Mint 400, 09

chuck · 03-12-2009, 06:19 AM

Anyone going? Dan? We will be there, hoping to do better than last years new low record of -50'

AdminTazz · 03-31-2009, 03:18 PM

How did it go Chuck? I've just been swamped here adjusting to the all of the down turn issues.

Dan

chuck · 04-07-2009, 07:05 PM

I missed you. We had a lot of fun, completed 3 laps out of four. I decided to give it up at the end of 3 laps because we had 3 hrs to finish the last lap. The laps were taking 3.5 to 4.5 hrs. We had no spares left as we went through 5 in the first 3 laps. We might of had time to finish the last lap if Jason had not run out of gas about 4 miles from start/finish. We had no radio com and by the time he got a ride back to the pit and we got gas to the racer it was too late. Pike came through and started his last lap about 40 min. before Jason got the racer back to the pit and he finished 9 mins too late. Anyway the racer had no mechanical problems and we learned some more about racing.

chuck · 04-12-2009, 09:16 AM

Pike also ran out of gas so I don't feel so bad about that. The coarse was tuff. At one point I got pushed off the coarse by a TT, no warning, no horn, no bump. When I saw him coming I turned right to get out of the way, he hit me when I was at a 45 degree angle to the coarse and almost flipped me. Another time I got over and was passed but the guys RR tire clipped my LF and tore the fiberglass up a little on the LF corner. That was an accident or mis-judgement, the first guy was an asshole. I ended up with a flat and the tire rack was so bent that I had to use the jack handle to get the spare out.

AdminTazz · 04-13-2009, 08:07 AM

Glad to here you survived it with very little damage, Chuck. What are your up coming plans? Anything in the near future.

chuck · 04-13-2009, 09:25 AM

6-13 in O.K. and one a little later in TX. I have not decided about the Baja 1k yet. What about you?

AdminTazz · 04-15-2009, 02:33 PM

Just taking it as it comes at the moment Chuck. I didn't even make reservations for SOB this year. Not sure what we will be doing.
We have thought about making the race over the 4th of July in Jack Pot NV. I think it is a BORE race. It's only about 180 miles from the where the racer is in Idaho and pretty resonable. Other than that, depends on $$ available.

Dan

03-12-2009, 06:19 AM	#1
chuck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 628	Mint 400, 09 Anyone going? Dan? We will be there, hoping to do better than last years new low record of -50'

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chuck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 628	I missed you. We had a lot of fun, completed 3 laps out of four. I decided to give it up at the end of 3 laps because we had 3 hrs to finish the last lap. The laps were taking 3.5 to 4.5 hrs. We had no spares left as we went through 5 in the first 3 laps. We might of had time to finish the last lap if Jason had not run out of gas about 4 miles from start/finish. We had no radio com and by the time he got a ride back to the pit and we got gas to the racer it was too late. Pike came through and started his last lap about 40 min. before Jason got the racer back to the pit and he finished 9 mins too late. Anyway the racer had no mechanical problems and we learned some more about racing.

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chuck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 628	Pike also ran out of gas so I don't feel so bad about that. The coarse was tuff. At one point I got pushed off the coarse by a TT, no warning, no horn, no bump. When I saw him coming I turned right to get out of the way, he hit me when I was at a 45 degree angle to the coarse and almost flipped me. Another time I got over and was passed but the guys RR tire clipped my LF and tore the fiberglass up a little on the LF corner. That was an accident or mis-judgement, the first guy was an asshole. I ended up with a flat and the tire rack was so bent that I had to use the jack handle to get the spare out.

04-13-2009, 08:07 AM	#5
AdminTazz Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sac River Delta Posts: 1,352	Glad to here you survived it with very little damage, Chuck. What are your up coming plans? Anything in the near future.

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chuck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 628	6-13 in O.K. and one a little later in TX. I have not decided about the Baja 1k yet. What about you?

04-15-2009, 02:33 PM	#7
AdminTazz Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sac River Delta Posts: 1,352	Just taking it as it comes at the moment Chuck. I didn't even make reservations for SOB this year. Not sure what we will be doing. We have thought about making the race over the 4th of July in Jack Pot NV. I think it is a BORE race. It's only about 180 miles from the where the racer is in Idaho and pretty resonable. Other than that, depends on $$ available. Dan

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