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Old Jun 17, 2003 | 03:44 PM
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Just got back from sebring with speedventures. Low turnout, great track, got about 9 hours track time... Laid back group. Posted some video on my site
http://slobird.com/video4.htm

great time
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Old Jun 17, 2003 | 04:42 PM
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Tim,

My inlaws live in Sebring, if you do this again let me know, maybe I can combine a visit with some racing :)

All I need is a cost effective way to get the tires down there now :)

Les

Just got back from sebring with speedventures. Low turnout, great track, got about 9 hours track time... Laid back group. Posted some video on my site
http://slobird.com/video4.htm

great time
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Old Jun 17, 2003 | 09:35 PM
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Sounds like you need a trailer!
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Old Jun 17, 2003 | 11:23 PM
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Tim,
Glad to hear it went well... Did you experience any 'sandblasting' on the front end/mirrors?

Les, if you're not looking to go w/ a trailer, look @ this, available soon(I think): www.tiretail.com
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 08:50 AM
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I was thinking of using one of those tiretails on the track so that I can keep Tim behind me. :lol:

Great runs as usual man!! :cheers:
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 09:40 AM
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Dam!!! 9 hours of track time!!! :party:

Great video!!
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 10:49 AM
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Hey Tim -

Sounds like fun - I was going to try to hook up for that one, but I had run Sebring _and_ Roebling last month and decided to give things a little rest. Sebring is such a great track! I'll have to encode some of my in and out of car video sometime.

BTW, I was reading on the other forums about Joe's car!! Holy crap! Good to hear it got resolved, he got to run the second day, and there was not really any damage.

:cheers:

Seeya -

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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:07 AM
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Really good track, maybe the best I have done. It was scary to see the Joe on the side of the track and the fire trucks coming over. One corner worker was really fast and got over there to put the fire out.

He spent more time under the car than in it, but still got a lot of time!


No sandblasting I can tell on the mirror. The car was virtually free of rubber, that is the advantage to having an open track and very few slow cars in front of you.

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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 06:08 PM
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I would probably rent one for long out of town trips like Sebring, though driving there would be 1/2 the fun!

Les
Sounds like you need a trailer!
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Old Jun 19, 2003 | 08:03 PM
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One of the main benefits of a trailer, which I really didn't consider when I bought mine, is that you can drive home after your car breaks.

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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 12:24 PM
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Enjoyed the video!

I live in Clearwater so, Sebring is not a big trip for me. I might go to the next one.

What top speed did you reach on the track before you had to brake?
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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 01:56 PM
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Tim would you stop talking about your great track experience. Every time i see you post about it i get more mad at myself for not going down with you.
If i can get my business up and running well soon i will be chasing you around the track again. SEE ya At RA this Sunday to watch the vets woop up on the vipers... One of the viper guys just ran a 1:44 in his race viper. MAn give me the car i will show him as what a 1:32 looks like... One of your zo6 guys just ran a 1:29,you guys have better drivers, you win....

ryan
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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 04:18 PM
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Hi slopoke. I was around 145 . Fun track.

Hi ryan, see ya on sunday. My cell is 6784286929. I will be near the silver z06 surrounded by empty beer cans.
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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 05:10 PM
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Just got back from sebring with speedventures. Low turnout, great track, got about 9 hours track time... Laid back group. Posted some video on my site
http://slobird.com/video4.htm

great time
Tim, no doubt you were hauling butt at Sebring, but you may want to check the lap times you put on the video web site. At 1:34 you would be AVERAGING 141 MPH. Don't know if even Ron Fellows in the C5-R can do that.... :D


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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 07:17 PM
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thanks nomad, that should be a 2:34! Best time was 2:32.7

it is on http://www.speedventures.net under results



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