2014 NWFC Series

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Sample Video is up.

Pay attention to the mirrors on the first lap.

http://youtu.be/Pexzu-Tyzgs

!!Warning!!
Some Mygale's where injured during the making of this film but they hugged it out afterword and all is good.

[gcoffin]

It was 2 of the best laps of close racing I have had in a long time. The best part was feeling totally confident in running side by side thru turn 2, and the passes at 4 and 6 under braking, knowing that there would be just enough room and nothing silly was about to happen, it was a real pleasure. I think that wee vibration coming from the right rear wheel may have been altered by a bit of kinetic energy on the exit of turn 7. At least visual examination would suggest that is the case lol

[Jphoenix]

Sample Video is up.

Pay attention to the mirrors on the first lap.

http://youtu.be/Pexzu-Tyzgs

!!Warning!!
Some Mygale's where injured during the making of this film but they hugged it out afterword and all is good.

That was me in the gold vee, next time we combine groups, I'll paint the vee blue with a yellow diagonal stripe and save the turn workers arm muscles ;-)

Seriously, it was a lot of fun and NWMS puts on great long weekend of racing!

[ccoffin]

We look forward to seeing you out there again next year. And thanks for agreeing to the group combination and split start. Got everyone in our group out of there two hours earlier and the group was nicely separated from the get go.

I'm glad roger had his camera on for that session as ours was found to have a full memory card when we went to turn it on at the 1 minute warning. Would have been a shame to miss those last couple of laps.

[HayesCages]

After following me for a lap there wouldn't have been anything visible on Greg's camera anyway, too much oil being slung about :-(

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www.northwestfc.net

Pictures and results are going up in the schedule section also overall standings have been updated.

[ccoffin]

1st SWX coverage of the 2014 NWMS Grand Prix will be:


8PM Friday the 6th of June...

and then again on Sunday June 8th at 4PM



SWX Coverage:

City Over-the-Air Cable

Spokane 6-2 Comcast 306

Coeur d'Alene 6-2 Time Warner 306

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland 25-3 Charter 287

Yakima 23-3 Charter 287

Pullman-Moscow Time Warner 306

Lewiston (ID) Cable One 466

Sandpoint (ID) 6-2 Northland Cable 115

Moses Lake Northland Cable 317

Cheney 6-2 Davis Cable 514


Thank you all for coming to the races!

Will post the show online when hard copies are received. Or if you can trick your tablet or phone into sending out an IP address from one of those cities you will be able to view through the swx app at the time of broadcast.

I'm assuming coverage will be edited versions of the Sundays races.

[gcoffin]

Hey can you check to see if the unedited group 3 race can be had

[ccoffin]

Hey can you check to see if the unedited group 3 race can be had

Should I contact Steve to do so or someone else?

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Other races are up

Race 1
http://youtu.be/KyWM9PFrBho

Race 2
http://youtu.be/nGG26mgz2Uc

The quick end to my alternate angle camera during Q1
http://youtu.be/Z6hGIHRGs3U

[Zac.B]

Great videos! I don't think mine are as good, but when I have some spare time (HA ) I will try to get some edited and shared!

Looks like you and Mr.coffin had some good clean fun all weekend!

[RSS]

When you are 2 sec/lap faster its not really a race more of a seal clubbing than anything.

So next time slow down to get into the video

[gcoffin]

Mr Coffin.........I am old but really Zac.....just Greg

You drove well over the weekend......our only hope was that you would make a mistake....did not happen.......I think the quota was reached by the Mygale owners and there were none left for you.

See you in Portland, and if you guys need a place to crash there is plenty of room

[rickb99]

....See you in Portland, and if you guys need a place to crash there is plenty of room

Just EXACTLY what do you mean by that? Do you have a spare cot in your room, or what?

[JSharp]

I just got back from the studio at SWX to preview the show. It looks great, except they did miss the "kiss" between Greg and Roger but they did get the passes. All of the run groups were featured. We will also be getting all of the footage of our race from the cameras to post later.

Remember, it airs tonight at 8PM and again at 4PM 6/8/2014.

[ccoffin]

Thanks Jay!

Richard, he means on the way to Portland as zac is coming from Calgary and can stay at my parents on their way through Spokane. Coincidently there is also room for another cot in the trailer to stay in at the track.

[ccoffin]

This weekends Portland race is on in 5 minutes. Sheldon lemoine qualified on pole with Hayes right behind him, split by an fb. Follow live timing on race monitor, search "chicane challenge"

[ccoffin]

Congrats to Sheldon lemoine on the victory and Lawrence Hayes on 2nd.

Live twitter coverage will continue next week. 13 FC's currently entered for the major!

[ccoffin]

Hour and a half til quali 1 at PIR majors at 10:30 pst. Combined nwfc and pacific f2000 series leads to 15 FC's ready to hit the track. Follow timing on race monitor and check out twitter @NW_FC to get updates and pictures from the event.

