[Fot] COTA- Race Report

Thu Nov 12 08:24:06 MST 2020

Definitely a nice job on the trumpet Walt, thanks!
Please see the attached group sheets, Walt's car was not misclassed and ran exactly where it should have in group 8, the rules have been this way for 30+ years. You may have different classes where ever you race which is fine and I just want everyone to know there was no malice involved classing Walt's car. You may have differing opinions about classifications and that's fine but the rules are the rules wherever you race and its always good to know them in advance so you can be mentally prepared once you get to the track.
https://svra.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Svra_Group_3_118-2.pdf
https://svra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Svra_Group_8_2_20.pdf

"Doing the right thing is always the right thing, regardless of consequences"Ha, ask me how many times this one has cost me time, money and pride!

    On Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 12:11:12 PM EST, Mordy Dunst via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:  

 So car running at end of event, no contact, family w you, good times...   damn the only thing was being in  gp 8 vs 3 .  And u got the win and smiles.  And the Anthem. 
You win overall
Mordy

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 On Wednesday, November 11, 2020, Chuck Gee via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

Sounds like you had a good time Walt.  Sorry I missed out on that trumpet playing!  Looking forward to the videos.

Chuck

On Nov 10, 2020, at 6:38 AM, walt at hot-tr6.com wrote:

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Just got back from a successful race weekend at Circuit of the Americas. I raced my 1970 TR6 with no mechanical issues whatsoever. The weather was a perfect upper 70s to mid 80s all weekend. SVRA placed me in Group 8 GT while I would have preferred to be in Group 3 where other British car racers I have competed with were. My wife was with me as my umbrella girl and two of my grown children were there to pit crew for me. I found that the best starting tire pressures on my Hoosier TDs were 26 front and 24 rear. I set my 123 ignition at 32 degrees maximum advance while I normally set it at 36 where I live at 5,000 above sea level. I ran all three practice sessions on Thursday the 6th to learn the track. Friday I ran with 41 cars in my group for the two practice races. Within my Group 8 GT class there were only a few cars which some broke and one crashed out so by the Saturday feature race it was just me so I won my class by default. Same thing on Sunday. I kept my revs down to 6K so I would survive the weekend. My best lap time was 2.527 which is respectable for me. The long straight is impressive and you really get going a fast top speed. I kept driving deeper into the braking zone but I was probably on the conservative side. On Sunday I performed a rendition the National Anthem on my trumpet that Chris Botti gave me over the public address system for the crowd and it was a big hit. Sunday afternoon I ran the one hour long Endurance race solo with one pit stop to check tires, fluids and add fuel. My two children did a great job of the pit stop. 36 cars of all Groups and classes ran the Endurance race which made things interesting while I was watching my mirrors for superfast cars to blast past me such as me such as a Ford GT, Lolas, Vipers and Cobras. I had planned on running modest lap times during the Enduro but the red mist hit me and I had an awesome dice the last four laps with a very fast Porsche 356 driven by a father/daughter team. We were side by side through the esses and I could pull a little ahead on the main straight away but on the sweepers we were side by side waiting for the other driver to miss a shift or get a little bit loose but neither one of us slipped up. Going into the last corner (#20) of the last lap we were still side by side with me on the inside. We both drifted through the 90 degree left hander with less then 4 inches between our cars and the Porsche went pretty wide over the second white line. We crossed the finish so dead even I honestly don’t know which of us broke the electronic beam first but neither one of us cared. I have mixed feelings about SVRA. During the feature race on Saturday a BMW 2002 passed me dragging it’s entire exhaust system which was kicking up sparks and debris. I kept pointing it out to the corner marshals for the last two laps but he was never flagged. Also, $550 for the practice day and another $550 for the Endurance seem expensive but I guess that’s the price in the big leagues. The COTA track is awesome and I’m I  can say I have raced there. Overall I had a great weekend.

I have lots of pictures and GoPro videos to download and edit over the next few days. That will be fun.

Walter Hollowell

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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