Days Like this (POC overall win)

[Brad Roberts]

Every time I do data acquistion or setup on a factory Porsche race car, I question why I even look at or twist wrenches on the 914's. Its tough coming back to reality after spending 4 days testing and setting up a GT3RS Porsche with my buddies from Mind Over Motorsports. After some tweaking and shock adjustments the owner of the GT3RS had the car in the 1:21 range on the big track (Willow Springs) The guy has been racing for a total of 10 months now. This was the second time he had even driven the GT3RS. Within a few laps of the race our main competitors crashed out or had mechanical failures. We told him to back off over the radio's after we timed the second car and found him with a 8 second lead.

I love factory Porsche race cars. The RSR EVO took 5th overall and 3rd in class running 1.23's We think the EVO can run a 21 also after seeing him lift throttle for over 400 feet going into turn 8 on his data acq. He knows and we know he can go into 8 flat out in 6th gear with a light tap and downshift into 5th for turn 9.

I wish I could actually make money doing this.



Just in case any POC people see this thread:

The GT3RS we ran still has its ALMS restrictors in place.

Just wait until we run it wide open with the computer set on kill instead of "conserve". I think we can give Joe Kunz a run for his money. (Joe is known to run high 19's on the big track)

I cannot wait until the next Tribute to Lemans race...


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[poorb0yw]

Congrats on the success of your car. I only wish I knew a little about such things as data acquisition and car setup. How did you start out?

Great pic too.

[cstreit]

Brad,

I'd love to hear more about your feelings on data aquisition. Some of these setups are quite pricey but I've often wondered if $1000 of equipment there might be worth more in lap times due to the knowledge gained than spending the money elsewhere...

[campbellcj]

Chris - I think you're missing a zero (or more) on your guesstimate there. Price out a bunch of sensors/transducers, Motec computer and dash, radio and video equipment, a few laptops...hack cough sputter...more in telemetry gear than many of us have into our entire cars.

I wish I could figure out how to make a living at it myself. I know nothing about this technology, but I am a 20+ year techno-weenie (software guy) and I figure it can't be too exotic at the less-than-F1 levels. Might be a good little side project to look for openings (holes) in the market and current product offerings.

[MMARSH]

I saw the race on Saturday. That last lap move to the front in turn one was beautiful. I thought there was no way he was gonna make that stick. I wish I had that on film. I'm looking forward to seeing that run again next year.

[Laura-Hergesheimer MotorS]

Congrats on your win!

Unfortunatley you won't be able to compete against Joe for awhile, he sustained a leg fracture in the crash you mentioned.

We all look forward to Tribute. There will be quite a few cars/drivers out that weekend to give you some healthy competition. But history of the Tribute has been that the fastest car doesn't always win, you have to cross the finish line after 4 hours.

You state the driver has only been "racing" 10 months, has he been drving competively previously? Just curious as to what series he has been involved in.

Data aquisition is a very resourceful tool, we run MOTEC in most of our competitive cars. Yes, it is pricey but it can be a learning tool for engine management and driver abilities.

See you at the track...

[Laura-Hergesheimer MotorS]

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[RSupdate]

Great recap....

Makes for awesome daydreaming while here at the office.

Best of luck in the future.

cheers

[cstreit]

Brad,

Well I'm thinking of more reasonably priced systems like the DL-90 discussed on other threads...