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Portland Q1

1. Andrew Evans 1:15.357
2. Zach Craigo 1:15.462
3. Yufeng Luo 1:15.563
4. Zac Burke 1:15.620
5. Tom Hope 1:15.791
6. Michael Manning 1:15.866
7. Peter West 1:16.494
8. Peter Thomas 1:16.680
9. Colin Cross 1:18.762
10. Chuck Raggio 1:18.779
11. James Hepburn 1:18.998
12. Greg Coffin 1:19.608
13. Lawrence Hayes 1:21.779
14. Gavin Aitken 1:22.387
15. Brad Law 1:31.988

[Blair Robertshaw]

with or without the chicane? please RSS

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Without I believe.

[ccoffin]

With chicane. Only non-chicane road race from major sanctioning bodies at PIR now is the Icscc opener.

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Did you get Hepburns time he disapeared from Race monitor at the end of the session.

[ccoffin]

1:18.998 for James. Also for those that don't follow twitter, FC will have a split start for both races.

[ccoffin]

Quali 2 in about 15-20 minutes.

[ccoffin]

Almost time to race. Split start for fifteen FC's . 38 cars total in group!

Currently cleaning the track from what appears to be a blown engine in the last race.

Follow live timing on race monitor and/or @NWFC on twitter.

[Blair Robertshaw]

Turn 2 grief! what happened Charlie?

[ccoffin]

Lots happened!!! Check out the twitter feed. Some people got hit, some people broke, some people drove fast and some didn't. Will post results in a bit.

[ccoffin]

Results PIR majors race 1:

1. Yufeng Luo 1:16.366
2. Michael Manning 1:16.754
3. Colin Cross 1:17.528
4. Peter Thomas 1:16.783
5. Peter West 1:17.027
6. Greg Coffin 1:19.239
7. Chuck Raggio 1:18.681
8. Lawrence Hayes 1:21.232
9. Gavin Aitken 1:20.641
10. Zach Craigo 1:15.487
11. Brad Law 1:26.920
12. Andrew Evans 1:16.018
13. James Hepburn 1:17.913
14. Tom Hope 1:16.901 (dnf)
15. Zac Burke 1:18.002 (dnf)

[ccoffin]

We are ready to go again. Follow race monitor and twitter. Fewer cars today but should be just as good.

[ccoffin]

Sunday results:

1. Zach Craigo 1:15.354
2. Yufeng Luo 1:15.716
3. Tom Hope 1:15.914
4. Michael Manning 1:16.693
5. Peter West 1:16.140
6. Peter Thomas 1:16.289
7. Andrew Evans 1:16.771
8. Colin Cross 1:17.842
9. Greg Coffin 1:17.974
10. Lawrence Hayes 1:21.499
11. Brad Law 1:24.307
12. Gavin Aitken 1:20.788
13. James Hepburn 1:18.540

[ccoffin]

Finally got the SWX broadcast hard copies. First one is loaded up and ready to watch.

flag-to-flag group 3/6

If you like the video please make a donation to Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery.

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Final Round at the Ridge

Qualifying for Race 1
1. Russ Werner 1:46.962
2. Lawrence Hayes 1:50.595 (CFC)
3. Michael Lensen 1:51.473
4. Sheldon Lemoine 1:56.779
5. Steven Smith 1:57.745 (CFC)
6. Daryl Harsha 2:03.836 (CFC)
7. Alan Davis 2:22.477 (CFC)

Sprint Race Results
1. Russ Werner
2. Sheldon Lemoine
3. Lawrence Hayes
4. Michael Lensen
5. Daryl Harsha
6. Steven Smith
7. Alan Davis

Qualifying for Race 2
1. Russ Werner 1:44.951
2. Sheldon Lemoine 1:45.737
3. Michael Lensen 1:47.474
4. Lawrence Hayes 1:51.242 (CFC)
5. Steven Smith 1:55.029 (CFC)
6. Daryl Harsha 1:58.623 (CFC)
7. Alan Davis 1:2:16.105 (CFC)

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Final Race Results

1. Russ Werner
2. Sheldon Lemoine
3. Daryl Harsha
4. Steve Smith
5. Alan Davis
6. Michael Lensen
7. Lawrence Hayes

[ccoffin]

My results had lensen 6th, everybody but Hayes bumped up a spot.

[HayesCages]

We got stuck (literally car wouldn't move) at the side of the track...Lenson ran out of fuel so both DNF'd.
We did manage a 1:47.3 in the ol' Argo prior to the "mishap" though :-)

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Thanks Lawrence will change the results.

[ccoffin]

Congrats to Lawrence Hayes (HayesCages) on winning the 2014 NWFC CFC championship, and Roger Smetaniuk (RSS) on winning the overall 2014 NWFC championship.

Stay tuned for the 2015 schedule. If you haven't taken the schedule survey yet, check your inbox. Sent out twice now with only about 25% responding. Need more feedback to make a schedule that works for everyone.

[HayesCages]

Thanks Charlie, we had a great time!

Our only wish is that more people would've made every date on the schedule. This is why it's so important for everyone to participate in the survey, so we can see who wants to go where and when. Having 20+ FC's at 2015 events would be fantastic!

Thanks again to Roger Semtaniuk, Greg Coffin and Charlie Coffin for putting this series together!