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This is my 94 Mustang that I've built to compete in the CAM-T autocross class
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Bill Pemberton
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Stop ............don't skip over , actually watch the video Dave posted. I have seen this before and it is a complete riot and well worth the watch. Fun way to start your day as you will be smiling very soon............
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Funny, someone else posted this as a comment on the video. I didn't know what it meant, thanks for the video. I happen to be at the same worker station as the van driver. He was talking there wasn't much market for parts for these, maybe just found the market.
Great development work and nice vid!
TMSBOSS
Spending my pension on car parts and track fees.
Reminds me of the time Renault was introducing the Le Car. They brought a bunch to Road America and let anyone with credentials drive one in an event. No liability, no cost, no power, no common sense. Several were wrecked.
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Last weekend was my first outing to the Bristol National Tour. I've wanted to go, but July 4th weekend is usually a tough sell. This year I figured was worth it. Plus there was great competition in CAM-T class. On my drive up Colton, who let me jump into his car last minute at Nationals, said his car broke at the Pro Solo and asked if he could co-drive mine for the Tour. We've come full circle.
Well Saturday's course I quickly figured out the bumps and the surface. As I said I've never driven on Bristol's asphalt. My brakes felt great at initial application, but then the pedal went long as I stood on the brakes. It was like brake fade, but I know it couldn't be that. I think the ABS was doing something odd. It didn't inspire confidence, but I continued on. After the first day I was P4 with all different gen Camaros ahead of me.
Overnight there was a heavy thunderstorm. I went out around 1am to check on the canopy and stuff around our site. The amount of water running down the hill and through our site was unreal. I had just waterproofed the canopy and with trailers on 3 sides everything was pretty stable and dry. I parked uphill, mainly because it was one of the only spots left. Looking down by the creek it looked like there was water but it was dark and I couldn't tell the full extent. By morning light there was a lot of commotion as the creek water has been rising. There was about a foot of water in the low areas. People had tires and other belongings that floated away down the creek. We were lucky and had no damage. Lesson learned park uphill.
Not only was lower paddock flooded, a portion of the course was also flooded. They had to change the course slightly and reduced our runs from 3 to 2 to beat another incoming storm. If that wasn't enough of a challenge there was also a water patch flowing through the middle of the course that you had to cross twice. It was being fed from uphill and never dried even for the 5th heat in full sun.
I pushed a little too hard on my 2nd run through the wet patch. The car didn't turn and I hit a cone. I continued to push on the rest of the course cause you never know. There was a lot of spins, slides, and upsets. Overall, I stayed in P4 behind the Camaros.
After Bristol, I headed more west to Bowling Green, KY for Autocross Week. To Be Continued....
Well Saturday's course I quickly figured out the bumps and the surface. As I said I've never driven on Bristol's asphalt. My brakes felt great at initial application, but then the pedal went long as I stood on the brakes. It was like brake fade, but I know it couldn't be that. I think the ABS was doing something odd. It didn't inspire confidence, but I continued on. After the first day I was P4 with all different gen Camaros ahead of me.
Overnight there was a heavy thunderstorm. I went out around 1am to check on the canopy and stuff around our site. The amount of water running down the hill and through our site was unreal. I had just waterproofed the canopy and with trailers on 3 sides everything was pretty stable and dry. I parked uphill, mainly because it was one of the only spots left. Looking down by the creek it looked like there was water but it was dark and I couldn't tell the full extent. By morning light there was a lot of commotion as the creek water has been rising. There was about a foot of water in the low areas. People had tires and other belongings that floated away down the creek. We were lucky and had no damage. Lesson learned park uphill.
Not only was lower paddock flooded, a portion of the course was also flooded. They had to change the course slightly and reduced our runs from 3 to 2 to beat another incoming storm. If that wasn't enough of a challenge there was also a water patch flowing through the middle of the course that you had to cross twice. It was being fed from uphill and never dried even for the 5th heat in full sun.
I pushed a little too hard on my 2nd run through the wet patch. The car didn't turn and I hit a cone. I continued to push on the rest of the course cause you never know. There was a lot of spins, slides, and upsets. Overall, I stayed in P4 behind the Camaros.
After Bristol, I headed more west to Bowling Green, KY for Autocross Week. To Be Continued....
Glad you avoided damage at Bristol. We also did, we have the way high ground there and have learned over 15+ years in lincoln and 10+ in Topeka that you never leave a tent up overnight if you want it back in the AM.
Bristol is definitely a test of shocks even in the dry.
Kudos to the staff for figuring something out for Sunday so we at least got 2 runs. Cancelling was on the table as an option and might have been more fair to those who took damage.
But that was challenging with the river. I had already blown any chance of a trophy at the pro with cones and red lights and then coned my first Saturday run, made a safety 2nd run then had a mental malfunction on my 3rd so I was lucky to be on the podium day 1.
Managed to not kill myself day 2
DaveW
Bristol is definitely a test of shocks even in the dry.
Kudos to the staff for figuring something out for Sunday so we at least got 2 runs. Cancelling was on the table as an option and might have been more fair to those who took damage.
