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I am watching those live updates like a hawk!

I love this SH*T

Eric

VR4orceCJ

The word for the day was "Pressure", no not the pressure to succeed, more like the kind of pressure you find in tires After 3 different pieces of advice from 3 different Hoosier guys we decided to run cold starting pressures 31 front and 35 rear with the new A compounds. This is really only one pound more than we normally run with the Rs. So Marty went out and appeared very fast until the stopwatch said differently. A fast lap of 1:58.9 was the result. Coming off the track after a cool down lap his tire pressures had sky rocketed to between 46-49psi, which is way to high. The combination of unknown tires a new suspension and very cold temps threw us for a loop. The final starting grid hasn't been posted just yet but somewhere in the 20's is our guess.

Plans for tomorrow include a lot of tire selection discussion, As or Rs and then what pressures. Marty does have a 10 min warm up on Sat morning so that will give us a chance to get them setup right. He's currently leaning towards the known Rs with plans to move forward as tires on the other cars start to fade. Saturday should be a good show and we will be watching the preview tomorrow as some of the other classes bang it out. I'll let you know how things look from the top of the RV

VR4orceCJ

Dave,
Marty and the car have 1:56s or better in them, but we started out way behind the curve changing things like suspension and tires way late in the game and then the weather ruined our planned sorting time. We've learned a lot for next year and will be sure to "practice" throughout the season with plans of running totally sorted Evos here next year. The race isn't over yet and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Marty work his way up through the field provided we get the setup reasonably close.

EVO Neil

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Good Luck guys. Good updates BTW.

VR4orceCJ

Qualifying T2
Sanction No #IDC-06-S
Heartland Park Topeka
2.5 Mile Road Course Thursday, October 12, 2006
Ovr Car 1st Qual. 2nd Qual. 3rd Qual. 4th Qual.
Pos No. Driver/Hometown/Div/Region Sponsor Make/Model Fast Lap Fast Lap Fast Lap Fast Lap
1 12 Robert Schader/Boulder, CO/RM/Colo Hoosier/Red Line/Boulder 05Nissan 350Z 1:55.098 No Time No Time 1:56.300
2 75 Dave Schotz/Phoeniz, AZ/RM/ArzB SCCAForums.com/Kumh 01Pontiac Formula 1:57.439 No Time 1:56.183 1:55.100
3 91 Will Turner/Amesbury, MA/NE/NEng Turner Motorsport/Toyo 05BMW M3 1:57.055 No Time 1:56.020 1:55.103
4 95 Chuck Hemmingson/West Des Moines, 06Subaru WRX Sti 1:55.615 No Time 2:25.000 1:55.355
5 7 Ken Dobson/Sonoma, CA/NP/SanF Temp Control 05Nissan 350Z 1:55.980 No Time 1:55.591 1:55.506
6 44 Rob Hines/Arlington, VA/NE/WDC Kumho/Nissan/RedLine 03Nissan 350Z 1:55.867 No Time 1:56.370 1:55.508
7 69 Kristian Skavnes/Sparta, NJ/NE/NNJ Subaru/Goodyear/Valvoli Subaru WRX Sti 1:56.074 No Time 1:56.327 1:55.653
8 05 William Ziegler/Stamford, CT/NE/NEng Swisher/Phoenix 05Mitsibushi No Time No Time 1:59.078 1:56.253
9 23 Derek Butts/San Bruno, CA/NP/SanF Hoosier 05Subaru WRX Sti 1:58.155 No Time 1:56.816 1:56.334
10 98 Bill Baten/Indianapolis, IN/CE/Indy Online 01Chevrolet 1:56.914 2:16.778 1:57.318 1:56.449
11 99 Jason Henderson/Cincinnati, Trailex 03Nissan 350Z 1:57.157 No Time 1:56.563 1:56.640
12 06 David Rosenblum/Langhorne, PA/SE/FlaSubaru Of America 06Subaru WRX Sti 1:56.898 No Time 1:56.674 1:56.802
13 02 George Biskup/Naperville, IL/CE/Chi Biskup Motorsports 05Dodge SRT4 2:14.845 2:18.001 1:57.606 1:56.729
14 14 Alfred Mitchell/Sugar Land, TX/SW/Tex MSR Houston 02BMW M3 1:56.778 No Time No Time No Time
15 16 Michael Santos/San Lorenzo, Hankook Tire/Works 05Mitsubishi 1:57.408 No Time 1:57.957 1:56.884
16 27 Tony Rivera/Missouri City, MSR 06BMW M3 1:56.932 No Time 1:57.740 No Time
17 04 Paul Barnhart/Houston, TX/SW/Hous Tom Mitchell 02BMW M3 No Time No Time No Time 1:57.112
18 01 Chris Brannon/Mountain Home, TRM 05Pontiac GTO 1:57.723 No Time 1:58.132 1:57.436
19 73 John Buttermore/Bloomfield Hills, Nearbrook Motorsports 04Cadillac CTS-Z 1:58.611 No Time 1:58.787 1:57.721
20 24 Josh Sirota/Cupertino, CA/NP/SanF Hoosier 05Subaru WRX Sti 1:58.154 No Time No Time No Time
21 07 Nathaniel Ellis/Marysville, OH/CE/OhV Team Honda Research 02Honda S2000 1:58.401 No Time 1:59.242 1:58.318
22 34 Marty Grand/Manassas Park, Amsperformance.com 06Mitsubishi 2:02.112 2:13.872 2:00.455 1:58.991
23 74 Gregory Meindl/Levittown, NY/NE/NY Raceshopper.com 01Pontiac Firebird 2:01.276 2:24.750 2:01.000 1:59.040
24 4 Dennis AuBuchon/Arnold, MO/MW/StL Kumho/Weber Chevrolet 01Chevrolet 1:59.046 2:44.495 1:59.053 1:59.166
25 33 William Moore/Chagrin Falls, Msports/Swift Filters/Tim 02Chevrolet 2:00.657 2:25.764 1:59.752 1:59.293
26 5 Tom Nastasi/Stamford, CT/SE/CFla Ford Racing Performance 05Ford Mustang 1:59.601 No Time No Time No Time
27 9 Kumar Viswalingam/Cincinnati, Hoosier/Predatormotorsp 99Pontiac Firebird 1:59.674 No Time No Time No Time
28 15 Richard Roberts/Chicago, IL/CE/Chi Kinetic Energy 03BMW M3 2:01.427 No Time 1:59.763 2:00.656
29 08 Adam Treadway/Findlay, OH/CE/NwOh Treadway Chrysler 04Dodge SRT4 2:03.130 2:14.117 2:00.965 2:00.102
30 2 Steve Valentinetti/Seattle, Cirasport/Airline 98Toyota Supra 2:00.454 No Time No Time No Time
31 22 Joe Hermes/Happy Valley, OR/NP/Ore Gran Prix 03Nissan 350Z 2:01.946 2:25.157 2:01.139 2:01.194
32 86 Jay Culbertson/Portland, OR/NP/Ore Temp Control Mechanical 05Nissan 350Z 2:02.881 No Time 2:01.380 2:01.604
33 46 Mark Boden/Winnetka, IL/CE/Chi Fall-Line Motorsports 04BMW M3 No Time No Time No Time No Time
34 20 Bryan Viviani/Leechburg, PA/NE/StCt 02Pontiac Firebird No Time No Time No Time No Time

