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2010 Porsche 997 Super Cup at Monza with Sean Edwards

Gomez — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:50:32 GMT

this guy is flying! briefly hits a buck seventy down the straight

Mclaren MP4-12C Laps the Nurburgring...

MOBONIC — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:52:53 GMT

Look its drafting that VW!

http://www.streetfire.net/video/spy-video_2057751.htm

Time Lapse: Building a Race Car

MOBONIC — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:29:23 GMT

How to build a Z4 GT3 Race car from scratch in less than 4 minutes (about 600 hours total)

Health and Fitness or Getting old really sux...

Mikelly — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:22:43 GMT

So last Saturday my brother-inlaw suffered a "minor" heart attack... He's 38 and "looks" reasonably fit...2 stints and a pledge to stop smoking later, he's back at home recovering. Talk about a shock to our family.

I'd already been changing my lifestyle, drinking less booz, eating less beef, no pork, and all lean and green "stuff"... But this was indeed a wake-up call for me... My goal is to get back into a reasonable state of fitness so I can go off and do some endurance racing over the next few years. My other goal has always to get back into "fighting" shape.

See, I used to be a competitive cyclist, racing mountain bikes in 12 hour solo endurance races, or "Sprint" races that lasted about an hour and a half. Just depended... Injuries and changes in life (Got married and started my own company) sidelined me in 2003 and before you know it we're in 2010 and I'm 50# heavier than I was when I was racing... How the hell did this, 'er never mind... The Dr. put me on crestor about 6 months ago, due to raised cholestoral numbers, and I really hate being on a "maintenance" drug. So that's the ultimate health goal...Get off the drug and lose about 40-45 pounds.

So last Saturday, while my brother-inlaw was suffering his heart attack, I was on my road cycle pedaling my fat arse up hills in the local battlefield park. I had experienced a nice morning chat with Craig (*hogapolooza) and his son, Thomas that morning, and just wanted to "do something" physical later that afternoon. So off I went. It wasn't fast and I certainly wasn't going to keep my old 20MPH average over the length of the hillie ride. But I was doing it, and didn't feel "horrible" after...

I had previously scheduled a Dr.'s appointment just to have a few things checked, and well, they did an EKG while I was there. Resting heart rate was 58 and my blood pressure was 100 over 70... So all's good, right? Then he springs on me the "You still might want to do a stress test. Get a baseline, and at your age..." So now I'm scheduled for a stress test on the 13th... lovely, wonderful getting old...

I spend so much time in the shop in the evenings when I'm not doing company stuff, that I forget I "need" to do other "stuff". So five out of the last 7 days I hit the bike or did light jogging for atleast 30 minutes each night.

Let's see if I can "keep it up"...Heart rate monitor - Check. Silly bike clothes from yesterdecade - Check. Clean waterbottles - Check. Fresh batteries for the bike computer - Check.

More to come...

Mike

PCAOCR Zone 8 DE & Time Trial @ Auto Club Speedway Sept. 11/12

Eric523 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:02:57 GMT

Passing along some info if anyone is interested in joining:)
I'll be out in the spec boxster.

PCAOCR Zone 8 DE & Time Trial @ Auto Club Speedway - Open for Registration

This event, scheduled for September 11 & 12, is the inaugural DE (Driver Education) & Time Trial event for the OCR club.

We are using motorsportreg.com/ to register drivers for THIS EVENT ONLY.

To reach the OCR-specific event page to register for the Time Trial, go to: https://www.motorsportreg.com/index....0777047090D5AD

We look forward to seeing you at the Event!!! If you have any questions, please contact the Co-Chairs, Steve & Bob, at: mailto:dettocr@gmail.com.

RennTrack teams up with the Global Tuner Grand Prix!

Gomez — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:32:25 GMT

This is going to awesome guys! Laguna Seca with no sound restrictions! What more can you ask for!

http://globaltunergp.com/

San Diego, California � August 24, 2010 � Today Renntrack.com and Global Tuner GP announced their strategic alliance with Renntrack becoming an official event partner.

Along with GTGP coverage and promotion on it�s forum website Renntrack.com will be fielding it�s 3 official Porsche RT race cars in the GTGP races and timed events.

� What makes the RennTrack.com and GTGP partnership so special is our shared hardcore focus of racing and motorsport. The RennTrack community doesn�t just talk about driving, they actually DO IT. And it will be nice to see our Porsches lining up on the grid.�

Along with participating in the festivities RennTrack.com created and provided the branding for the GTGP event.

ridiculous new program on Versus

Gomez — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:23:08 GMT

what can we do to get more ratings...I know...get people to crash their own cars in a made up rally event. UGH

Suspension comparison advice? JIC/CROSS vs. KW V3 Coilovers

Chaudanova — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:25:38 GMT

Hey guys, does anyone have direct experience in comparing coilovers between the JIC/CROSS versus the KW V3?

..Looking at several different setups, and while JRZ would be wonderful and a great choice if budget were of no issue, it would probably be more than needed at the time.

