Tampa Racing Track Day

[ScrappyJack]

Link to info (http://www.tamparacing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=33381)

This is at Bradenton and 4 of the 5 11-second Tampa Bay DSMs are planning on attending. It's only $5 for spectators and should be quite a show.

I know this is last minute, but that seems to be the best way to get things done around here. ;)

[ScrappyJack]

Got confirmation from the organizer(s) that we can just show up and pay to spectate.

[Geovannie]

Jack are you going? Give me a callor email if your going you know my home #. I would love to go but thought you had to prepay.

[talontsi]

No prepay for spectating.
I shoudl be there!

[MitsuBucci]

rt - .891
60 - 1.720
330 - 4.946
1/8 - 7.455
mph - 100.00
1000 - 9.607
1/4 - 11.399
mph - 125.75

Now if I could drive it like Brad...

[talontsi]

You guys kicked ass today at the track!

THat should get the O-town crew to get thier a**'s in gear!
:eek: ;)

Congrats to all once again.
It was worth the extra tanning I received.

[Geovannie]

Hell yeah it was awesome. The results deserve its own thread.

[highoctane]

Had a kick ass time, it was really cool to meet some of the Orlando crew, DSM's rocked the track!!

New best time:

60' 1.627
330 4.829
1/8 7.411
MPH 93.75
1000 9.664
1/4 11.574
MPH 115.29 --> lower ic pipe blew off after the 3-4 shift

Got a new best on pump gas too:

60' 1.733
330 5.064
1/8 7.737
MPH 92.35
1000 10.089
1/4 12.045
MPH 115.07

Personal best 60' time of 1.611 :eek:

Set a personal record, 15 passes in a day, actually that was acomplished in about 4 hours!! :dist:

Only major problems of the day where my lack of tuning, keeping the tranny in 1st gear, making a complete shift from 3rd to 4th, lower ic pipe blowing off, getting sun burned! :lol:

[underdog]

89 Mirage 1.6L Turbo (Gail) Still getting the hang of launching the car, but the power is there. There's lots of untapped potential to boot!

60' 1.790
330 5.322
1/8 8.235
mph 84.14
1000 10.804
1/4 12.977
mph 102.85


89 Mirage 2.0L Turbo (Underdog) Car is running great, lots of fun to drive. The most entertaining was my last run. I thought it'd be cool to run on the drag radials. Hit second gear and it felt like the car shot a foot or two to the right. :dist:

60' 1.849
330 5.158
1/8 7.794
mph 92.29
1000 10.066
1/4 11.962
mph 118.01

It was good seeing folks from the Orlando crew supporting us!

Tom
1989 Mirage 2.0
http://www.turbomirage.com

[Dustin]

Well i'd like to give a big congrats to the guys today. you Tampa DSMers kick ass. What's that 6, 11 second cars now? Oh and it was nice meeting a lot of the guys that i previously only knew from these boards.

[MitsuBucci]

Damn Dustin, that was you. I'm such an IDIOT! I must have missed that introduction. I'm so Stupid, stupid, stupid.

That is the only thing that I didn't enjoy about today. I didn't get a chance to bullshit too much with everyone. The only ODSM guys I could name again Are Geo and Jack. The others were cool guys that I didn't get a good chance to talk to. My mind was like a jumbled mess.:silly:

[Dustin]

Originally posted by 94TSiAWD
Damn Dustin, that was you. I'm such an IDIOT! I must have missed that introduction. I'm so Stupid, stupid, stupid.


HEHE oops i guess one of us weren't payin attention during the whole introduction thing.:D

[ScrappyJack]

Actually, the uncouth Tampa goons didn't bother with introductions. Then again, Geo and I didn't really bother to introduce our Orlando sidekicks, either. :D

Seriously, it's always interesting putting faces to internet handles - because they are never what you expect. :lol: I can't say enough good things about the core Tampa guys and their efforts today. That's a DSM family to be proud of. :bow:

Early on, everyone was sort of struggling. We were afraid that we had brought the Orlando curse with us, but it turns out those silly guys were trying to run 11s on pump gas. :D So, when I saw the white Mirage hatch run a high 12 at around 105mph, I just figured Tom was a little off the pace.

When I saw the car run again, it busted out a 12.0 at around 117mph! :eek: "What the hell did they do to that car?!" Jack exclaimed. Only later did I realize they had brought the twins out. :idea:

Brad- Get all the towel fuzz off your head yet?
Snoochie-Buccis- Get that big-ass grin off your face yet?
Jerry- Get that headgasket fixed yet?
Eric- Get that axle fixed yet? (Eric gets the "Warrior of the Weekend" award for a mighty effort to locate and replace a broken axle in the pits.)
Geo/Akie- Get Ulysses out of the backseat yet?

Awesome event and I'm glad I got to come out and enjoy.

[Manie]

Sound like it was lots of fun. Great runs guys/gals.
I got up to go, but I realized I had way too much to do today, so I figured I should do them. It was hard not to go. I knew it was going to be fun.
Next event, :cry:,
Manie

[Geovannie]

:lol:

Yeah Tom,Gail, & Jerrys cars had Ulyses :bowdown: :drool:

[MitsuBucci]

The Big ass Grin stays.

[talontsi]

Just wanted to give a big thanks to the Orlando guys for maming the trek out to BMP to support the local guys.

Sorry I should have made some introductions that day. My bad.
I am sure there will be a next time.

Actually Make your calanders since we do have 2 TBDSM track dates set.

November
Sat 9th 9am-2:30pm All Welcome T&T &

Dec.
SUN 15TH 9am-5pm RUNDAY SUNDAY/GRUDGE MANIA/T & T/ CRUISE-IN

Hope you guys can make it!

[highoctane]

:lol: What fuzz, you mean my strategically located sweat removing strands of absorbtion, yeah finally!! :lol:

I learned allot at that event with all the run time, I just tried to move too far too soon.

I've got my thinking readjusted and I'm looking forward to some more track time. I'm somewhat confident that the car has a mid/low 11 in it as it sits, the question is does the driver!! :lol:

It was good to meet you guys, I saw allot of new faces but didn't get too many names. Maybe next time, I was so preoccupied trying to get my car dialed in I didn't get to bs very much with you guys. :bashcar: :)



Originally posted by Mr. Thorsen
Brad- Get all the towel fuzz off your head yet?

Awesome event and I'm glad I got to come out and enjoy.

[Eric]

Originally posted by Mr. Thorsen
Eric- Get that axle fixed yet? (Eric gets the "Warrior of the Weekend" award for a mighty effort to locate and replace a broken axle in the pits.)



Yes I got it fixed, what a pain in the ass, nobody in bradenton stocks axles for my car, guess I will have to start bringing extra axles everytime I go to the track :(