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Re: [Fot] Sam and the SCCA RUNOFFS

To: Mike Munson <fasttrs@yahoo.com> FILETIME=[6F23F6E0:01CEB542]
Subject: Re: [Fot] Sam and the SCCA RUNOFFS
From: Sam Halkias <atr6racer@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:13:32 -0500
Cc: Friends <fot@autox.team.net>
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Not today. It's pouring with lighting and thunder!

On Sep 19, 2013, at 8:39 AM, "Mike Munson" <fasttrs@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The best I can do is watch live timing on my phone with the Race Monitor app 
> from work. Good luck Big Sam! Zoom Zoom Zoom past those Mazdas and the Datsun!
> Mike
> 
>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Sam Halkias <atr6racer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have only had two laps of qualifying due to our session getting cut short 
>> by 20 minutes due to a driver crashing on his out lap in turn one and 
>> blocking the track. I got balked three times on my hot lap. The car will do 
>> sub 2:30's on a clear lap. Then rain yesterday washed out Q-2 and today a 
>> hideous thunderstorm just hit and is delaying everything. My group is 
>> scheduled for 11:10 but if this rain does not move out it could be another 
>> day washed out. Runoffs in Wisconsin in September, five years here now and 
>> not one decent week of weather yet. Disappointing to say the least.
>> 
>> Ninth starting position looks like where I will be so Sunday weather is 
>> supposed to be dry and partly cloudy with no chance of rain, so we just see 
>> how it goes then.
>> 
>>  I had a blast at the K-cup, looking forward to many more Triumph events!
>> 
>> Sam
>> 
>>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 6:48 AM, "MadMarx" <tr4racing@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Wow. 
>>> Sams laptime is pretty impressive.
>>> Maybe the TR8 could that do too but I wasn't able to source it.
>>> Great stuff!
>>> Congrats from me.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] Im
>>> Auftrag von Robert M. Lang
>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. September 2013 13:32
>>> An: Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley
>>> Cc: Friends
>>> Betreff: Re: [Fot] Sam and the SCCA RUNOFFS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think you'll find that the amount of TIRE that you can run in the
>>> Production SCCA classes is the biggest difference these days. Those 10" 
>>> wide slicks make unbelievable GRRRRRRRRIP. That means higher cornering
>>> speeds which mean higher corner exit speeds which means really, really fast
>>> top speeds just prior to 1, 5 and Canada corners.
>>> 
>>> But 200 HP in a 2100-ish pound TR6 is nothing to sneeze at either.
>>> 
>>> c ya,
>>> rml
>>> 
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Bob Lang              Triumph TR6!!            |  This space for rent
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>>> Voice:617-253-7438                             |  Cell: 339-927-4489
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Chuck Arnold and/or Kathleen Kelley wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Just looked at first provisional qualifying times -- in G Prod Sam 
>>>> Halkais did a 2:32.6!!!! [3 seconds faster than Chris Marx in the 
>>>> TR8].  That
>>> puts
>>>> him in ninth -- mostly behind Miatas [what have they allowed those 
>>>> guys to do to their engines????].  Best time so far: RX3 at 2:29.8.
>>>> 
>>>> Go Sam!!
>>>> 
>>>> Chuck Arnold
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