7 of us registered thus far... any of the west coasters planning to make the trip?
-- Nick
Lincoln in May...
7 of us registered thus far... any of the west coasters planning to make the trip?
-- Nick
Nick M.
Driving - your car if you'll let me.
Too far for this East coaster unfortunately.Originally Posted by Locked
Dick
CM 85
Wish I could be there. An unexpected engine rebuild used up a considerable chunk from my war chest for this season.
Sho Torii
1985 Citation FF1600
That's not good news... (Try to make it to Peru. I'm guessing it will be the largest "CM" tour pre-nationals.)Wish I could be there. An unexpected engine rebuild used up a considerable chunk from my war chest for this season.
Nick M.
Driving - your car if you'll let me.
Sho,
Peru can be ton's of fun with a CM car!
Dick
Yup, I am marking Peru to be my only National event other than Nationals this year.
Sho Torii
1985 Citation FF1600
When and what at Lincoln?
Mark
1990 Van Diemen, the Racing Machine, CM AutoX, 2016 Frontier
You can try to make a street car into an autocrosser or you can do a lot less work and make a race car into a great autocrosser
The Tour, May 27th & 28th.
Nick M.
Driving - your car if you'll let me.
Entry list...
2012 Tire Rack SCCA Lincoln National Tour
SCCA - National Tour
Sunday May 27 - Monday May 28, 2012
Lincoln Airpark, Lincoln, NE
C Modified 8 entries
Chris Pruett
Swift DB1
A series of unexpected events has just led me to fly to Lincoln to co-drive my friend's CSP car for the Tour. I will make sure to visit the CM grid to say hi to everyone.
Sho Torii
1985 Citation FF1600
We in the SE have just about given up on running at Peru due to the really rough surface there. Any hope that it will be fixed (like grind down and patch)?
Jim
a big patch and grind party in June,
Thank you. Now I can follow the action.
Mark
1990 Van Diemen, the Racing Machine, CM AutoX, 2016 Frontier
You can try to make a street car into an autocrosser or you can do a lot less work and make a race car into a great autocrosser
My co-driver and I will be there!
Brandon
CM will be running in Heat 2 and so will CSP. This will limit my visiting time to the CM grid.
Sho Torii
1985 Citation FF1600
My friend's car broke and I cancelled my trip at the last minute.
Good luck to everyone in CM!
Sho Torii
1985 Citation FF1600
Race cars are less like likely to break than street cars, right?My friend's car broke and I cancelled my trip at the last minute.
Good luck to everyone in CM!
Mark
Last edited by mwizard; 05.27.12 at 5:46 PM.
1990 Van Diemen, the Racing Machine, CM AutoX, 2016 Frontier
You can try to make a street car into an autocrosser or you can do a lot less work and make a race car into a great autocrosser
Also less likely to break . . . assuming they were healthy from good maintenance, etc.Race cars are less like likely to brake than street cars, right?
Mark
I am a fan of Samuel Clemens as in "it is a very small mind that can only think of one way to spell a word"Also less likely to break . . . assuming they were healthy from good maintenance, etc.
Mark
1990 Van Diemen, the Racing Machine, CM AutoX, 2016 Frontier
You can try to make a street car into an autocrosser or you can do a lot less work and make a race car into a great autocrosser
And making the most of it on day one!
My friend's car is one of the best built CSP car in the country and far from a "street car".Race cars are less like likely to break than street cars, right?
MarkMiraculously, he fixed the car in time to lead the class over the current national champion after Day 1. I am now kicking my butt for not making the trip.
If you meant stock cars by the "street cars", I think they have much less issues than "race cars". YMMV.
Sho Torii
1985 Citation FF1600
FYI despite comments such as mineMy friend's car is one of the best built CSP car in the country and far from a "street car".
If you meant stock cars by the "street cars", I think they have much less issues than "race cars". YMMV.
EDIT: Mark took one slow run today in Nick's car today. I'm guessing some problem that allows slow running only. FYI the CM rookie (Brandon) won. Darn kids.
Actually, MANY street cars are very reliable in autocross. Been there done that.
Dick
CM 85
Last edited by Dick R.; 05.28.12 at 12:26 PM.
Great showing by CM. I enjoyed watching on Ustream. Wish I had been there!
Preliminary results...
http://sololive.scca.com/CM.html
Brandon in the Dulon FTW! Congrats!
