Updated first page with FATT dates/times. Gotta get off my duff and register, but I'm thinking I'd like to make

Apr
NASA

May
TrackDaze

June
NASA Hyperfest

July
TrackDaze
SATT

August
NASA

But we'll see as the year progresses Drove my car for the first time today since November and I forgot how fun it is to drive!

 

Well, we are back. The Volvo held together this time and we finished 20th of 52. Given the major speed difference between our car and some of the others, that wasnt bad. Overall we were very happy with the outcome. Chumpcar is more like "real" racing than Lemons.

Racing VIR in the dark is crazy. There are no lights. Probably one of the least intelligent and most fun things I've done on a track.

 

Awesome!!

 

Very cool.

 

Yea, I ended up bringing up the rear (last driver) and I could not see ANYTHING.

I could not see turn-in or the side of the track, I could not see apexes. I often could not see other cars (just a blur of lights around me). It was seriously nuts, we need a brighter light setup. I was 2-3 tires off everywhere and all the time. If I was not sure if a car was close, I just drove off the side ionto the dirt and kept it floored in order to get by.


There were no flags/corner workers visible, just some lights at a couple of corner stations.


At one point, I zoom around a turn and see a car stopped off on my right and another set of headlights coming directly at me (maybe 10 feet away and going 25mph while I am going 60mph) on my left (car had spun out and he was trying to get back onto the track).

We also did not reset the timer so I had no idea when the checkered would get thrown, I just kept driving till I saw it fall. I guess I was probably in the dark for ~1.5 hours going as fast as I could without being able to see anything.

But it worked out because we went from 23rd to 20th.

 

^^^ wow! must have been quite an experience!

 

Congrats for the finish! Sounds like a lot of fun.

 

X3

Any video?

 

You have to have had a lot of track experience to do a chump car race right? I think it looks like a ton of fun but I can't really bring anything to the table.