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question about how they dock laps ? say you get docked 100 laps do you start the event and the 1st 100 laps not get scored ? or do they take the last 100 laps you did away ? any one know how they work that ? You start with negative laps and work your way up to zero, then start accumulating positive...

We had a great time at NHMS over Halloween weekend. It was good to talk to a bunch of COM friends there, and I hope I can get back to doing COM events again next season. In a recent fit of boredom, I took in-car videos from the fastest race laps of four of our five drivers, and compiled them togethe...

bhoss wrote:What hours are you "racing" and what is the cost for spectators?

The schedule is here: http://www.nhms.com/events/hooptiefest/

In a nutshell, testing Friday, racing Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 9-4:30.

Full-access paddock passes are $20/day or $30 for the weekend.

I haven't been to a COM event in the past couple years, but I'm still a member, so I'll count our team, too. A bunch of us from Vermont will be racing the green Volvo Bertone: http://www.facebook.com/LemonsBertOne -- Several of the other drivers are also seen at COM events now and then. Look for the...

As for winning, this is lemons. Winning = having the car on-track more than off, everyone getting some good seat time, and above all, having a great time with your team and everyone else. Exactly right! And, as icing on the cake, if you're lucky there's a good chance at some really fun racing. I ha...

Just curious, what were the nature of the penalties? On our third black flag of the day Saturday (two for contact and one for passing under yellow), we drew our first ever penalty in nine races, and despite losing a bunch of time on the track, we had fun with it. Our driver got put in the pillory: ...

It was an awesome weekend indeed. This was our team's ninth LeMons race, and each one just keeps getting better than the last (especially since they're not doing Stafford any more!). We were in the green Volvo Bertone coupe that finished 8th (fourth in Class B), two places behind the Massholes. We w...

This is one of my favorite shots ever. It's from Watkins Glen 2009:

I have a high-res version I can send you.

I can browse thorough my others, too, to see if might have a few more I can send.

That was cool. I used to do that as a kid. My mom drove me and my friends to the slot car center, and we'd spend as much time there as we could afford. I didn't know those places still existed. Maybe only in Finland. :) One of my prized childhood Christmas presents was a new slot car that I fiddled ...

I just learned that Senna (the documentary) is available for streaming on Netflix, and I just watched it for the second time. It's an amazing piece of work, of interest even to non-race-fans (my wife actually enjoyed it), but holding even more appeal to race fans. This is why I pay money to Netflix ...

The big limitation is in the phone-based GPS receiver. Most phones have a GPS refresh rate of 1 Hz, i.e. once per second. That's OK for street navigation, but pretty slow for track-based use. I use an external receiver with a refresh rate of 5 Hz, which is useful. 10 Hz would be better, but 5 Hz is ...

Again, I don't know if the M52 is constructed the same way, but if it is, that might be worth a look. Hmm, looks like it isn't at all the same. The closest analogous part would be this: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BG13&mospid=47485&btnr=11_1487&hg=11&fg=15 Any oil ...

I'm not at all familiar with the M52 engine, but does it have a crankcase breather tube like the M20 does? My E30 had a similar mysterious oil leak, but without the burning smell. It was coming from the top and bottom o-rings on the breather tube. I replaced the o-rings, and the engine doesn't leak ...

Not cars, but this one is for John and Gordy! http://www.streetfire.net/video/badass-mountainbike-crashes_196225.htm Meh. This one's also not cars (and also not funny for that matter), but I prefer to see someone doing it right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o Be sure to stick with it pa...

the mazda 3 and 5 do not shire the same platforms the jigs to set the cars up on a frame bench are not the same for the two chasses . they do shire some of the same bolt on parts but thats it . I'm not surprised that the jigs are different, since they're slightly different sizes, but they still bot...