Oops, we did it again! Evo smashes another Colorado hillclimb record!
Aug 18, 2008, 05:05 PM
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Oops, we did it again! Evo smashes another Colorado hillclimb record!
Allison and I once again headed up into the mountains of Colorado (even driving thru snow this time 
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We also managed to make the sports page in the local newspaper.
There's a good shot of the car on this web page (though I'm sure it'll dissappear tomorrow morning).
http://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/con...rts/index.html
Overall event results here.
The weather, the event volunteers, and the water truck all made for a good road. If you read the article, I were mis-quoted as 'pulling the rocks out of the ditches and putting them on the road' when in fact what we were doing was pulling the rocks out of the ditches and putting them in the woods so people wouldn't have issues with tire punctures or blowouts. One of the old-timer competitors remarked that the road was in very good shape for the first run on Sunday.
We took a gamble and used the same Yokohama tarmac rally tires we had on the car for PPIHC, and they worked great. The tires hooked up well on the blue-groove, but if you got off line, you were greeted with a bunch of wheel spin in the dust/dirt. On our first run we managed a 4:52 on the 5.2 mile course, which bested the previous record of 5:03, set last year in a Subaru STi. In addition, we ended up 4th overall, behind three open-wheel hillclimb cars. Not too bad for a grocery getter.
On our second run, I pushed too hard into one of the hairpins, missing my braking zone. We went wide into the dust and that was the end of getting a fast run on that one, and we had to settle for a 4:56.
I'll have more pics and in-car video up in the next few days. Unfortunately, our video camera shut off mid-way up on our first run, so I've only got the second run to upload.
As always, we want to give a big shout out to our sponsors for helping us put together a killer car. AMS, Salta Motorsports, DHP Composites, and the others down in my signature! I'd also like to give a thanks to the Red Bull guys who provided a tent and as much Red Bull as we could drink. I've never seen service crew guys move so fast.
Thanks for reading!
Dave
), and for the second event in a row, we left with a class win and a new class record.We also managed to make the sports page in the local newspaper.
There's a good shot of the car on this web page (though I'm sure it'll dissappear tomorrow morning).http://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/con...rts/index.html
Overall event results here.
The weather, the event volunteers, and the water truck all made for a good road. If you read the article, I were mis-quoted as 'pulling the rocks out of the ditches and putting them on the road' when in fact what we were doing was pulling the rocks out of the ditches and putting them in the woods so people wouldn't have issues with tire punctures or blowouts. One of the old-timer competitors remarked that the road was in very good shape for the first run on Sunday.
We took a gamble and used the same Yokohama tarmac rally tires we had on the car for PPIHC, and they worked great. The tires hooked up well on the blue-groove, but if you got off line, you were greeted with a bunch of wheel spin in the dust/dirt. On our first run we managed a 4:52 on the 5.2 mile course, which bested the previous record of 5:03, set last year in a Subaru STi. In addition, we ended up 4th overall, behind three open-wheel hillclimb cars. Not too bad for a grocery getter.
On our second run, I pushed too hard into one of the hairpins, missing my braking zone. We went wide into the dust and that was the end of getting a fast run on that one, and we had to settle for a 4:56.I'll have more pics and in-car video up in the next few days. Unfortunately, our video camera shut off mid-way up on our first run, so I've only got the second run to upload.
As always, we want to give a big shout out to our sponsors for helping us put together a killer car. AMS, Salta Motorsports, DHP Composites, and the others down in my signature! I'd also like to give a thanks to the Red Bull guys who provided a tent and as much Red Bull as we could drink. I've never seen service crew guys move so fast.
Thanks for reading!
Dave
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Video of our second (slower) run can be seen here.
And for those of you with sharp eyes, you might just notice the ex-WRC Escort Cosworth on the other side of the tent.
And for those of you with sharp eyes, you might just notice the ex-WRC Escort Cosworth on the other side of the tent.
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One of the subies got a flat, and did some recording as the cars behind him were running. Our evo is at the end:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugfr-5GuNGs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugfr-5GuNGs
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Event photos can be found here, for optimal viewing, allow page to fully load before opening a photo
Higher resolution but with watermarks: http://kevinhahnphotography.com/2008/CRCEvent6HR/
Lower resolution without watermarks: http://kevinhahnphotography.com/2008/CRCEvent6LR/
Higher resolution but with watermarks: http://kevinhahnphotography.com/2008/CRCEvent6HR/
Lower resolution without watermarks: http://kevinhahnphotography.com/2008/CRCEvent6LR/
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Dave you guys better watch out the Audi is going to be out at Victor and Mitch and I are bringing the 130hp 5cyl fury....as long as I can fix what I broke at CORE yay for jumping cars!
Laters Gus
yay for jumping cars!Laters Gus
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Any pics of the carnage? Hopefully nothing serious and you guys are ok?
FWIW, I blew up my kart motor this weekend.
$1200 to get it running again. 
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Ok did you blow it up or did Allison? Its cool you can tell me the truth That sucks though WEEEEE this is fast! KABOOMSKILLIT awww suck
No pics of it yet but I might grab some when I go down to Salta to wrench on it. We were about 2 feet in the air and came down hard on the front and that blew out an "indestructible" spherical bearing strut top HAHA 25% more cylinders and 1/3 the hp. Although I really really cant see myself in anything faster right now...totally get the 18 points.
Were both fine, laughing as we got out of the car! All I can say is Steve and Brian suck...I am totally hooked...so if you know anyone looking for an Evo I need to get a truck and trailer!
That sucks though WEEEEE this is fast! KABOOMSKILLIT awww suck No pics of it yet but I might grab some when I go down to Salta to wrench on it. We were about 2 feet in the air and came down hard on the front and that blew out an "indestructible" spherical bearing strut top
HAHA 25% more cylinders and 1/3 the hp. Although I really really cant see myself in anything faster right now...totally get the 18 points.Were both fine, laughing as we got out of the car! All I can say is Steve and Brian suck...I am totally hooked...so if you know anyone looking for an Evo I need to get a truck and trailer!
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