Pucker up! We're going to MOSPORT!
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Nick, Derek T. and I will probably be trailering up together Sunday. I believe he is camping but I have a room booked at the Travelodge in Oshawa. You are more than welcome to caravan up with us if you want to.
-Dave W.
1994 Mazda Miata T50 #56
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"Mark, the showers are great ..." Yes,Stephan...there are good/great showers..however, there is one that should be avoided (like the plague..) I asked about showers and was directed to go "down there". It was down in the spectator camping area,located on the side of a knoll before the woods. I drove down first to check it out..only to find no lighting. I returned with a flashlight...and what that beam illuminated...I wouldn't force anyone to use. Reminded me of the Shawshank Redemption escape route taken by Andy Dufresne!
The good/great showers were very nice. Boy..I sure wish I could go...
The good/great showers were very nice. Boy..I sure wish I could go...
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This is a four-lap tour of Mosport at a slow speed. I'm posting it so that drivers who haven't been to the track can see what it's like at less than warp speed.
http://vimeo.com/46234897
http://vimeo.com/46234897
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jeffw wrote:What's the deal with your ST4 records, canadian tracks and the fact that it always rains now? Did you do a deal with the devil?WillM wrote:
Boo! and Boo!
I understand, though. Clearly the ST4 record set by a meager 1.6 Miata is too intimidating for the both of you. Chickens!
-Dave W.
1994 Mazda Miata T50 #56
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Sorry Dave! Looks like Will's ST4 record will stay another year!
Chris Parsons
#22 - 95 Miata
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That record will definitely fall at some point. The new blood in ST4 is a LOT faster than those old men who used to run.
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I left just when they downpour started by rungroup 8 and the TT session was halted. So what happened? did it get re-staged?Chrispy wrote:Sorry Dave! Looks like Will's ST4 record will stay another year!
I have not checked results or my time yet but I think SSB record has been "cracked" (Sorry Matthew B! )
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...and he still almost won the class.wizzman wrote:
- Nick
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You did well NIck, better than the lap times you were doing at practice!
I sensed Dave W. got caught with a "bit" o' rain given the Mini edged him a bit
SO I still don't know what happened in the end?
I sensed Dave W. got caught with a "bit" o' rain given the Mini edged him a bit
SO I still don't know what happened in the end?
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Thanks Stephan, although my times in the TT were pretty much what I was running in practice. On day 1, I had an old set of v710s and ran :39.80. I swapped to the better set for the last session of day 2 and managed a :38.69 (I didn't tell you about this newer, magical set). In the TT, my timer showed 0.22s slower than my best practice lap with most of that time being lost in T9/10 because for 2 laps in a row I forgot how to transition weight from left to right...StephanAlfa wrote:You did well NIck, better than the lap times you were doing at practice!
- Nick
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1999 Mazda Miata - T50
FS: 1997 Green BMW M3 - T80/SC
RIP: 1994 White BMW 325i - SSB
nicholas.fontana@gmail.com
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FS: 1997 Green BMW M3 - T80/SC
RIP: 1994 White BMW 325i - SSB
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The post I made yesterday either disappeared or didn't make it all the way through before I closed the browser. Either that or this 'old man' is loosing it faster than he likes to admit!TroyV wrote:That record will definitely fall at some point. The new blood in ST4 is a LOT faster than those old men who used to run.
Yup, Wittmer got screwed. Dave drove hard the entire event, including in the rainy TT. He was on-track to blow the record to bits.
I hope that all of my old ST4 records fall ! That said, I'd prefer if the records fell as they were earned; in a driven-to-the-track salvage-title 1.6 Miata shod with worn Toyo RA-1 tires and Axxis Ultimate brake pads with stock ECU and flapper-door air flow meter.
There were years where a time trial like this one would have been considered "rained out", and the results set aside. It rained HARD with some thunder for a very long time. That said, I'm glad that we finished the time trial as those that ran in the dry ran very good laps and set several well-deserved records. There were approximately 8 participants that time trialed after the rain started, some of whom decided not to run in the rain. I believe all 8 of them had competitors that ran in the dry.
That's one of the prime examples why I believe the Board of Directors made a huge mistake by over turning the "best 7 of 8" championship scoring method...
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Re: Pucker up! We're going to MOSPORT!
So, how many track miles did you guys/gals do?
Les.
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Drive it like you stole it!
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I did a record breaking 115 miles without overheating!
-Carl
-Carl
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340 miles
The rain tuesday afternoon put a hold on another hundred miles.
The rain tuesday afternoon put a hold on another hundred miles.
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