Didn't see this one posted in the previous 4 pages. This is one fast lap to say the least! Compared to Tom Duncan's CF, this lap is in Fast Forward mode. Notice the driver lifts going into T9. The fast guys don't.
I was there for the F1 demo and standing at the top of the hill by the Corkscrew you could hear every shift around the track except turn 5. What a show an F1 race would be at Laguna Seca! Like someone once told me about their experience driving a CART car-"you get to the next corner a whole lot SOONER!"
OK gang, I have been through this thread looking for recent in car from Mosport and if it s here I don't see it.
So, does anyone have any recent in car from Mosport to share ?
OK gang, I have been through this thread looking for recent in car from Mosport and if it s here I don't see it.
So, does anyone have any recent in car from Mosport to share ?
Search Formula Ford on video.google.com and you'll find severall across Google & YouTube. There is at least one OFFC/FormulaTour1600 driver who posts regularly...
the pinto in front of him at the start (directly in front) was me!!!!! I got stuck behind chris burke who's shift linkage broke and left him coasting in nuetral as such i lost a bunch of positions on the start. I did manage to catch and re pass doug within a lap or two. The pinto vs. zetec power seems pretty close. However the 8&10s are at a major disadvantage. In testing i was all over the big tire cars and i was slow in practice due to handling problems.
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Awww, come on guys, it's so simple. Maybe you need a refresher course. Hey! It's all ball bearings nowadays.
The 8's and 10's blow but I was having a problem with my car as my backmarker team mate was almost as quick as me. One of the biggest non equalization problems if you watch the video is that I get killed coming out of oak tree onto the back straight with the spec gears. I was good in and even getting off but with the big tall spec first gear and spec running gear within the car, i got smoked by all the FC's out of that turn bad. I've got no go compared to the FC's from a slow start.
Here's a video taken from a old Caldwell D9 FF1600 at a SCCA time trial. It's my best laps but includes the warm up and cool off laps so it is a bit long. (1:49.255 best) It's my first effort with my new Samsung 1GB flash camcorder and included remote cam. http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=FF1600&hl=en
First time out....I was a little rusty!!!!
Check out the new video on our site. http://www.tcrmotorsports.com
Click on Multimedia
New Video titled "April 2007 - Test Day"
[SIZE=2]Camcorder video from left body work. Shows left front suspension and steering.
Run 4 was my best - 48.633. Front spring preload change helped understeer. 64 MPH at end of slalom according to Bill Cook but I'm not sure which run. Seems correct as my gears charts say my shift from 2 to 3 @ 6000 = 58 MPH which occured near slalom cone 4 in run 4. The first runs I let it hit the limiter way too long.
Anybody know where I can get some in car video from Road Atlanta before the Dip was removed. {Don should have leveled the padock instead, don't you think?}
Thanks,
Jim swiftdriver@att.net
I will answer myself. This should get you to IMSA 85 at RA. I hope this works. http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1ZG218mT2LU
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Finally got around to editing and posting my Thunderhill video. I ran out of memory, as I forgot to delete the old stuff off the memory card, so I only got the first few laps.
Go to: http://www.tcrmotorsports.com
Click on Multimedia - it is the top video......
Thanks Tom. BTW, watched the race at WGI and Bill Valet drove an amazing race. The marshalls were waiting for the uproar after posting results due to pace car error at restart. Anywho, great race to watch and thanks for posting links to the videos.
PS: if Bill is reading this, many thanks to his dad for helping me belt in my FC and other tips/assistance.
Here is some video from Sunday's FF-F5-FV race at the Pocono Double National. Precisely at the one minute whistle on the false grid it started to rain. Not enough rain nor enough time to change to wet tires, but enough to make things very interesting for the first few laps.
Despite the conditions Davey D'Addario managed to set a new lap record during the race, so congrats to him and also to Joe Parsons for his win.
I have edited the video down, sorry for the choppy editing, still trying to get the hang of this. The video shows my son Bill Valet and Larry Hendrickson going back and forth for 5th place.
I've never run a hillclimb. But what with all those boulders, trees, and drop offs at the edge of the asphalt, I'd imagine you have to approach a run under the philosophy that you're not going to go 10/10ths. Would that be right?
If so, how do you maintain that less-than-flat-out mantra? Do you ever take a corner at 10/10ths? Roughly how hard do you drive?
Jim,
Actually, after driving this same car for over 20 years, I do work up to nearly 10/10s over the course of the weekend. I come from over 35 years of autocross and so I have a feel for what the limit is. Once I know the hill well and have felt out the levels of grip, I pretty much go for it, the last couple of runs on Sunday. I do feel like a certain level of maturity is required. Aircraft pilots have a saying, "There are bold pilots and old pilots but very few old bold pilots." I'm 59. It is pretty exciting.
Was looking around in Youtube for some racing video and found this neat in car footage of a Formula Ford race from Donnington: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rzT1DRmMuPY
Skip ahead to about the minute and a half mark for the actual start of the race. Part 2 only shows passes of 2 backmarkers but if you want to see it, scan the right margin for it.
There is a ton of great in-car video on the Apex Speed Channel at motorrev.klipz.tv. A great example is this video from Blackhawk Farms on a drying track.
Here's a little four-minute "music video" that covers my 2007 season. You'll see bits of Laguna Seca, Sears Point (Infineon Raceway), Thunderhill... and various other cars. Thanks to everyone who appears in the video; it was fun getting passed by you.
General Formula Car Discussion
2006 Season Highlights Video
Like someone once told me about their experience driving a CART car-"you get to the next corner a whole lot SOONER!" 
