Last weekend we raced at Mid-Ohio for the last time this season. After posting a personal-best lap in Friday's practice (1:37.16 on the pro course), I qualified on the class pole both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's race went great (I won!) but Sunday's, which started out great, ended up with a motor making too few noises of the right kind and too many of the wrong.
The video below shows the start up to the point the motor quit (4:08 into the video). All of the cars you see here--even after the motor quits--are in higher (which is to say, faster) classes.
You'll notice that all these guys all kill me down the straights (that's what an extra 60+ horsepower can do for you) but once you get past the very fastest cars I'm pretty much able to make up most of the difference under braking and in the curves.
Apologies for the Doris Day fuzz...I never seem to remember to clean the lens!
1. Carl Tyler08/20/2009 11:15:36 AM
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Urgh, is it serious?
2. Scott Good08/20/2009 11:30:29 AM
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Not sure. They're getting it up on the lift today. Crossing my fingers.
3. Scott Good08/21/2009 09:42:25 PM
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Final diagnosis...broken flywheel. Could have been a lot worse.
4. Rick VanGameren08/25/2009 02:21:09 PM
Homepage: http://rvgspeaks.blogspot.com
Glad to hear it wasn't major. Good job in the race until then. Looks like all the action was behind you; take the pole and just stay out front, eh?
5. Scott Good08/25/2009 03:01:41 PM
Homepage: http://www.scottgood.com
That's pretty much the plan...start in front and run away (if possible).

























