Mission Raceway - BC, race and qualifying videos
Posted: July 20th, 2011, 12:43 pm
Alright, I'm gonna start posting my videos here whether you like it or not
First couple of videos are from the same day.. The qualifying session was great, as some of you may know, I had a lot of trouble with my car last year, just wouldn't run right. Got a fresh engine over the winter but messed up the manifold installation so I started the season even worse! Fixed that, but had trouble with the carb's jetting for the following weekend. Argh! Eventually caved in and got a 'new' carb, slapped it in and bang, the car was perfect. Went from a 1:23 as my best lap last season (with this car..) to a 1:20.6 on old american racers.
So I had high hopes for this July weekend, with the car mostly sorted out and a fresh set of hoosiers. And it worked out great in qualifying, did a 1:19.3 and followed it up with two 1:19.5 laps. This would have been a CACC lap record last year, but Tim Brausse and Adam Ingram keep shattering the record every weekend, they're now down to the low 1:18's! Which is good, shows me I have a lot to learn
http://vimeo.com/26658995
(Ignore the waving fist at the end of the session.. I was pretty happy!)
Then the race came along and boy, was it a learning experience. I had a terrible first lap, made all the wrong decisions and lost a few spots. Caught up pretty quickly but couldn't make a pass. Lots of hesitation and being overly cautious, which well, keeps me out of trouble. But watching the video, I missed a lot of opportunities to make easy passes. I think it was probably my first time battling for position in a race though, so it's really just inexperience. I was having a lot of fun (by far the most exciting race I've ever had..) until the engine gave up:
http://vimeo.com/26256181
It was a bitter sweet weekend for sure. It proved that I can go pretty fast, that racing is a blast.. After a year of trying to sort out the car, I was finally having FUN driving and racing. Then the engine had enough and I was quickly reminded that there is a price to pay for all of this. I hope to do one more race this year, if I can get the engine back in the car on time and I can still afford it, but I'll skip the last 3 races of the year. Save some cash and hope for a better season in 2012
First couple of videos are from the same day.. The qualifying session was great, as some of you may know, I had a lot of trouble with my car last year, just wouldn't run right. Got a fresh engine over the winter but messed up the manifold installation so I started the season even worse! Fixed that, but had trouble with the carb's jetting for the following weekend. Argh! Eventually caved in and got a 'new' carb, slapped it in and bang, the car was perfect. Went from a 1:23 as my best lap last season (with this car..) to a 1:20.6 on old american racers.
So I had high hopes for this July weekend, with the car mostly sorted out and a fresh set of hoosiers. And it worked out great in qualifying, did a 1:19.3 and followed it up with two 1:19.5 laps. This would have been a CACC lap record last year, but Tim Brausse and Adam Ingram keep shattering the record every weekend, they're now down to the low 1:18's! Which is good, shows me I have a lot to learn
http://vimeo.com/26658995
(Ignore the waving fist at the end of the session.. I was pretty happy!)
Then the race came along and boy, was it a learning experience. I had a terrible first lap, made all the wrong decisions and lost a few spots. Caught up pretty quickly but couldn't make a pass. Lots of hesitation and being overly cautious, which well, keeps me out of trouble. But watching the video, I missed a lot of opportunities to make easy passes. I think it was probably my first time battling for position in a race though, so it's really just inexperience. I was having a lot of fun (by far the most exciting race I've ever had..) until the engine gave up:
http://vimeo.com/26256181
It was a bitter sweet weekend for sure. It proved that I can go pretty fast, that racing is a blast.. After a year of trying to sort out the car, I was finally having FUN driving and racing. Then the engine had enough and I was quickly reminded that there is a price to pay for all of this. I hope to do one more race this year, if I can get the engine back in the car on time and I can still afford it, but I'll skip the last 3 races of the year. Save some cash and hope for a better season in 2012