Aleru Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 What an absolutely beautiful race day! Almost no incidents and a close race all the way to the finish, huge thank you to all the drivers and race teams that kept the racing fun and safe. Congratulations to Team 1 Arsenic Racing for Two hard fought victories! And a huge thank you to all our volunteers that helped keep our pit lane safe, and to all the Racing teams who made the haul out to Sonoma to make this event possible, you all Rock! Weekend Race Results are in! They can be found online at: http://racehero.io/events/the-line-space-grand-prix/results Or https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/1494147 And you can download Lap times and Results from Google at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t-7yOzwOdS-zjnbiAKuBIRLni-0kwWiQ?usp=sharing Hope to see you all at Thunder Hill ------------------------------------------------------------------- Race Writeuphttps://champcar.org/mainweb/race-recaps/2018-champcar-endurance-series-race-report-linespace-com-grand-prix-at-sonoma-raceway/ ChampCar.Live Saturday Replay - https://youtu.be/V8TjeG8dAc8 ChampCar.Live Sunday Replay - https://youtu.be/gs-6oLjbFYc A few thousand unprofessional, mostly out of focus Images from the Linespace.com Grand Prix at Sonoma. You are welcome to use them how you see fit. These are raw and unedited. Have fun! Images by: ©2018 Bill Strong / ChampCar Endurance Series™ Saturday race 1 part 1-https://photos.app.goo.gl/qEGoxsVvGjDJnzfQ2 Saturday race 1 part 2 - https://photos.app.goo.gl/lgMQ4fHKdfP4rqdF3 Saturday race 1 part 3 - https://photos.app.goo.gl/xGw3NdJk0agJxTFl2 Sunday race 2 part 1 - https://photos.app.goo.gl/IlelxBkgoIj40M4Q2 Sunday race 2 part 2 - https://photos.app.goo.gl/f9yVIpYQ41HCIKnm1 Trophy Presentation - https://photos.app.goo.gl/A8myuQv1yoFBKizn2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mender Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Interesting: 6 Miatas and 2 Mustangs in the top ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron_e Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Day 1 did not go as planned. Lost third gear just after the second stint started, new transmission installed and hoping for a better day tomorrow. Ran 3/4 of the race today only in fourth gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bill Strong Posted February 18, 2018 Administrators Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 the winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorman Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Ron_e said: Day 1 did not go as planned. Lost third gear just after the second stint started, new transmission installed and hoping for a better day tomorrow. Ran 3/4 of the race today only in fourth gear. You run a T5 in that car? S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mender Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 19 hours ago, Ron_e said: Day 1 did not go as planned. Lost third gear just after the second stint started, new transmission installed and hoping for a better day tomorrow. Ran 3/4 of the race today only in fourth gear. It would be nice if they opened the track up a little for the V8 cars. Sounds like it's time for a 25 point trans swap to a close ratio top loader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Benty Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Can you say Jericho!!!!!!! Or rebuild the T5 with G force stuff. No the T5 is usable for what we do. I know Ronnie will give the trans a proper autopsy. I do know they used 5th gear at Road America. That usually kills the T5. Remember teams have run and won with the T5. Including Ronnie’s team. Teams have run that trans for 3 and 4 seasons with no issues. 10 hours ago, mender said: It would be nice if they opened the track up a little for the V8 cars. Sounds like it's time for a 25 point trans swap to a close ratio top loader. Opening the track up for the V8 cars cost quite a bit more than the modified version of this race. If there were more entries earlier it could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mender Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 I did one of the autopsies on Ron's T5s; they shredded the gear teeth, not the synchros so there may have been some torque reversals/shock loads involved. And it doesn't really matter if a T5 will survive in other cars, it apparently doesn't survive in theirs. Breaking parts so far from home costs track time so a TKO500 might be considered economically reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Benty Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Agreed. But what would be charged points wise? The nearest thing to the TKO is the 3650 from the New Edge, 99 to 01 Cobras and Mach 1. And a bell housing will be needed. Or the 6060 Tremec 6 speed in the terminator but a bell housing will be needed also. The 3550 in the 95 cobra R will not fly with the witch hunting crowd. Anything outside the T5 will be steep points wise because of bell housing needs. If a TKO is legal I will order a unit tomorrow. 2 hours ago, mender said: I did one of the autopsies on Ron's T5s; they shredded the gear teeth, not the synchros so there may have been some torque reversals/shock loads involved. And it doesn't really matter if a T5 will survive in other cars, it apparently doesn't survive in theirs. Breaking parts so far from home costs track time so a TKO500 might be considered economically reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron_e Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Typing on my phone so a short summary of day 2. Went to start the car to move it to the hot pit lane for the race and it will not start. Do the quick swap for a new distributor as the TFI likely failed. Car now runs and we rush to make the start. An hour in and we lose third gear again on the freshly installed trans. 