For those who don't follow NASA Time Trials, Ken is running his almost-stock '03 Z06 in TTA. Last weekend he won the TTA class and set the class track record at Mid Ohio. Ken got his start in COM but since moving out here to Michigan he decided to step it up a bit.
Check out this thread for Ken's details of the weekend.
Congrats bud.
-Matt
Congrats to Ken Smith - 2007 NASA TTA Champion!
Congrats to Ken Smith - 2007 NASA TTA Champion!
2001 Corvette Z06
2005 Pontiac GTO LS2/T56 ST1 #52 (sold)
1970 Corvette LS1/T56 ex-SSGT (sold too)
http://www.kmmotorsports.com
2005 Pontiac GTO LS2/T56 ST1 #52 (sold)
1970 Corvette LS1/T56 ex-SSGT (sold too)
http://www.kmmotorsports.com
Some of you may know me I normally run the Limerock event and was at Mosport last year.
Thanks, for the props Matt
For those that care or were wondering, Here's the deal.
I ran in TTA
Car set up 2003 Z06, T1 Bars front and rear, adjustable end links, Vararam, HANKOOK 275/40 17 Square C50s & C70s, Hawk Pads DTC 70s up front & HT 14s in the rear (was a problem when I lost ABS, worked fine other wise, this was because these were the pads I had not for some balance I was looking for)
Special thanks to Vector Motorsports & Greg Dansbury for helping to set up the car, Hawk Brake Pads & Hankook tires. I'd also like to thank all the other Corvette guys that were so helpful over the year in sharing tips and helping me to learn the track , including Jesse, Dave, Wade, Danny, Jeff, Jon, Matt, Greg and countless others. including a mustang guy Rob
A special thanks goes out to Zerka, Erotica & Jon for getting me so drunk Friday night I could barely walk
I brought two sets of Hankooks, a set of C50s that had about 7 heat cycles at the start of the week and a stickered set of the C70s.
On Thursday I started with the 70s and laid down a lap that would have held for the entire weekend on my 2nd hot lap of our first timed session. (Our warm up/ Practice was black flagged), I then took them off the car and put the C50s on and waited to see if anyone would be able to challenge my 1:34.584(Bettering the Track Record of 1:35.787, Dave did run a 1:35.299 in Aug but it was in a session that didn't count). I was able to pull off 135s with the 50s on, I really tired not to push it, no need to take chances in my position.
On Friday both Jesse and Dave were down in the 1:35.1s and rumors started going around the paddock that I was a one lap wonder. Since I have grumbled in the past about people who can't back their laps up I decided to slap the C70s back on and see what I could do.
I went out in Friday's last session and had ABS issues on the first lap, I ended up flat spotting my right front going into the keyhole. We checked all the connections unplugged and plugged everything and went back out in Sat morning's practice session, no issues
Right before Sat's first time session someone puked oil all the way through thunder valley, which added to the excitement, time was running out people were trying to let it all hang out and we had to run through oil & oil dry I went out with the C70's and was able to back up my first days times with a back to back 1:34.502 & a 1:34.510 I will say I was a little nervous heading through that oily area, my car did feel stable but I also took it a little easier trying to keep the car stable through that section. Unfortunately my car coded on my cool down lap
Then came the last session, I will say I wasn't comfortable with my lead and I had many capable drivers on my tail. I headed out only to have my car code on the out lap, I reset the codes on the fly but it coded again before my first lap while playing with that I was able to put down a 1:35.002 and knowing I couldn't go any faster without ABS I decided to pit in, after a discussion with Greg I decide to try and get another lap in, I reset my codes and headed back out. Coming down through thunder valley my car coded again so I pitted once again. As I sat in the pits a few TTR cars headed back out so I decided to give it one more try, I set myself up to get a clean lap and came across the start finish line hot with no codes showing yet This was it, show time, I didn't want to get bumped on the last session of the last day. I tried to get the fact that I could lose ABS at any moment out of my head and focused on running the best lap I could. I was able to get a full lap in without running into traffic, I glanced at my in car timer to see a 1:33.958
Now a sane person would have called it a day because if you go off or spin the time doesn't count, not to mention my ABS issue and I wanted to take my daily driver home in one piece. Of course I felt I might be able to better that lap so I stayed in it waiting to see if I could get in another clean lap. I came up on the 240 SX TTS car, luckily I was able to pass him on the back straight, my fingers were crossed hoping it didn't slow me up to much. The rest of the lap was clean and it was feeling good I came across the start finish line with a 1:33.889
A few facts: I ran a full weight car with nothing removed, I scaled in at 3350 about 150 lbs heavier than other Z06's running TTA.
