We would have been able to get a much larger contingent out there, but many had signed up for the BMW Trifecta event at COTA, the F1 track in Austin. Others were at either the Chump Car race at TMS or at the similar World-Racing-League event at Motorsport Ranch Houston. I'm certain more of the NASA Time Trial guys will try this next year, but March dates are often triple or quadruple booked in Texas.
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Originally Posted by GrabberGT
...I'll second the congrats to Terry. He clinched the fastest time of the weekend in the last session of the day. There wasnt much left of his rear tires when he was done. Seeing him and Ryan Mathews in the DSE Monster Camaro chase each other around was pretty fun. It looked like a modern Mustang vs Camaro battle. They both appeared to be comparatively equipped vehicles.
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That made me chuckle. Ryan's Camaro is for all intents and purposes, a real W2W racecar. The Vorshlag Mustang is a 3800 lb (with driver and fuel) streetcar with a stock engine (440 whp) and a LOT of chassis tuning, but no spherical suspension bushings or anything else that would reduce longevity or make noise on the street. We even ran on a 315 front tire!
Well, we did put on a noisy exhaust...
Terry took the lead in his first track session, but Ryan was always nipping at his heels. Terry had to go out and keep running faster times to hold on to the event record. Really we were hoping to make it in the top 5 overall for this event. So happy with how it turned out. And again, had another great time at it. Promise to start drumming up support earlier for the next one.
