2002maniac said:How are the guys in the Tesla doing? I wonder what their battery charging schedule looks like.
The model 3 is beating the model s. I’ve never noticed before but both hotels I’ve stayed in this week had two chargers so there seems to be plenty of options as long as you make it there. They had a pretty involved spreadsheet of where they could stop for charges though and where they would NEED to.
spacecadet said:Well the fast guys are still fast....
Chris Mayfield drew first blood of the week...
Ouch - right in the kidney. Unsportsmanlike!
Looks like that model 3 pulled off 7th overall in the wet this morning, given the cars/drivers on hand that's pretty impressive even in the rain.
In reply to spacecadet :
I hope they didn't quack their radiator.
Great updates! Thanks!
Just saw that the “ pursuit” Durango has the Redeye 797 in it; it’s a beast!
It was wet enough today that there'll only be a handful of pics from me today. I parked the camera so I wouldn't ruin it or my big lens. Also, I was getting cold and wet... and decided it was best to manage that, than get pictures. I'll write something of my track session later.
Thanks for sharing the event with us. Has anyone seen any of the participants sharing their stories on forums? It looks like a blast & a lot more challenging than I thought
Worms. The midwest in spring, a bit of rain overnight, and the track in Hastings Nebraska was covered in worms.
Is that what made the track slippery? No. At least not for me, there was a worm free line by the time I ran, it was just raining. I did ok, had a couple of moments per lap, got to be good friends with my ABS, kissed a curb one time which jumped the car about 8 inches sideways in an instant. It was a fun time, 51/64. The track was nice, not sure I'd plan a trip to visit, but it was worth a stop.
In reply to hvoxi :
There are a bunch of participants sharing on social media, but I'm not sure of any other forums that have people writing.
GPS says 12:30-ish tonight. Still need to get up at 6:00 to do track walks. We're all starting to wear down.
In reply to TVR Scott :
I have to say, road kill duck is a new one to me. Would make a tasty snack for the next transit though...
I was sitting in grid, waiting for the last run group to go out, when I had the realization that it had been a long time since the last time I had driven on track in the rain. I figured out afterwards that it was probably during OneLap 2016... when we got Biblical amounts of the stuff.
Not too long before that I'd gotten a bit shy of driving on track in the rain after bending an Rent4Ring car at the Nurburgring. So far I've managed to drive the Traccord only in dry conditions, which... aside from the cackling criticism of the clock... is a more forgiving dynamic environment.
That was not to be today, although I was fortunate to have "drying conditions", and not "active precipitation". Nevertheless, the surface at Hastings as we've heard in this thread already, offers little grip in the wet. It’s a bit much to say that I had a job to go do... to go out and be fast. Seth wanted me to have fun, and I have the advantage of hoovering up everyone’s comments, info, and tips during the day... with the small challenge of attempting to put them to practice in my afternoon session with a single reconnaissance lap.
During said recon lap, I turned in to turn 2 a bit fast, and found the backend of the car swing wide. I was probably doing 70... but, I caught it and drove out without issue, thinking “I need to take that one just a tad slower” and “I’m surprised how composed I handled that”. I had attempted to put in a number of hours on the original “rFactor” during the last month before OneLap... and frequently found myself spinning or catching the Fwd Hatch I used in-sim... remarking to mazdeuce & spacecadet along the way that I figured my non-chalance at doing that in the sim was because there was zero risk of cracking something up. But, along the way, that seems to have carried over to handling (at least) these situations in moderate-speed corners.
Over the course of the three laps I worked to dip into grabbing 2nd gear more, and slid the front end through the double-apex left as I expected more grip than was available. The car got light in it’s rear a number of times, but never in a way that wasn’t easily caught and controlled with minimal impact on times. Maybe it was the sim, maybe it was the neutral balance of the car that mazdeuce has dialed in. The only frustration in it all was the lingering feeling that despite my going as fast as I knew the car could go, that it was probably well off the mark.
