Reinventing the OneLapCamaro...

[cashed]

Congrats! What amazing execution, on a flawless design.

[James OLC]

Originally Posted by ccracin

That looks awesome James. I wish you guys the best of luck. Have fun and most importantly, be safe.

Thanks - we're still working on "our end of the deal" - learning the tracks and training for them, but I think we have a good car heading in to the event, maybe the best we've had. That said, the level of competition this year will be second to none, especially in Vintage American. As always, the goal is to finish and have fun - if we can do that then I'll be happy. Icing on the cake would be to do better than we did last year overall regardless of where we end up in the class.

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Yep fun and safe James! Thanks for posting the ups and downs.

Thanks Ron. I think I say it at least once a year - everyone has problems, hiccups, or disappointments along the way. Some people don't like to share them but that's part of the game and if we don't talk about the difficulties - or more accurately the solutions - then nobody learns anything. That said, we've had a lot more good than bad at this point and we're fortunate that we are where we are in the program.

Originally Posted by cashed

Congrats! What amazing execution, on a flawless design.

Thanks - We'll take a compliment any day of the week. Credit has to go to a lot of people though - from Tyler and McBride who originally conceptualized the hood to Dick and the guys at Best of Show who did their best to make my concepts a reality and to Brian who knew what we needed to do to get the car wrapped and finished. Without those guys (and their teams) none of this would have happened. And then there is David and Mary and Bret and the guys at RideTech. Lots of moving pieces and as always a team effort - you will rarely see me use the word "I" when talking about the OLC and there is a reason.

That being said - there is still room for improvement. There are a couple of elements that would have liked to incorporate and there are some things that I will do differently "next time". It's given me some thoughts to consider for the '69 and, at some point, I will probably build a more competition oriented '67 (or '68) based on the basic design of this front end. Small steps in getting better but we're trying.

[fleet]

James.

Thanks for taking the time to share all this info. Great education for us here.

Maybe I missed something, but I thought the '69 was going to be 'the car' replacing this '67.

But you mentioned possibly also doing another '67-'68. Would it be used for a different purpose than the '69?

[James OLC]

The '69 will, eventually, give me the ability to do a quite a few things that we just can't do right now. Will I ever consider it to be a replacement for the OLC? Right now I'd have to say no. It's complicated.

The '69 aside... I've invested a fair bit pf time and effort (etc.) in the front sheet metal that's on the car now and to be realistic, the only way that I am going to ever recoup that will be as part of a car - not as a a front clip. It would be pretty easy to build a car around the front end that would be really cool.

The other option that Mary and I talked about last month would be to sell the OLC and focus on moving on. I don't see that as being a realistic option but its a definite possibility.

For now though we have to get through the One Lap and do our best to maintain our momentum. We've also been invited to take part in a couple of other really cool events this year that I have to work on the logistics for.

[coolwelder62]

Jame's congrat's on all your improvement's.And Good Luck too you and the other in the OLC.Be Safe,have Fun!!!!

[waynieZ]

James the car looks great and it sounds like the adjustments to the shocks should be an advantage so give um hell! Good luck and be safe.

[89 RS]

Camaro looks awesome, almost like a whole new car with the new mods. Good luck James!

[4WardInv]

Congrats to James and Mary on the class win at OLOA!

James, how did the hood work out as far as cooling?

[James OLC]

The hood was great - temps never got over 195 in competition and cruising down the highway we sat at between 174 and 185. No major issues in the rain either. On average I would say a 10 degree overall reduction in temps.

[fleet]

James,

Congrats again on your teams win.

Not sure if this has been covered already, but now that OLoA is over, what difference do you feel the new front end and the new wing out back made?

Any other changes that you feel merit mentioning?