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Had a great weekend at Shenandoah in West Virginia
This is a great little track....much more fun than Lime Rock or Watkins Glen in my view (even though they are both closer to me).
Shenandoah is located on the Summit Point property along with the "old" SP track, which many folks consider a real classic.
I like the "old" course too, but this new track is really neat, especially for small cars. It's 1.5 miles and has a mini-version of the Laguna Seca Corkscrew.
Our Time Trial (with mostly street cars) on Saturday had about 55 cars. Our Sunday wheel-to-wheel races had lighter attendance with 28 cars total in three main classes: Open Wheel, Big Bore Closed Wheel and Small Bore Closed Wheel (my class). Weather was perfect.
Chris and his girlfriend brought their two white roadsters to the TT along with "Big Mike" and his yellow 1275 Sprite.
Chris and I helped Mike fix a loose axle bolt. Chris did all the physical work and I directed. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
My pal, Pete, had a break down with his van half way to the track and had to hitch a ride to the race. His orange Sprite is still stranded in a parking lot on its trailer, somewhere in Pennsylavania.
My son in law and my younger daughter came too. He got a 2nd place trophy in class in his '04 Mustang Mach One. His first trophy. Probably not his last.
My neighbor, Bruce brought his 1275 Mini to the event and we had a great battle.
At the start I got biffed (by a Spec-Miata...what else?) and almost turned around in the middle of about 10 cars. I got it straightened out, but it took me about 8 or 9 laps to catch Bruce. Then we went at it hammer-and-tongs for about 10 laps, swapping leads and taking turns side-by-side. My car was unusually tail-happy, but the tires are old, so I figured it was just worn tires.
With two and half laps to go, we were running side by side on the straight at top speed. Both tried to out-wait the other on braking for the upcoming hairpin turn. Eventually, we both got on the brakes.....and mine failed!
I "saved" it by pumping and getting some brakes back. After a very wobbley turn, I kept going, but Bruce had me beat. Since it was almost over, I kept on going since I had a little brake (if I pumped a lot). On the last lap I let Fred S's Civic get by me and he spun as he passed me. I almost T-boned him, but he kept his foot on it and saved the day. Fred and I laughed about it later...he didn't realize I was brakless.
Later, I figured out the "tail-happy" stuff was due to brake fluid leaking onto the right rear tire. A wheel cylinder had failed.
The Spec-Miata guy who hit me came over and apoligized as soon as we were done. He offered to pay or whatever, but I told him not to worry. As long as a guy comes over afterwards and takes responsibility, I don't mind. We all know there's a chance of this stuff happening in racing.
Here's some pics. More later.
Bruce and I passed this Civic and I almost T-boned it later on.
Yellow=Mike's, Green=mine and White=Team Chris
The smoke is brake fluid.
This is a great little track....much more fun than Lime Rock or Watkins Glen in my view (even though they are both closer to me).
Shenandoah is located on the Summit Point property along with the "old" SP track, which many folks consider a real classic.
I like the "old" course too, but this new track is really neat, especially for small cars. It's 1.5 miles and has a mini-version of the Laguna Seca Corkscrew.
Our Time Trial (with mostly street cars) on Saturday had about 55 cars. Our Sunday wheel-to-wheel races had lighter attendance with 28 cars total in three main classes: Open Wheel, Big Bore Closed Wheel and Small Bore Closed Wheel (my class). Weather was perfect.
Chris and his girlfriend brought their two white roadsters to the TT along with "Big Mike" and his yellow 1275 Sprite.
Chris and I helped Mike fix a loose axle bolt. Chris did all the physical work and I directed. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
My pal, Pete, had a break down with his van half way to the track and had to hitch a ride to the race. His orange Sprite is still stranded in a parking lot on its trailer, somewhere in Pennsylavania.
My son in law and my younger daughter came too. He got a 2nd place trophy in class in his '04 Mustang Mach One. His first trophy. Probably not his last.
My neighbor, Bruce brought his 1275 Mini to the event and we had a great battle.
At the start I got biffed (by a Spec-Miata...what else?) and almost turned around in the middle of about 10 cars. I got it straightened out, but it took me about 8 or 9 laps to catch Bruce. Then we went at it hammer-and-tongs for about 10 laps, swapping leads and taking turns side-by-side. My car was unusually tail-happy, but the tires are old, so I figured it was just worn tires.
With two and half laps to go, we were running side by side on the straight at top speed. Both tried to out-wait the other on braking for the upcoming hairpin turn. Eventually, we both got on the brakes.....and mine failed!
I "saved" it by pumping and getting some brakes back. After a very wobbley turn, I kept going, but Bruce had me beat. Since it was almost over, I kept on going since I had a little brake (if I pumped a lot). On the last lap I let Fred S's Civic get by me and he spun as he passed me. I almost T-boned him, but he kept his foot on it and saved the day. Fred and I laughed about it later...he didn't realize I was brakless.
Later, I figured out the "tail-happy" stuff was due to brake fluid leaking onto the right rear tire. A wheel cylinder had failed.
The Spec-Miata guy who hit me came over and apoligized as soon as we were done. He offered to pay or whatever, but I told him not to worry. As long as a guy comes over afterwards and takes responsibility, I don't mind. We all know there's a chance of this stuff happening in racing.
Here's some pics. More later.
Bruce and I passed this Civic and I almost T-boned it later on.
Yellow=Mike's, Green=mine and White=Team Chris
The smoke is brake fluid.
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