[Fot] RiffRAF Racing 24 hrs of VIR update

[LimeyV8 at aol.com]

The last few hours of the race were really "interesting" - on-line  timing 
and scoring (which most of us were able to follow on our stupid smart  
phones throughout most of the race) went dark in the last hour of the race, but  
we THINK we finished 19th 
remarkable, considering that Sunday morning we
- tore the center out of the left front wheel (Jamie  driving)
- completely wore out the front brake pads and blew a piston out of a  
caliper - replaced both brake calipers in our lengthiest pit stop of the race  
(me driving)
- had a right rear tire go suddenly flat when somebody got close  enough on 
track to shear off the valve stem (Wayne Andrews driving)
 
- oh yeah - we lost the starter before the sun came up on Sunday,  but this 
was a barely a minor inconvenience since the car can be push  started in 
about 3 feet in first gear and I don't believe anybody went off track  bad 
enough to stall the car throughout the whole 24 hours...okay, 27 hours, if  you 
count the track reconfiguration breaks and the lightening delay
 
So - at the end of the event we drove a mostly unscathed, still good  
running car back on the trailer and all went home smiling with a top 20  finish. 
 
Cheers,
Jack Mc
 
 
In a message dated 7/31/2011 11:55:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tedtsimx at bright.net writes:

What is current  status?  It,s been 3 hours since we heard anything.  Great 
job so.  Keep it going.  Ted

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-----Original message-----

From: Jack Mc  <LimeyV8 at aol.com>
To: Jack Mc  <LimeyV8 at aol.com>
Cc: "fot at autox.team.net"  <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 09:21:00  GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [Fot] RiffRAF Racing 24 hrs of VIR  update


17th @ 5:20 am

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul  30, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Jack Mc <limeyv8 at aol.com> wrote:

>  Lightening delay - no power at corner stations - will eventually restart 
 in
19th place on a very wet course
>
> Jack  Mc
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 30, 2011, at  5:08 PM, LimeyV8 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> 21st place (84 cars  started) 7 hours in
>>
>> we shall keep calm and carry  on
>>
>> Jack Mc
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