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Ran Phoenix International Raceway with NASA last Saturday. It was my first time there and first time running with NASA and I had a blast.

The track keeps you on your toes (lots of walls and tight turns) and the Arizona crowd is a fast bunch. Lots of high horsepower and turbo'ed cars having fun. People pulling me on the straight aways is nothing new to me, but these guys were really laying down the power.

I only ran 3 sessions since I had a 6 hour tow ahead of me, but had fun chasing some of these high HP cars around.

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I need more HP!


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My rough stop watch on this video shows it as a 1:12 and change. The local guys in the ST2 class were fast, the race winner had a fast lap of 1:07. Of course I've got quite a bit of weight to toss out of the car or horsepower to add to max out the HP/Weight ratio so it's apples to oranges at this point.

http://www.mylaps.com/results/showru...568&perclass=1

They had 31 cars in the race group!

Nice to see you out there. I was there too in TTS; it was a nice weekend! Ran 1:09.4 in a street C5 Z 06. Yes, ACR (Az Corvette Racers) are some of the fastest guys in the nation! I'm proud to belong to this group of hardcore racers.

showoff! :D

Arizona Corvette Racers Rock!
 

It's good to see Arizona checking in on the forum. It's a great bunch of very fast guys. I was happy to run a 1:05.9 in TTU on Saturday at PIR. But my friend Darrell Rayburn has run a 1:03.2. in his daily driver. !!!!!!!! Now that's FAST.:eek:

Cheers,
CV

Cool video, Thanks

WOW!!!!! :eek: :thumbs: :flag:

That makes the Nascar drivers look like little old lady slowpokes! :D

Darrel will tell you that the car was rarely driven on the street, and had a K-tech motor plus many Pfadt suspension parts and premium brakes systems. Even a that, he's a fast driver!

Congrats on breaking into the 1:05's, CV! A hell of a drive!

Good on you! :thumbs: I plan on going to PIR for my first time at the end of the month. I've been running with Proautosports for the past couple of years diligently bringing my car and my own driving skills up to speed. I still have a few things to do to my car but it should be good to go as is. I have several friends in the ACR's so I'm looking forward to joining and stepping it up a notch. It should be fun!

Yes hardcore is right. The cars sound like the have NASCAR engines, pull 5-10 car lengths on the straight away, and then they say "It's my daily driver".

I'll definitely be back.

Matt

Actually he runs on a half blown shock, and stock leaf springs. He does run the pfadt spherical bushing, but thats b/c he kept blowing the poly's out. His katech motor is only putting around 530hp to the wheels. Defintely runs 14" brembos though. He is just FAST, his parts are mostly aimed at keeping his car in one piece :)

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Darrel will tell you that the car was rarely driven on the street, and had a K-tech motor plus many Pfadt suspension parts and premium brakes systems. Even a that, he's a fast driver!
Actually he runs on a half blown shock, and stock leaf springs. He does run the pfadt spherical bushing, but thats b/c he kept blowing the poly's out. His katech motor is only putting around 530hp to the wheels. Defintely runs 14" brembos though. He is just FAST, his parts are mostly aimed at keeping his car in one piece
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i think you may be talking about the other Darrell that runs a C6 Z06. :thumbs: And yes he is one quick guy!:flag:

Oh and his michelins help for sure :)

Come on up!
 

Wayne, we would enjoy having you. It's a great group to learn in. On track it's super competitive. Off track they are the most helpful group you can imagine. They share track info and driving hints pretty freely and are always willing to help when someone has car issues. We run again on the 31st. After that it's February 13-15 at Firebird East. Come on up.
:cheers:
CV

Welcome Matt! You would be surprised how many pilots are in ACR. 1 F-18 Hornet pilot too.

This a great group of guys, but very fast and competitive too.

Darrell

2008 Az Region NASA TTS Champion
2008 ACR C-5 Modified Champion