Rupunzell
Bernice Loui
The X ran and handled well on day one. We adjusted tire pressures over the course of the day due to the ever changing temperature of the track.. Cold in the morning/late afternoon, the warm mid-day.
The most serious problem we had was with the rented transponder which was part-charged and cost us two extra stops and very possibly lost laps due to the transponder being intermittent. It turns out, there were quite a few rented transponders with this problem. So, the race officials are trying to sort this all out.
The radios again proved to be the other problem. We switched over to CB. There were other teams on the same channel, this was OK until the press to talk button mounted on the steering wheel broke off the cable. I ended up putting that fine wire cable back together with the help of a soldering iron from Steven race trailer.
Where do we stand after day one?
Based on the corrected standings using transponder# 2, we are in 38th overall...or 21 lap behind the overall race leader. If we add the laps from transponder# 1 which is about 15 laps, that would put us 12th overall or 7 laps behind the overall leader. We also got bumped to class L2. Based on the race officials counting our laps from transponder# 1, we would be second in class L2 or about 3 laps behind the class L2 leader which is Hurling Moss, a BMW Z00Z.
We develop a shuttering or wheel imbalance late in the day. Initially we suspected the brake pads where the source of the problem. After an inspection of the brakes and found nothing.. the problems might be due to loss wheel weights. which we put back on later.
This was our findings after doing the post-race inspection. we flushed the brake system fluid and made sure all was well with the brakes. I'm hoping the shuttering under braking stops, if not this is a problem we will need to solve during race day two.
Here are some race day images from day one at Thunder Hill 2009:
It's really a BMW 5 series...
The Scotts...
TR7 with a Buick V6 during tech:
Ex-Renault Alliance Cup car:
???? what ???
Porsche 944, con rod escaped with a loud BANG.. dumped oil all over the track during practice on Friday. This team went looking for a spare 944 engine, did not find one and took it home.
MGBeees:
What is this doing in the USA?
Porsche 928 "Wagon"
Steven & me, doing a part of the pre-race check:
Once the Molly Maids, now Batman & Robin or was that Flatman & Ribon?
Yes, this is a Mercedes S600 racing in LeMons... They blew a coolant hose early on and spent most of the day trying to dig it out and replace it. hope to see it back on track tomorrow:
Diane, Pel, Chris and Murlee Martin (Jalopnik):
Diane, Pel and Mike:
Fuel, driver change, tire pressure check:
"Angry Hamster"
Cooked brake rotors (nice blue and well warped) with pads down to the backing and cooked seales and pistons...
Clucth disc from a Nissan 280ZX turbo with every bit of the clutch lining vaporized:
Over heated Mazda 12A, siezed rotors:
Cylinder head from a SAAB 9000 turbo, detonation in cylinder# 2, erroded the area between exhaust valves which caused the head gasket to fail. They did not have a spare cylinder head or gasket set:
Mustard Yellow FORD powered Volve hit a TR7 that spun. The team used a small truck to pull out the smoosh:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT6c3bbOlas"]YouTube- V8olvo Versus Wedginator III Triumph TR7[/ame]
Some of the bent parts from that hit:
MGB, got hit by Team Stimulus Package Honda Civic.. which pushed the MGB into ths side of the track, launched the car, rolled three times..
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5lwYdxo0Bo"]YouTube- Killer Bee MGB Crash at 24 Hours Of LeMons Thunderhill 2009[/ame]
Two race cars cannot be in the same place at the same time:
Toyota MR2 series one engine spit a con rod..The team changed the engine:
X1/9 on track, three cars across, Porsche 944, Mazda ?
One lap later:
Just before the race began:
Diane & Me working on the brakes after day one:
The "Little Engine That Can"
Nightee NIght:
Bernice
The most serious problem we had was with the rented transponder which was part-charged and cost us two extra stops and very possibly lost laps due to the transponder being intermittent. It turns out, there were quite a few rented transponders with this problem. So, the race officials are trying to sort this all out.
The radios again proved to be the other problem. We switched over to CB. There were other teams on the same channel, this was OK until the press to talk button mounted on the steering wheel broke off the cable. I ended up putting that fine wire cable back together with the help of a soldering iron from Steven race trailer.
Where do we stand after day one?
Based on the corrected standings using transponder# 2, we are in 38th overall...or 21 lap behind the overall race leader. If we add the laps from transponder# 1 which is about 15 laps, that would put us 12th overall or 7 laps behind the overall leader. We also got bumped to class L2. Based on the race officials counting our laps from transponder# 1, we would be second in class L2 or about 3 laps behind the class L2 leader which is Hurling Moss, a BMW Z00Z.
We develop a shuttering or wheel imbalance late in the day. Initially we suspected the brake pads where the source of the problem. After an inspection of the brakes and found nothing.. the problems might be due to loss wheel weights. which we put back on later.
This was our findings after doing the post-race inspection. we flushed the brake system fluid and made sure all was well with the brakes. I'm hoping the shuttering under braking stops, if not this is a problem we will need to solve during race day two.
Here are some race day images from day one at Thunder Hill 2009:
It's really a BMW 5 series...
The Scotts...
TR7 with a Buick V6 during tech:
Ex-Renault Alliance Cup car:
???? what ???
Porsche 944, con rod escaped with a loud BANG.. dumped oil all over the track during practice on Friday. This team went looking for a spare 944 engine, did not find one and took it home.
MGBeees:
What is this doing in the USA?
Porsche 928 "Wagon"
Steven & me, doing a part of the pre-race check:
Once the Molly Maids, now Batman & Robin or was that Flatman & Ribon?
Yes, this is a Mercedes S600 racing in LeMons... They blew a coolant hose early on and spent most of the day trying to dig it out and replace it. hope to see it back on track tomorrow:
Diane, Pel, Chris and Murlee Martin (Jalopnik):
Diane, Pel and Mike:
Fuel, driver change, tire pressure check:
"Angry Hamster"
Cooked brake rotors (nice blue and well warped) with pads down to the backing and cooked seales and pistons...
Clucth disc from a Nissan 280ZX turbo with every bit of the clutch lining vaporized:
Over heated Mazda 12A, siezed rotors:
Cylinder head from a SAAB 9000 turbo, detonation in cylinder# 2, erroded the area between exhaust valves which caused the head gasket to fail. They did not have a spare cylinder head or gasket set:
Mustard Yellow FORD powered Volve hit a TR7 that spun. The team used a small truck to pull out the smoosh:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT6c3bbOlas"]YouTube- V8olvo Versus Wedginator III Triumph TR7[/ame]
Some of the bent parts from that hit:
MGB, got hit by Team Stimulus Package Honda Civic.. which pushed the MGB into ths side of the track, launched the car, rolled three times..
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5lwYdxo0Bo"]YouTube- Killer Bee MGB Crash at 24 Hours Of LeMons Thunderhill 2009[/ame]
Two race cars cannot be in the same place at the same time:
Toyota MR2 series one engine spit a con rod..The team changed the engine:
X1/9 on track, three cars across, Porsche 944, Mazda ?
One lap later:
Just before the race began:
Diane & Me working on the brakes after day one:
The "Little Engine That Can"
Nightee NIght:
Bernice
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