Elgin Racing Video Stream of the VIR 13 Hour Endurance Race

[VoodooBoss]

This is going to be cool. Elgin Racing will be streaming live from their race car so you can watch it live. You can register to watch at the link below.

http://racecast.me/45-%C2%AD%E2%80%90masonry/190-%C2%AD%E2%80%902015-%C2%AD%E2%80%90vir-%C2%AD%E2%80%9013hr

Last years race.

https://trackmustangsonline.com/index.php?topic=8613.msg126700#msg126700

More Info

http://elginracing.com/news/elginracing-set-to-defendfor-2015-13hr-enduro

https://www.facebook.com/elginracing

Cool test video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idhHE_VgY-M

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

I might tune in for a bit if I'm home.

They certainly have enough tires to last

 

[VoodooBoss]

That's a lot of purple crack.

 

[DGRacing]

The smell alone is intoxicating.

 

[Noellenchris]

I can't stop watching. Awesome race, really hoping they get to repeat their win this year. The 2 red headed step children with insane acceleration will be a constant pain i'm afraid....lol


Chris

 

[VoodooBoss]

That is awesome. Go Elgin Racing!

Do they run a sequential gear box in that car?

 

[stunya]

tuned in now for a bit, back in 1st place overall, right now.

just had a killer save after working around lap traffic. what a great view!

 

[VoodooBoss]

Preston Calvert, one of the Phoenix drivers and sponsers, is driving the #99 Porsche.

The Elgin Boss 302 is flying out there!

 

[Noellenchris]

That is awesome. Go Elgin Racing!

Do they run a sequential gear box in that car?

Tremec T56 Magnum variant 6 speed manual. Or as Ford lists it it's a Boss R1 transmission.

quote from Elgin Racer on facebook

 

[VoodooBoss]

Tremec T56 Magnum variant 6 speed manual. Or as Ford lists it it's a Boss R1 transmission.

quote from Elgin Racer on facebook

Yep I just had that confirmed directly from Stephanie and Greg. Must be the pro behind the wheel making those smooth shifts.

 

[Noellenchris]

I think the Pinion seal just went, they are in the garage trying to fix it. They are replacing the rear diff and hoping to get back in the race...good luck

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

They are back on-track now according to facebook...

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Just tuned in to the live stream, this is great!

Edit: They had a full-course caution and headed back into the pits, looks like bleeding rear brakes after rear axle work Back on-track now.

 

[Noellenchris]

I could hear a loud whine on the dash cam earlier, I don't hear it anymore. What a bummer in such a long race to have that go wrong. They were in first place for a few hours too and looked to have the pit advantage IMO. Hopefully they can make up some laps over the next few hours. Car sounds good now for sure.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

They are up to 6th overall...2 hours 15 mins or so remaining!

Edit: Did not read timing correctly re: "behind leader".

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

OK I used Race Monitor and got it straightened out--they are in 5th overall and 4th in class out of 7, 15 laps down from the leader (I'm sure the rear axle swap had a ton to do with that).

Closest in-class car ahead is 13 laps ahead of them (pointless), but the nearest in-class car behind is 9 laps behind Elgin team (no threat). Race is under caution now so that should be good for fuel mileage, about 22 mins to go. They just need to hold on.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

GREEN GREEN GREEN

 

[Z20WHAT]

Truly inspired driving, especially at night. I want the flash to pass 'strobes...'

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Great driving indeed. I'll bet they would have been in contention for an overall win if it were not for the rearend difficulties. They were running about 10s/lap faster than the two cars in-class ahead of them during the last 30 mins, but the gap was too big to bridge. Still WAY fast.

Final results:

Overall:


In-Class:

 

[VoodooBoss]

Yes great result considering the rear end change. They certainly seemed to have pace to win. It was very cool that this was broadcast live and I checked in on it several times today. There were some live feeds of the 25 Hours of Thunderhill last year but the feeds went dead during the race. This technology is amazing considering the minimal resources needed.

@elginracer