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modified 72 ghia



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:32 pm    Post subject: racing season Reply with quote

i thought I would share the results of our first race with you fine people. We ran at Little Talledega grandprix raceway. We done pretty good for our first time there. we kept the car going the right direction all day and stayed on the track. We passed out liscense

test and drivers school so we are no longer a beginner we are rookies. WOOOOHOOOOO we finished 3 in our class.
we are heading to road atlanta on May 19-20.

I am going to attempt to post a few pics
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ron...care to share more about the car and the series/class that you run?
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:09 pm    Post subject: u Reply with quote

We run a 69 karmann ghia. we have done a few modifications to the car. We run in the SCCE time Trials in the south east division.
we run tracks aroud in this area.
if ya'll want more info on the car, I will answer them as ya'll ask them.

Its not rocket science or I could not do it!!!
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Mountain Power House



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have you explored trying to lower that center of gravity any?? Drop that baby 6" and you'd see some big differences.. Road Atlanta will be fun, the first time you top the hill at turn 2 it gets real, carrying speed downhill through the esses is the best and then turn 5 is a wake up call... Carry speed into 6, tap the brake and heavy brake down into 7 then on the hammer wide ass open down the back straight and don the hill into the braking zone at 10A... When you go under the bridge and down the hill you better have a big pair of balls, else you'll be eating a concrete wall!

Have fun! My top speed on the back straight was 145MPH. Don't blow it up.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:33 pm    Post subject: u Reply with quote

we think we got all the oil problems fixed. had the dam pickup extension brake last week. I know, I should have used something else. we got one welded on today and whille we got it open we gonna up the CR.

I could lower it til I got the wheels on it to see whats gonna rub. Gonna drop the front and rear a few inches. we are looking forward to RD. ATL. I will tell you my top speed is when I get back .
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:43 pm    Post subject: u Reply with quote

for all you vw lovers that would love to take your bug, bus,thing, ghia, etc. on a race course, here is your opportunity. During the race weekend of May 19-20, they will be having track tours at lunch on Saturday. Here is how it works. You show up to the track @ 11:00 am. (I'm not sure if they charge anything to get in if you tell them you are there for the track tours.) They direct you over to were they are lining up. It cost $20.00 which goes to the workers fund. You sign a waiver and get a sticker. No helmet needed no rollbar. Got to wear your seatbelt. You do follow a pace car around the track at @ 70 mph on the straight. (our group got stretched out and we were running 90mph on the back straight) This last for about 40-45 minutes or until you have had enough and you pull into the pits. Its a fun way to get you vw on the track and see if the racing bug will bite you. If ya'll have any more questions, let me know and I will do my best to answer them for ya'll

This might be a great club event for us and some point and time.

Ron
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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:07 pm    Post subject: road atlanta Reply with quote

ok ya'll we are headed to Road Atlanta this weekend. we have a new engine with a little more horsies and are looking for a good time. we are 2 in the points and just 3 points out of first place. we just want to be able to drive the car back on the trailor is all we are looking for. I hope to have some more pics to share next week.

R-n-D Racing
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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are you doing the test day on Friday? What class are you running? SPU?
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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:24 pm    Post subject: u Reply with quote

I am not doing the test day. I wil be there early friday though to get set up and its time for my annual tech. got to get hooser to take care of a tire problem too.

ron
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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:27 pm    Post subject: u Reply with quote

BTW Jake, I met Jim Kellog. not what I expected. and the car is net even a full size car. Its a 1/75 !!!! Anyway, we gonna take it easy the first session and make sure everything is ok, do a pnce over and hope to let rip the 2 session

Ron
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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kellogg is a drag racer type.. He goes like hell on the straights and parks it in the corners.. He belongs at the Atlanta Dragway.

Blake said he saw you today, he was in a red Integra and he is also racing a Blue Civic.. Watch for the guy drifting through the corners and never using the brakes..
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2012 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ron, Hard day at the track I heard?? Road Atlanta shows no mercy!
Black flag??
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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Black flag???? That can't be good. What did you do Ron?
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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 12:54 pm    Post subject: u Reply with quote

well i was screaming down the hill to take the green, standing on it going up the hill, grabbed 3rd, went to the left then hopped the curb and about lost it. elbows and hands were real dam busy. got it straight and was pointed in the right direction, so jumped on the throttle as we went down hill grabbed 4th gear and heard a thump from the engine compartment. Alt. light came on and I just knew I threw the belt off. well because of were I stopped on the track, they threw the black flag until they could push me to a "safe" area.

Then on the next session the shifter linkage at the tranny came loose. Dam, get the motor problems work out and now I get these little stupid things. drive me crazey. But thats racing they say
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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Racing is about finding the weak links.. You will learn that as you refine the car and get faster you will continue to find the weak links. Fix one thing, make it better and the next part upstream snaps in half and that continues....

Then one day you have a shelf of learning experiences, like this one...


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