Event Pics & Videos

[Fabman]

Having to lift on the straight away due to major driveline vibration .

still awesome....

 

[dragoon]

Short snippet of my favorite section. Having to lift on the straight away due to major driveline vibration .

Nice !!

 

[PatrickStapler]

I forgot to create an event, but we’re at the Route 66 Mid-America Hallett event yesterday and today. Most of the usual cars that I have posted before were here so I didn’t take a lot of pics. However, since I think most of guys were or still are B2 guys I thought you would like this one.

This is the 8th B2 ever produced…’69. It has been a race car its entire life. Never been on the street.

 

[PatrickStapler]

HVR 2026 Event Schedule

 

[PatrickStapler]

Couple of short videos from this past weekend…Hallett 50th Anniversary Vintage Festival. Roughly 50 cars…10 in Group 1. We got two races in on Saturday. The rest was essentially a rain out.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

What a lovely noise she has!! Do you guys get to upgrade much from the original set ups, like disc brakes for instance?

 

[PatrickStapler]

Generally speaking, if the parts were available in period, ‘72 SCCA GCA, then we can run them. All small block big bore cars can run front discs but must run rear drums. We can use larger rear drums…for example big block production cars had larger rear drums. So, we can run those. Some big block cars like Corvettes and Cobras had rear discs. So, they can run four-wheel discs.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

I thought that was the case but I remembered seeing drum brakes on some of the cars clear back when you guys ran at Topeka and I could not remember if it was all the way around. I imagine they are still pretty damn small discs up front?!

 

[PatrickStapler]

Correct. The stock Kelsey Hays discs are 11.25” x .812”. However, here again big block production cars in the day like station wagons had larger 12” x 1.25” rotors. So we are allowed to run those even on the small block cars.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

That is a bit fairer, though lightweight Vettes or Jags getting to run 4 wheel discs seems to be a reason they should let all of you run a 4 wheel set up. What does your Mustang weigh without you in the car?

 

[665.0coupe]

@PatrickStapler are you going to be back at Hallett in June for the Mid America Ford and Shelby Nationals?

 

[PatrickStapler]

That is a bit fairer, though lightweight Vettes or Jags getting to run 4 wheel discs seems to be a reason they should let all of you run a 4 wheel set up. What does your Mustang weigh without you in the car?

2860lbs

Both Jags in those videos were prepped to GT2 spec. Both had 16” wheels and were running legit slicks. And both did have four-wheel discs. Neither was a huge problem. The red one gave chase for the entire second race. But it was good fun hard racing.

 

[PatrickStapler]

@PatrickStapler are you going to be back at Hallett in June for the Mid America Ford and Shelby Nationals?

Yes

 

[PatrickStapler]

FYI, HVR will also be joining NASA Midsouth at Barber in July.

 

[TMSBOSS]

FYI, HVR will also be joining NASA Midsouth at Barber in July.

Dates?

 

[PatrickStapler]

July 18-19