race to all!
Good race to all!
05-14-2007, 08:48 AM
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Burning Brakes
Watching you and Sanders was classic, especially when he dove by you in T3 but couldn't make it work and you just went under & around him up the hill, that was just plain 
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Congrats on the pole and good luck with the rest of the season.
.Congrats on the pole and good luck with the rest of the season.
05-14-2007, 09:29 AM
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Good job Joe! Sorry I could not make it up, I had personal issues to deal with. Call me Joe, I have a solution to the studs and the bearing fasteners we spoke of earlier.
Cheers,
Gary
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Cheers,
Gary
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05-14-2007, 06:35 PM
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I’m selling that race winning motor for pete kulka. (I’m his crew chief) Read above as pete won NHIS, and walked away from the T1 field.
It’s an LS6 with low miles. We are replacing it now while we have some down time.
You are welcome to see the motor run while it is still in the car. In fact you can drive it since the car is street legal. The car is located in the NY city area.
$2500
It’s an LS6 with low miles. We are replacing it now while we have some down time.
You are welcome to see the motor run while it is still in the car. In fact you can drive it since the car is street legal. The car is located in the NY city area.
$2500
05-15-2007, 08:51 AM
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Burning Brakes
05-15-2007, 10:17 AM
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