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Title: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: RoninTuna on June 18, 2011, 11:49:28 AM

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/battousaiofnphiles/43petty2.jpg)

We celebtate the the birthday of Richard Lee Petty by racing Petty's famous Plymouth Superbird at Daytona Superspeedway. The only restrictions to the cars tuning is factory weight and racing tires, other than the weight reduction you may add any and all proformance parts and run on racing tires of your choosing.

*When: Saturday, July 2, 2011
Where: Daytona Superspeedway
Showtimes: TBA (all times Eastern)
The Car: 1970 Plymouth Superbird
Horsepower Limit: Max for the car
Weight Limit: Factory
PP Limit: N/A
Tires: Racing (R-1 - R-3)
Lap Count: 200 (One lap for every carreer win)


*There will be no rain date for this event.

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: RoninTuna on June 20, 2011, 09:00:33 AM

I went through and put my car for this together last night and did some testing. This car'll do 205 by it self...I can not wait to get it into a draft pack.

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: Rated-M3 on June 20, 2011, 09:12:35 AM

You're not doing any kind of cautions or mandatory pit are you?  After 5pm edt, I may be able to make it.  I already have a car set up for this one  :)  I could also post on RIP forum too, they love Daytona  ^-^

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: RoninTuna on June 20, 2011, 09:27:36 AM

Haven't quite decided on cautions yet but I'm going to say no on mandatory pit because quite frankly I don't see anyone going 200 laps on a set of racing tires. I have been strongly considering cautions though however.

Don't forget, you are not allowed to lighten the car.

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: dlrws6 on June 20, 2011, 11:33:23 AM

Quote from: RoninTuna on June 20, 2011, 09:27:36 AM

Haven't quite decided on cautions yet but I'm going to say no on mandatory pit because quite frankly I don't see anyone going 200 laps on a set of racing tires. I have been strongly considering cautions though however.

Don't forget, you are not allowed to lighten the car.

I could be misinterpreting, but I believe the mandatory pit would be for bathroom breaks, instead of tires. 200 laps with cautions at 200 to 215mph could take 3 or more hours.

Either way I'll try and make this one if I can make myself tolerate running a standard car for that long. For me Standard cars = no cockpit view, which = no depth perception, which = lots of bumping and wrecking.  :(

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: Rated-M3 on June 20, 2011, 04:43:49 PM

Posted at RIP forum.  I'll get you a head count as the date nears.

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: RoninTuna on June 20, 2011, 09:39:29 PM

Quote from: dlrws6 on June 20, 2011, 11:33:23 AM

Quote from: RoninTuna on June 20, 2011, 09:27:36 AM

Haven't quite decided on cautions yet but I'm going to say no on mandatory pit because quite frankly I don't see anyone going 200 laps on a set of racing tires. I have been strongly considering cautions though however.

Don't forget, you are not allowed to lighten the car.

I could be misinterpreting, but I believe the mandatory pit would be for bathroom breaks, instead of tires. 200 laps with cautions at 200 to 215mph could take 3 or more hours.

I don't think that will be necessary based on Baked's undie 500. We were able to run that race from start to finish without interruption.

You do hit on the reason I have not reached a decision on cautions or not. Having them would make for some good racing but at the cost of time because when you have a metric ton loafing about at 215 MPH it is not hard to make a mistake and they will be plentiful. Not having them will expedite the race but the field will thin out pretty quick.

Quote from: dlrws6 on June 20, 2011, 11:33:23 AM

Either way I'll try and make this one if I can make myself tolerate running a standard car for that long. For me Standard cars = no cockpit view, which = no depth perception, which = lots of bumping and wrecking.  :(

lol, there is going to be a lot of that from everyone anyway, so don't worry too much about it.

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: nosoks on June 21, 2011, 04:27:59 PM

sorry Ronin just realized I have a wedding and company that weekend, have to take a pass

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: RoninTuna on July 02, 2011, 11:17:39 AM

I'm resceduling this for Sunday, I don't want to compete with the drive in. We'll run this sunday noght at 7 PM EDT

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: BakedTuna on July 02, 2011, 08:26:31 PM

With the change of schedules and provided I get a few things done around here I might be able to attend.

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: Rek on July 03, 2011, 10:53:36 AM

I have to make a trip to Indianapolis early Monday morning to pick up company but will see what I can do. Had a blast at Bakes Firecracker 400. And this looks to be hella fun as well. 200 laps though? I say no cautions.

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: RoninTuna on July 03, 2011, 04:12:21 PM

I'm going to start qualifying here in about half an hour. If our math is correct we are going to have to get started pretty close to seven eastern and run with out cautions.

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: RoninTuna on July 03, 2011, 05:27:59 PM

If you guys are still going to run this you'll have to set it up and run it without me, I can no longer make the full duration of the race before I have to leave for work.

Title: Re: 7/2/11 Birthday Blowout
Post by: RoninTuna on July 03, 2011, 10:58:55 PM

complete failure.... :(