Looking forward to hearing about Nick/Mark's problems with the RF-85 as well as the rest of the stories from the weekend.
Chris Pruett
Swift DB1
Congrats to Brandon on the win
Looks like CM should do well on PAX, too. I understand the course(s) had a bunch of the "slalom till you drop" type elements...supposedly a variation on Kevin Younger's west course from last fall? In any case, good job by CM...even though I think PAX is more magic than tech, it is good to see CM represent and Brandon really showed 'em all the quick way home!
Last edited by mwood; 05.28.12 at 9:01 PM.
The results seem to validate my suspicion, in CM it is more the driver than the "right" car. Good driving Brandon!
Mark
1990 Van Diemen, the Racing Machine, CM AutoX, 2016 Frontier
You can try to make a street car into an autocrosser or you can do a lot less work and make a race car into a great autocrosser
Saturday on the test course we broke an axle. (Next time we'll have spares.)
After much thrashing.. (Mark welded the broken axle), I made a very tough decision to not run the car.
Mark deserves much praise. Not only did he fight for 6 hours to weld the broken part, He fell on the sword so the rest of us had a shot at earning a tire by finishing 2nd. (Being 6'4", he couldn't fit in Ray's car without some significant modifications.)
Certainly a disappointing weekend for us. I'm most disappointed that CM didn't have enough cars at the event to pay tires (Why travel 1/2 way across the country to compete against the same people as the previous weekend at Grissom?)
Without my car taking a parade lap, the entry count would have fallen to 6. Someone had to take one for the class. I'm saddened it had to be Mark.
Nick M.
Driving - your car if you'll let me.
Congrats to Brandon on the winBrandon, Great to have you in the class! You deserve the win!
Nick M.
Driving - your car if you'll let me.
My "not broken yet" original (and appropriate tools) will be added to the spares with me at Blytheville. I broke the other one at a local event where one spinning tire hit a pothole right after the start and then got sudden grip on the other side. Extremely clean break! The replacements were supposed to be much stronger. So far, so good after many years.
Edit to add: I just remembered that both axles had been magnafluxed for the first time a couple of events previously. Figures.
Really great of Mark to take those exhibition runs both days to allow another trophy.
Dick
85 VD
CM 85
Last edited by Dick R.; 05.29.12 at 8:02 PM.
Bummer...
Thanks for the update Nick. On a, somewhat, positive note, at least this happen well in advance of Blythville / Nationals...
Chris Pruett
Swift DB1
Mark also spent several hours in my trailer patching up a clutch master cylinder that got broken (along with my frame) on a course feature I affectionately dubbed the "ski jump". Other than that one bump, the courses were awesome. East had all the annoyingly tight pinched turns in the 'city block' part opened up, West had about half of the endless slaloms replaced with some really fun offsets. Running familiar course layouts backwards also made it easier to get the 2nd course down without having days in advance to walk it.
Thanks for the update Nick. On a, somewhat, positive note, at least this happen well in advance of Blythville / Nationals...
Congrats to Brandon! In spite of the damage my car ran perfectly. He put together a couple of smoking fast runs.
I hope to get my car back together in time for Blytheville.
Don
Carnage!
Geez, it was a tough weekend for Modified cars in Lincoln! Here's a listing of the damage I have heard about :
~ Don Elzinga - CM : Broken frame / master cylinder
~ Nick Myers - CM : Broken axle
~ Clemens Burger - BM : Broken a-arm
~ Greg Piper - FM : Clutch "explosion"
Ouch! Kind of like "I went to a Solo and a Club Race broke out" kind of weekend.
Chris Pruett
Swift DB1
I guess "we" should stop bragging about how reliable our cars are . . .Geez, it was a tough weekend for Modified cars in Lincoln! Here's a listing of the damage I have heard about :
~ Don Elzinga - CM : Broken frame / master cylinder
~ Nick Myers - CM : Broken axle
~ Clemens Burger - BM : Broken a-arm
~ Greg Piper - FM : Clutch "explosion"
Ouch! Kind of like "I went to a Solo and a Club Race broke out" kind of weekend.
FYI If Nick's axle is an original (or equivalent) Van Diemen or UK part it was "time" for it to break under the stress of autocrossing. I broke one many years ago and replaced both with high strength US sourced axles. Mine were/are not drilled.
Dick
CM 85
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