[ho428]

Just love that 433 Pontiac sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGr8...KmNucyQ1_kJ_WE

Q1 went very well.

[Gary H]

Nice! Congratulations

[Dave Polichena]

Nice lap time Gordon! Good to be #1

[ho428]

Little better video now.

https://youtu.be/-D5aX-8qnus

[ho428]

A Rose between two Thorns.

[mgarblik]

Fantastic Job, #1 qualifier!!! I would love to see a list of what the top 10 cars were and their engine sizes if possible. Pontiac Power!!

[Elarson]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. We could use more road racing exploits on the board.

Eric

[ho428]

Originally Posted by mgarblik

Fantastic Job, #1 qualifier!!! I would love to see a list of what the top 10 cars were and their engine sizes if possible. Pontiac Power!!

You and me both.
I think I'm about the only one that's open about my engine size. Still, most are surprised to see a Pontiac Engine under the hood, get a lot of questions.

All the Mustangs, had 4 there, had 289 fender badges and no way in hell would they tell you what's really inside that SBF.
Could be a 347 or 427. All turn over 7200 and weigh several hundred pounds less so it sorta equals out.
I top out at 6500 but will push it to 6700 when needed. Tq off the corners is where I gain the most but give it back at the top end.
The Porches were a couple 911's and a 914-6 but one was a 911 RSR Turbo wide body car, he and I had a great race. We all ran in Gr-6.

The rest of our run group were Gr 8 which are smaller bore lighter weight cars. 240Z's, Opel's, BMW 2002's. Fast overall but no grunt.
Vintage is multi class racing so you'll be surprised at what keeps up or catches you in the corners.

[Scott Stoneburg]

Very nice. Sounds great. You said they catch you up top. What's the MPH on those straights ?
Again, very nice job.

[sdbob]

Very nice to hear. Your work is paying off.congratulations. I csnt imagine the thrills you have driving.

[ho428]

Originally Posted by Scott Stoneburg

Very nice. Sounds great. You said they catch you up top. What's the MPH on those straights ?
Again, very nice job.

For me about 140 at 6500 on the longer back straight, the shorter front is probably only about 120 or so, but given my tq induced lead pulling off a slow corner the bigger issue is braking at the next one. My car is heavy on the front with that engine versus a SBF so I have to get off the gas and on the brake a tad sooner so that's when I usually get caught, but sometimes I can alter a corner entry point to take away their passing line. Makes us both slow off the corner but since I have the Tq advantage I'll play it.
It's a bit of a cat and mouse game and sometimes using traffic as a pick.

Later in a run, especially the hr long endurance race when your tires start going away, you have to adopt a different strategy of rolling out of the throttle earlier and letting the car track out, and short shifting to keep from spinning the tires, etc... it becomes more of you against the track than the other cars.

It is a lot of fun though, average about 3 hours of track time per race weekend.

[Jack Gifford]

Great job! You make all of us PMD fans proud!