Hyperfest Race weekend wrap up
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Hyperfest Race weekend wrap up
This past weekend was NASA mid atlantics yearly debacle known as hyperfest. All sorts of ricers, drifters, locals and racers mixed together, and somehow nobody got hurt.
On to my race weekend:
Saturday:
I qualified well, however on the warmup lap i heard a violent KACHUNK from the rear of my car. I honestly thought that my leaf spring snapped, or i lost some crucial suspension component. I didnt feel anything awry on the rest of the warmup lap, so I put it out of my mind.
The actual racing was pretty fun, even though I was being blocked for a few laps. On about the tenth lap, braking into turn four the car felt very strange. It felt like the right rear tire locked up, and the car started sliding. I caught the slide and drove off, as my initial reaction was assuming the tire went down. That happened to me at a seat time event 2 weeks ago. I came into the pits and no tire was down, just a gigantic crack in my right rear rotor...
so i fixed it and went on to Sunday:
Sunday was the most fun I've had racing. I qualified very badly, and this can be attributed to there being 3 yellows during qualifying, along with the 63 cars on Summit.
The racing was very close and very fun. I'm still new at this, so I have some hesitation in dense traffic. It gets better every race though, so I'm happy with my progress. I started 6th in class and finished 5th. However 4th, 3rd and 2nd were within seconds. Looking at my lap times, it was two laps of traffic that I lost significant time on, the rest was close.
Heres the sunday race video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...14001625&hl=en
On to my race weekend:
Saturday:
I qualified well, however on the warmup lap i heard a violent KACHUNK from the rear of my car. I honestly thought that my leaf spring snapped, or i lost some crucial suspension component. I didnt feel anything awry on the rest of the warmup lap, so I put it out of my mind.
The actual racing was pretty fun, even though I was being blocked for a few laps. On about the tenth lap, braking into turn four the car felt very strange. It felt like the right rear tire locked up, and the car started sliding. I caught the slide and drove off, as my initial reaction was assuming the tire went down. That happened to me at a seat time event 2 weeks ago. I came into the pits and no tire was down, just a gigantic crack in my right rear rotor...
so i fixed it and went on to Sunday:
Sunday was the most fun I've had racing. I qualified very badly, and this can be attributed to there being 3 yellows during qualifying, along with the 63 cars on Summit.
The racing was very close and very fun. I'm still new at this, so I have some hesitation in dense traffic. It gets better every race though, so I'm happy with my progress. I started 6th in class and finished 5th. However 4th, 3rd and 2nd were within seconds. Looking at my lap times, it was two laps of traffic that I lost significant time on, the rest was close.
Heres the sunday race video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...14001625&hl=en
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Le Mans Master
Good run, Wallyman!
Was that white Porsche at the very beginning of your video the same one that stalled on grid at the Sat race at VIR in March/April?
Damn, that traffic looked like driving out Independence Blvd in Charlotte at 5:30 on Fridays.
Was that white Porsche at the very beginning of your video the same one that stalled on grid at the Sat race at VIR in March/April?
Damn, that traffic looked like driving out Independence Blvd in Charlotte at 5:30 on Fridays.
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Melting Slicks
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yeah, the traffic was ridiculous.
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There seemed to be an issue in a HPDE session from some of the other forums.
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There was an incident in group 4 later on, no contact but the subsequent attitude resulted in the loss of Instructor priviledges for one unfortunate individual.
Overall not a great HPDE weekend. Plus my laptimes sucked!
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Sounds like they need to lower the student count on track as well... Word I got was that very few of the HPDE students enjoyed themselves due to the packed track and lack of passing.
That said, I need to start showing up at some of these NASA events...
MMMMMMMM DaisyDukes!
Mike
That said, I need to start showing up at some of these NASA events...
MMMMMMMM DaisyDukes!
Mike
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Fully agree with the comment above RE: the crowded track, it was tough in groups 1 and 2.
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Hey Matt,
I stopped your car a few times late Sat afternoon, but didn't see you. I am going to try to attend the October event. My high school reunion is that Sat, so not sure yet.
Everyone I spoke to said the track was slow and the traffic was insane. I will be there in a few weeks w/ PCA, hoping to break into the 23s.
Now I'm off to the Glen! See you there Mike Kelly.
Jim
I stopped your car a few times late Sat afternoon, but didn't see you. I am going to try to attend the October event. My high school reunion is that Sat, so not sure yet.
Everyone I spoke to said the track was slow and the traffic was insane. I will be there in a few weeks w/ PCA, hoping to break into the 23s.
Now I'm off to the Glen! See you there Mike Kelly.
Jim
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Hey Matt,
I stopped your car a few times late Sat afternoon, but didn't see you. I am going to try to attend the October event. My high school reunion is that Sat, so not sure yet.
Everyone I spoke to said the track was slow and the traffic was insane. I will be there in a few weeks w/ PCA, hoping to break into the 23s.
Now I'm off to the Glen! See you there Mike Kelly.
Jim
I stopped your car a few times late Sat afternoon, but didn't see you. I am going to try to attend the October event. My high school reunion is that Sat, so not sure yet.
Everyone I spoke to said the track was slow and the traffic was insane. I will be there in a few weeks w/ PCA, hoping to break into the 23s.
Now I'm off to the Glen! See you there Mike Kelly.
Jim