Reply With QuoteCongrats!! Sounds like you guys had a blast!!
Six Hour Enduro
Just got back from Texas World and the 05 Edition of the 6 HR Enduro. For the second time out of four years Myron Perry and I finished .....RUNNING! We used his 94 1.8 and actually ran in ITS instead of SM. We had some Hoosiers and in ITS we didn't have to run the RP. With only five ITS entrants we figured the reliabilty & gas milage of the miata might overcome the power difference in the faster ITS cars we were running against. For once things worked out. We finished 2nd and actually beat last years ITS winner by a lap. A 240Z was first, our miata second, 2nd generation RX7 third, and 300ZX fourth. The 240 was way too fast with Danny Benser and partners turning a 2:01. We were consistent with a best lap in the low 2:04s. The second gen RX7 had one of the Stephens brothers from Hallett and Dan Crossette from Arkansas behind the wheel. They were only a little faster then us but our better gas milage more then made up the difference. John Phillips / Blake Clements (2:00 something, pretty dang fast miata lap!!!) won SM ahead of Ara & Stretch. A Spec Racer Ford won overall. Great day for racing.
Mac
LS1 Miata Tiger Race Car (Build in Progress) TOPP Racing / East Street Auto / Saferacer.com / TeamMER
"To hell with you Gen. Sheridan...I 'll take Texas!"
Congrats!! Sounds like you guys had a blast!!
Congrats Mac. Sounds like fun. I would have been there but I got a chance to drive at MSR and couldn't pass that up.
Cool stuff. That would be a blast. Makes the autoX weekend sound sort of boring.
Way to Go Mac! Congrats!
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93' LE #1136 - FM II
250k miles
Very nice!
So what is enduro racing like? The idea of an enduro has always appealed to me.
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Enduro racing has many facets of which fast laps is not the most important. Saving your equipment is THE most important. You have to FINISH to win. With that said, you do want to go as fast as you can while taking care of your tires, brakes, engine, (and in SM your cars fenders :)) Pit stops, team work and using your gas the right way can make you a winner over faster drivers.Originally Posted by altiain
Very nice!
So what is enduro racing like? The idea of an enduro has always appealed to me.
Mac
LS1 Miata Tiger Race Car (Build in Progress) TOPP Racing / East Street Auto / Saferacer.com / TeamMER
"To hell with you Gen. Sheridan...I 'll take Texas!"
Well, DUH!!!!!!!! Way to go, Mac. Wish I could have been there, but I gotta tell ya, Laguna Seca is FANTASTIC :) John and Blake running 2:00's...I'm not surprised. That's one heck of a team!Cool stuff. That would be a blast. Makes the autoX weekend sound sort of boring.
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