Congratulations and good luck this weekend.
Congratulations and good luck this weekend.
Man, these guys built some beasts. Both completed within weeks of the event, one car not even on track before the event, and we're 1-2 in class, locked out the 3rd row Overall. And by a good margin!
Super excited about the day, all three cars ran well and all 15 drivers got seat time. Tomorrow we pivot into full 25 Hour mode; consistent and clean execution.
First we make them run.
Then we make them run fast.
And now we make them last.
Late night alignments to optimize what we learned from tire wear patterns. I use the Jeff Braun method of "reading the tire"...not a pyrometer.
We added half a degree of camber to RF, and .7 to both rears. The rear camber will help reduce OPR pickup which in turn causes squirlly handling.
Pit stop tire change practice.
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Gridding up, almost go time!
Good morning from 30 mins into the race! Todd Chiappino from Canada's assembly plant started the #24, Calvin Tam from product planning in Torrance, CA, started the #25. Running identical pace in formation at our target lap time, 1-2 in class, just ahead of our closest competition Toyota Supra.
Andy is crew chiefing both Type Rs on a shared radio channel. I'm driving the #25 later this evening, last in the rotation which should be around or just after sunset for likely a triple stint.
Unfortunately, there's no live stream this year, so live timing on Race Hero (RaceHero.io) is the best way to follow in real time. We're off and racing!
*EDIT* Our Civic Si has live in-car up and running. The Type Rs will hopefully have live video soon, as well.
#22 Team Honda Research Civic Si Live In-Car
And here's how he runs both cars - our race HQ, every lap for all 3 cars logged for the entire race by a rotating team of 6-7 Associates following timing and scoring, fuel consumption, pit stops and tire changes, etc. Pretty impressive!
Light contact and our splitter has split.
Oof...tire change!
Twice now we have pitted for fuel and found loose parts from our car laying on the pavement.
Past halfway now and we sit 1&2, after plenty of drama. More drama to come, for sure.
One of the clever things we do...room keys for a nearby hotel you sign out to take a shower or nap.
That room card system is actually really genius! Something you don't see or think about just watching the race!
We did it!
Held onto 3rd overall and 1-2 in class.
Such an inspired group 
That's seriously impressive!!! Congratulations!!!!
Very nice and much congratulations. Hopefully you’re sleeping now.
David S. Wallens said:Very nice and much congratulations. Hopefully you’re sleeping now.
Sleep is for the weak. I've been up for 38 hours...about to get on a plane now.
Best part of the weekend? We were so fast that we got protested...which pretty much never happens at the 25H. One of our competitors filed paper.
Since NASA ST classes are power-to-weight, we got weighed and dyno'd. We were the only car looked at. Turns out we were 120 lbs overweight and 50hp low on the dyno (can you say heat soak?).
Congrats on keeping it on the track! That's pretty much the key to doing well there and it's harder than it sounds. I imagine the full race report will clue us into the amount of effort those placings took.
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