1. 42 Cunningham, 2:11.773
2. 92 Turner, 2:11.905
3. 93 Sak, 2:12.376
4. 7 Dobson, 2:12.449
5. 14 Altenburg, 2:12.615
6. 94 Selldorff, 2:12.724
7. 0 Stretch, 2:13.015
8. 18 Fowler, 2:13.145
9. 1 Kleinubing, 2:13.160
10. 37 Kirberg, 2:13.173


At least P.D. put the up top!

 

I'm going to have to cheer for Altenburg...

Boris Said is racing too?!

http://www.speedvisionwc.com/2002/vir/tc-comb.html

 

Oh BTW, that was for Thursday. Fowler was 8th fastest in practive today from the link above.

 

Jeff A turned a 2:10.5 today for fastest time!

 

Argh! I can't *wait* to get down there tomorrow!!!!

It will be nice to see "those boys" (to quote Derek Daly) in action.

Jon
closet Trans-Am enthusiast
non-closet World Challenge enthusiast/occasional crew

 

10s and 11s...

Goodness gracious. I guess those street tires aren't all that big an issue when you have two straights that stretch to the horizon.
Fowler ran 15s in the ITS Prelude last year and I thought THAT was fast.
Damn.

 

You're not kidding, Scott! As in, 2:10's are at least a few seconds faster per lap than competitive SCCA E Production times (10-pounds-per-hp dedicated racecars on slicks, btw). What does that mean? Those SWC-T cars are farking *FAST*... especially on street tires

Jon
ps- my prescription to be competitive? "Bring f**king money. LOTS of money."

 

I didn't make it these last two days, but plan on being there early Sunday morning.

 

guys; its not just the cars.

remember that.

remember how Fowler almost schooled all of us in a broken down/worn out H4 car at Lowes?

If any of those guys drove my car I am sure that my lap times would be bettered by 3 to 4 seconds at least.

those guys are awesome! my aim is to learn more and become better year by year until I am somewhere in the same galaxy as those fellas....

 

IIRC the course they are running is slightly altered compared to the normal "full course" layout. If that is so, those times are worth nothing to us, except to compare to one another. Any word on Foo?


Matt

 

What could they have altered?

The only option (AFAIK) is the bus stop on the back straight. If they're running 10s and 11s with the bus stop...I quit.

 

How did Taz Harvey do?

 

I wonder how they qualified.

 

When is this due to air on Speed?

 

Fowler 0wnz!

I'll bet you guys could run 10s if you were doing any *real* racing.

~Chris, who adds the disclaimer that this is NOT serious before he gets his throat slit by anyone

 

Not for a few weeks.

However , the races from Road Atlanta are on Speed TV this evening starting @ 8 East Coast.

 

They are going to use the north course crossover and race it as a figure 8.

Seriously, when Roger was at VIR in February, I remember him saying something about them altering the course slightly for the Speed race. Maybe they changed their minds, or he got incorrect info.

By the way, PD took the pole.


Matt

 

Qualifying shoot out results:

SPEED Touring Car

1:51:05 PM , No. 92 Will Turner heads out on his warm-up lap.

1:53:19 PM , GREEN flag for No. 92, starting his qualifying lap.

1:54:17 PM , No. 1 Kleinubing heads out on course to start his warm-up lap.

1:55:31 PM , CHECKERED flag for No. 92, with a fast-time of 2:11.255.

1:56:50 PM , GREEN flag for No. 1, starting his qualifying lap.

1:57:54 PM , No. 18 released on course for his warm-up lap.

1:59:07 PM, BLACK flag on the track – apparently No. 1 has rolled the car in turn 11. The driver is out of the car and okay. No. 18 has returned to the pit lane.

2:08:18 PM, the time has expired for the Top-10 Shootout without completing the entire Top-10 Shootout so the cars will start from their original Woody’s Ice Qualifying session this morning.

SPEED GT

2:12:39 PM , No. 73 McClure has been released on course for his warm-up lap.

2:14:53 PM , GREEN flag for No. 73

2:15:49 PM, No. 35 Farmer released on to the course for his warm-up lap, No. 73 is on the backstretch for his fast lap.

