Guest ChumpCar Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Good morning, Race Fans! Welcome to Gateway Motorsports Park, located in St. Louis, Illinois... and, no, that's not a mistake. Just across the Mighty Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri is (of course) St. Louis, Illinois. We're less than 2 miles from the famous arch. The driver's meeting is currently being held, hosted by Regional Director, Joey Todd. Counting 2 late entries and a couple of cars that are running without transponders (they're just out for a fun-run), we're just under 30 cars that will be taking to this really fun 2-mile roval. It's a great day, today! The weather, yesterday, during tech and registration was MISERABLE! It rained really hard. Thank goodness everyone was within the garages and stayed dry. The rain ended about 4:00pm and the remainder of the day was cool but enjoyable. This morning... it's an entirely new day! BRIGHT sunshine, clear skies and 75 degrees is the forecast high. Today (and tonight's) endurance race is a 12-hour event... 9:00am to 9:00pm. Tomorrow, we finish up the event with a 6-hour enduro. More to come... John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest E. Tyler Pedersen Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Looks like some teams are starting with laps, was this from tech or previous wins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinanm3atl Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Double file green flag to start! Photobucket really killed the image quality here. See it in hi-res on Facebook on the ChumpCar fanpage. Updates from today's race as well will be posted. www.facebook.com/ChumpCarWorldSeries 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholter Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Car 999 has been black flagged for blowing T1 and taking to the oval... then proceeding with what the corner workers determined as an unsafe re-entry to the road course. The Steward has called for a 3 minute penalty. maybe Chris could eat his lunch during the 3 mins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholter Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Car #144 and #97 made contact. #144 went wide and put the squeeze on #97. Racing incident but #144 has had multiple offs in the last hour, so he/she just earned a BF to come in and have a chat. hmm just in time for lunch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Evilwheel Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Seriously, no rear bumper ! Ummm, safety ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABR-Glen Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Damn, wish I would have entered this race. What happened to Holy Rollers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggbody Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 completely out of context, but... john, where will your body physically be next weekend??? there are 3 races, right??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csadn Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 It's great to see 3-4 "circle track" cars running with us today. Dodge Diplomat, Chevy Lumina... all decked out in their finest mid-West, rust-belt rust and cutting-torch fender clearances. Hmm -- I've always wondered if one could get this sort of look into CC without a massive number of penalty laps: http://www.round2models.com/images/models/amt819/product.jpg .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinanm3atl Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Sunset at Gateway! This E30 team had significant contact. I believe they removed parts from their street car... got it back out just in time to make the sunset! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggbody Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 current top 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinanm3atl Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Impound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racedad Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 The 120 yellow Z31/ Which engine? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzys Cages Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 And we will be impounding the 4th and 5th place cars... 4. #63 - Miaro Racing - 511 laps 5. #399 - EggBoy Racing - 508 laps Moral of the story... Never tell Stigdad that you are holding off for 5th so you don't have to jack the car up. Great racing out there everyone... Lets do it again in about 9 hours.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChumpStang Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 HAHA you all thought you were S.O.L. but Stiggy is here to save the day. All the leaders have completed their first pit stops and the top 10 currently looks like this: 4CGM Racing: 99 lapsWhite Lightning Racing: 99 lapsEggboy Racing: 99 lapsDanger Zone Racing: -1 lapTeam Miaro: -1 lapKentucky Spirits White: -2 lapsHoly Rollers: -2 lapsLowered Expectations: -5 lapsCummings ZX2 Racing: -6 lapsBack-N-Off: -8 laps The top 3 are on the same lap, but each has about a 1/3rd lap cushion on the next team. There have been some great battles so far today, particularly stint one between Eggboy and 4CGM for the lead. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChumpStang Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Holy Rollers currently holds FTD at 1:13.8 with few teams able to compete in terms of sheer speed. Only FUBAR Racing have broken into the 1:14s, but they missed about the first hour of the race with an unknown issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChumpStang Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 An incredibly diverse top 10. BMWMazdaFordHondaMazdaNissanAcuraAcuraAcuraFord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubby Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Holy Rollers currently holds FTD at 1:13.8 with few teams able to compete in terms of sheer speed. Only FUBAR Racing have broken into the 1:14s, but they missed about the first hour of the race with an unknown issue. I think it was the blog on Hooniverse said (or somewhere else) that Fubar was fixing a rear wheel bearing. Not fun on that car without the right tools. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChumpStang Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 I think it was the blog on Hooniverse said (or somewhere else) that Fubar was fixing a rear wheel bearing. Not fun on that car without the right tools. I do know the right rear of the car was the center of attention, so I'd assume that's likely it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChumpStang Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 The battle to watch right now is for 5th place. Holy Rollers gaining on the Miaro. Holy Rollers' lovable 'GORT' is running all alone while about 10 seconds ahead is the Miaro caught in a fracas with about 4 other cars, including the leader 4CGM. 1 lap later, the gap is just 2 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChumpStang Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 4th place car of Danger Zone racing (Honda CRX) has just gone decently hard into the tires in turn 1. Rescue and medic arriving on scene. Reports are driver is saying he is completely fine, just car is not. We are FCY. Holy Rollers are around the Miaro and due to the Danger Zone incident have hopped right into 4th place. They are also right on the rear bumper of 4CGM hoping to get another lap back once we go green again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChumpStang Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 We are green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChumpStang Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Holy Rollers on pit lane. Definitely unscheduled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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