It's ok, doesn't look as good as the earlier body styles but certaintly looks better than the current body style.

Just the Action

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A Few Pics

Howdy everyone, it's been a looong time since I've visited or posted. Sorry about that! It looks like you all have been doing just fine without me, though.

Anyways, I thought some of you guys might enjoy watching this. It's in-car video footage from a race I participated in a couple weekends ago. I was driving a Formula Dodge RT/2000 open wheel car at Mid Ohio Sportscar Course. This was my first race in the dry with Skip Barber. The car was very twitchy for the first lap, since my tires were still warming up. The track had just dried out from the previous days when Ernesto took a dump on the entire area. I raced in the pouring rain the day before this video was taken and it was absolutely treacherous. I finished third in the rain race, which meant that I started in 3rd place out of 21 cars for the dry race on Sunday (the one I taped). My only concern in the rain race was keeping the car on the track. Not only would I have started from the back of the pack on Sunday if I had lost it in the rain race, but I would have also had to pay for all of the damage. The cars cost about $30k and the deductible was $4500, so I was sure to be cautious.

My lap times were in the low 1:38 second range, which equates to an average speed of about 88 mph over the 2.4 mile course. Mid Ohio isn't really a high speed course. It's considered more of a "driver's" track, mainly because of the extremely technical infield/twisty section with frequent elevation changes. Top speed was only about 120 on the back straight, but it felt pretty fast being that low to the ground.

In case anyone is interested, here's a video of the prototype Skip Barber car that's going to be used in the next couple years. It has the same motor as the car I was driving, but a more aerodynamic body, a carbon fiber tub, and a 6-speed sequential as opposed to a 5sp.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yUwxqf7EHZk

Also, here's a video I shot of one car that someone wrecked while I was at the track. This guy definitely reached the $4500 deductible.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7uEGFEKetoo

Two people were taken away from the track in an ambulance. One guy managed to hit a concrete wall at about 85 mph. Even with a HANS (head and neck support) device, he still sustained a minor crack in one of his vertebra. The other guy (kid, actually - 16 yrs old and a damn good driver) suffered a catastrophic brake failure going into the keyhole. The entry speed for the keyhole is roughly 110 mph. He scrubbed off 20 mph at MOST before flying off the track, skipping through the gravel trap, and smashing into the tirewall. He was in pretty serious pain after the accident with some pulled muscles in his back. Nothing extremely serious, thankfully.

It turned out to be a failure of the brake caliper mounting bracket on his left rear brake. It cracked and rotated up off the brake rotor such that nothing was between the brake pads. When he pushed the brake pedal, all of the pressure in the lines went to that broken caliper since there was no resistance being offered to the pads. No good. He actually got a great in-car video of everything, including the entire extraction process. It used to be up on vidilife.com but it's not anymore, so I'm going to have to work on finding a copy/link for you all.

If you are a current member who has paid dues and has made a profile in the member's section of the site, sound off here so I can update the tag beside your name.

probably too small of a forum to bring this up in but it's worth the try. a rock smashed mine and now i'm left turnless. I dont wanna have to put in the old orange ones to match...

yea, so mine is a piece and is acting up setting off my asc light and spazing the throttle valve (intake). anyone have a parts car lying around or know where I can pick one up?

I'm new to MM this year, and so many of you don't know me or are just getting to know me (my name's Ian), but i would appreciate it if you would keep my mother in your thoughts and/or prayers.

She's been battling colon cancer for a year now. For the past week she's been in the hospital due to blockage in her intestines. She's all blocked up from the tumors right now though, her latest chemotherapy hasn't been very affective. They're starting her on a new one tomorrow, and it's our only hope left. They can't perform surgery, because the tumors have constricted the bowels in too many places (or something along those lines).

I appreciate the thought guys.

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According to the people that posted this, this thing rules at autoXs in their area, i think i have some future plans for the GSX now :lol:

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Was on MyAutoEvents.com and happened to come across the next BRR Auto-x at Verona. Its going to be held on October 22nd. The last turn out was amazing. Hopefully we can pull it off again, this is a month ahead of time and people are registering so I figured I'd post this up. Can you tell I'm hooked? You will be too :lol: Come out and have way too much fun!

Just noticed that Homecoming is the day before this event...

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