[Video] NASA National Championship ST2 First Qualifying Race
09-26-2009, 10:36 AM
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[Video] NASA National Championship ST2 First Qualifying Race
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I would give you the story behind the ending of this race but it isn't really PC, but it was quite amusing for me. Some people
A little history about what you are watching, I qualified 5th, there was a ST1 RX7 that stalled on grid or caught fire or something and it held up a lot of cars, it's the red one I let by in the beginning. We were behind trying to catch up to the field. After corner #1 I'm in 3rd place The Silver Caddy that got way ahead right off the bat than the yellow RX7, me and a Blue RX7 on my bumper. So for the last lap or so the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cars in ST2 are nose to tale. Things get a little exciting about 4 corners from the finish
I would give you the story behind the ending of this race but it isn't really PC, but it was quite amusing for me. Some people
A little history about what you are watching, I qualified 5th, there was a ST1 RX7 that stalled on grid or caught fire or something and it held up a lot of cars, it's the red one I let by in the beginning. We were behind trying to catch up to the field. After corner #1 I'm in 3rd place The Silver Caddy that got way ahead right off the bat than the yellow RX7, me and a Blue RX7 on my bumper. So for the last lap or so the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cars in ST2 are nose to tale. Things get a little exciting about 4 corners from the finish
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09-26-2009, 12:15 PM
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That WAS a good ending! Dang that one car smoked and flamed more then a bombed oil rig.
09-26-2009, 12:51 PM
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Nice race!! How many cases of oil did the yellow RX-7 go through during the week? 
09-26-2009, 09:01 PM
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That proves, once again, it pays to be there at the end.
Was that Fisher inthe CTSV?
Good job.
I raced against that yellow RX7 at the 2007 Nationals. Seems like 4 or 5 of them came to M-O from Calif.
Was that Fisher inthe CTSV?
Good job.
I raced against that yellow RX7 at the 2007 Nationals. Seems like 4 or 5 of them came to M-O from Calif.
09-27-2009, 02:23 PM
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That was part of the plan, once I saw us closing on that CTS I figured let's see what happens when that RX7 started to dice with Bobby.
Which time
Yeah, That was Fisher, nice move hitting your brakes past the the apex
There where 5 of them at Miller also.
I was planning on going to the inside on those two anyways thank goodiness I was there and not on the normal line or I would have collected both of them.
Which time
There where 5 of them at Miller also.
I was planning on going to the inside on those two anyways thank goodiness I was there and not on the normal line or I would have collected both of them.
09-27-2009, 03:00 PM
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I remember at the 2007 Nationals I gave that same yellow RX7 a tiny peek on the inside when there was a hairball going into the Carousel and he jammed it all in there. He's certainly not shy.
You were in the right place at the right time, and it worked out well! Congratulations!
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09-27-2009, 04:13 PM
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Did the RX7 and the CTSV have a "history" with each other? *** I remember, they got together going into t1.
I remember at the 2007 Nationals I gave that same yellow RX7 a tiny peek on the inside when there was a hairball going into the Carousel and he jammed it all in there. He's certainly not shy.
You were in the right place at the right time, and it worked out well! Congratulations!
I remember at the 2007 Nationals I gave that same yellow RX7 a tiny peek on the inside when there was a hairball going into the Carousel and he jammed it all in there. He's certainly not shy.
You were in the right place at the right time, and it worked out well! Congratulations!
, then there was that sweet braking after the apex which caused the RX-7 to hit him from behind, then Bobby went to the Race director and accused me of passing him under yellow
& on top of that he proceeded to tell me the only reason I beat him was because the yellow RX-7 hit him (I would of thought a thanks for not t boning me would have been in order), my response of was " I haven't won anything yet it was just a qualifying race"and all that was just the 1st qualifying race (it got better after that), so I'm going to say Bobby pretty much wasn't making friends out there.
09-28-2009, 10:38 AM
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There's no music once the racing starts
When I would TT I would normally have a CD playing on track out and as I picked up the pace I would totally focus it out, I knew I was losing focus on the track when I could start to here the music again.
When I would TT I would normally have a CD playing on track out and as I picked up the pace I would totally focus it out, I knew I was losing focus on the track when I could start to here the music again.