Catching up on some Pumpkin videos...

[Shoaz]

I've been swamped for months and got way behind on downloading and editing videos. Managed to get these done this weekend:

November, 2009, including a new TTE track record that still stands:

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A short clip from January 2010. I was very relieved to see the reappearance of the M3 in T9:

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[Ishodu]

That right there is some great driving.

 

[Shoman594]

Great videos Eric thanks for posting them.

 

[K-Dawg]

What, do you bring your tools with you so you can fix the car while on the racetrack?

 

[SHOclass]

Awesome videos, and good driving!
It seemed like you caught up to these cars in the turns and they pulled away from you in the straights. This seems backwards to me because you are racing smaller lighter cars. Any particular reason?

 

[SHOspazz92]

Awesome videos, and good driving!
It seemed like you caught up to these cars in the turns and they pulled away from you in the straights. This seems backwards to me because you are racing smaller lighter cars. Any particular reason?

It probably comes down to Driver experience and the fact that Eric knows that course like the back of his hand.

-Sam

 

[Shoaz]

Awesome videos, and good driving!
It seemed like you caught up to these cars in the turns and they pulled away from you in the straights. This seems backwards to me because you are racing smaller lighter cars. Any particular reason?

We're classed primarily by power-to-weight ratio, and the cars in front of me are two or three classes higher than I am. So their power-to-weight is much better than mine and they're expected to out-accelerate me. e.g., that 914 makes a little more power than the SHO (~200whp as opposed to ~188whp) and weighs about eight hundred pounds less. There's no way I can keep up with him in a drag race. Same for the Elise, he makes a little less power, but that car weighs almost nothing.

My minimum competition weight to stay in my class is 3374 lbs. It's a pig.

 

[SHOclass]

We're classed primarily by power-to-weight ratio, and the cars in front of me are two or three classes higher than I am. So their power-to-weight is much better than mine and they're expected to out-accelerate me. e.g., that 914 makes a little more power than the SHO (~200whp as opposed to ~188whp) and weighs about eight hundred pounds less. There's no way I can keep up with him in a drag race. Same for the Elise, he makes a little less power, but that car weighs almost nothing.

My minimum competition weight to stay in my class is 3374 lbs. It's a pig.

That makes a lot more sense to me now. I couldn't tell what you were racing against besides from the Lotus. That's very impressive considering the cars you were up against.

 

[platoribs]

Mmmmm... yeah... that's sweet!