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Dayle Frame

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I've been here since Saturday and I'm starting to get stir crazy. And we're not on track until Thursday night at 5:45. Oh well. The car is ready except for putting the new tires on it.

The good news is that the prod party is tonight. But it looks like we might get wet. That's OK, we'll deal with it. So far we have almost $1500 in donations.

I'll update when I can.

Dayle
 
Bartell
Gauper
Albin

Not many laps completed because of a black flag all, and then the session was checkered early when it was obvious that they would get everything clear in time.
 
I had assumed (incorrectly) that they'd let the FP cars go, wait a few seconds and then let us go. But they let us go immediately after the FP cars. As we're out at 5:45 local time, the sun was setting behind the bridge at T6. This made the drive up the hill damn near impossible as we were staring straight into the sun. The only thing I could see was when I was in the shadow of the tree line. SCARY.

It was a busy track with FP cars all over the place. An unknown Miata was parked drivers right in the carousel. Someone had spun at the apex of T5. The BFA was for Mason Workman as he barfed his motor HUGE right at the kink. I never got comfy and things were cut short by the BFA. We got maybe 14 minutes in before the BFA. I saw the flag at S/F and had to go all the way around. Oh well. We'll have a better chance tomorrow.

Dayle
 
So how does everyone feel about the schedule now that we are 5 days into it? Like it or hate it?
 
Well, the live timing sux, and the reuslt page now has event news on it rather than the timing/grid sheets :cry:

But the good news is the Speedcast TV video quailty is much better than last year.
 
Pos Car # Name Hometown Year Make Model Sponsor Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4
1 3 Chris Albin Maryland Heights, MO Volkswagen Golf GTI Hoosier/247-parts.com/AMT engines 2:46.186 2:41.165 No time No time
2 15 Greg Gauper Hubertus, WI Honda Civic Si Rana Mort Racing/Goodyear 2:46.140 2:43.761 No time No time
3 11 Tim Pitts Louisville, TN Volkswagen Golf Performance Tuning 2:49.106 2:43.808 No time No time
4 01 Mike Moser Milwaukee, WI Honda CRX ETE Reman/RWM Auto/Goodyear 2:50.228 2:44.101 No time No time
5 99 Jason Isley Coto De Caza, CA Toyota Yaris RACER.com/Hoosier/AST/OS Giken/TRD 2:46.250 2:44.342 No time No time
6 4 Ron Bartell Madbury, NH MG Midget Hoosier Tires 2:44.378 2:50.758 No time No time
7 0 Mike Origer Barrington, IL Volkswagen Scirocco Remax/ Unlimited NW 2:51.133 2:46.012 No time No time
8 6 W. Jay Griffin Titusville, FL Honda CRX Si Atlantic Autoworks/Hoosier 2:46.403 2:47.212 No time No time
9 2 Matt Brannon Columbus, OH Fiat X-1/9 Midwest-Bayless Italian Auto 2:51.638 2:47.243 No time No time
10 29 Jamie Bestwick Port Matilda, PA Toyota Yaris RACER.com/Hoosier/OS Giken/TRD/Mons 2:55.478 2:49.505 No time No time
11 17 William Trainer Lake In The Hills, IL Volkswagen Scirocco 2:50.237 4:33.469 No time No time
12 27 Bob Eichelberger Imperial, MO Austin-Healey Sprite Red Line Oil/ESCP/Design Racing/COM 2:50.524 2:51.594 No time No time
13 80 Dayle Frame DeWitt, MI Austin-Healey Sprite Wounded Turtle Racing/Goodyear/Amso 2:54.454 2:50.563 No time No time
14 46 Tom Hannagan Barrington, IL Datsun 510 Baurle Autosport/MS 2:53.548 2:50.609 No time No time
15 07 Andrew Wright Murfreesboro, TN Triumph Spitfire Hoosier/Redline/East Tennessee Race 2:53.401 2:50.872 No time No time
16 9 Tom Broring Derwood, MD Triumph Spitfire Blue Crab Racing, Mountjoy's Autosh 2:55.192 2:50.957 No time No time
17 75 Jack Schulz Monett, MO MG Midget Automotive Archeologists 2:52.009 2:53.049 No time No time
18 90 Rob Horrell Jr Memphis, TN Austin-Healey Sprite Horrell Group Architects 2:56.020 2:52.925 No time No time
19 64 Michael H Miller Walhalla, SC Austin-Healey Sprite SportsCarSalvage/AppRaceTire/Comptu 3:00.427 2:58.812 No time No time
20 61 John Stanford Leo, IN Triumph Spitfire none 3:36.069 No time No time No time
 
Q3 Saturday AM

MOSER
ORINGER
GAUPER
BARTELL
GRIFFIN
BRANNON
TRAINER
ISLEY
BESTWICK
WRIGHT
EICHELBERGER
BRORING
SHULTZ
FRAME
HANNAGAN
MILLER

NO SHOWS
PITS
STANFORD
HORRELL

Friday Bartell spun under braking for 5 and was fixing bodywork last night, Griffin smoked heavily going into 1 but it was a CV boot not a motor.

