Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link!
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Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link!
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (CRX Lee)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX Lee »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Very nice.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (Knestis)
Cut and paste makes it free of time constraints 
"Albany racer set for test of endurance
Scott Giles will be a part of a four-man team competing in a 13-hour endurance race in October in Virginia.
SCOTT CHANCEY
ALBANY — First came a parking lot. Then it was a road up a mountain.
Joe Bellacomo
Scott Giles will get plenty of time behind the wheel during a 13-hour race in Virginia.
Scott Giles' world is based around the phrase "have car will travel." Or more specifically, have car will race.
The Atlanta native who moved to Albany a year ago, has been competing in some capacity with the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and National Auto Sport Association (NASA) since 1995.
"My dad (Deryl) was a drag racer," Giles said. "And when I turned 16, I really got into sports cars."
Whether it is zooming his Honda in between orange cones trying to post the best time in the north parking lot at Atlanta Motor Speedway or racing up a 3.5-mile road that increases in elevation many hundreds of feet before the finish line on top of Beech Mountain, N.C., Giles has gone for what every racer chases — the coveted checkered flag.
Later this year, however, Giles is going to try something different. He will be part of a four-man team that will race Oct. 23 in the Charge of the Headlight Brigade 13-hour endurance race from 9:15 a.m.-10:15 p.m. at Virginia International Raceway. Giles' teammates will be Greg Amy of Connecticut, Evan Webb of Maryland and Kirk Knestis of North Carolina.
The only race on the Atlantic Coast that is longer than this event is the 24 Hours of Daytona.
"This is probably the biggest thing I've ever done. Doing a 13-hour race is kinda nuts," Giles said with a laugh. "You're racing for 13 hours. You literally use everything you brought to the park.
"We know we will have to change tires four or five times and will have to change the breaks. And assuming nothing else will break, hopefully that will be it."
Giles added the team would have a Volkswagen technician there just in case.
Being part of a team, Giles won't drive the entire 13 hours on the 3.27-mile, hilly road course that has 19 right or left turns. The drivers will rotate at the wheel with no definite time frame.
"The plan is for each of us to drive it until it runs out of gas," said Giles, who owns a lawn-care business. "Probably each driver will do two stints of an hour or one-and-a-half hours."
Since there are no lights at the track, the team will have to put lights on the car as the evening progresses.
"During the race, it's going to be more important to conserve the car and make it hold up for the 13 hours," Giles said. "The goal is not to drive conservative, but to drive it consistent all the way through."
The sport of driving in between orange cones, known to the SCCA world as autocross, is an event in which Giles finished next to last in his first try. He eventually won it twice. He won the Beech Mountain Hillclimb twice and in 1998 set the record in his class at 1 minute, 28.3 seconds. Giles won the SCCA Southeastern Division Time Trial Championship three years in a row from 1998-2000. And on top of that, he won the NASA Honda Challenge Series championship in 2002.
Presently, Giles competes in Touring Class C in the SCCA Southeast Division by himself in the Sprint Series (30-minute, non-stop races) and with his girlfriend Renee Hines in the Enduro Series (90-minute to three-hour races). Giles is third in the Sprint Series points, and he is in second in the Enduro Series with Hines. Giles and Hines have raced in just two events this year and won both (at Virginia International Raceway and Carolina Motorsports Park). In those Enduro races, Giles and Hines rotate and drive 90 minutes each. "
"Albany racer set for test of endurance
Scott Giles will be a part of a four-man team competing in a 13-hour endurance race in October in Virginia.
SCOTT CHANCEY
ALBANY — First came a parking lot. Then it was a road up a mountain.
Joe Bellacomo
Scott Giles will get plenty of time behind the wheel during a 13-hour race in Virginia.
Scott Giles' world is based around the phrase "have car will travel." Or more specifically, have car will race.
The Atlanta native who moved to Albany a year ago, has been competing in some capacity with the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and National Auto Sport Association (NASA) since 1995.
"My dad (Deryl) was a drag racer," Giles said. "And when I turned 16, I really got into sports cars."
Whether it is zooming his Honda in between orange cones trying to post the best time in the north parking lot at Atlanta Motor Speedway or racing up a 3.5-mile road that increases in elevation many hundreds of feet before the finish line on top of Beech Mountain, N.C., Giles has gone for what every racer chases — the coveted checkered flag.
Later this year, however, Giles is going to try something different. He will be part of a four-man team that will race Oct. 23 in the Charge of the Headlight Brigade 13-hour endurance race from 9:15 a.m.-10:15 p.m. at Virginia International Raceway. Giles' teammates will be Greg Amy of Connecticut, Evan Webb of Maryland and Kirk Knestis of North Carolina.
The only race on the Atlantic Coast that is longer than this event is the 24 Hours of Daytona.
"This is probably the biggest thing I've ever done. Doing a 13-hour race is kinda nuts," Giles said with a laugh. "You're racing for 13 hours. You literally use everything you brought to the park.
"We know we will have to change tires four or five times and will have to change the breaks. And assuming nothing else will break, hopefully that will be it."
Giles added the team would have a Volkswagen technician there just in case.
Being part of a team, Giles won't drive the entire 13 hours on the 3.27-mile, hilly road course that has 19 right or left turns. The drivers will rotate at the wheel with no definite time frame.
"The plan is for each of us to drive it until it runs out of gas," said Giles, who owns a lawn-care business. "Probably each driver will do two stints of an hour or one-and-a-half hours."
Since there are no lights at the track, the team will have to put lights on the car as the evening progresses.
"During the race, it's going to be more important to conserve the car and make it hold up for the 13 hours," Giles said. "The goal is not to drive conservative, but to drive it consistent all the way through."
The sport of driving in between orange cones, known to the SCCA world as autocross, is an event in which Giles finished next to last in his first try. He eventually won it twice. He won the Beech Mountain Hillclimb twice and in 1998 set the record in his class at 1 minute, 28.3 seconds. Giles won the SCCA Southeastern Division Time Trial Championship three years in a row from 1998-2000. And on top of that, he won the NASA Honda Challenge Series championship in 2002.
Presently, Giles competes in Touring Class C in the SCCA Southeast Division by himself in the Sprint Series (30-minute, non-stop races) and with his girlfriend Renee Hines in the Enduro Series (90-minute to three-hour races). Giles is third in the Sprint Series points, and he is in second in the Enduro Series with Hines. Giles and Hines have raced in just two events this year and won both (at Virginia International Raceway and Carolina Motorsports Park). In those Enduro races, Giles and Hines rotate and drive 90 minutes each. "
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (SJR)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SJR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cool, there goes the 15 minutes of fame... 
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I think he still has 14 minutes left.
All press is good press. Nice job Scott and Kirk!
</TD></TR></TABLE>I think he still has 14 minutes left.
All press is good press. Nice job Scott and Kirk!
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (Knestis)
Just like the other thread about grass, Scott knows the importance of corner weighting your lawnmower. It's the key to green grass.
Nice article guys. Good luck this fall.
Nice article guys.
Good luck this fall.
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (emwavey)
Thanks guys. The article is pretty far from completely accurate but as many of you know its fairly hard to truly explain what it is we do to someone who has no exposure to it. That said, the writer did a pretty good job all things considered. Although the boss (Kirk) has already gotten up my pants for not mentioning our sponsors (which I did do, multiple times actually).
Small towns are awesome. This was actually on the front page of the Sports section today AND in the upper corner of the Front Page as today's Sports "teaser." I've actually been getting recognized around town all day... "Hey, you're in the Sports page today aren't you?"
Scott, who keeps getting his 15 one minute at a time.
PS - That picture is the result of the photog saying "look like you're thinking about something."
Thats what I look like when I'm thinking "What the hell do I look like when I'm thinking about something?"
Small towns are awesome. This was actually on the front page of the Sports section today AND in the upper corner of the Front Page as today's Sports "teaser." I've actually been getting recognized around town all day... "Hey, you're in the Sports page today aren't you?"
Scott, who keeps getting his 15 one minute at a time.
PS - That picture is the result of the photog saying "look like you're thinking about something."
Thats what I look like when I'm thinking "What the hell do I look like when I'm thinking about something?"
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (Catch 22)
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Great, walking around town all day long, eating thin mints, carrying the local paper, and listening to Paula Abdul's 'greatest hits' album, basking in the glory.
Great, walking around town all day long, eating thin mints, carrying the local paper, and listening to Paula Abdul's 'greatest hits' album, basking in the glory.
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (.RJ)
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Great, walking around town all day long, eating thin mints, carrying the local paper, and listening to Paula Abdul's 'greatest hits' album, basking in the glory.
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...sportin' the Sparco, fightin' off the chicks...
Great, walking around town all day long, eating thin mints, carrying the local paper, and listening to Paula Abdul's 'greatest hits' album, basking in the glory.
</TD></TR></TABLE>...sportin' the Sparco, fightin' off the chicks...
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (.RJ)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .RJ »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Great, walking around town all day long, eating thin mints, carrying the local paper, and listening to Paula Abdul's 'greatest hits' album, basking in the glory.
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When you're famous like me you don't walk anywhere. I had my driver take me around. She moonlights at Hooters when not meeting my needs.
The Sparco never comes off. I had the zipper welded.
Envy looks ugly on you RJ. Try something another color.
Like a record baby.
Scott, who hopes RJ draws brake pad changing duty at VIR... at night... in the rain.
Great, walking around town all day long, eating thin mints, carrying the local paper, and listening to Paula Abdul's 'greatest hits' album, basking in the glory.
</TD></TR></TABLE>When you're famous like me you don't walk anywhere. I had my driver take me around. She moonlights at Hooters when not meeting my needs.
The Sparco never comes off. I had the zipper welded.
Envy looks ugly on you RJ. Try something another color.
Like a record baby.
Scott, who hopes RJ draws brake pad changing duty at VIR... at night... in the rain.
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (Catch 22)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Catch 22 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Scott, who hopes RJ draws brake pad changing duty at VIR... at night... in the rain.
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Would be a repeat of the 12 hr @ summit. "Lead Mechanic" = wrench on the car saturday morning in the rain, crawling on wet gravel and changing 80000 deg brake pads on pit stops Although they do make some cool noises when they hit the wet pavement
</TD></TR></TABLE>Would be a repeat of the 12 hr @ summit. "Lead Mechanic" = wrench on the car saturday morning in the rain, crawling on wet gravel and changing 80000 deg brake pads on pit stops
Although they do make some cool noises when they hit the wet pavement
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Re: Uncle Catch is famous - time sensitive link! (Catch 22)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Catch 22 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Scott, who hopes RJ draws brake pad changing duty at VIR... </TD></TR></TABLE>
according to the article...the word you are looking for is 'break'
Scott, who hopes RJ draws brake pad changing duty at VIR... </TD></TR></TABLE>
according to the article...the word you are looking for is 'break'
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