Local Pittsburgh meet part deux
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guess you haven't talked to jeremy, or patrick, or frank, or really quite a few of the guys.
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I think you forgot our national champ.....yes its a girl.............
First off, Nice job Dave!
Quick update then on how pittsburgh EVO's do in the twisty's.
Ran Mid-Ohio for 1 day in April. It rained and myself and Nathan (Boomn29) were the fastest cars out of all TT and race groups.
EMRA event on May 21. I took FTD out of all race and TT groups at the event for the whole weekend. I ran a 1:02.2 on the north track on a set of R6's and really think with a set of A's that i can be in the mid 1:01's. I pretty much stunned everyone from out of town (from the emails i recieved) and in fact many people from around here. I had all the corvette guys come over to see "what the hell went that fast" I was told last night from Mike Connolly of MC B"s that is was the talk of the town.. They thanked me for the business i sent them! LOL.
This past weekend i raced at Summit point in WV with the PHA. I was fastest fendered car and held my own against the formual and sports racers. I can beat those guys on the hill but on a track i have no chance. I ran a personal best on a set of old R888's. So, the car is deffinatly faster then before. The aero is really working. If you want to see the cars i get to have fun against, check out the overall results at the last pages of this. These cars are like Dave racing 8 sec cars in a full 1/4 mile race.
http://pahillclimb.net/wp-content/up...TT-Results.pdf
And now my full concentration is on running the Climb to the Clouds hillclimb. http://www.climbtotheclouds.com/ This is pretty much like the super bowl of hillclimbing. It is world renowned and has some great history. And is about as serious of a race as you will ever find.
I kno the other folks that Justin have mentioned have been doing some good stuff also. We are still out there!
Quick update then on how pittsburgh EVO's do in the twisty's.
Ran Mid-Ohio for 1 day in April. It rained and myself and Nathan (Boomn29) were the fastest cars out of all TT and race groups.
EMRA event on May 21. I took FTD out of all race and TT groups at the event for the whole weekend. I ran a 1:02.2 on the north track on a set of R6's and really think with a set of A's that i can be in the mid 1:01's. I pretty much stunned everyone from out of town (from the emails i recieved) and in fact many people from around here. I had all the corvette guys come over to see "what the hell went that fast" I was told last night from Mike Connolly of MC B"s that is was the talk of the town.. They thanked me for the business i sent them! LOL.
This past weekend i raced at Summit point in WV with the PHA. I was fastest fendered car and held my own against the formual and sports racers. I can beat those guys on the hill but on a track i have no chance. I ran a personal best on a set of old R888's. So, the car is deffinatly faster then before. The aero is really working. If you want to see the cars i get to have fun against, check out the overall results at the last pages of this. These cars are like Dave racing 8 sec cars in a full 1/4 mile race.
http://pahillclimb.net/wp-content/up...TT-Results.pdf
And now my full concentration is on running the Climb to the Clouds hillclimb. http://www.climbtotheclouds.com/ This is pretty much like the super bowl of hillclimbing. It is world renowned and has some great history. And is about as serious of a race as you will ever find.
I kno the other folks that Justin have mentioned have been doing some good stuff also. We are still out there!
Last edited by jerdeitzel; Jun 2, 2011 at 07:29 PM.
As much as I enjoy the Fleshlight Drags, I would never, ever, ever in a million freaking years compare them to what Jeremy, Kristi, Frank, and others are doing with their Evos in the region. My car is set up very well for the 1/8th mile and it's getting faster in the 1/4 as I just ran my quickest/fastest time ever tonight at 11.29@122.1mph. Drag racing I don't feel is easy, but compared to Hillclimbing or Track Days - well, its like comparing Checkers to Chess.
If I had the money to dump into track events, I would do it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, until I get my RN, that won't be happening. As long as I don't break something, I'll continue to drag race and hopefully this year I can be the fastest stock turbo in the country. I'm currently the quickest/fastest on street tires, so maybe with some slicks and going to a good track (i.e. anywhere but PRP) I can break 10s.
Good Luck Jeremy! Exciting stuff!
If I had the money to dump into track events, I would do it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, until I get my RN, that won't be happening. As long as I don't break something, I'll continue to drag race and hopefully this year I can be the fastest stock turbo in the country. I'm currently the quickest/fastest on street tires, so maybe with some slicks and going to a good track (i.e. anywhere but PRP) I can break 10s.
Good Luck Jeremy! Exciting stuff!
As much as I enjoy the Fleshlight Drags, I would never, ever, ever in a million freaking years compare them to what Jeremy, Kristi, Frank, and others are doing with their Evos in the region. My car is set up very well for the 1/8th mile and it's getting faster in the 1/4 as I just ran my quickest/fastest time ever tonight at 11.29@122.1mph. Drag racing I don't feel is easy, but compared to Hillclimbing or Track Days - well, its like comparing Checkers to Chess.
If I had the money to dump into track events, I would do it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, until I get my RN, that won't be happening. As long as I don't break something, I'll continue to drag race and hopefully this year I can be the fastest stock turbo in the country. I'm currently the quickest/fastest on street tires, so maybe with some slicks and going to a good track (i.e. anywhere but PRP) I can break 10s.
Good Luck Jeremy! Exciting stuff!
If I had the money to dump into track events, I would do it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, until I get my RN, that won't be happening. As long as I don't break something, I'll continue to drag race and hopefully this year I can be the fastest stock turbo in the country. I'm currently the quickest/fastest on street tires, so maybe with some slicks and going to a good track (i.e. anywhere but PRP) I can break 10s.
Good Luck Jeremy! Exciting stuff!
Oh, I did get a crappy video of my run. Sorry about the quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O4_9...el_video_title
Last edited by Canexican; Jun 3, 2011 at 09:57 PM.