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Argh I'm so sorry I missed the race now! 7.30 was a bit to early for me on a Sunday, but man that would have been worth it.

Congrats to Rick Shields

They are streamed live, so should be 9.30am on Sunday (Road America time, which seems to be 3 hours ahead of PST, so.. whatever that is?! Sorry, sort of new to this side of the world haha)

I'm gonna guess the weather wasn't great today?

If I understand it correctly, most Vee's in Southern California are racing with VARA

That's it, first qualifying session is done.. It was fun to nerd out and follow live timing haha. Some great times for the first session out, but I guess no real surprise at the top

Good luck to everyone, can't wait to see what happens! I'm very excited to see how Tommy does, is he officially the youngest FV driver at the runoffs? He has to be one of the youngest drivers ever at the runoffs in any class..

Thanks for the update Michael!

Thanks for posting this, I was wondering how I'd get to follow the events

What an awesome thing to do Good luck at the runoffs and still hoping you find your engines!

I'd rather it be dry, but when you drive somewhere like BC where 2 or 3 out of every 6 races are wet races, you kinda have to get out there and try to enjoy the rain :) That said, Brian (Harding) makes a bunch of good points, and personally - when it starts raining, I don't care anymore, I'm just ha...

I'm anxiously following this thread.. I can't even imagine how pissed I'd be if something like this happened. I've got my fingers crossed for you!

This should be fun.. It's an ICSCC event, and for whatever random reason, all of us in BC decided to travel down for that weekend. We're hoping the WA and OR guys can join us and make a big grid. I realize it's the same weekend as the runoffs, but I can almost guarantee this will be more fun :lol: h...

Are these the ones that would let you tighten up the sway bar without binding (sorry, I don't really know the name of that much stuff hehe..)? If so, I've heard good things about the ones made by someone else, not sure if they'd be any different from these SR ones..

good point :) Still, if anything, a solution for the bendy bendy turkey legs might make our setups easier and more predictable.. What if instead of starting at -1.8 degrees and ending up at god knows what under load, we start up at god knows what and stay there? Wouldn't that be a good thing? (waiti...

Not saying that's the case, but wouldn't current rear suspension and tire setups also be limited by and based on available front grip? If a new part or set of parts became available that increased front grip levels in such a miraculous way, I would think a lot of effort would be placed by the class ...

Thanks for posting.. :) I'm trying to buy it, but he set restrictions on who can bid on it based on primary address. So even though I have a US shipping address, I need to wait until he clears me to bid argh.. Still, by the time I buy a charger for $50, it'll have cost me $300 for a battery powered ...

The way I understood it, is that if you're using the full grip out tires give us, your suspension will be going all out of shape anyway, whichever static camber setting you use.. And that if this ain't happening, you're not going fast enough :lol: Great thread though, this explains why my front susp...

ahh, got to this too late.. Could definitely use the transponder and the rains! Oh well..

Awesome news

Brian - the FV lap record at Mission Raceway. At that time, it was 1.20.6 I believe, I did a 1.21.8.. A couple races later Scott Arthur and Bob Posner were both into the 1.19's, which I won't get to anytime soon, that's for sure. Granted this is local, regional racing, but either way, we're talking ...

Well I think the fact they're based on fairly "ancient" technology and parts isn't very appealing to most younger drivers.. And the lack of power. Most "kids" nowadays (hey, I'm a kid!) are addicted to thrills, everything is fast paced in our lives. Unless you're attracted to the...

Ah.. I learned that lesson very quickly - my second race, actually. I was catching up to the car in front, and her engine cover snapped in half on the main straight. I moved over to the right and kept looking at the flapping piece of fiberglass, pointing at it so the corner workers would see it. By ...

If you're not running anywhere close to "the edge", then I can understand why you would get bored. I see your point, it's a good one :) I guess being new to driving Vees and racing in general, I find it a lot more exciting and stimulating to chase someone and trying to catch/keep up, than...

Thanks Roger.. I used to be an editor and I'm now a vfx artist for film. I know how hard it is to do side projects outside of your normal work schedule, so I appreciate the effort you're about to put into this, and the attempts other people have made. Sounds like you have a good plan, I'm sure it'll...

Thanks guys

A track day is sort of like a test and tune day - open lapping sessions, 20 minutes or so, alternating between various groups. You need to check with whoever is organizing the track day to see what sort of cars are allowed. Most track days do not allow open wheelers, unless they've got enough cars t...