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  1. WCH

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    #1 WCH, Sep 20, 2012
    19 yo, shoestring budget, huge support from an enthusiastic family, engineering major at Ohio State, great, personable young man and, this afternoon, has a second SCCA National Championship, this year in a heavily contested class, FE. Well done.

    This is why I love racing.

    http://www.patrickgallagherracing.com/
     
  2. GuyIncognito

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    #2 GuyIncognito, Sep 20, 2012
    nice story :)

    I see he started out in F500, that's a great class that is often overlooked by kids trying to work up the ladder.
     
  3. ProCoach

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    #3 ProCoach, Sep 20, 2012
    It's a great win. Patrick deserves all his success!

    Scott Rettich had his rain light harness get caught up in the shift actuator. Had only third gear, pitted to fix it, rejoined and finished fifth.

    Ain't over until it's over.

    Luck is where preparation meets opportunity...

    Big congrats to LMPDesigner (Brian Willis) who has designed and massaged a West WX-10 to where it turned a 1:58.5 in CSR/DSR qualifying, driven by Scott Tucker...
     
  4. GuyIncognito

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    #4 GuyIncognito, Sep 20, 2012
    oh snap! I didn't realize LMPDesigner was in on that project. amazing car...faster than an ALMS P2 car! :eek:

    sounds great too!

    http://www.mobypicture.com/user/jvbraun/view/13832489
     
  5. WCH

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    #5 WCH, Sep 20, 2012
    "faster than an ALMS P2 car"


    Same budget. ;)
     
  6. GuyIncognito

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    #6 GuyIncognito, Sep 20, 2012
    LOL, yeah probably so :)

    must be nice to show up at the Runoffs with $1mm worth of cars....
     
  7. GuyIncognito

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    #7 GuyIncognito, Sep 20, 2012
    actually I stand corrected, pole time for P2 at RA this year was 1:54
     
  8. WCH

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    #8 WCH, Sep 20, 2012



    Funny, you don't see, say, Chris Dyson, who ran well in SRF, bringing his team back to race amateurs. But some folks enjoy being a big fish in a small pond. I would like to see how this particular fish would do in a spec series, but no doubt ego will preclude that. Drop the Payday Loan King in Star Mazda, or USF2000, and let him spend whatever he wants - see how he does.
     
  9. GuyIncognito

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    #9 GuyIncognito, Sep 20, 2012
    :D
     
  10. Gran Drewismo

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    #10 Gran Drewismo, Sep 20, 2012
    The PLK did win in STO.



    And no one cares.
     
  11. kverges

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    #11 kverges, Sep 20, 2012
    Awesome job! I am here and talked to Scott briefly, he was sure disappointed! I get to race with him tomorrow, loosely speaking, in SRF. I start 10 on the grid. The water here is deeper and I think there are sharks!
     
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    #12 kverges, Sep 20, 2012
    I watched this race and he simply drove away and managed the gap. He is running STO, GT2 and DSR. A friend referred to his effort against club racing amateurs as "clubbing baby seals". The Level 5 Racing compound is very impressive.
     
  13. GuyIncognito

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    #13 GuyIncognito, Sep 20, 2012
    cool, good luck!

    SRF has a huge field, as usual. should be a blast!
     
  14. WCH

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    #14 WCH, Sep 20, 2012


    Brutal class, good luck! P10 is really good. My young friend Jason Wolfe is in that one, too.

    Stay in line!

    Edit - Keith, a second off the Schofield/Miserendino qualifying pace at a huge track is fantastic, I tip my hat. Good luck.
     
  15. GuyIncognito

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    #15 GuyIncognito, Sep 20, 2012
    I can only imagine the bump drafting that goes on in SRF at Road America

    :eek:
     
  16. ProCoach

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    #16 ProCoach, Sep 20, 2012
    +1,000!
     
  17. WCH

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    #17 WCH, Sep 20, 2012

    Not to turn this into a bashing thread but, again, put him in an SRF against you and your fellow top 10 and he might discover that the seals have clubs, too. I would bet heavily against him.

    GuyI makes a good point - the last time I was at Road America, they allowed bump drafting in SRF, but that was the Sprints a couple years ago. Are they allowing bump drafting at the RunOffs? Some of the tracks were outlawing it - I always thought it was part of the fun. Sometimes "bump" was an understatement though.

    Great to be able to watch these races live on the internet. Saw the last half of the A sedan race: it was decided between the last corner and the finish line, amazing.
     
  18. kverges

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    #18 kverges, Sep 20, 2012
    I know nothing about bump drafting. What is this strange dance of which you speak?
     
  19. GuyIncognito

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    #19 GuyIncognito, Sep 21, 2012
    looks like Keith finished 7th in SRF!

    well done sir! :D
     
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    Indeed I did. 7th inSRF. Steep learning curve but I stayed with the lead group most of the time and the draft gave me 3rd fastest lap and a personal best at RA. Got into a tussle for 6th at the end and was 4 sec back of the winner at the checker. I am pretty satisfied, but need to clean up my driving some and work on car prep more. I can say that the cars were pretty damned equal and that is a breath of fresh air compared to other classes I've run.

    PS Tucker's GT2 race went badly, he spun in 5, perhaps due to tire going down and had to pit. That pretty much ends a sprint race.
     
  21. GuyIncognito

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    #21 GuyIncognito, Sep 21, 2012
    wow, close race!

    :D
     
  22. WCH

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    #22 WCH, Sep 21, 2012
    "Indeed I did. 7th inSRF. Steep learning curve but I stayed with the lead group most of the time and the draft gave me 3rd fastest lap and a personal best at RA. Got into a tussle for 6th at the end and was 4 sec back of the winner at the checker. I am pretty satisfied, but need to clean up my driving some and work on car prep more. I can say that the cars were pretty damned equal and that is a breath of fresh air compared to other classes I've run."


    Congratulations, fantastic job. 3rd fastest lap, that's a stat I like a lot.
     
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    #23 ProCoach, Sep 21, 2012
    Congrats, Keith! Front of the second wave!
     
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    #24 LMPDesigner, Sep 22, 2012
    Have to brag a little bit:

    Scott Tucker won the DSR National championship today.

    Level 3 Racing set out 3 goals for the program:

    1.) Set a sub 2:00 lap time in qualifying.
    2.) Set a sub 2:00 lap time in race.
    3.) Win race at National runoffs in DSR

    And do all this with brand new car first time in competition.

    A lot or work (more than anyone knows) but it all came good today. Is nice to have been involved in a small way on the program.
     
  25. kverges

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    #25 kverges, Sep 23, 2012

    My only criticism is it's Level 5
     
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