some race pics of my CMC stang last weekend

[Dave T(BADVENM)]

Heres a few pics of my '86 Mustang in the Comp-School (kind of like our final exam after 3 hours of discussion and a few times on the track practicing standing and flying starts, etc). I had to take to get my provisional race license. In this group I'm with 944s, Spec Miatas, etc.

When I race for points in the Camaro-Mustang Challenge Series my competition will be strickly Mustangs and Camaros...possibly some Trans-Ams (V8 powered baby!).

The car isnt real pretty right now but its legal to race and get points toward the championship. We'll clean her up a bit before our next race in May.

 

[kyle's srt10]

Cool pics Dave:rock: So how did you do:dontknow:

 

[LoveThisTruck]

Looks like a blast:burnout:

 

[Dave T(BADVENM)]

We have 10 cars in CMC. 5 were running, 1 blew a motor and 4 didnt race for whatever reason. Of the 5 cars running I was last (as I expected given limited seat time in the car and very little money spent on suspension/brake upgrades).

But, in the overall points race after 1 event I am in 5th place, 1 point behind the 4th place guy.

We're limited to 230 horsepower (crank I think) and a minimum of 3150 pounds. I'm well under the max horsepower and well under the minimum weight...with me in the car its 2885 pounds). We've gotta add some balast in the car (cant be behind the driver or passenger) to get the weight up.

Its a whole different game then when I was running the truck in the HPDE 3 group last year. Mindset for me and my teamate is to just finish every race and accumulate points.

We're trying to figure out weaknesses in the car right now so we can address them (more money) next year (suspension, brakes, etc).

 

[Dave T(BADVENM)]

Heres a video of the group I will race with this year running on what became a slippery track after rain and snow started. The place where a few spun was the VHT prep area which when water is added makes for a dangerous combo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKK7l8aF3WM