We ran fastest on both Thursday and Friday and blew a motor in qualifying. You can easily see the power of the stock ABS braking system at work here.

http://vimeo.com/15024802

 

Looks like fun. Congratulations on the quick times, too bad about the motor. I've been following your progress this year, keep pressing. Good luck at the next round.

 

WOW - that looked fast . Love the way you were able to pass all those cars that seemed to have more power than you .

 

Very nice, sorry to hear about qualifying

The video brings me back to my CCS and Wera days

 

BTW what was the diagnoses on the blown engine ?

 

What does the little plus sign thing in the video with the red dots moving around represent?

 

^^^ G-Forces,

Great video Eric

 

^That would be the G meter...

 

Rotr8 beat me to it

 

Ahhhhh. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me.

 

I was at VIR this past weekend to see this race with fellow Mazda lovers. Though we were disappointed for Eric and his team he was very accommodating to all the fans. He showed that video on a big screen at his trailer and talked through what he was doing, what he used as braking points, what the car was doing. Despite the blown engine he kept a smile on his face and entertained us. Was a great time.

 

Nice laps!

Too bad about the motor popping on you...

 

awseome laps bro looks like amazing fun

 

Congrats on the great times

 

Thanks for the great video. What a shame the motor blew.

 

congrats Eric. Yall always kick butt.
Blown motor? Just an oppitunity to build one better.
Damn rules.
You know you converted me to Hawk dont ya?
How about 1:43 at Rd Atlanta?
OD

 

I wish I got Versus channel! I would be watching you guys. They used to show your races on SPEED channel. Good luck anyways fellow Indiana resident.

 

great driving!

 

Nice video! Too bad about the blown engine though.

I was at VIR weekend of Aug 28 for a Mazda Driver's full course driving school and it was a blast! It was "driving school" as opposed to a racing event (for insurance purposes), so unfortunately no lap times, but from photo time stamps I'm estimating high 2:30's to low 2:40's with a bone stock car on street tires and Hawk HPS pads. I was hitting the marks pretty good on Sunday (considering it's just my 2nd track event) but still couldn't get the uphill esses nailed full throttle - you were carrying 15-20 mph faster than me through turn 10 (hell, and just about every other turn!). Your times were in the 2:12's, so nicely done!! Can't wait to get back out there on some newly acquired track rubber!

 

awesome vid! love how you sucked those scions in at the end

 

Gratz Eric

 

Thanks for sharing.
You got 2nd place wrapped up right?
Had a great time at VIR, thanks for the hospitality.
Very nice rigg you got there.

 

Nice!
Was interesting to see just how much deeper you could go in the braking zone, as you pointed out.

Sorry about the motor.

 

Yes. 2nd is mathematically locked up and it was great to meet you.

I think our engine issue at VIR (similar to our old failure modes) may be solved by adding back an oil injection solution. All of failure modes over the last 3 years have been side seal spring tension loss related and my gut says it's due to lack of lubrication (even w 3 oz./gal of 2 stroke).

Working that effort this week. Currently we are pulling and rebuilding motors after each World Challenge race weekend. My gut tells me the uphill backstraight at VIR (which puts big load on the motor in higher gear, slowing accelerating rpms) is the culprit. Most of the other tracks were street races on flat grade/no long uphills.

More later.

 

High load --higher exhaust port temps?
Too bad rules will not let you fix this.
Wonder if a coating on the springs would help?
OD