We got 4th place overall, 1st place in Mid-priced sedan and Rookie of the Year.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
It's all over
I don't even know how to start this post. I guess I can't believe it's over. It feels like it was just yesterday that we started off on the journey of The One Lap and yet now I find myself back at home on the kitchen computer. It was definitely a memorable event with lots of laughs and sweat and when it's all over we were able to pull out a fourth place finish. A finish no one thought was possible before the start of the event. I guess Brock knows what he's doing though as #4 was our assigned number and out destined placement.
Today was tough. 25-30 constant winds with an on-again off-again drizzle that sometimes turned to rain. The "dry" skidpad was the last event of the competition and by the time it was our turn was actually more of a wet skidpad. This proved to be our undoing as we finished 6th with our main competition, Catesby Jones (M3), coming in at 2nd. That was just enough of a difference for him to knock us out of 3rd and into 4th by five points overall. But as they say, that's the One Lap.
Most interesting to us is the number of eyes we opened over the week. We consistently hung in the top 10 of just about every event which shocked some. Many people came up to us with a questioning look as they tried to figure out the reason for the car's speed. We were fortunate enough to have few break downs and none that couldn't be quickly and easily repaired allowing us to finish every contest. Thanks go out to all those One Lappers and spectators who helped keep the car running and who offerred their sound advice. You guys know who you are.
Congratulations go out to our driver, Tony Wiesenhahn. He proved to conquer all fear (well other than the Daytona oval at 150 with four flat spotted tires) and was able to attack each and every track with hunger and verocity. He has an uncanny ability to drive very fast on his first lap out and lets nothing stand in his way of wringing every last ounce of speed out of the car. He is the main reason the car placed as high as it did and we at TurninConcepts want to thank him for all his time and hard work. Thanks Tony!!
All we can do now is focus on the future. We are definitely going to be competing in the One Lap next year. It has bitten us and drawn us in to the excitement the event creates. All that is left is to figure out how to make the car faster as I have a feeling next year will be even more difficult for us. Keep an eye out for the car as it goes through its transformation over the next year. We have learned the weak areas and are going to address them in typical TiC fashion. We have also decided that we will be competing in the Redline Time Attach series this summer starting with our first outting at Autobahn.
I'll leave you with some pictures I took over the course of the event. Just a few choice examples I found interesting.
Tony Barber
TurninConcepts
Today was tough. 25-30 constant winds with an on-again off-again drizzle that sometimes turned to rain. The "dry" skidpad was the last event of the competition and by the time it was our turn was actually more of a wet skidpad. This proved to be our undoing as we finished 6th with our main competition, Catesby Jones (M3), coming in at 2nd. That was just enough of a difference for him to knock us out of 3rd and into 4th by five points overall. But as they say, that's the One Lap.
Most interesting to us is the number of eyes we opened over the week. We consistently hung in the top 10 of just about every event which shocked some. Many people came up to us with a questioning look as they tried to figure out the reason for the car's speed. We were fortunate enough to have few break downs and none that couldn't be quickly and easily repaired allowing us to finish every contest. Thanks go out to all those One Lappers and spectators who helped keep the car running and who offerred their sound advice. You guys know who you are.
Congratulations go out to our driver, Tony Wiesenhahn. He proved to conquer all fear (well other than the Daytona oval at 150 with four flat spotted tires) and was able to attack each and every track with hunger and verocity. He has an uncanny ability to drive very fast on his first lap out and lets nothing stand in his way of wringing every last ounce of speed out of the car. He is the main reason the car placed as high as it did and we at TurninConcepts want to thank him for all his time and hard work. Thanks Tony!!
All we can do now is focus on the future. We are definitely going to be competing in the One Lap next year. It has bitten us and drawn us in to the excitement the event creates. All that is left is to figure out how to make the car faster as I have a feeling next year will be even more difficult for us. Keep an eye out for the car as it goes through its transformation over the next year. We have learned the weak areas and are going to address them in typical TiC fashion. We have also decided that we will be competing in the Redline Time Attach series this summer starting with our first outting at Autobahn.
I'll leave you with some pictures I took over the course of the event. Just a few choice examples I found interesting.
Tony Barber
TurninConcepts
Ah nuts...
Someone was able to sneak in between the M3 and us. We drop from 3rd overall to 4th.
No podium finish for us.
No podium finish for us.
Talk about tension!
I just got a call from Tony as they just completed the final event for One Lap of America.
First, they ran in reverse order so the leading cars had to go last.
Second, it rained in the morning, track dried out, looked to be a dry run, then just as the top 7 cars entered the staging it started to rain.
The M3 and Tony were able to get a mostly dry run though.
We believe we did 4th on the skid pad pulling a .99 something, but the M3 pulled just over 1g and we believe he's in 2nd.
We also believe that the Ultima GTR snuck in between the two of us so if we pull off a 3rd overall it'll be by just 5 points. Hopefully nobody else snuck in there.
One thing we MUST do for next year's event is wider tires. Sure we did pretty good on the rinky dink 245's, but when everyone else is running a 295 to a 315 it's a bit like bringing a knife to a gun fight. Still, not too bad for running on our "skinny" tires.
First, they ran in reverse order so the leading cars had to go last.
Second, it rained in the morning, track dried out, looked to be a dry run, then just as the top 7 cars entered the staging it started to rain.
The M3 and Tony were able to get a mostly dry run though.
We believe we did 4th on the skid pad pulling a .99 something, but the M3 pulled just over 1g and we believe he's in 2nd.
We also believe that the Ultima GTR snuck in between the two of us so if we pull off a 3rd overall it'll be by just 5 points. Hopefully nobody else snuck in there.
One thing we MUST do for next year's event is wider tires. Sure we did pretty good on the rinky dink 245's, but when everyone else is running a 295 to a 315 it's a bit like bringing a knife to a gun fight. Still, not too bad for running on our "skinny" tires.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Killin' Time
It's been a long week. Since driving from BeaveRun to South Bend took us right by Toledo, my home town, we decided to stop by my parents' house for some much needed R&R. My step dad cooked us a great Italian dinner and we got to hang around with my brothers. Then Tony found my stepdad's Segway. Here's a little video of him playing around with it. Of course he had to use the fast key. I think we may bring this to One Lap next year instead of the bikes. Much more fun.
Tony B
Results are up!
Well, results are up. We're still ahead of the M3, but not as much as before as they did quite well today.
We're ahead by 15 pts for 3rd overall, and it all comes down to the skidpad tomorrow.
It's supposed to be the dry setup, but given the rain predicted in the morning we have no idea if it'll be dry or wet.
Oh, and we've also heard that they run the last event in reverse order just to build the tension with the top running cars.
We're ahead by 15 pts for 3rd overall, and it all comes down to the skidpad tomorrow.
It's supposed to be the dry setup, but given the rain predicted in the morning we have no idea if it'll be dry or wet.
Oh, and we've also heard that they run the last event in reverse order just to build the tension with the top running cars.
Still waiting...
Official results are STILL not up. I wonder if they are doing this to build the suspense...
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