Oleson your reporter from trackside drivers left between s/f and 1
 
After Q3


Pos Car # Name Hometown Year Make Model Sponsor Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4
1 01 Mike Moser Milwaukee, WI Honda CRX ETE Reman/RWM Auto/Goodyear 2:50.228 2:44.101 2:40.123 No time
2 3 Chris Albin Maryland Heights, MO Volkswagen Golf GTI Hoosier/247-parts.com/AMT engines 2:46.186 2:41.165 2:47.403 No time
3 0 Mike Origer Barrington, IL Volkswagen Scirocco Remax/ Unlimited NW 2:51.133 2:46.012 2:43.156 No time
4 15 Greg Gauper Hubertus, WI Honda Civic Si Rana Mort Racing/Goodyear 2:46.140 2:43.761 2:43.984 No time
5 11 Tim Pitts Louisville, TN Volkswagen Golf Performance Tuning 2:49.106 2:43.808 No time No time
6 99 Jason Isley Coto De Caza, CA Toyota Yaris RACER.com/Hoosier/AST/OS Giken/TRD 2:46.250 2:44.342 2:46.252 No time
7 4 Ron Bartell Madbury, NH MG Midget Hoosier Tires 2:44.378 2:50.758 2:44.490 No time
8 6 W. Jay Griffin Titusville, FL Honda CRX Si Atlantic Autoworks/Hoosier 2:46.403 2:47.212 2:44.780 No time
9 2 Matt Brannon Columbus, OH Fiat X-1/9 Midwest-Bayless Italian Auto 2:51.638 2:47.243 2:45.222 No time
10 17 William Trainer Lake In The Hills, IL Volkswagen Scirocco 2:50.237 4:33.469 2:45.337 No time
11 29 Jamie Bestwick Port Matilda, PA Toyota Yaris RACER.com/Hoosier/OS Giken/TRD/Mons 2:55.478 2:49.505 2:46.797 No time
12 07 Andrew Wright Murfreesboro, TN Triumph Spitfire Hoosier/Redline/East Tennessee Race 2:53.401 2:50.872 2:47.109 No time
13 27 Bob Eichelberger Imperial, MO Austin-Healey Sprite Red Line Oil/ESCP/Design Racing/COM 2:50.524 2:51.594 2:48.447 No time
14 9 Tom Broring Derwood, MD Triumph Spitfire Blue Crab Racing, Mountjoy's Autosh 2:55.192 2:50.957 2:49.769 No time
15 75 Jack Schulz Monett, MO MG Midget Automotive Archeologists 2:52.009 2:53.049 2:50.109 No time
16 80 Dayle Frame DeWitt, MI Austin-Healey Sprite Wounded Turtle Racing/Goodyear/Amso 2:54.454 2:50.563 2:50.289 No time
17 46 Tom Hannagan Barrington, IL Datsun 510 Baurle Autosport/MS 2:53.548 2:50.609 2:56.325 No time
18 90 Rob Horrell Jr Memphis, TN Austin-Healey Sprite Horrell Group Architects 2:56.020 2:52.925 No time No time
19 64 Michael H Miller Walhalla, SC Austin-Healey Sprite SportsCarSalvage/AppRaceTire/Comptu 3:00.427 2:58.812 3:00.529 No time
20 61 John Stanford Leo, IN Triumph Spitfire none 3:36.069 No time No time No time
 
Intrepid reporter here, trackside during the EP race, Downing in the lead.

After the third qualifier

Mike Miller, 1275 Spridget, RA virgin, happy with car, going to change driver for the race.

Jack Shultz, 1098 Spridget, changing rear gear for the race, Bill Blust helping, Michele changing tires.

Rob Horrell, 1275 LP Bugeye, not a morning person, washing car.

Ron Bartell, 1275 Hybrid Spridget, having brake issues that put him into wall after the kink during Q3.

Brakke new leader in EP, actually the checker is waving he's won!

John Stanford, Spitfire, may have broken his suspension, left after 1st qualifier, could be back
for the race,this is 98% conjecture

Bob Eichelberger, 1275 Hybrid Spridget, 2 seconds faster in last qualifying but went 2 spots back. Running an interesting tire setup, currently sworn to secrecy. Big plug for Comptune engines (as he's handing Mike a check)

Tom Hannagan, 510, ignition trigger wheel problems, switched to distributor, wants bigger brakes.

Jay Griffin, CRX, RA virgin, been working with the rear suspension and it's improving, will be changing "stuff" for the race

Tim Pitts, Golf, car undercover, could not get a quote from the jackstand.

Will keep tring to get more info before tomorrow
 
More info

Tom Broring, Spitfire, going faster every session, adjusting vales for the race.

Andrew Wright, Spitfire, getting comfortable with the car, no changes

Dale Frame, Spridget, black flaged for tire rub, clearancing the fender and fixing a rear seal.

Matt Brannon, X19, after the anal probe/cavity search at tech he's waiting for jets for the carb.

Kent Prather wins GTL in a close 3 car finish, Lentz,Hargrove,Goodale,Zekert
 
last pre-race report

Mike Oringer, Scirroco, chased some silly problems, alt quit today but battery lasted a full session, nothing to change before the race.

William Trainer, Scirocco (don't ask me, neither is spelled the same on the entry list) transmission stuck in 3rd, made a change and all is good, second hand info from Albin.

Mike Moser, CRX, working back up to speed, no changes for the race.

Greg Gauper, Civic, wearing some funny looking Indian raindance headress, qualifyings been uneventfull, changing calipers and front rotors for the race. Did I mention his headress?

Jason Isley, Yaris, better motor and trans since last year, 15 inch Hoosier radials, no changes for race

Jamie Bestwick, Yaris, all of Isleys updates, race virgin at RA, but drove a Jeep arond some years ago, will be tweeting during the race on the straights, them Nascar guys got nothing on him!

Chris Albin, Golf, messed with rear sway bar, no changes for race.

Made last ditch effort to bribe Pitt's jackstand for a quote, but to no avail, sorry signing off for today.
 
Terrible race coverage with the interruptions and gaps in the commentary and visual coverage and delays.
Not the same for the ads , however. They were both clear and louder.
Any idea what is going on?
Were there any of these gaps apparent to anyonme with a upgraded subscription?
BC
 
Matt
Nice recovery from the pit stop :applause: :applause: :applause: - what was the big puff of smoke :? ?
 
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