My weekend @ SuperCar Life 250 Rolex Grand Am

Rotr8 · 2008-09-01 22:26:54

Went up Sat, and Sun, to be at New Jersey Motorsports Park ThunderBolt Raceway this weekend to see the Grand Am SuperCar Life 250 to cheer on the SpeedSource, Hyper Sport and the #30(I cant remember thier name at the time), and of course the 8s in the Koni Challenge Series. Its a brand new track and for those whom watched it on SPEED yes it was a dust bowl, my car was covered in about a quarter inch of fine silt. They even had full course cautions if there was too much dust on track....It was my first Grand Am event and it was awesome, the other events that were there were the Ferrari Callenge Series, Skip Barber Series, MOTO ST Series, and the Ford Mustang Challenge Series Got everyones sig but Scott Pruett(Understandably-got seriously injured in thursday practice.... Talked to Sylvain, Nick, Jeff and Emil the car and setup, they were excited a few RX8Club memners were there cheering them on(All you Jersey/ Tri State peeps need to go next year) They didnt have any more large posters in the sig line so Sylvain told me to come by the trailer and he'll hook my up... He got a MazdaSpeed hat and a SpeedSource poster for me so I got the drivers(above) to sign it:worship: :worship: :worship: ,,,,, The SpeedSource boys did what they could with the Oil leak(the car was covered in Oil when it finally came in the garage, Nick and Sylvain were kind enough to debrief us(myself, Bob-Midlifer, Tim-Stryker7, and a couple RX7 guys) on what happened, they ran 2hrs with one oil cooler,,, running at 285 degrees, Sylvain being the down to earth guy explained "you know I could have pushed it, but I try to put myself in the cars position and I treat the car how I would want to be treated" by nursing the 70 around the track to collect as many points as possible. I took my dad up with me and Sat night we had dinner with the Hyper Sport guys, Turner Motorsports, Ruby Tues, and a couple of the Porsche and GXP guys were there also @ Texas Road House..... Talked to the HyperSort guys about my car(they were outside on the waiting list to get in and they were excited to hear I was getting the Petit SC..... Thanks to all......... vids computer speakers dont do them justice... One of the best parts of the race engine start and track entrance----- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMhBUq16ABc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_biuqYsZnsM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkkDsBiQiAU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv2nwqsxD1o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogypwH6u9D0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBo0N3bgsQQ the best one-- Crank the volume http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a-yILX5NrY SpeedSource, Hyper Sport, and other 8s off track--------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9pxW706dlk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhbqSTcRaU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Smmr9y1aE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HehHDlBb45Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRGbm_J3ccU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVcsNkAtZYk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKKlA07SjT4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghOfNObe1bI 8s on track---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUMoXGWWfx4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhaMC9SiOoU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WytiMH-2J40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRcGMcJy15k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdgLhLoMRWo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5PBi3vgyyw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQvEQfB8QU the Koni 8s-------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1la0uDw1d6g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJJ_s4xPymI DP and GT cars in the Pits-------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvvficGMNcU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te6o0jrLu8Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ME3eEZb7jo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1dAHDYuBM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5JhJ8HOwF8 Ferrrari Challenge and Moto ST-------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJUAiFABvc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vJRX3-4mvc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PtwQ-kNaBI LOL we even stood in on the Drivers Meeting heres a small clip--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibh6DSzXLa0 SuperCar Life I didnt get a vid of the Superlegiera and Merc on track--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8PtOW9yqSE pics to come later,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, again Thanks to Sylvain for the hat and all the sigs,,,,,,,,,,,,,,