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The #3 Shelby Mustang race car was built by veteran SCCA Pro Racing builder, engineer, and Trans-Am winning driver John Baucom and his team at www.BaucomMotorsports.com. Cal Lemp races the car in the 2024 NASA American Iron Extreme (AIX) series:
Mar 23-24\tNational Corvette Museum Apr 20-21\tMid-Ohio May 25-26\tMid-Ohio Jun 15-16\tGingerMan Jun 29-30\tWorld Wide Technology July 20-21\tPittsburgh International Race Complex Aug 24-25\tMid-Ohio Sep 6-8\t\tUtah Motorsports Campus - NASA National Championship Sep 21-22\tAutobahn Oct 19-20\tNational Corvette Museum - NASA Regional Championship
This is cool but it feels like Gran Turismo 8 (yes I know that hasn't been made yet). The map in the upper right, the status of things in the lower section, and the time on the lower right. As I said its cool but weird at the same time.
Jeff @indyracetireplus is one of the best tire guys in the country. All the racers @direvenasa and @nasagreatlakes are lucky to have his services on site at each event.
One thing that stands out is Baucom's gear selection and shift points. He is driving in "manual" mode, and you can see him trying different gears and shift points as he enters and exits corners, including short-shifting out of the slower corners (5-6 & 12-13) to leverage engine torque.
The fact that Baucom is probably driving at 85% because he is in one of his customers’ cars, not being able to enter the front straight at speed due to a pass in turn 18, and needing to pass three other cars during the lap, including one rather slow car in turns 9-10, makes one realize the incredible talent of pro drivers.
Yes, you read that correctly. A modern GT500 Mustang race car on 18” tires! Contact www.BaucomMotorsports.com to learn how to take your GT500 to an 18” platform.
We look forward to debuting this GT4 brake kit this weekend at the NASA Great Lakes 2024 Championship Round 5 race at PittRace. Come on out and see the www.MAPDataSystems.com GT500 race car and these incredible brakes!
We also considered running the AP Racing Radi-cal front kit which would enable an 18" wheel/tire platform. We run this brake kit on our #86 GT350 Mustang race car and are very happy with it. However, the Radi-cal brakes and rotors are just too small and light weight to dissipate all the heat generated by the weight and speed of a GT500.
@@MAPMotorsports awe no way man 🤦♂️. I’m such an a$$ for saying that . I had no idea , I appologize . And props to you for being able to still get out there and race 👏🤙😎. I was just expecting to hear that motor sing smoothly all the way to redline 👌.
Clean driving. Can you move your seat forward at all? It really looks like your arms are hitting full extension during turns, you would have a lot more control if you can keep your elbows bent.
You weren't the firs to go off there and you wont be the last lol. Trying to hang with Robin got you on that first little outing. Your second one is the same one that gets me. I never get that corner right.. Nice safe reaction and you got back on safe.. No harm no foul, nice driving.
Thanks. After going off 8 dozen million times trying to keep up with MUCH better drivers, I think I’ve finally learned how to re-enter the track without causing even more drama.
The 1:39.9 lap included very bad turns 1-2, very good turns 5-6, and very mediocre turns 7-11. Accordingly, we think we left a couple of seconds out on the track. Nonetheless, the team was happy to clock a 1:39, which was one of our goals for the weekend.
And yes, the entire field was way too strung out. The root cause was likely that we were told that all restarts would be at the stand in the front stretch, so everyone was thinking we had almost an entire lap to collect before the restart.
I would say this about the flags. As Robin always told us, the flags are the flags are the flags. The green flag did not override the yellow flag in turn 2. After turn two he was free to pass (assuming no yellow at start finish), or had there been no flag in turn two he would have been free to go. His spotter may have seen a green and assumed the track workers kept up, but you still cant pass if you have a yellow on display between you and that green. But its a good lesson to learn from. I know in Ozarks i have gotten a spotter green flag before making the final turn on a long field, you still have a flag between you and the start finish flag. I mean how did this driver know there wasn't a wreck out of turn 2 where he was? the turn one flag put you in lock down until you could confirm no flag at 2. Plus you can tell they saw the flag as they entered 2. They backed off a bit until he could confirm no yellow at start finish lol. Spotter may have given you good info on start finish, but you have to make the call where you are on track. I agree the term "Or" should be removed from the CCR. But your 19.3.1 and 20.13.1 cover your answer, while green is global, the yellow was local and both can exist and each be right. I would like to point out that your field was strung out way to much for a restart. Was there a reason for that? Restarts should be a tight field, single file. The rest of 19.3.6 "Drivers are NOT required to significantly slow their vehicles; however, they should be prepared to encounter a “local Yellow Flag” situation and/or a Pace Car (or a very slow-moving pack behind the Pace Car)". Yellow flags don't mean to slow down to pit lane speeds, they say back off the pace until you have complete control and can avoid anything, that's still a good pace through those fast sections of the track. Unless you had a pace car, then they set the speed. a bunched up field would help eliminate a situation like this as well. You all would have been through turn 2 as the leaders were getting the green. or at least a lot closer. Just my 2 cents..
To make this matter even more confusing, at the racer’s meeting that morning, the race director said that all restarts would take place at the finish line on the front stretch, not the starting line on the back stretch (where this restart took place).
thank you. Yes, the Camaro was really fast and was MUCH better than me through the back of the track as it had its Magnetic Ride suspension removed and replaced with a full-race coil-over setup. The driver (David) can really wheel a car!
Interestingly, the Dark Horses were all entered into the "unlimited" classes (TTU or STU) because none of them had time to get an official dyno to qualify them for a more appropriate race group such as ST2/ST3 or TT2/TT3.
At that time, the car weighed-in at a portly 4,161 pounds (race weight). We will provide updates on the car's weight as the remainder of the build continues. Our target is 3,800 pounds (race weight) which is going to be quite challenging.
This was not a commentary on speed. It was a compliment to the driver’s skill. I probably wouldn’t have made that save. CMC racers are some of the best drivers in NASA.
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Thanks, Brent. While we finished 1st in the AIX class, the Mid-Ohio event was difficult for the all the AIX competitors, including us as we battled an overheating transmission all weekend. However, one thing we didn't battle was the high winds we encountered on the way home due to the severe weather. With the ProPride 3P hitch, we sailed right through the storms without any trailer sway. One of the other competitors who was traveling with us had to pull over because his trailer was swaying so much (of course he doesn't have the 3P hitch).
Good observation and a fair critique. This is a new car for us this season and it currently has the stock wheel on it that is much different than the full-race Momo wheel on our GT350 from last year. As a street steering wheel, it’s darn good. But for a race car wheel, I’m still trying to get used to it.
