2022 - The Oak Tree 12-Hour at VIR South

[Bill Strong]

March 4-March 5, 2022 VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY (SOUTH): 12-Hour Enduro, $1350 Alton, VA "The Oak Tree 12-Hour at VIR South" Early Pay Discount Ends: January 3, 2022 Event Director: dana.morrison@champcar.org Entrant List Download Supplemental Rules and Event Info

 

Entries for The Oak Tree 12-Hour at VIR South

 Updated 3/3/2022

		Team Name	Car #	Year	Make	Model
1.		Ass clown racing	456	1989	Toyota	Celica
2.		Atlanta Speedwerks	996	1999	Porsche	Boxster
3.		Bliss Racing	432	1985	Chevrolet	Camaro Z28
4.		Bulldog Racing	152	1989	BMW	325i
5.		Clapped Out Racing	993	1994	BMW	E36 325is
6.		CMP Racing	253	1994	Honda	Prelude
7.		EuroCar	178	1986	Volkswagen	Golf
8.		Fat Dad's Racing	900	1986	vw	jetta
9.		Freddie Mercury	460	1986	Mercury	Capri
10.		Full Send Motorsports	660	2004	BMW	330ci
11.		Fuse 15 Racing	524	1996	Mazda	Miata
12.		GDSF Motorsports	153	1997	Mazda	Miata
13.		Hammered racing	864	2006	Ford	Mustang
14.		Hungry Geckos	707	325i	1988	BMW
15.		Insane Miata Motorsports	233	1994	Mazda	Miata
16.		Maximum Effort	198	2008	Mazda	Miata
17.		MDR Motorsports	830	1993	Mazda	Miata
18.		NLS Racing 240SX	977	1993	Nissan	240sx
19.		NLS Racing 300ZX	799	1987	Nissan	300ZX
20.		Pickle Boy Motorsports	324	2002	Hyundai	Elantra
21.		Prancing Donkey Racing	762	1985	Pontiac	Trans Am
22.		Race car xperince	983	1997	Bmw	E36
23.		Racing for Heros	7		Chevrolet	Camaro
24.		RVA Graphics & Wraps	111	1989	BMW	325
25.		RVA Graphics & Wraps	411	1990	BMW	325is
26.		RVA Graphics & Wraps	511	1995	BMW	M3
27.		SparrowSpeed	216	2003	Mazda	Miata
28.		TAG Racing	27	1993	Mazda	Miata
29.		Testing in Production	256	2004	Mazda	Miata
30.		The StuG	46	1988	BMW	325IS
31.		USS Enterprise	65	1972	Ford	LTD
32.		Virginia Tech Grand Touring	328	2004	Ford	Focus SVT
33.		Whole Yata Fun	296	1991	Mazda	Miata
34.		Wild Hare Racing	751	2003	Mazda	Miata

[MichaelPal]

This will be our first race going into the night. Does anyone have any good lessons learned to share? (lights/glare/patience/etc...)

 

EDIT: found some good stuff from Bill!

 

 

 

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by MichaelPal

[DEE DEE]

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[ross2004]

18 hours ago, MichaelPal said:

This will be our first race going into the night. Does anyone have any good lessons learned to share? (lights/glare/patience/etc...)

Your rear-view mirror becomes just about useless. It's very very hard to judge distance to the car behind you, so remember that when you're passing someone. Apex lights are key, especially on the South course. Dim your interior down, it helps your night vision. With the low car count so far, it shouldn't be too bad. Night racing can be intimidating at first, but once you relax it can be quite fun. Come back for the 24 hour and you'll be begging for the sun to go down. 

[MichaelPal]

1 hour ago, ross2004 said:

Your rear-view mirror becomes just about useless. It's very very hard to judge distance to the car behind you, so remember that when you're passing someone. Apex lights are key, especially on the South course. Dim your interior down, it helps your night vision. With the low car count so far, it shouldn't be too bad. Night racing can be intimidating at first, but once you relax it can be quite fun. Come back for the 24 hour and you'll be begging for the sun to go down. 

 

yea...I started watching in car video and became very aware of what I'm getting myself into. I'm excited for the first night stint, just don't wanna booger-up the asset! Depending on the outcome, 24h is on the radar..................

[tyler_j]

One thing no-one told me that I think is worth mentioning. Pay close attention to closing speeds.  For me my depth perception seems to get a little out of calibration for the first 10-15 mins of night driving. When you are coming up on a set of brake lights or entering a turn its harder to tell speed differentials so be mindful of that.

 

I think this is amplified by fresh drivers starting their night stints going slow into t1 (getting comfortable), when others have been running 1hr+ in the dark already and are up to race pace. Those brake lights can come up a lot quicker in the dark for some reason.

[Donovan]

On 2/14/2022 at 3:19 PM, MichaelPal said:

This will be our first race going into the night. Does anyone have any good lessons learned to share? (lights/glare/patience/etc...)