I Dynoed at the track a high of 361 hp (middle of the pack for the Z06's that got dynoed) & I had a Vararam everyone else was stock.
I also ran the smallest tire of the group 275s square and ran Hankooks (What's a Hankook )
Thanks, for the props Matt
For those that care or were wondering, Here's the deal.
I ran in TTA
Car set up 2003 Z06, T1 Bars front and rear, adjustable end links, Vararam, HANKOOK 275/40 17 Square C50s & C70s, Hawk Pads DTC 70s up front & HT 14s in the rear (was a problem when I lost ABS, worked fine other wise, this was because these were the pads I had not for some balance I was looking for)
Special thanks to Vector Motorsports & Greg Dansbury for helping to set up the car, Hawk Brake Pads & Hankook tires. I'd also like to thank all the other Corvette guys that were so helpful over the year in sharing tips and helping me to learn the track , including Jesse, Dave, Wade, Danny, Jeff, Jon, Matt, Greg and countless others. including a mustang guy Rob
A special thanks goes out to Zerka, Erotica & Jon for getting me so drunk Friday night I could barely walk
I brought two sets of Hankooks, a set of C50s that had about 7 heat cycles at the start of the week and a stickered set of the C70s.
On Thursday I started with the 70s and laid down a lap that would have held for the entire weekend on my 2nd hot lap of our first timed session. (Our warm up/ Practice was black flagged), I then took them off the car and put the C50s on and waited to see if anyone would be able to challenge my 1:34.584(Bettering the Track Record of 1:35.787, Dave did run a 1:35.299 in Aug but it was in a session that didn't count). I was able to pull off 135s with the 50s on, I really tired not to push it, no need to take chances in my position.
On Friday both Jesse and Dave were down in the 1:35.1s and rumors started going around the paddock that I was a one lap wonder. Since I have grumbled in the past about people who can't back their laps up I decided to slap the C70s back on and see what I could do.
I went out in Friday's last session and had ABS issues on the first lap, I ended up flat spotting my right front going into the keyhole. We checked all the connections unplugged and plugged everything and went back out in Sat morning's practice session, no issues
Right before Sat's first time session someone puked oil all the way through thunder valley, which added to the excitement, time was running out people were trying to let it all hang out and we had to run through oil & oil dry I went out with the C70's and was able to back up my first days times with a back to back 1:34.502 & a 1:34.510 I will say I was a little nervous heading through that oily area, my car did feel stable but I also took it a little easier trying to keep the car stable through that section. Unfortunately my car coded on my cool down lap
Then came the last session, I will say I wasn't comfortable with my lead and I had many capable drivers on my tail. I headed out only to have my car code on the out lap, I reset the codes on the fly but it coded again before my first lap while playing with that I was able to put down a 1:35.002 and knowing I couldn't go any faster without ABS I decided to pit in, after a discussion with Greg I decide to try and get another lap in, I reset my codes and headed back out. Coming down through thunder valley my car coded again so I pitted once again. As I sat in the pits a few TTR cars headed back out so I decided to give it one more try, I set myself up to get a clean lap and came across the start finish line hot with no codes showing yet This was it, show time, I didn't want to get bumped on the last session of the last day. I tried to get the fact that I could lose ABS at any moment out of my head and focused on running the best lap I could. I was able to get a full lap in without running into traffic, I glanced at my in car timer to see a 1:33.958
Now a sane person would have called it a day because if you go off or spin the time doesn't count, not to mention my ABS issue and I wanted to take my daily driver home in one piece. Of course I felt I might be able to better that lap so I stayed in it waiting to see if I could get in another clean lap. I came up on the 240 SX TTS car, luckily I was able to pass him on the back straight, my fingers were crossed hoping it didn't slow me up to much. The rest of the lap was clean and it was feeling good I came across the start finish line with a 1:33.889
A few facts: I ran a full weight car with nothing removed, I scaled in at 3350 about 150 lbs heavier than other Z06's running TTA.
I Dynoed at the track a high of 361 hp (middle of the pack for the Z06's that got dynoed) & I had a Vararam everyone else was stock.
I also ran the smallest tire of the group 275s square and ran Hankooks (What's a Hankook )
Will do, I'm kind on two plans, racing and what ever my wife want to do.Subw00er wrote:And all that with a 1 year old.
Congrats man, next time you come this way, let me buy you a beer!
I'm not sure if I'll be out for LimeRock or not yet.
Here's a video of those laps
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseacti ... d=18379819
I included a little of the conversation just before I went out, goes to show how close I really was to not taking those laps.
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