But that was challenging with the river. I had already blown any chance of a trophy at the pro with cones and red lights and then coned my first Saturday run, made a safety 2nd run then had a mental malfunction on my 3rd so I was lucky to be on the podium day 1.
Managed to not kill myself day 2
DaveW
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Agree, glad they figured something out for Sunday. I'm sure it was tough decisions. I was quite impressed with the shocks and suspension. That was the reason for changing to adjustable rear shocks this year.
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After Bristol we traveled another 5+ hours west to NCM Motorsport Park in Bowling Green, KY for Summit Racing's Autocross Week! Autocross Week is a competition where we have 4 days of autocross at 3 different venues and we can only drive our autocross car with everything that we need between each venue. No support vehicles are allowed. Between tools, jack stands, jack, camera gear, Ashley and mine bags, coolers, chairs, helmets, grid bag, and other stuff there wasn't much room left in the car. I couldn't even fit my small 35L cooler. We had to use a cooler backpack and very small day cooler.
The first day is registration, go kart enduro, and welcome dinner. It was also our last night able to sleep in the car trailer. The rest of the week we'll be bougee staying in hotels. The classing for Autocross Week is similar to Drive AutoX or Optimum Series, which means my 94 Mustang falls into the GT class which is 1990 and later front engine RWD cars. Some of the other classes is Vintage, Sport Compact NA, Sport Compact Boosted, Unlimited, Truck, and Outlaw. I think I was the only car in my class from the 90s. Which means I get to beat up on newer cars
The second day, first day of autocross was at NCM. The course was much different than standard SCCA autocross courses. It started with a slalom but the rest of the course was sweepers and straightaways. Having power would have been nice. I finished the day 4th in class. We then loaded up and drove to the two check points that we needed to hit. I rolled with several guys from the vintage class that I knew. The red dart has a 2JZ swap and a homebuilt 3 link, it's a quick car.
The second day was at Nashville Super Speedway. The course again was sweepers and straightaways but was short and tight, 30s. They also let us do parade laps on the speedway which was absolutely insane even though we were only going 60-70 mph. I again finished 4th in class (I'm sensing a trend).
After my last run driving back to paddock the car died and wouldn't restart. I checked the Noco lithium-ion battery and it wasn't outputting any voltage. It was quite hot to the touch, so I think the BMS shut it down. I pulled it out and let it cool down...11V. Jake in the Foxbody happen to have a lithium-ion battery charger and I found a random AC plug under the bleachers to charge the battery. In the mean time I used another battery and jumper cables to verify the car starts and the alternator charges. That worked (at least this time). The crew was packed up, so I grabbed the battery threw it in and was ready to go. Car started but alternator wasn't charging. Ashley found a Napa 6 minutes away that had an alternator. I thought I could make it, but the car died before even making it to the stop sign to leave Nashville. Derek in the Dart was nice enough to drive me to Napa to get an alternator. Swapped that and continued on our way to the next checkpoint of Lane Car Museum. Voltage was perfect along the whole way.
We headed back to our hotel to rest. Day 3 and 4 coming....to be continued.
The first day is registration, go kart enduro, and welcome dinner. It was also our last night able to sleep in the car trailer. The rest of the week we'll be bougee staying in hotels. The classing for Autocross Week is similar to Drive AutoX or Optimum Series, which means my 94 Mustang falls into the GT class which is 1990 and later front engine RWD cars. Some of the other classes is Vintage, Sport Compact NA, Sport Compact Boosted, Unlimited, Truck, and Outlaw. I think I was the only car in my class from the 90s. Which means I get to beat up on newer cars
The second day, first day of autocross was at NCM. The course was much different than standard SCCA autocross courses. It started with a slalom but the rest of the course was sweepers and straightaways. Having power would have been nice. I finished the day 4th in class. We then loaded up and drove to the two check points that we needed to hit. I rolled with several guys from the vintage class that I knew. The red dart has a 2JZ swap and a homebuilt 3 link, it's a quick car.
The second day was at Nashville Super Speedway. The course again was sweepers and straightaways but was short and tight, 30s. They also let us do parade laps on the speedway which was absolutely insane even though we were only going 60-70 mph. I again finished 4th in class (I'm sensing a trend).
After my last run driving back to paddock the car died and wouldn't restart. I checked the Noco lithium-ion battery and it wasn't outputting any voltage. It was quite hot to the touch, so I think the BMS shut it down. I pulled it out and let it cool down...11V. Jake in the Foxbody happen to have a lithium-ion battery charger and I found a random AC plug under the bleachers to charge the battery. In the mean time I used another battery and jumper cables to verify the car starts and the alternator charges. That worked (at least this time). The crew was packed up, so I grabbed the battery threw it in and was ready to go. Car started but alternator wasn't charging. Ashley found a Napa 6 minutes away that had an alternator. I thought I could make it, but the car died before even making it to the stop sign to leave Nashville. Derek in the Dart was nice enough to drive me to Napa to get an alternator. Swapped that and continued on our way to the next checkpoint of Lane Car Museum. Voltage was perfect along the whole way.
We headed back to our hotel to rest. Day 3 and 4 coming....to be continued.
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