NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

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NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by breakaway500 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:02 pm

Perfect weather. Great food..lots of quality track time and visiting with fellow minded track loonies..the only people who lost...were not present. :D :sunny: :sunny:

Nice job to all COM staff...and members. South oval was fun... :shock: I have hammer marks on my right thigh.. :D :sunny: :sunny: (new seats this winter..)
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by paultg » Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:42 pm

100% Agree. I had a blast. Thanks again to the COM BOD, Instructors, Volunteers, etc. for another great year. - Paul G.
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by iamrazor » Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:10 pm

^^^ What he said ^^^
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by BoostedE36 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:50 pm

I wish stayed for the second day!!!!!! man i missed out. :?
had a great first time event with COM, I will be back next year with out a doubt!!!!

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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by WillM » Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:57 am

breakaway500 wrote:..the only people who lost...were not present. :D :sunny: :sunny:
Quote of the day right there. So true!

We should spin that into a t-shirt. :D
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by TroyV » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:55 am

I'm pretty sure I'd be ok with never seeing the south chicane again. :) That was awesome!!!

Thanks for a great season!
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by Shawn624 » Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:47 am

Great track configuration, great weather, great time! :)
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by delongedoug » Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:46 am

Second time running with COM and my first time at NHMS. Wow, what an awesome track! Weather was :sunny: and I had a blast both days. Hopefully I'll get some videos up in the next few days. Thanks to all at COM and NHMS for a well run event.
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by CP » Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:30 pm

Any chance of running the south oval for the April test day?
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by WillM » Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:31 pm

CP wrote:Any chance of running the south oval for the April test day?
Way too soon to tell. I can say that I am very happy and impressed with the quality of driving and courtesey at this event. All of our participants and instructors did a superlative job. This event was sold out, and the busiest day-2 event I think we've ever had. That said, from what I noticed, and from the people I asked, the traffic in the run groups was great and all went very smoothly. There was well over an hour of open track on day 2 to boot!

I would love to run the south oval in 2012, and I know I'm not the only one. Whether or not this happens, and whether or not it happens at our test day, is a different question. One that is too soon to tell.

As far as I am concerned, we proved that we can run a safe, fun, and all-around awesome event utilizing the south oval configuration. I look forward to working with NHMS and finding a way to run this configuration at least once per season.

Thought it has been many years since COM last ran this config, this weekend we taught, learned, and practiced lots.....all while safely driving fast as hell !! :)

There were 11 possible track records set!

New Hampshire Motor SpeedwayNorth Chicane / South Oval - 10/99 to present

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          <----------- PREVIOUS TRACK RECORD INFORMATION -----------> <----------- NEW TRACK RECORD INFORMATION ----------->
    Class Name                 Time        Date    Car                 Name                Time     Date    Car                Margin
    ===== ===================  =========  ======  ==================  ==================  =======  ======  =================  =========
    F/P   Bruce Allen          01:05.932  Sep-04  FSCCA               Bruce Allen         01:05.9  11-Oct  Formula SCCA       00:00.013
    P/A   Bill Theodosopoulos  01:11.354  Oct-00  Chevrolet Camaro    Jake Parrott        01:10.6  11-Oct  Chevrolet Camaro   00:00.737
    P/B   Nelson Davis         01:18.300  Oct-99  Datsun 280Z         James Laughlin      01:12.2  11-Oct  Porsche 914-6      00:06.057            
    SPB   Dennis Cleary        01:14.400  Oct-99  Mitsu Eclipse T     Greg Loupis         01:11.8  11-Oct  BMW 328is          00:02.576
    SPC   Marc Epstein         01:18.367  Sep-04  Mazda Miata         Will Martins        01:12.5  11-Oct  Mazda Miata        00:05.839
    ST3   Mark Swinehart       01:20.208  Sep-04  Nissan Sentra SE-R  Miguel Aponte-Rios  01:16.8  11-Oct  BMW E30 M3         00:03.373
    ST4   Lee Walsh            01:20.097  Sep-04  Mazda Miata         Jeff Wasilko        01:17.9  11-Oct  Mazda Miata        00:02.162
    SSU   Michael Engel        01:14.700  Sep-01  Dodge Viper GTS     Laura Fleming       01:14.6  11-Oct  Corvette ZO6 Z16   00:00.146      
    SSA   Dan Malek            01:19.768  Sep-01  Ford Mustang SVO    Larry Simmers       01:19.1  11-Oct  Mazda Mazdaspeed6  00:00.714
    SSB   Michael Campbell     01:23.151  Sep-01  Volkswagen GTI 16V  Nick Fontana        01:21.0  11-Oct  BMW 325i           00:02.127
    SSC   Charles Kremer       01:28.092  Apr-00  Mazda Miata         Shawn Sweeney       01:24.2  11-Oct  Mazda Miata        00:03.929
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by 6PAK72 » Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:12 pm

Spin it onto a tshirt....ha ha, got it. Thanks, Will.

Seriously, if you all want one, let me know. We can get shirts wholesale...
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by tommac » Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:37 pm

glad to see that guy Bruce beat that guy Allen! :D

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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by brucesallen » Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:32 pm

tommac wrote:glad to see that guy Bruce beat that guy Allen! :D
I am just glad I can still drive! But how about the other records that were totally smashed!!
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by nateh » Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:37 pm

Has there ever before been a female record holder?
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Re: NHMS4...a Grande Finale!

Post by chaos4NH » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:17 pm

nateh wrote:Has there ever before been a female record holder?
Darned good question Nate. I am sure Fred can shuffle the cards and find out.
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