 

EDIT: found some good stuff from Bill!

 

 

 

 

I have found that switching to an amber visor helps cut down some of the glare from approaching cars.

 

Be prepared for cars passing you under yellow- it always seems to pick up when the sun goes down.

 

Put some non flashing colored strip lights on your car- it will be easier to track your car from the pits (On south course, almost all of the track is visible from pits).  Make sure you can see them from the front of the car, so you can tell when they enter pit lane.

 

Add a redundant brake light, will keep you from getting black flagged if one of the primaries are taken out.

[Rodger Coan-Burningham]

• Put a strip of tape across the bottom of your visor.  You can position it to block the lights in the mirror.
• Go overboard on the lights, more is better (up to the max the rules allow).
• Have some good lighting in the pits. Something to light up your canopy.
• Either have a red overhead light for the interior or some type of easily accessible light in the car for the driver that might stall or go off track, etc.
• Make sure gauges/instrument cluster can be dimmed as someone said above.

[MichaelPal]

For those of us who have never driven and with no practice planned, can we walk the track Friday?

(I'll send email to Dana, as well)

 

Edited February 16, 2022 by MichaelPal

[Donovan]

1 hour ago, MichaelPal said:

For those of us who have never driven and with no practice planned, can we walk the track Friday?

(I'll send email to Dana, as well)

 

There's a track day on the full course on Friday, so it will be pretty late before track is cold.  You sold us some wheels on FB, right?  I'll send you some notes.

[MichaelPal]

16 minutes ago, Donovan said:

There's a track day on the full course on Friday, so it will be pretty late before track is cold.  You sold us some wheels on FB, right?  I'll send you some notes.

 

Ha! yes I did, i didn't put it together! 

 

[Farran05]

I don't see where there is a track day at VIR on Friday?

[Chris Huggins]

43 minutes ago, farran05 said:

I don't see where there is a track day at VIR on Friday?

Hooked on Driving 

[Chummy]

What's up with the low car count. 

[ben 594]

59 minutes ago, Chummy said:

What's up with the low car count. 

Speed creep = cost creep

[CoachMK21]

1 hour ago, Chummy said:

What's up with the low car count. 

 

53 minutes ago, Ben 595 said:

Speed creep = cost creep

 

Daytona has 125 entries, so maybe it's pulling entries from VIR?

[ben 594]

6 minutes ago, CoachMK21 said:

 

 

Daytona has 125 entries, so maybe it's pulling entries from VIR?

Daytona is Daytona...  it has it's own gravitational pull.

[CoachMK21]

13 minutes ago, Ben 595 said:

Daytona is Daytona...  it has it's own gravitational pull.

 

Very true, but it also has ~15 more entries than usual.

[Scw]

Wow, almost 1/3 of the entries are miatas.

[jim161c]

This is the future of Champcar. Half the registered cars at Harris hill are Miatas as well. The easy button.

 

[Chummy]

1 hour ago, jim161c said:

This is the future of Champcar. Half the registered cars at Harris hill are Miatas as well. The easy button.

 

15 inch tires and less fuel...

[TimS]

Cheap and plentiful. A couple months ago it’s was the series of E30s now Miatas. 

[Bill Strong]

On 3/3/2022 at 10:22 PM, jim161c said:

This is the future of Champcar. Half the registered cars at Harris hill are Miatas as well. The easy button.

 

Mazda sponsored the track at Harris Hill for years. 90% of the cars in the garages and parking lot are Miatas.

[jim161c]

1 hour ago, Bill Strong said:

Mazda sponsored the track at Harris Hill for years. 90% of the cars in the garages and parking lot are Miatas.

Noted.

The miata is a great car at most tracks and there are tons of point and options to play with on the A & B models. It is the best option so we will see more of them over the next few years. 

The C models are pretty damn good right off the assembly line. Slap some big ass tires and a little aero and they are very competitive cars or slip a 2.5 swap in one and put her on a diet and they pass v8's on the straights and murder them in the twisty stuff. 

 

If I was building a new car it would be a C without question. Some big 245's with a wing, a splitter, and some cooling stuff and have fun! Or a MR2 with a V6 swap

 

[Aleric Sanders]

5 hours ago, jim161c said:

Noted.

The miata is a great car at most tracks and there are tons of point and options to play with on the A & B models. It is the best option so we will see more of them over the next few years. 

The C models are pretty damn good right off the assembly line. Slap some big ass tires and a little aero and they are very competitive cars or slip a 2.5 swap in one and put her on a diet and they pass v8's on the straights and murder them in the twisty stuff. 

 

If I was building a new car it would be a C without question. Some big 245's with a wing, a splitter, and some cooling stuff and have fun! Or a MR2 with a V6 swap

 

That formula worked well for my team this past weekend! Got this E36 for $700 just over 5 years ago. Starting VPI is 475 for a 325is, so there’s only so much more money you have to spend to have a competitive car.