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At 07:47 PM 5/2/2007, JBlumenthal wrote:
Here's a quick recap of the Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Tour and Pro:
It was a strange event because both days of the Tour were combined
into a single day, with a morning session and and afternoon session.
We ran the course in the opposite direction in the afternoon. Then
on Sunday we did the Pro Solo using the new "single course" design.
The Walnut Ridge site has concrete about the same vintage as
Grissom, but without the crumbling sections and unintentional
elevation changes. There is rough aggregate that makes it the
stickiest surface I've been on. I didn't find it as hard on tires
as I was lead to believe it would be.
Greg Piper and Gary Kramar had a private shootout during the Tour.
Gary was ahead by less than a tenth in the morning and widened the
lead in the afternoon to win. But it wasn't assured until the final
runs. And Greg did beat Gary by raw time in the morning :-D . We
had 9 in the class and 7 were driving F500's.
RAW TIME, don't get Greg started on raw time. :-) (Running gag from
Saturday night. It must have been the shine...)
Sunday's Pro Solo was really more like an AX because it was a
single course design and there was no Xmas tree (growing pains with
new equipment). We got 4 runs. Competition was good. The course was
fun. And this time Greg did eke out a win over Gary. He's making a
strong statement early in the year. Gary, Greg, and I qualified for
the Challenge. I decided I'd had enough fun (knew I'd get whipped
in the Challenge) so I left early and headed back to Ohio. BTW,
Gary and Greg were One-Two in PAX for the Tour overall. Greg was
first and Gary third in PAX for the Pro. Impressive!
Don't count out Jeff. Jeff wasn't Jeff on Saturday but was more like
Jeff on Sunday. He will be up at the top come Nationals. Hopefully
behind me. ;-) But in front of Greg. LOL
It was fun seeing everyone although the 13 hour drive each way was
a little much for a weekend! Results are posted on the SCCA site
and SCCAforums.com. Maybe Gary can fill us in on the Challenge results?
Jeff B.
When the Challenge finally happened, Greg was grided 11th and I was 16th.
First round - Greg won, I lost by a couple tenths to the 914 that got
faster every run in the Challenge.
Greg made it to the final 4 but lost. So he is now going 1 more time
to see who ends up 3rd. Pulls into staging, does a short burn out
and then goes to the line. Takes off and almost instantly pulls off
course, something wasn't right. Get's back to grid and it turns out
that the small gear on the jack shaft is missing its teeth (chain
drive). But it did have enough ridges still on it that he was able
to drive it back to his trailer, coasting of course. Greg was very
consistent in his times during the challenge, he did very good. He
will be tough at Nationals.
Once the small gears get worn enough the teeth get softer and when
they let go they let go. All the teeth get ripped off, not one or
2. I had it happen to me at an event years ago. Going down a fast
section, I lifted briefly for a little kink and when I hit the gas
the rpm's went flying. Didn't know what happened at the time, I
thought the chain broke. BTW, the o-ring chain we had on wasn't damaged.
Later,
Gary
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