30 minutes later the trans has completely failed and we are done. Looks like we have something going on that we need to figure out, something is not happy. We did get the class win on Saturday but it was an otherwise disappointing weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mender Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 8 hours ago, Cam Benty said: Agreed. But what would be charged points wise? The nearest thing to the TKO is the 3650 from the New Edge, 99 to 01 Cobras and Mach 1. And a bell housing will be needed. Or the 6060 Tremec 6 speed in the terminator but a bell housing will be needed also. The 3550 in the 95 cobra R will not fly with the witch hunting crowd. Anything outside the T5 will be steep points wise because of bell housing needs. If a TKO is legal I will order a unit tomorrow. • transmission / transaxle swap: 25pts for any trans. from a vehicle on the VPI list, includes adapters They might consider a T56 but I still think a close ratio top loader/T10/etc and the appropriate rear gear for whatever track they're running would be the best choice. We only had one T-101A so I ran 1.72/1.44/1.20/1.00 gears and swapped out the pumpkin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mender Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 7 hours ago, Ron_e said: An hour in and we lose third gear again on the freshly installed trans. 30 minutes later the trans has completely failed and we are done. Looks like we have something going on that we need to figure out, something is not happy. Someone lofting a wheel over the curbs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron_e Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Curious... nobody posting on the protest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snorman Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 I'd like to know what happened there and why they were put in EC. S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 No story there. They were protested and agreed to be put in EC. We covered it on the ChampCar Live broadcast and it will be covered in the race recap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jer Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 We had a poor weekend in our Miata, lost a motor on day 1 and then had an unrepairable oil pan leak on day two. We will come back stronger. Lots of great teams and well-driven Miatas, it was fun. Sonoma is a challenging track too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Benty Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 Who is “they”? 9 hours ago, Doc said: No story there. They were protested and agreed to be put in EC. We covered it on the ChampCar Live broadcast and it will be covered in the race recap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, Cam Benty said: Who is “they”? Southworst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorahDorah Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 11 hours ago, Jer said: We had a poor weekend in our Miata, lost a motor on day 1 and then had an unrepairable oil pan leak on day two. We will come back stronger. Lots of great teams and well-driven Miatas, it was fun. Sonoma is a challenging track too! [Green font]Mebbe you should just put in a stock motor and add Randy to your driver roster....[\green font] (ducks and runs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, FlorahDorah said: [Green font]Mebbe you should just put in a stock motor and add Randy to your driver roster....[\green font] (ducks and runs) FIFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william keeling Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 fun track and great weather -- just we we had something for the top Miatas. But we are happy with 8th and 5th for most of us first time at the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron_e Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 35 minutes ago, FlorahDorah said: [Green font]Mebbe you should just put in a stock motor and add Randy to your driver roster....[\green font] (ducks and runs) You forgot to mention they also need to paint the car green as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorahDorah Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Doc said: Southworst These guys plus about 3 other teams were first time visitors and came from Lemons. They were so happy to be able to race.... They were pretty sanguine about racing as EC on Sunday. They'll be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorahDorah Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 1 hour ago, william keeling said: fun track and great weather -- just we we had something for the top Miatas. But we are happy with 8th and 5th for most of us first time at the track. Fast, consistent drivers in all of the top Miatas. I watched one team practice their pit stops on Friday after test. Also, none of the top Miatas can go two hours on fuel, so there's at least one extra pit stop for all of them. The winner did not have the fastest lap time on Sunday btw... but they turned the most laps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olegace Posted February 20, 2018 Report Share Posted February 20, 2018 The winning Miata (#1, Arsenic) did in fact go two hours on fuel, which is how they won they had one less pit stop than all the other Miatae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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