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more sad news for the R&D kar... dropped a valve during practice down the front stretch. intake valve in cyl. 4 broke in 2 places, somehow the end got flipped around, and melted onto one of the exhaust valves and just hammered the piston. so they're out for the weekend.

not sure about all the results but Evans didn't roll H1 for once during the last lap or two, (he thinks) he blew the wheel bearing which caused his rotor to grind into the inside of his caliper. lots of smoke and fire resulted fire extinguisher was needed, but he finished the race in 2nd... he managed to hold off whittacker until the final stretch.

i've got some pics of the R&D kar that i'll post up later tomorrow prolly

 

It was a blast, I think HondaRcB took some in-car video. I'm sure he'll post it when he gets back.

 

You were there too? I saw your brother's car out on track. I hung out for a few hours with Hooch and a couple other we-todds.

Wrong-Way was third overall, Jason was fourth.

R&D is already on their way back home

Apparently the total field was 63 cars (ECHC, small-bore, Spec Miata all out there at the same time).

 

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yeap, that sucks!

 

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The 2nd topic sucks. Warren was really strong today. I didn't have anything for him, but somehow managed to squeak out the H2 lap record.

Go figure

I'll take it. Congrats to the winners, and a big congrats to Morgan Hitt on a well-earned Road Race Gear Hard Charger award

 

RandD is home and word on the street is a B20/Vtec is being put in for tomorrow's race..................Stay tuned.

 

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Well, I knew that, but was trying to save that fact as a surprise.

Dang it.

 

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Hope they can get the car back together in time

Hrm. Now do I tempt fate and see if Bef will let me back out of the house to see tomorrow's race?

 

wHoopSy daIsy.........didnt know it was supposed to be a secret.

 

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Yep....Shhh...back at the shop now...swapping away...we want to see what some high lift Ds will do to a B20 block....

As for the valve, not sure what exactly happend but the break was right under the retainer - 2 piece Supertecs and we think where the 2 pieces are fused together - no point in crying over it now.

#01 will be back in the hunt tomorrow...someone hand us some RED BULL!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Awesome. And I thought that stuff was only on TV. Love to hear stories about how the crew was up all night puting the car back together in time for Sunday's race.

Good luck guys.

 

Did Alex roll all of H3 as usual? Good luck to the R&D guys. Hope you guys can get everything back together for tomorrow.

 

Here's a quick rundown of top three in each class....

H1
1. (OA-1) John Whitaker '90 Civic cxR 1.44.220
2. (OA-2) James Evans '90 CRX Si 1.42.480
3. (OA-6) Todd Reid '90 DX-LS 1:46:125

H2
1. (OA-3) Warren **** '90 ITR 1:44:430
2. (OA-4) Jason Franza '90 ITR 1:44:347
3. (OA-8) Corey Jacobs '90 Lude 1:45:653

H3
1. (OA-7) Alex Ratcliffe '90 Integra 1:46:032
2. (OA-12) Bill Roediger '90 Del Sol 1:47:024
3. (OA-15) Phil Phillips '90 Integra GSR 1:47:591

H4
1. (OA-19) Gregg Ginsberg '89 CRX 1:48:640
2. (OA-27) Michael Stoiber '90 Civic Si 1:51:584
3. (OA-30) Mike Whitney '90 Civic 1:51:195

H5
None

 

Getting closer...


Just a few things to hook up and Chad will be ready for tomorrow....

 

Looks like Dave or whoever took the pic is the getting the eat **** and die look from Chad. Hehe. Good job guys.

 

Can you say "HARDCORE"????

 

dang, wish i could be there today to see the R&D kar run (for once)

 

I was happily drinking a Red Oak up on the deck watching the small bore race yesterday (Saturday) and I gotta say - having watched a lot of racing cars in the past 20+ years, the H1 cars at the front of that grid are pretty freakin' impressive. It was great to see the racing all the way down through the pack as well. Excellent job, everyone!

Kirk

 

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dang, i bet i was standing right next to u and didn't even realize it

 

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yea man, i was there sat. i saw u, but didn't get a chance to say hi. i was helpin' the bro out w/ his kar, keeping the gal entertained, and tryin' to help chad get a race kar.

 

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You bet your *** I can.

Slagg left the track early afternoon IIRC. The story goes, the swap out of Chad's car started at 10:30 or so, which included removing a turbo. At 2:30 it was running.

He was back in the paddock by like 8:00 with a working car.

The R&D guys are either crazy or impressive...but I say both. SERIOUSLY hardcore.

 

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Karl, it gets even better. Once the motor blew, chad immediately calls home and gets ahold of another RandD pit-lackey and says "Head to the shop and take the motor out of my car and get it ready to be dropped in the race car when we get back tonight so i can drive back to VIR and race on sunday" Is SLAGG freakin crazy or just enjoys racing that much?? Still cannot believe he did it.

 

Chad's at Hotel Franza and he's out like a light.

Making sure a friend arrives home safe is pretty cool.