2:16:56 PM , CHECKERED, No. 73 does a 2:03.112 in his one lap.

2:18:07 PM , GREEN for No. 35.

2:19:00 PM, No. 80 Marks released on course to begin his warm-up lap, No. 35 is at the Oak Tree turn on his flying lap.

2:20:08 PM , CHECKERED, No. 35 does a 2:03.535, slower than No. 73.

2:21:10 PM , GREEN for No. 80

2:22:10 PM , No. 25 McMillin released on course.

2:23:14 PM , CHECKERED flag for No. 80, setting a new fast-time of 2:02.767.

2:24:22 PM , GREEN flag for No. 25.

2:25:12 PM , No. 81 van Overbeek released on the course.

2:26:21 PM , CHECKERED flag for No. 25, he is second quickest with a 2:02.874.

2:27:29 PM , GREEN for No. 81, starting his fast lap.

2:28:22 PM , No. 1 Galati released on course to start his warm-up lap.

2:29:29 PM , CHECKERED flag, No. 81 jumps to the top of the qualifying chart with a 2:02.183.

2:30:37 PM , GREEN for No. 1.

2:31:33 PM , No. 44 released on course, the 2002 SPEED GT Rookie of the Year.

2:32:40 PM , CHECKERED flag on No. 1, he is second quick with a 2:02.303.

2:33:41 PM , GREEN flag for No. 44.

2:34:41 PM , No. 3 Franchitti released out on the car.

2:35:47 PM, CHECKERED flag for No. 44, he jumps to the top of the speed chart with a 2:01.320, faster than No. 42 Cunningham was in Woody’s Ice Qualifying this morning.

2:36:50 PM , GREEN flag for No. 3.

2:37:47 PM, No. 22 Pobst released on course for his warm-up lane, No. 3 Franchitti slides his car through The Esses without losing any time on his flying lap.

2:38:50 PM , CHECKERED flag, his time is good enough for second spot with a 2:01.320.

2:39:48 PM , GREEN for No. 22.

2:40:47 PM , No. 42 released on course, this is the final car out on course for the Top-10 Shootout.

2:41:54 PM , CHECKERED flag, No. 22 goes quickest so far with a 2:01.295.

2:43:00 PM , GREEN for No. 42, the car is smoking from the year. No. 42 slows down on course and pulls off course at turn 11.


Randy Pobst captures the Woody’s Ice Pole Position for Round 10 of the SPEED World Challenge GT Championship.

 

ouch!

 

Is 11 Oak tree? I think it is......

Matt

 

http://www.virclub.com/pages/track_info.htm#
Link doesn't seem to work, but it's either Oak Tree, or the bit immediately before (1st apex).


[Modified by Zygspeed, 7:20 PM 10/26/2002]

 

Go here, and click on the "Picture Link" for the "Main Course".
You will see the new, expanded course by looking for the little shortcut (dashed line) at the top of the uphill esses(on the North Course Crossover). They were supposed to be using this new expanded version of the track. They follow the North Course till they reach the new crossover point at the top of the esses, and then follow the south course the rest of the way around. You can see why they say it's now the longest track around. If this is the course they are using, then Turn 11 would be at the top of the North course crossover, just before entering the South course. I wonder if this is where he rolled?
http://www.virclub.com/pages/track_info.htm#


[Modified by XR4racer, 9:38 PM 10/26/2002]

 

I'm confused. Wouldn't that connector added in to bridge South to North make the laps take substantially longer than the normal Full course, since they now take all the tight parts of the South course, and skip the ultrafast uphill esses?

 

That's What I thought too... which now makes me wonder what course they are actually using. I was told that they were going to be the opening race for this new course though... hmm..

 

OK, I'm no World Challenge driver, but here are some lap times I've run:

1:23.3 (South Course)
1:46.x (North Course, on stopwatch)

They've gotta be running the "usual" full course. The layout in the track map is both tracks, minus one turn each ("Bitch" on south course, and the last bit of "Stevie Wonder" on North Course).

Now more than ever...if this is what these guys are running 2:10s on, I quit.