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Offline Recklessrob

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What I did today.
« on: April 22 2006, 11:16:22 PM »
I went up to NHIS today to crew for a customer of ours.
Here are a few pics. He runs a Mazda RX-7 in E production.
I'll be leavin' at the buttcrack of dawn to go back there tomorrow.
Rain racing. and all sorts of fun.
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« Reply #1 on: April 23 2006, 12:53:45 AM »
Gotdamn RR, you need to cut that damn hedgehog off your frickin' chin!
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« Reply #2 on: April 23 2006, 01:09:35 AM »
You're a scary lookin mofo Rob...
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« Reply #3 on: April 23 2006, 12:09:04 PM »
Looks like fun!
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« Reply #4 on: April 23 2006, 12:20:46 PM »
:cool; Looks like fun! Racing in the rain tends to bring out a lot of repairs, but can make a driver much better.
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« Reply #5 on: April 23 2006, 09:09:17 PM »
Today was qualifying and racing. The rain was very unforgiving,
and as a result we qualified in last place. Back in the garage we made a few adjustments, and contemplated a tire change, because it looked like it was going to let up a little. It had stopped raining  for the three races before ours, but then it started to really come down. So we stayed with the rain tires. We ended up taking
first place. Not bad for my first time working on a road course car at the track.
This was also the drivers first win in all his years of racing !
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« Reply #6 on: April 23 2006, 09:13:10 PM »
...and the Hedgehog stays Biotch !
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Re: What I did today.
« Reply #7 on: April 23 2006, 09:16:09 PM »
Here's a cool one of a Porsche that was running in GT that spun out
going into turn 3.
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« Reply #8 on: April 23 2006, 09:24:11 PM »
qualified last and came in first? Sweet! The hedgehog must be magic!!!
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« Reply #9 on: April 23 2006, 09:25:51 PM »
Quote from: "Be4u @ Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:24 pm"
qualified last and came in first? Sweet! The hedgehog must be magic!!!

Don't fukk with the Hedgehog ! :rofl;
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« Reply #10 on: April 23 2006, 10:14:33 PM »
Next time in the rain you want to unhook the FRONT sway bar and over inflate ALL the tires. I have an article on racing in the rain on my web page that I wrote a few years back.

Sounds like your guy got it all figured out! Congrats!
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« Reply #11 on: April 24 2006, 11:37:15 AM »
Pissah! Sounds like a good time. Congrats on the win.
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« Reply #12 on: April 24 2006, 01:06:26 PM »
Quote from: "Racer X @ Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:14 pm"
Next time in the rain you want to unhook the FRONT sway bar and over inflate ALL the tires. I have an article on racing in the rain on my web page that I wrote a few years back.

Sounds like your guy got it all figured out! Congrats!

We pumped the tires to keep them hot. It was like 40 deg out to boot.
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« Reply #13 on: April 24 2006, 03:24:59 PM »
The reason you want to pump them up in the rain is so the center of the tread bulges out and pushes the water out better so you are not hydroplaning. You don't want a flat contact patch.

In that weather, you will not be getting a ton of grip from tire temps anyhow...

Congrats on the WIN!!!
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« Reply #14 on: April 26 2006, 01:23:36 AM »
Memorial Day weekend I'll be wrenchin' two cars.
That one and the GT3 Scirocco. I hope that they don't get
grouped together.
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