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aeronca65t
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Had an amazing time at the New Hamphsire Vintage Celebration. Three days of perfect weather too (May 16-18). The track was first class and even the on-site restaraunt was top-drawer.
Me between a GT6 and the Ferrari going into T3
Coming out of T10
T10 again. The silver GT6 was lapping us. He had a motor that must have had 300 HP
[edit: I talked to the owner of the silver GT6 at Pittsburgh--it has more like 200 to 225 HP. *Still*, waaay more than my estimated and pathetic 65 HP].
The yellow GT6 had a fairly stock engine. You see all kinds of prep in vintage.
Into the uphill T3. The four of us (Ferrari, MGA, me and GT6) stayed nose to tail for about 12 laps. Got great cheers from the crowd at the end. Initally, I was about 10 seconds ahead of the other three but I wanted to dice with them, so I slowed down to get with them. Fun! I got by the MGA and passed/got repassed by the GT6 a bunch. The Ferrari had spun twice in earlier practice. Once right in front of me, so I stayed back from him a bit, so he was just barely ahead at the finish.
T10 following a 911 on three wheels
Chris Shoemaker's Club Ford about to pass me on T10. This was at the "all-comers" (mixed cars) race at the end of the day. With formula cars in the mix, you've got to watch your mirrors extra carefully!
Following the Ferrari and GT6 into T10
Cool down lap. The GT6 had lap time that were 0.1 seconds faster than me and we both had faster "best laps" than the Ferrari. That's an Elva and an Allard behind me.
Smoke escape! At about the 8 minute mark in this vid, the car fills with smoke due to an electrical short. Just as well...when I got it in (towed) I noticed it had a badly cracked wheel. I taped a new "wiring system" (hack job, really) in with duct tape and wire from Loew's. But it worked the entire weekend so no complaints. I need to gut the wiring harness on the car and start from scratch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Yr1RpUhCY
I need to remount the in-car camera so that the mirror doesn't block it next time. Still, you get the idea. I've got to remember to put a muffler over the camera mic too. The "new" tire I put on for this session was horrible and "corded" pretty soon, so the thing handled bad. My best race (mostly with the silver 356 Porsche after I got the tires squared away) didn't get taped due to a malfunction of the camera person (me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN_8I1VNiqc
Me between a GT6 and the Ferrari going into T3
Coming out of T10
T10 again. The silver GT6 was lapping us. He had a motor that must have had 300 HP
[edit: I talked to the owner of the silver GT6 at Pittsburgh--it has more like 200 to 225 HP. *Still*, waaay more than my estimated and pathetic 65 HP].
The yellow GT6 had a fairly stock engine. You see all kinds of prep in vintage.
Into the uphill T3. The four of us (Ferrari, MGA, me and GT6) stayed nose to tail for about 12 laps. Got great cheers from the crowd at the end. Initally, I was about 10 seconds ahead of the other three but I wanted to dice with them, so I slowed down to get with them. Fun! I got by the MGA and passed/got repassed by the GT6 a bunch. The Ferrari had spun twice in earlier practice. Once right in front of me, so I stayed back from him a bit, so he was just barely ahead at the finish.
T10 following a 911 on three wheels
Chris Shoemaker's Club Ford about to pass me on T10. This was at the "all-comers" (mixed cars) race at the end of the day. With formula cars in the mix, you've got to watch your mirrors extra carefully!
Following the Ferrari and GT6 into T10
Cool down lap. The GT6 had lap time that were 0.1 seconds faster than me and we both had faster "best laps" than the Ferrari. That's an Elva and an Allard behind me.
Smoke escape! At about the 8 minute mark in this vid, the car fills with smoke due to an electrical short. Just as well...when I got it in (towed) I noticed it had a badly cracked wheel. I taped a new "wiring system" (hack job, really) in with duct tape and wire from Loew's. But it worked the entire weekend so no complaints. I need to gut the wiring harness on the car and start from scratch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Yr1RpUhCY
I need to remount the in-car camera so that the mirror doesn't block it next time. Still, you get the idea. I've got to remember to put a muffler over the camera mic too. The "new" tire I put on for this session was horrible and "corded" pretty soon, so the thing handled bad. My best race (mostly with the silver 356 Porsche after I got the tires squared away) didn't get taped due to a malfunction of the camera person (me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN_8I1VNiqc
