CMC2 at CA Speedway
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CMC2 at CA Speedway Pics taken with a cheap Panasonic point and shoot, with some of them having minor Photoshop editing (excluding the last one as far as "minor" goes... it was originally blurry and awful anyways)
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Why does road racers always booger the cars up with stickers and/or ridiculous paint jobs? Is there a purpose in it? I've never seen a car built for road racing and said "DAMN, thats a bad ride"..
Im not tryin to crack on anyones car, I'd like to just know....
Im not tryin to crack on anyones car, I'd like to just know....
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Also, when it has a unique paint job, it's easier for bystanders and your pit crew to track you and your progress.
The stickers are typically required by the event sponsors and organizers, but it never hurts to use them to cover up body damage.
Nice pictures!
Did you watch any of the other races? In the group with all the Porsche's and BMW's a guy I've raced a couple times was going through the hairpin with a double yellow out and a navy blue porsche came in and took him and 2 others out just plowing through them...any chance you saw that or heard about what happened?
Did you watch any of the other races? In the group with all the Porsche's and BMW's a guy I've raced a couple times was going through the hairpin with a double yellow out and a navy blue porsche came in and took him and 2 others out just plowing through them...any chance you saw that or heard about what happened?
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Nice pictures!
Did you watch any of the other races? In the group with all the Porsche's and BMW's a guy I've raced a couple times was going through the hairpin with a double yellow out and a navy blue porsche came in and took him and 2 others out just plowing through them...any chance you saw that or heard about what happened?
Did you watch any of the other races? In the group with all the Porsche's and BMW's a guy I've raced a couple times was going through the hairpin with a double yellow out and a navy blue porsche came in and took him and 2 others out just plowing through them...any chance you saw that or heard about what happened?
Unfortunately, no - I didn't hear anything about the blue Porsche... There was a Civic that bashed in the door to an Integra in the Sunday Group C race, but that's about all I heard..
What? I only see Camaros. Do you mean the yellow camaro with the full body kit?
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Yep, the bridge has some decent shooting angles but to get the others I had to walk a bit. Not sure how he lost it. I think he tried following the kink instead of the driving line, and lost control, overcorrected and then slid onto the dirt, did a few spins, and slid into the wall with the front drivers side. It was about a 1MPH collision so all that happened was a slightly dented fender where it meets the bumper, and some missing paint. No mechanical damage, and he was out racing the next day. Apparently he got it on the in-car camera - I can't wait to see what happened...
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Nice shots Lee, great meeting you guys (mine's the #36 LT1). Here's a link to Sunday's Lap 1. Prolly my worst start ever, but I ended up 3rd, so it wasn't that bad. 
Yep, the bridge has some decent shooting angles but to get the others I had to walk a bit. Not sure how he lost it. I think he tried following the kink instead of the driving line, and lost control, overcorrected and then slid onto the dirt, did a few spins, and slid into the wall with the front drivers side. It was about a 1MPH collision so all that happened was a slightly dented fender where it meets the bumper, and some missing paint. No mechanical damage, and he was out racing the next day. Apparently he got it on the in-car camera - I can't wait to see what happened...
thats a big OOOPS!!this is the incident i was referring to, on board with the guy I know:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6a688YBf3U
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That's pretty cool! Interesting how nobody's all pissed at each other and they just motor on through. I'm thinking these guys are weekend warriors and they just F'ed up their porsche but oh well!!
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Well, it's not like they usually unstrap their safety equipment and climb out of their cars and start fist-fighting on the grass... LOL
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These videos are deceiving from the interwebs point of view. CA Speedway is so big, there's no speed references. We're nearing 150 on the front and 140's in T1 and T2. My right side rib area was bruised first time I was there (from the seat digging in).
That area where the boneheaded Porsche comes through is the slowest part of the track, prolly around 50 (I'm too busy to look down there).
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/848/p1050405e.jpg
The number is obvious.
"CMC2", "TTC" are classifications.
"NASA" and "Toyo" are required by rule as they are the sanctioning body and series sponsor respectively.
I also see a "Grassroots Motorsports" sticker. Chances are good you'll get your car in a magazine
I see a "Racer's Wholesal" decal ... that a race contingency sponsor as is "Carbotech" just below it.
Not sure what's on the C-Pillar, but probably more of the same.
The contingencies significantly offset the cost of racing. And you don;t necessarily have to win or even podium.
The color schemes are done that way to draw attention to the car and thus the sponsor decals.