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1999 Bayshore At Pocono September 11, 1999 |
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| Date: Sunday, 12 Sep 1999 | John Ryall |
| I would like to thank the guys from the Bayshore Corvair Club for all the work they did in putting on the event. I estimate that they had 45 to 50 cars, and hopefully they were able to make ends meet. These events seem to become more costly each year due to track and insurance costs, so lets all get out there and give it a try. It's really a a ball to try out your car and skills, and every attempt is made to put you into a class where the other cars are of about the same potential. | |
| Date: Sunday, 12 Sep 1999 | Robert Marlow |
| Absolutely the best weather ever for the Pocono event, just perfect. Yup, they did a good job -- AGAIN. People like Kevin Johnson, Roy Buckridge, Charlie Doerge, Bill Doerge put a lot of time and effort into it. | |
| Date: Monday, 13 Sep 1999 | Warren LeVeque |
| You did us proud; there were 10 Corvair drivers, 8 Corvairs, and maybe 35 other racers. Since there was no official entry list or offical results, I have to depend on my recollections and notes that I scribbled on a piece of paper found in my pocket. I timed a lot of cars in my work session as did others, all on different watches. I tried to meet all of the Corvair entrants, but will probably mess up their names. Any reading this with more information please feel free to insert here:_____________________________________.
We each had 100 minutes of track time available, which is way too much for a 2 driver car using $4.00/ gal fuel and expensive soft racing slicks. We would have preferred to of had one session to be individual officially timed laps. The way Scott and I worked it was to use ear/vox mikes and use each other as spotters to determine clear laps for quick times. We agreed (due to the fragility of turbocharged cars) to only charge on clear laps or when there was something/someone interesting to race. So much of the available lap time was wasted unless practicing for an enduro like the red RX7. We also agreed to go ahead and grind up the tires since they were 3 years old anyway and run until the 20 gal. of fuel was gone. Both happened as well as using 10 gal. of water. We had the boost restricted, by using a very stiff spring on the secondary of the progressive Weber 45 DCOE, to about 10 PSI. We normally run about 15 to 18 psi in autocrosses. According to corner workers with radar we ran 123 on the portion of the oval which was the longest straight. This was 6000 rpm with 3.55 gearing. Later with practice we ran 6200, so at least at 125 mph. Scott was nearly (we guess) 2 sec faster than me at 63.42. I worked the turn exiting the oval onto the road course. It appeared that Scott took that turn with out lifting ( at 125 mph) and took the next right hander in 4th gear. It was grand to watch. Yes I was able to do it later, but there was a HUGE pucker factor. Even at that speed and pucker he was able to see and understand my raised fingers as to his times. The last time that we ran together was 3 years ago and we were less than one tenth apart, so either his improvement through racing, jet skis, go karts , and dirt bikes was a big factor or my virtual 3 year layoff was. I expect to get some of that back as energy and indurance returns but the guard has definitely changed; enter the new young lion. Scotts time was definitely a record for Corvairs and perhaps FTD, but we'll never know. My session was with mostly Corvettes and some racing RX7s. I was able to overhauls the Corvettes easily on the road course and almost hold my on on the oval. We and the RX7s were virtually equal every where. Scott's session was with Porsche 911s and BMW M3s. He dispatched the Porsches but had some very close dices with the BMWs. He time appeared identical to the fastest M3 and exactly the same down the straight. The BMW was dynoed at 225 hp. So that is where we must be at 10 psi. Maybe 275 to 300 at 18 psi. There were two Lumina Grand Nation NASCAR car racers there. We anxiously awaited their performance, but they fizzled. John Ryall and Ken Klingaman had some good racing going during my work session. I think John finally pulled out a lead but it was fun to watch. Ken turned 69s and John was in the 67s-67.67 by my watch. His previous Pocono times were 74s. John has the fuel injected engine in his Dessereter dune buggy running so well that the brakes and suspension are obviously not up to the task. Brian O'Neill and Robert Marlow had their new RBRacing prepared car out for testing. The car is a NASCAR replica with obious streamlineing and no obvious doors. It is beautiful, if not developed. According to my unofficial times (please fill in the blanks here) there was a black late turbo running in the 77s, a late grey 140 running in the 77s, a late green running in the 86s and super neat early running in the 86s. These cars appeared to be nearly stock. It was good to see the camaraderie as the day was getting late and the Corvair people helped each other pack up. As alway the hosts were super friendly and made us feel very welcome and anxious to return. | |
| Date: Monday, 13 Sep 1999 | Robert Marlow |
| I have to echo Warren here and say that I'd like to see Bayshore return to the timed-laps format, and I'll put my money where my mouth is by offering to help.
Scott was the fastest LeVeque there, but Warren was no slug! | |
| Date: Tuesday, 14 Sep 1999 | Warren LeVeque |
| Great site and report. Many thanks. | |
| Date: Tuesday, 14 Sep 1999 | Dave & Linda Benton |
| Thnx to all of you for arranging it so we could have a REAL GOOD time. I hope to do it again next yr. | |
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