Well, it probably still was slow compared to the ultimate best lap time possible for that car in those conditions. But, it was good for 49th overal, and I had a ball coming to grips with the car in wet conditions, and how nicely balanced it is. This was a major confidence boost, one that will hopefully pay off tomorrow at the tight and narrow Blackhawk.
We’ve got a comfortable buffer away from the bottom of the overall scores, but we’re no where near being out of the woods if one of those cars suddenly finds some speed and leap-frogs us 15 or 20 spots over the next two days.
When you're eating breakfast and the Weather Channel guy on the hotel TV is standing thigh deep in water about 10 miles from your house.
Yesterday morning my wife emailed me with the title "Rain" and I thought she was super concerned about our damp day at Hastings. She was not. At least we're not in Brainerd now, it's snowing. 
Good news is the phone is telling me only a 10% chance of rain for Bowling Green tomorrow. If you'd like I'll plan on driving the Saturn down instead of the Mustang so it doesn't rain just to spite my convertible related plans.
In reply to Daylan C :
Bring the Mustang, we want the rain.
In reply to sleepyhead :
Will do.
Screen shot of FB video I was watching.
Morning session. Off in the wet, turn 3. Andy is okay. Unknown on the McLaren.
Oh damn... 
That's definitely the good side, shots from the other side looks a lot worse. That was gut wrenching to watch, seemed like everything was going perfectly for the Hollis' this year and this was going to be their year.
John Welsh said:If someone started trailering the car to him mid Sunday, say Noon, it would not arrive until 7pm. Then 8.5 more hours to RA would mean arriving at about 4am!!!! Then only arriving so you can run Exhibition Class... In the cold and rain.
That's just about what happened. When the GTR lost a cylinder, BigBadWolf was currently competing in a ProSolo in New Jersey, having been loaned to a fellow SSM competitor whose RX-7 blew up the week before. BBW finished 2nd in Saturday Pro competition, 0.050 out of 1st. The GTR ran one lap Sunday AM on 5 cylinders. Sunday ProSolo competition was canceled due to 100% rain all day long - no one was going to go faster and conditions were unsafe. So BBW was then trailered to South Bend and got there Sunday night to meet Robert/Chris/GTR for the swap and start of the drive to RA. On what was left of last year's OneLap tires for that matter.
It's a shame to see the McLaren wrecked, but it looks NOT totaled and everyone is safe so...yay? Kinda?
I bet Ann is ecstatic! At least andy is fine.
ShawneeCreek said:mazdeuce - Seth said:The official One Lap Press Release is.....awesome.
The manufacturers have also brought their "A" game, with some great machinery from Toyota, Subaru and Dodge. They will need it to keep pace with the hardware the more seasoned competitors are running. Entries such as ... a McLaren 720S ... an event winning Nissan GTR ... Lamborghini Huracan Performante and the 2003 Honda Accord of Seth Lemke, Timothy Miller and Pete Lindberg.
Very awesome indeed. Edited for clarity.
So just a Lamborghini has to eat it and the Traccord moves ahead of all these other favorites :)
klodkrawler05 said:That's definitely the good side, shots from the other side looks a lot worse. That was gut wrenching to watch, seemed like everything was going perfectly for the Hollis' this year and this was going to be their year.
I am (obviously?) enjoying following this year from as many angles as possible, really appreciate the writeups here seth/sleepyhead/spacecadet.
John Welsh said:Yesterday when leaving I saw a funny sight. I did not get a picture of it, but...
This Dodge Durango is a team from Toronto and Kingston areas, Canada.
These folks brought that beast to the Steel Cities SCCA autocross at PittRace for a shakedown run. It runs a supercharger and massive Brembo brakes on top of the already potent SRT package. They were not on race rubber, but still beat a lot of people at the autocross. I spoke to the drivers and they were all really nice and excited about the truck and the race. (I was the grid guy hi-fiving you!)
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