Spec Miata Community: Mid Ohio 8/15-16 event observation

search | help | calendar | games | forum home

» Hello

Spec Miata Community » National Auto Sport Association » NASA Central » Mid Ohio 8/15-16 event observation

Email this page to someone! | Subscribe To Topic

Author

Topic: Mid Ohio 8/15-16 event observation

Qik Nip Verified Driver

Loose Member '09 & '10 Great Lakes Regional Points Champion

Region: Cincinnati Great Lakes
Car #: 60
Year : 1990
Posts: 1487
Status: Offline

posted

I noted that we have a "guest race group" at the upcoming Mid Ohio event this weekend. Last June I recall that we also had a guest group and I recall it was later acknowledged by NASA that adding that guest group was a mistake because it unduly crowded the schedule. Are we repeating history this weekend? I sure hope not.
Rick

--------------------
Fortune Cookie Racing SM 60
Directions for use: Race, Rumple, Repair ... Repeat!

D Watts Verified Driver

Just going in circles

Region: Neohio
Car #: 66
SMIM: dwatts66
Posts: 464
Status: Offline

posted

I thought I counted 70 cars in your run group too. No thanks, not for me. Now, if it were 70 SMs, I'd be there!!

--------------------
David Watts
GLDiv #66

Z-MAN

Member

Region: Mid-South
Car #: 54
Year : 1990
Posts: 711
Status: Offline

posted

That's a bunch of cars in one group... I hope they start the race on the back straight - I ran at Mid Ohio last year at an SCCA DBL Reg weekend in a large group of mixed cars (SM and IT cars). I was hit from behind and spun into the pit lane wall on the start.

Unlike the pro races, they started the races on the front straight - IMO - VERY STUPID...

I don't think that I will ever race at the track again if the race start is on the front straight... Single file restarts would probably be ok.

MZ

Qik Nip Verified Driver

Loose Member '09 & '10 Great Lakes Regional Points Champion

Region: Cincinnati Great Lakes
Car #: 60
Year : 1990
Posts: 1487
Status: Offline

posted

quote:
Originally posted by Z-MAN:
That's a bunch of cars in one group... I hope they start the race on the back straight - I ran at Mid Ohio last year at an SCCA DBL Reg weekend in a large group of mixed cars (SM and IT cars). I was hit from behind and spun into the pit lane wall on the start.

Unlike the pro races, they started the races on the front straight - IMO - VERY STUPID...

I don't think that I will ever race at the track again if the race start is on the front straight... Single file restarts would probably be ok.

MZ

Nornally NASA starts the small bore race in two flights at MO. One group starts on the front straight and the other on the back.

That "normalizes the start, but the track gets pretty crowded by mid race when the mixing of the two groups gets heavy.
Rick

--------------------
Fortune Cookie Racing SM 60
Directions for use: Race, Rumple, Repair ... Repeat!

38BFAST Verified Driver

Member

Region: Waterford Hills
Car #: 38
Year : 96
Posts: 348
Status: Offline

posted

70 cars on the track at one time. Humm, well you will be able to run light on fuel do to all the yellows the racers are going to be asking for.

--------------------
Ralph Provitz
#38
2008 WHRRI SM Champion
2008 WHRRI Top 10 Overall
V2 Motorsports, Race support, Data Dude

d mathias Verified Driver

Member

Region: OVR
Car #: 88
Year : 1991
Posts: 2401
Status: Offline

posted

Rick, Surely you know by now - "if your group loses track time it's because the group caused the yellows". [Big Grin]

And - "we have to add guest groups or the entry fees will go up". [Roll Eyes]

EBudman Verified Driver

Idle Member

Region: Detroit
Car #: #71
Year : 1990
Posts: 656
Status: Offline

posted

HA, a 70 car group at MidO!? LeMons comes to NASA!! [Confused]

Just goes to show, drivers are not rational people.. [duck]

Now, if you were all running $500 cars, that would make sense!

EB

Qik Nip Verified Driver

Loose Member '09 & '10 Great Lakes Regional Points Champion

Region: Cincinnati Great Lakes
Car #: 60
Year : 1990
Posts: 1487
Status: Offline

posted

quote:
Originally posted by d mathias:
Rick, Surely you know by now - "if your group loses track time it's because the group caused the yellows". And - "we have to add guest groups or the entry fees will go up".

Jeeze Denny. I'd forgotten the fact that "we" were at fault and got what we deserved. Shame on me. [nope]

Rick
P.S. I just counted the field ... 59 cars (19 SM's) excluding any late entrants.

--------------------
Fortune Cookie Racing SM 60
Directions for use: Race, Rumple, Repair ... Repeat!

Qik Nip Verified Driver

Loose Member '09 & '10 Great Lakes Regional Points Champion

Region: Cincinnati Great Lakes
Car #: 60
Year : 1990
Posts: 1487
Status: Offline

posted

Since I brought it up, I figured I needed to report on the event and the S-2000 guest group issue.

Actually it went off on schedule with no abbreviated sessions. All in all a good event from Brian and Dave. The only complaint I have was that the start got a but hairy on Saturday when we caught up with the Porsche 944 backmarkers almost immediately and they were behaving .. well, let's say unpredictably. On Sunday we inexplicably were directed to start even closer to them and (from my perspective) it worked better!
Rick

--------------------
Fortune Cookie Racing SM 60
Directions for use: Race, Rumple, Repair ... Repeat!

Printer-friendly view of this topic | Subscribe To Topic

Hop To: