Bill Strong

60 car sellout at Gingerman, Michigan same weekend. Sorry.

even better. Mike and I discussed and we changed the wording for the 2020 BCCR. minimum size only. still needs BOD approval.

Calabogie is a must visit track. I have raced there twice and want to go back. I love that place. the people are awesome. the track is insane fun. I think it is up by the arctic circle too!

Supps updated and include pit assignements

and we are not even talking about spec tires. as long as they are 180tw or higher, they are good to run

I purchased 3 sets of Dureza for each season we raced. We did about 8 to 10 races per year. 3 races worked fine. A set of Dunlops would easily last a 24 hour race on the MR2. and that was with all the wheels staying on the car. When we moved to 265/255 wide tires in 2012, well, that was the big game changer in how long they lasted.

This is my worst fear with this job...

yes. It is. My wife asked what I would have done if I had got there and found out that it was a week later. I told her I would have gotten a rental car and done a track day at Gingerman, at on the beach. and maybe did a little fishing.

https://champcar.org/register/events.php There are a few new events in 2020 that will be announced soon. We also have some new dates for some events due to NASCAR/IMSA shaking up their schedules. So keep a look out for some date changes for some events. February 7-February 8, 2020MICHELIN RACEWAY ROAD ATLANTA: 14 Hour Enduro, $1525Braselton, GA"The 14 Hours of Road Atlanta"Early Pay Discount Ends: December 9, 2019Entrant ListFebruary 15-February 16, 2020SONOMA RACEWAY: TBD, $1625Sonoma, CA"2020 National Championship"Early Pay Discount Ends: December 17, 2019Entrant ListMarch 7, 2020VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY: 12 Hour Enduro, $1225Alton, VA"The 12 Hours of VIR (South)"Early Pay Discount Ends: January 7, 2020Entrant ListMarch 21-March 22, 2020NCM MOTORSPORTS PARK: 8+7 Enduros, $1425Bowling Green, KY"NCM Motorsports Park"Early Pay Discount Ends: January 21, 2020Entrant ListApril 11, 2020DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY: 14 Hour Enduro, $1475Daytona, FL"The 14 Hours of Daytona"Early Pay Discount Ends: February 11, 2020Entrant ListApril 18-April 19, 2020ROAD AMERICA: 8+7 Enduros, $1425Elkhart Lake, WI"Spring Road America"Early Pay Discount Ends: February 18, 2020Entrant ListApril 25, 2020CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 14 Hour Enduro, $1525Charlotte, NC"The 14 Hours of Charlotte"Early Pay Discount Ends: February 25, 2020Entrant ListMay 22-May 24, 2020WATKINS GLEN: Test + Double 7 Enduros, $1725Watkins Glen, NY"Memorial Weekend at the Glen"Early Pay Discount Ends: March 23, 2020Entrant List

December 28-December 29, 2019SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY: Double 7 Enduros, $1425Sebring, FL"A Sebring NYE"Early Pay Discount Ends: October 29, 2019Entrant ListDownload Supplemental Rules and Event Info Entries for A Sebring NYE updated 8/16/2019 Team Name Car # Year Make Model 1. Crank Yankers Racing 186 1989 BMW 325i 2. Gatewood Family Racing 13 2004 Mazda Miata 3. LAPS OF HONOR 6 1990 CHEVY CORVETTE 4. McKibbins Biohazard Racing 2.0 382 1991 Troyota MR2 V6 2.0

December 13-December 15, 2019WEATHERTECH RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA: Test + Double 7 Enduros, $1625Monterey, CA"A Monterey Christmas"Early Pay Discount Ends: October 14, 2019Entrant ListDownload Supplemental Rules and Event Info Entries for A Monterey Christmas updated 8/16/2019 Max entries : 45 cars Team Name Car # Year Make Model 1. APT Racing 299 1986 BMW 535i 2. Arsenic Racing 116 1996 Mazda Miata 3. Blown My Wad 135 1994 BMW 325 IS 4. Brown Streak 207 1992 Mazda MX3 5. Dead Pedal Racing 185 1987 Maserati BiTurbo 6. Ergolab.com 489 1993 Mazda Miata 7. In memory of orange yeller 214 1991 Mazda Miata 8. LoanStar Racers 193 1991 Mazda Miata 9. Nine Four Motorsports 183 1994 Toyota Supra 10. OB Prestige 1 222 1996 honda civic 11. OB Prestige 2 333 1997 Honda Civic 12. ORANGE PUMPKIN 137 1988 BMW 325 13. Petrol Heads Racing 203 2003 Mercedes-Benz C320 14. Premium Dudes 732 1988 BMW 325is 15. SirChump 284 1999 Honda Civic 16. The Flyin Hawaiians & 2 White Guys 82 1977 Datsun 280Z 17. USA Racing 891 1985 Nissan 300 ZX 18. Utah Valley University 7 1990 Mazda Miata 19. Wankles Wankers 44 1981 Mazda RX7 20. Wilwood 119 1999 Mazda Miata 21. Zoom Zoom Kaboom 184 1994 Mazda Miata

December 7-December 8, 2019VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY: 8 + 7 Enduros, $1425Alton, VA"The RVA Graphics & Wraps Enduros on North"Early Pay Discount Ends: October 8, 2019Entrant ListDownload Supplemental Rules and Event Info Entries for The RVA Graphics & Wraps Enduros on North updated 8/16/2019 Team Name Car # Year Make Model 1. 7G MOTORSPORT 391 1989 MERCEDES BENZ 190E 2. Brown Streak 73 1996 Nissan Sentra 3. Club Clydesdale 393 1989 Honda CRX 4. Fuse 15 Racing 524 Miat 1996 Mazda 5. Racing Strong Motorsports 179 1973 Opel Super GT 6. Safety 3rd Motorsports 869 1993 BMW E36 325 7. Wee Bee Racing 306 1987 BMW 325 iS

November 23-November 24, 2019BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK: 8+7 Enduros, $1525Birmingham, AL"Barber"Early Pay Discount Ends: September 24, 2019Entrant ListDownload Supplemental Rules and Event Info Entries for Barber updated 8/16/2019 Team Name Car # Year Make Model 1. 11 Tenths Racing 130 1992 Mazda Miata 2. AutoSpec Racing #1 21 1993 Mazda Miata 3. AutoSpec Racing #2 143 1993 Mazda Miata 4. Blakes Garage 248 2000 Mazda Miata 5. Cremaster Racing 3 1979 Datsun 280ZX 6. Dead Pedal Racing 185 1987 Maserati BiTurbo 7. John Allen Special 22 1978 Datsun 280Z 8. McKibbins Biohazard Racing 382 1991 Troyota MR2 V6 2.0 9. Mopar 4 Ever 524 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Turbo 10. OB Prestige 1 222 1996 honda civic 11. OB Prestige 2 333 1997 Honda Civic 12. Premature Accelerators 117 1993 Mazda Miata 13. Separate Checkbook Racing 787 1995 Mazda Miata 14. USMC Racing 220 1996 Ford Crown Vic 15. WUDU Racing 69 1994 BMW 325i

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For those that don't follow me on Facebook, well... I left for Gingerman yesterday. I got an hour into the 12 hour trip and that's when Tyler asked me why I was leaving a week early. Doh! I want to be at the race track sooo bad! updating the original post now with the email and pit assignments

Tire Rack recently did an Extreme Performance Summer tire test - obviously, a segment of interest to the ChampCar crowd - with four tires: BFGoodrich g-Force Rival S1.5 Bridgestone Potenza RE-71R Dunlop Direzza ZIII Yokohama ADVAN A052 The full report and videos on each of the four tires is at the link below. https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=242

You will be missed. It was fun racing against you guys over the years!

Indy. and I am just giving you my personal opinion from 10 years of racing with ChampCar. Not everyone has misbehaved. but the ones that did get into my car were for the most part experienced road racers from other series.

Next time, call over a ChampCar pit boss or orange vested marshall. They will get it fixed.

Dana tends to SMS text me, because he lives in 1990. Currently the one cell tower we have in my county is down. But Verizon says that they have not got any reports of downed towers. But then if everyone uses VZW and the tower is down, well, it's impossible to contact VZW. Which is what is happening. So... I will await contact from Sir Dana. @DuncanDana Please see above

there have been just a handful of tracks that said they wanted the fuel to evap. and we watched it, as it evap'ed faster than the team could get over the wall. large spills though are very different. I think that is where we have to be careful with how we make the rules. It's probably best to leave it like it is.

I know. I have been debating on how to bring this up. I am still collecting track info.

I have been racing and involved with ChampCar for 10 years . It is HUGELY better than it was in the early days. Most of the issues came from experienced sprint racers who just have no clue how to handle cars with either less or more speed. Speed differential issues. They are so used to racing with cars of equal speed. That has always been my take.

Actually... Most tracks want you to just let it evaporate, unless it is a huge amount of fuel. Use oil dry for oil. Using it for fuel just makes for an explosive mixture of oil dry that you end up tossing in a trashcan. pour water would be bad as that just spreads it and delays the evaporation

That is a DIC move. Or something I would do. Don't be like Bill.