NORC Guy Martin
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The first 8 cars were within 1 second of their target time. I was able to get within 0.0143 seconds of my target time with a speed variance of 0.0010 over the target speed of 150 mph average. The car handles well at speed. I've been working on balance of the aerodynamics for several years, and have now got everything pretty well balanced out. Larger front splitter, and raise the rear wing about 4"
This is a fun race, and we usually have several entrants from Europe come over for it. Anyone interested should research it, and give it a try - you can even run it in a rental car if you want!
This is a fun race, and we usually have several entrants from Europe come over for it. Anyone interested should research it, and give it a try - you can even run it in a rental car if you want!
RAT GTR said:
This is a fun race, and we usually have several entrants from Europe come over for it. Anyone interested should research it, and give it a try - you can even run it in a rental car if you want!
Do you just get the one run? When you say you can run a rental car, I take it mean a generic Hertz type rental, not that you can hire a race car for the event?RAT GTR said:
The first 8 cars were within 1 second of their target time. I was able to get within 0.0143 seconds of my target time with a speed variance of 0.0010 over the target speed of 150 mph average. The car handles well at speed. I've been working on balance of the aerodynamics for several years, and have now got everything pretty well balanced out. Larger front splitter, and raise the rear wing about 4"
This is a fun race, and we usually have several entrants from Europe come over for it. Anyone interested should research it, and give it a try - you can even run it in a rental car if you want!
Congratulations on your win.This is a fun race, and we usually have several entrants from Europe come over for it. Anyone interested should research it, and give it a try - you can even run it in a rental car if you want!
I guess you're as well qualified to answer this question as anybody.
It appeared in the programme that Guy could have went a lot quicker and also sustained a higher average speed than the one he did. Looking in from the outside it would seem as though he `could' have competed in the 160mph class and maybe have been slightly more suited to it than the 150mph?
How hard is it to step up a class that is `only' 10mph faster? Would that additional average speed have to be made up through the narrow section? Or could it have been achieved on the straights?
I just run the race by myself. I have a laptop on board with a fairly advanced GPS program running which gives me my position, and from that the speed I need to run for the bracket I'm in. From there, its just using the right foot "go" pedal!
You just get one run at it, because there are usually 110 to 150 cars running, and if the race starts on time at 8:00am (which it often doesn't!), it is afternoon by the time the last car has run, and the highway needs to be turned back to the Nevada DOT by mid afternoon for regular traffic.
You can rent a car in Las Vegas, and run the race. In previous years, guys used to rent a Corvette or a Viper, and bring it up and run it. However, I believe now that the car rental companies require you to sign a form stating that you WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THE NORC EVENT. You can however, rent a sedan and run it in the 95 or 100 mph bracket. Definitely not as much fun as a Corvette or Viper, but new entrants are limited to the lower speeds anyway for the first race they run.
You just get one run at it, because there are usually 110 to 150 cars running, and if the race starts on time at 8:00am (which it often doesn't!), it is afternoon by the time the last car has run, and the highway needs to be turned back to the Nevada DOT by mid afternoon for regular traffic.
You can rent a car in Las Vegas, and run the race. In previous years, guys used to rent a Corvette or a Viper, and bring it up and run it. However, I believe now that the car rental companies require you to sign a form stating that you WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THE NORC EVENT. You can however, rent a sedan and run it in the 95 or 100 mph bracket. Definitely not as much fun as a Corvette or Viper, but new entrants are limited to the lower speeds anyway for the first race they run.
ash73 said:
Congrats! Can't understand why Guy didn't use a gps system, counting wheel rotations with expanding tyres seems nuts. Pity the programme didn't show the kit you were using, and a bit more detail on your car!
If you read between the lines I suspect Ford helped pay for the program in conjunction with Radical.The costs would come out of their advertising budget so they would not want to see Ultima getting too much free publicity.
Paul
I didn't realize that Radical was involved in supporting Guy Martin in that race. As far as I can remember, we've only had one Radical attempt to run the race, and it failed to finish because the doors popped open half way down the course. Maybe they should be looking to Ultima to supply them door latches!!!
Storer said:
If you read between the lines I suspect Ford helped pay for the program in conjunction with Radical.
The costs would come out of their advertising budget so they would not want to see Ultima getting too much free publicity.
Paul
Ford UK know how much he loves his Transits so they basically sponsor him. On one occasion they didn't give him the deal he wanted so he reached into his own pocket and bought the van himself. Ford reconsidered and gave him the van in the end so he gave it to his sister.The costs would come out of their advertising budget so they would not want to see Ultima getting too much free publicity.
Paul
foxsasha said:
Do you just get the one run? When you say you can run a rental car, I take it mean a generic Hertz type rental, not that you can hire a race car for the event?
Yep, generic Hertz. That's how my wife and I won the 105mph class at the 2011 SSCC...You won't be able to take a car above the 110mph class without installing harnesses and the like, but even at "only" 110 it's an eye-opening experience!
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