DynoFlash

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Props to the crew at VIP who did such a great job doing the wrenching on this car

I was there yesterday watching it run - it was running great !

Galant VR-4 #34

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Yea, Im pretty dissapointed to say the least in the qual session today. I should of just stayed with the tires I know and not try a new compound with only one real qual day after all the craziness this week. Live and learn!! My car is running great and the new suspension feels awesome. It will still be a great time trying to run down the field.

Marty

EricJ@AMS

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Marty when is your race and will it be televised live on Speed?

Galant VR-4 #34

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Hey Eric, My race will be at 1:30 central time on Saturday and it will be televised on Speed but not until around the first of December, I will post exactly when once I find out. We will be down at turn one watching a few races especially T-3 and see how they deal with the narrowing straight and sharp turn one and two. This is where the bulk of the carnage will happen. Goal will be to gain as many positions on the start as possible while avoiding contact; Ill need a complete car if I plan on running down the field. BTW, Ill post in-car-video some time next week so you can see it long before Speed.

Marty

dapaspy

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Good luck guys.

Galant VR-4 #34

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Weve been watching the races today down at turn 1 and 2 wow, lots of carnage in the SSC race!! Basically, the front straight goes from room for 4 wide to 2 wide over a blind crest to a 90 degee right hander followed by a 90 degree left hander. Eric you got any spare body parts laying around the shop? The more you have, the more aggressive Ill be!! T3 will be interesting to watch later tonight to see how the drivers adjust for turn 1 knowing how the corner looks during a crazy *** start.

Marty

VR4orceCJ

Today was pretty much a down day spent in preparation for tomorrows race. Marty and I watched several races from turn 1, which is where everyone tries to jump towards the lead...not to mention that the front straight leading to it narrows just like a funnel into this turn. The first race we watched was SSC, which are pretty much stock street cars with safety modifications and race tires. They barreled into the first turn 3 or so wide, unfortunately for John Heinracy (big name pro driver) and a few others the carnage ensued. When the smoke cleared several cars were missing their front bumpers and plenty of positions. Some of the classes were uneventful, but others were more similar to SSC. We are hopeful that the T2'ers are gentlemen racers....but who are we kidding

The car is ready and so is Marty so all that is left is to do it! 1:30PM Central watch the Live updates to see it unfold.

Galant VR-4 #34

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Warm up session went well, trying to work on my lines one last time I picked up a full second. We've been working on strategy with a few of the other drivers and it seems like everyone is going to keep out of trouble on that first turn, lets hope it is so. I "think" by the time I get to turn one the field will be pretty darn slow with all the bunching up that will occur. Im not exactly sure where I am starting yet as it appears a couple of the cars in front of me will not be in the race, one for sure will be the Sirota Subie, he did not make the trip and he had that guy Butts drive it for him for a qual. Should be an awesome day
Marty

dapaspy

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Just watched it via the live timing thing. Nice run from 22 to 15th. +7 is nothing to sneeze at. Subie 1/2 with Will Turner in 3rd.

Highest finishing evos were Ziegler in 7th and Santos in 9th.

Great job by all the evos but the subies have factory support. If Will turner and his pro shop couldn't beat them that says alot.

Silencer

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Scoring shows Marty in 14th (+8 positions).

Good job CJ/Marty!

Dave