I've heard great things about both the JIC/Cross and the KW V3, but they seem to both have different features, and both have had their fair share of positive and negative feedback.

JIC/Cross, I've read referred to as "Motons on a budget", and pros seem to be the independent height adjustment from the lower strut body without altering spring preload, monotube damper design, and that they come "complete" with dampers, linear springs, and top monoball camber plates included. On the flipside, I've heard people complain that these are overly stiff, overdamped, poor customer service, etc.

KW V3, I've heard great things about how smooth and comfortable the ride is with these. Pros seem to be the individual compression and rebound adjustability, "remote" reservoir attached to the strut body, etc. On the other hand, in comparison to the JIC/Cross, these do not include any top mounts, and the springs are non-linear, progressive rate springs. While I've heard they are great, I've also heard the front is too soft for the track.

Leaving both of these coilovers in stock trim, without having to purchase top plates for the KW, for instance, or without changing out the progressive springs for linear rate, would you go with the JIC/Cross or the KW V3? This would be for a primarily street driven car, that would see a few track events per year at the current time.

All of this is stuff I've heard from others, or have read, so I'm not speaking from personal experience, but would like to hear your thoughts and comparisons if you have any experience with these two coilovers.

Thanks in advance!

Pictures from Laguna Seca weekend - Virtual Access Photo's

MOBONIC — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:48:36 GMT

Cathy from Virtual Access was there al weekend taking photo's of all the cars.

http://virtualaccessphoto.com/

Take a look at her sight and lets support her and she comes to the races on her own time and money to take pictures of all the cars, and is a great RennTrac.com supporter.

BTW.. she takes amazing pictures!

Team RennTrack.com leaves it's mark Laguna Seca

MOBONIC — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:30:49 GMT

Well it was an amazing weekend and an even better one for RennTrack.com

There was 15+ RennTrack.com members and our RennTrack team did fantastic!

Eric posted a 2nd place finish in the BSR club race in his first race in BSR and first race in the car!

JC3D finished 12th in the red race after starting 19th, passing car with double his horsepower and weight/power ratio!!!

Krokodil took 2nd place in the orange club race on saturday & sunday in his CSR (Cayman Spec Racer)

Kubrick posted a new track record in his class (NP) at 1:39.0

Mobonic (me) posted a personal best with a 1:38.5

We had a great time and there was tons of RennTrack T-shirts being worn all weekend in the paddock!

Thanks for all the support and can't wait until next time......

No other single teams was so dominant in so many classes!!!!

GO RENNTRACK!

Roll Bar Noise

JEllis — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:06:37 GMT

Anyone else getting some creaking/pinging from their roll bar?? I swear mine pings/clicks and of course creaks under the right conditions...

Jason

NASA PTA Racers needed

Surfbum — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:35:02 GMT

we need a couple more PTA class recers to run in the NASA Nationals at Miller Motorsports in September.
Please contact your local NASA rep for classing and regestration info.

So who's going to make Laguna Seca this Weekend?

Eric523 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:13:24 GMT

Finally home from the shop at 3am. I'm loaded up and leaving in the morning.

"All I want to know is who's comin' with me??" :D

yup, lame iphone pic

INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS NEEDED - VIR Sept. 25-27

Mikelly — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:52:10 GMT

Gang, PCA FSR is need of both INSTUCTORS and STUDENTS for the upcoming event at VIR... 2Days on South Course (Is is an absolute blast of a course) and one day on VIR FULL... The price is right, the weather will be mild and we really do enjoy this event with FSR...

Go over to www.motorsportreg.com and create an account if you're a student... If you're an instructor contact George at: registrar@fsrpca.org if you can help out during this event! Tell them Mikelly sent you!

Mike

Keep it on the TRACK dummy!

Gomez — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:48:51 GMT

Please tell me this was not one of you guys. :bulgy-eyes: What a dum dum head.

Via yovenice.com

There is a longstanding rivalry between Porsche and Ferrari owners. Porsches win races, Ferraris not so much. That is with real drivers on race courses however. Racing on the streets of Venice all bets are off, especially when someone with no talent gives it a go like allegedly happened earlier this evening.

From what witnesses say, Ed M., aka "Mr. White GT3RS" was allegedly racing a black Ferrari. The Ferrari driver allegedly realized that Market Street dead ends and hit the brakes. "Mr. White GT3RS" swerved to miss him and hit a Mercedes then spun around and hit a black car. One woman was almost run over.
"Mr. White GT3RS" allegedly paid a tow truck driver in cash to haul the car away before the LAPD came. The LAPD was called around 7 pm and showed up at 8:30. They have the plate number.

Mr White GT3RS guy: There are plenty of places to legally race your vehicle. Yer a kook for supposedly doing it on the streets of Venice. Get it? Got it? Good. Go get yourself a Prius as you obviously do not have the skills or maturity to drive a GT3RS on public roads. The RS with half cage looks cool, but you need training wheels dude.
If your car got hit, here is who you are looking for: California Plate 6LjR555.