Rally/ Racing/ Motorsport thread

[lxskllr]

Screw it. Someone's gotta come in last. It might as well be you. The important thing is getting in the game :^)

[kevs]

First race is over, was last in my class, in first round failed with tyre choice, changed the tyres and other 2 rounds were pretty good. Track was 80% ice, 20% gravel and snow. Overall I'm quite happy, still in early learning stages with rwd car. Videos coming up aswell somewhere in next week.





Pics from http://www.krracing.ee

[kevs]

Well we made little onboard video today, if you want you can subscribe to this channel, gonna put all the vids to there

[clint404]

Anyone catch the supercross race last night?

[kevs]

On the snow, probably 70-80mph at max. As the car hasn't got much protection, the avg speed have to be fairly low during stages.

[lxskllr]

What kind of speeds are you hitting on the snow? That looks like tons of fun. I'm not really into motorsports, but baja, and rally driving I find interesting. Unfortunately, they're a a couple of the hardest to for relevant TV filming, or even seeing in person for that matter. I bet they're the most fun to do though :^)

[kevs]

Do you use studded tires for winter racing?

Yup, otherwise it would be pretty difficult to drive, especially with RWD car like mine.

[lxskllr]

Do you use studded tires for winter racing?

[kevs]

21st January, so in less than 2 weeks.

[lxskllr]

When's race day?

[kevs]

Gettin' ready for the first start!

[sharesnusinfo!]

That sticker just turned out so darn great

[Ansel]

My Uncle came down today, he works for a motorsports team not Formula One but some sort of formula. He has a Swedish driver working for his team - my Uncle said he uses snus and recommended it to my Uncle!

[southwestsnuser]

I'm always learning the way I see it is at least I know 100 ways not to do it.

[kevs]

I strip the the wheels, propshaft gearbox and clutch after every run machine the clutch plate faces and make changes to spring pressures and counter weights. Then rebuild it and hope the car gets down the 1/4 mile in 6 secs at 200 mph

Awesome, wish I'd have job/hobby/life like this, sadly I'm lacking in technical skills, but they're improving every time I do something on the car.