Tuesday 1st, June 2010
PermaLinkPutnam Park in the rain (a little late)09:33:09 AM
Written By : Scott Good

Forgot to post this one sooner...racing at Putnam Park (Indiana) a couple weeks ago in mixed conditions. Because of problems with my transponder (which is used by the timing and scoring system) during Qualifying, I had to start at the back of the GTS field.

The rain had quit only a few minutes before the race and most of us, myself included, went out on slicks in anticipation of the track drying out over the course of the race. As you will see, though, the early laps were like driving on ice. As the track dried, the speeds grew. I eventually passed (by my count) a net 28 cars. With about three laps left, I caught the BMW 318 of Paul Milligan who was leading our class (GTS2) and we went at it hard until he got together with a Miata on the final lap.

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1. Eric Peterson06/04/2010 11:25:43 AM


Looks at times more like "drifting". What are you using to film? A camcorder mounted to roll cage? Surprisingly good and vibration free video.



2. Scott Good06/04/2010 07:23:47 PM
Homepage: Http://www.scottgood.com


It's a ChaseCam lipstick camera mounted on the roof. Records on an SD card so there's nothing to vibrate.



3. Eric Peterson06/09/2010 07:05:53 PM


Thanks for the info. Looked at the ChaseCam site, interesting stuff.



4. Scott Good06/10/2010 08:31:21 AM
Homepage: http://www.scottgood.com


The only weird thing is the quality of the video coming out of the camera (and on my SD card) is WAY better than that you see here. I need to find a better way to convert from one format to another, apparently.



5. mdmadph06/28/2010 12:02:41 PM
Homepage: http://mdm-adph.blogspot.com


I've always loved watching these -- are those Vipers on that track?

(Could be Vimeo just compressing the video way too far down when _they_ stream it, maybe?)



6. Scott Good06/28/2010 01:41:48 PM
Homepage: http://www.scottgood.com


@mdmadph, yep, Vipers, Corvettes, at least one Panoz, a bunch of Mustangs...



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