Disappointing year
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From: Exit 89 GSP,Lakewood,NJ The Land Of Mojo
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Disappointing year
Final tally for the year=21 wins-23 losses
138 total runs
13 1st round wins
5 2nd round wins
3 3rd round wins
I didn't take the time to sort out the round losses, just the total.
Average R/T=.586
Well hopefully I'll have things sorted out for next year, but the bottom line, I still had fun. :cool:
138 total runs
13 1st round wins
5 2nd round wins
3 3rd round wins
I didn't take the time to sort out the round losses, just the total.
Average R/T=.586
Well hopefully I'll have things sorted out for next year, but the bottom line, I still had fun. :cool:
Melting Slicks
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From: Drag racing junkie Va.
Re: Disappointing year (Mr Mojo)
Frank,
Having fun is really what all this is about, we don't race to get rich, but we meet a lot of great people & have a good time. At times I feel like I've broken everything on the car except the carpet and I still can say I had fun. I'll try to remember this tomorrow when I'm laying on the cold concrete changing that busted D44, I'm having fun now!
Dave :thumbs:
Having fun is really what all this is about, we don't race to get rich, but we meet a lot of great people & have a good time. At times I feel like I've broken everything on the car except the carpet and I still can say I had fun. I'll try to remember this tomorrow when I'm laying on the cold concrete changing that busted D44, I'm having fun now!
Dave :thumbs:
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Re: Disappointing year (Mr Mojo)
Frank while you finished sub .500 think of this. You won 13 1st rounds and had 23 losses. In the first round you are 13-10
Looking back at all the trouble you had getting the car to run consistent that is not bad at all.
Looking back at all the trouble you had getting the car to run consistent that is not bad at all.
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Re: Disappointing year (MNJack)
How many times did you have to get towed home from the track? :lol: MJ
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From: Exit 89 GSP,Lakewood,NJ The Land Of Mojo
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Re: Disappointing year (QuickVet)
3.45 gears and a 2800 stall TC and 1500 rpm launch. No sway bar.
Drifting
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From: Los Angeles Founder, West Coast Corvette Challenge
Re: Disappointing year (Mr Mojo)
Frank - with a record of 21 and 23 you are "batting" .483! This puts you in a very small universe of CCC racers - ENJOY! :yesnod: :cheers: :flag :thumbs:
Melting Slicks
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From: Allamuchy NJ
Re: Disappointing year (gary brown)
Don't feel so bad Frank, I only made it to the 2nd round one time at the CCC this year. Was a terrible year for me in the points. Hopefully next year I can get my stuff together since my car was pretty consistent towards the end of the season.
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From: Exit 89 GSP,Lakewood,NJ The Land Of Mojo
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Re: Disappointing year (QuickVet)
Aaron, I don't know, I just wish I was deeper in the 12's that's all.
The car is factory rated at 340 lb/ft at the flywheel, but I don't know what the actual is.
The car is factory rated at 340 lb/ft at the flywheel, but I don't know what the actual is.
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From: Little Elm TX
Re: Disappointing year (Mr Mojo)
Frank, it doesn't look like you raced too bad, you were very competitive with a very good group of racers.
I'm not paying real close attention, but from the way it looks the Cartek corvette challenge racers have progressed, it looks like you literally have 30-40 racers who are capable of winning it on any given weekend..... that makes for a very, very tough series when you have that many racers who know what they are doing.
The practice tree is a savior... buy into it :)
cheers,
Beach Bum
[Modified by Beach Bum, 7:09 PM 11/26/2002]
I'm not paying real close attention, but from the way it looks the Cartek corvette challenge racers have progressed, it looks like you literally have 30-40 racers who are capable of winning it on any given weekend..... that makes for a very, very tough series when you have that many racers who know what they are doing.
The practice tree is a savior... buy into it :)
cheers,
Beach Bum
[Modified by Beach Bum, 7:09 PM 11/26/2002]
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Re: Disappointing year (Beach Bum)
, it looks like you literally have 30-40 racers who are capable of winning it on any given weekend..... that makes for a very, very tough series when you have that many racers who know what they are doing.
Maybe Edger can pull out one of his stat that gives us this info.
Vic
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Re: Disappointing year (Vic'89)
Look no further than the ladder Edgar posts in each article.
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Re: Disappointing year (Beach Bum)
[QUOTE]Frank, it doesn't look like you raced too bad, you were very competitive with a very good group of racers.
I'm not paying real close attention, but from the way it looks the Cartek corvette challenge racers have progressed, it looks like you literally have 30-40 racers who are capable of winning it on any given weekend..... that makes for a very, very tough series when you have that many racers who know what they are doing.
The practice tree is a savior... buy into it :)
cheers,
Beach Bum
QUOTE]
Todd, you are right on the money, this group is doing a great job and has come a long, long way. There are no more easy rounds. Everyone is on the tree and on their dial. This does make for a very competitive series. We had a close points race all the way down the places and with next year being 10 points races it should be even closer.
I'm not paying real close attention, but from the way it looks the Cartek corvette challenge racers have progressed, it looks like you literally have 30-40 racers who are capable of winning it on any given weekend..... that makes for a very, very tough series when you have that many racers who know what they are doing.
The practice tree is a savior... buy into it :)
cheers,
Beach Bum
QUOTE]
Todd, you are right on the money, this group is doing a great job and has come a long, long way. There are no more easy rounds. Everyone is on the tree and on their dial. This does make for a very competitive series. We had a close points race all the way down the places and with next year being 10 points races it should be even closer.
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Re: Disappointing year (Vic'89)
Vic I don't know if you have seen it but I keep a Winners page where you can see all the different names. http://www.corvettechallenge.info/allwinners.shtml will tell you all winners, runner-ups, semi-finalist and special prize winners. Good page.
As for the ladder yes I do have an analysis on the ladder drivers but have not posted yet.
Here is a highlight. 61 Different drivers made it to the ladder (3 wins in an event except for the last two where we went to the ladder a round earlier).
Of the 61 different ladder drivers 28 made it to the ladder 2 times or more.
Who made the ladder the most? That is a tie with 6 for Ralph Savarese and Edgar Perez.
As for the ladder yes I do have an analysis on the ladder drivers but have not posted yet.
Here is a highlight. 61 Different drivers made it to the ladder (3 wins in an event except for the last two where we went to the ladder a round earlier).
Of the 61 different ladder drivers 28 made it to the ladder 2 times or more.
Who made the ladder the most? That is a tie with 6 for Ralph Savarese and Edgar Perez.
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From: Las Vegas, NV Montville, NJ
Re: Disappointing year (Mr Mojo)
A year of racing is never disappointing......
What is disappointing for me is now having to race at an elevation of 2200 ft. - no new ET's will be set here in the desert!
DAve
What is disappointing for me is now having to race at an elevation of 2200 ft. - no new ET's will be set here in the desert!
DAve