Aaron Pfadt

The NASA National event has started today at Mid Ohio Raceway. Josh left Salt Lake on Sunday with the truck and trailer to meet me here on Tuesday evening.

Here is the row of rigs registering at the gate.



Through the forum we've been able to organize with everyone who made the trip for the race. We rented paddock space to share with the Corvette guys - the bonus is that if you're a member of the Pfadt Race team, you can park here in exchange for beer. :laughing: Matt Carlisle's C4 is closest, Wally's red C5 and my C5 are at the top of the photo.



At 3:30 today I was pleased with my best time at Mid-Ohio of a 1:28.3. For a while I was the leader for TTU (Time Trial). I knew that Danny Popp was set to hit the track a little later in the day and had to wait to see how fast his times were. Danny is a lot of fun to have around, even when he pulls into town and drops a 1:27.9 and takes the TTU lead!

Here's his ride



We'll have another session tomorrow (Friday) to battle it out in Time Trial and of course, we'll be competing in the ST-1 Wheel to wheel race as well. In addition to competing with Danny, I have this guy to worry about...Bob Meyer.



Like all of the Corvette guys, Bob is a talented driver and great to be around. He was proud of the artwork on his new hood.



Tomorrow's schedule includes a final stab at a fast lap for the Time Trial title and the beginning of qualifications for the Wheel to Wheel classes. I'll try to fill you in on the gaps from today - I know that Vettes did well in several of the TT classes today, but I didn't mention them. We'll keep you posted on all the action.

-Aaron

rasrboy

Aaron,
You should have known Matt would be one of the first guys there.

Good luck to ALL Corvette forum members! (That includes you too in the Viper Mr. Pintaric) Theres still hope for a Vette in your future again.


Look forward to reports when you guys can. I am in Topeka working the Solo Nationals. Trust me, I would rather be there watching,rooting or running for that matter.

Aaron Quine
Kumho Tire (Motorsports)

0Vector Vette

Hey Aaron,
I am practicing walking down the isle tomorrow. Sure hate missing this race! Good Luck to all...even Mayer.
Robert Finlayson

Falcon

Good luck, Aaron, to you and all the other Vette guys. I and a lot of others will be watching you guys on the NASA Live Timing site.

Jody Austin

AU N EGL

Vette Ed

Have fun an be safe - keep us updated

ERND IT

Not sure if this is the BEST site for updates, but here is one link i found:

http://www.drivenasa.com/liveresults/

Good luck to ALL the Corvette drivers, but I'm especially rooting for RAFTRACER - GO DANNY!!!

Aaron Pfadt

There will be no blazing times today! We get so spoiled in Utah and today was a good dose of reality.



This gives you an idea of the amount of water on the track coming into Madness.



Team member Matt Carlisle was one of the first on the track. After repeatedly dumping the water from his easy-up, he was off.



Matt had a lot of trouble seeing because of the water and fog on the windshield inspite of the RainEx and FogEx. He wins the best quote of the day for proclaiming that if an added layer of FogEx doesn't fix the problem he's pulling the windshield!

Corvettes were running strong in all of their TT classes yesterday. Pfadt Team members Jared McGillicuddy (1:32.488) and Geff Sawtelle (1:33.842) are in the top two spots in TTS after yesterday.

Jesse White is in 2nd with a 1:32.266 in TTA.

We'll have to wait and see if the weather clears today for any better lap times.

I'll have my first session of the day a little later and we'll see how the water treats us.

Thanks for checking in!

-Aaron

kam

Looks like fun

congrats Danny, Just about ready to leave for Putnam Park. Looks like we get to play in the rain too.

Falcon

The results are posted on My Laps, too. They're updated very quickly. This morning's practice session is already up.

Group "D" qualifies at 11:35 for today's race.

Bink

Looks like Danny and Aaron were rocking in the wet!



Results of Group I (TTS, TTU, TTR, TTA, TTB) - Friday Session 1
NASA Rocky MountainLabel Value
Date Sep 12, 2008 10:10:00 AM
Track Mid Ohio (2.2 miles)
Event NASA Nationals
Group Group I (TTS, TTU, TTR, TTA, TTB)

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Show per class
Show lapchart
Label Value
Best Lap Tm 2:02.752
In Lap 2
Best Speed 64.520
by Danny Popp

Classification Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps
1 96 Danny Popp 2:02.752 2 64.520 5
2 190 Aaron Pfadt 2:09.729 3 61.050 6.977 6.977 4
3 122 Ryan Winchester 2:15.893 2 58.281 13.141 6.164 2
4 86 Tim Dorsch 2:31.748 4 52.192 28.996 15.855 4
5 55 Thomas Glenn 2:41.564 3 49.021 38.812 9.816 4

AU N EGL

must be raining One a max of 3 laps for ppl so far

Danny, Bob, Wally, Aaron and many others may have taken one or two laps and came in.

Did Danny even go out?

Falcon

Here's qualifying for today's race"

Qauifying positions

AU N EGL

Cool

Live timing kinda pooped out.

ST2 with 17 cars. wow


Group D race 3:20 to 3:40 PM ( qaul race 1 )

Aaron Pfadt

If it makes you feel any better the rain is really putting a damper on things. I'm sure you'll be out next year!

On grid, waiting to go out for our first ST1 qualifying.



Of course, the biggest break in the rain came during lunch when no one was on the track to take advantage of it. The Corvette gang at the trailer for lunch and some smack-talk!



The race later today and the race tomorrow will combine to determine grid positions for the main race on Sunday morning. Everyone seems to be running in "maintain" mode. Just be safe, keep it on the track, and hope for sun for the main race.

-Aaron

BrianCunningham

So, did you bring your canoes?

Best of luck either way.

MattB

Good Luck, wish I was there! Maybe next year for TTS

AMERICANMUSL

What an experience Aaron! Good luck.

BTW, do you know if Terry made it?

Ed

Life is Good Racing

The rain's a drag Aaron...then again that practice might come in handy at another race one day...

Good luck out there!!

steve

BuckeyeZ06

Aaron,

I am almost 100% certain you and I crossed paths at Mid Ohio either today or yesterday. I think it was when I went riding in my golf cart by someone with a camera just outside of Greg G's garage.

I see you have a pix with my car in the background...I thought that was a violation of CF rules...

Today's race was fun. I like the rain. But that AWD Evo was hard to keep up with! I had him in the turns but he was able to put down his HP better than I could. Maybe tomorrow...

Good luck out there!