anyone have 348 challenge best lap time from limerock ?
Pole time in the 1995 348 Challenge race was a 58.387 by George Robinson. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Was searching for some 348 Ch stuff and came across it! Figured I would respond since I had the answer!
It was repaved in 2008. Lap times dropped immediately after repaving, but have stabilized since. The uphill turn wasnt very bumpy before the repaving as I recall, but there was a pretty big bump at the apex of the downhill before the repaving that they fixed.
The first car in the time sheets I posted was a 355, and was the only 355 that ran in the series in 1995. I dont have any info for after this- maybe Google it? I dont think the Challenge series has raced at Lime Rock with 488's
They used to have a pole at that turn back in the 70's marked 1,2,3,4 feet to see how high you would get. I think around 1984 or so they took the peak off the hill. You could spin the tires all the way to the bridge if you weren't careful in a high HP car
I love the idea of the leasuring stick at the top of the hill! I dont think they actually flattened the top, though I could be wrong. In the Trans Am race I did on Memorial Day, some of the cars were still lifting their front tires 2 feet off the ground. They installed in the late 80s or early 90s an alernative up-hill with a tighter, slower turn-in and a chicane. Pretty much only IMSA uses it. At the same time they also installed a chicane on the outside of West Bend that only IMSA used, but I dont think anyone uses it now.
Yes right before, I should say a few years they scraped it a little bit or I may be wrong. possibly just the approach was changed. I know a few can an cars went over in the early 70's when they hit it full speed. I have some old gtu pics I'll have to dig up