Pumpkin vids...

[Shoaz]

I posted this elsewhere as well, but thought I'd include it here to reach the fan base as well.

I took the Pumpkin to an event at Firebird Main last Sunday. Here are some relevant vids from the in-car cam (they're not too exciting, just clear laps):

Fastest lap of the day.

Four laps in the last session (fastest was the third of this bunch, I think)

Enjoy.

 

[NJSHO]

Do those batting gloves actually work? I may have to dig my old ones out. Also, are you heal toeing when down shifting?

 

[F-22 Raptor SHO]

man from the camera's point of view, it looks like you are only inches from hitting the wall. Now I know why you always ride with others to the pizza place when we are at Tom's.

 

[nik97]

You got skills! Those are the sweetest SHO vids I've seen. Good stuff. What is required to go race your'e car like that at firebird?

 

[DVJ38]

Nice videos man! Pretty sweet driving. I'd be curious as to what you could do with some go kart racing. I went the other day and had a blast ripping around those turns. I had a coupon buy 1 race get 1 free. So I ended up paying 25 bucks for 25 min.'s of racing. Deffintly worth it!

 

[Shoaz]

Do those batting gloves actually work? I may have to dig my old ones out. Also, are you heal toeing when down shifting?

Yes, they're nice because they're thin so that you can feel what's going on, they're well-ventilated, and they're reasonably inexpensive and easy to find. I've used them for years for track stuff, go-karts, etc.

And yes, I always heel-toe, even on the street.

You got skills! Those are the sweetest SHO vids I've seen. Good stuff. What is required to go race your'e car like that at firebird?

Thanks! For the street groups just the usual track safety stuff...no cord showing on the tires, no loose stuff, etc. You also need a good helmet.

Nice videos man! Pretty sweet driving. I'd be curious as to what you could do with some go kart racing. I went the other day and had a blast ripping around those turns. I had a coupon buy 1 race get 1 free. So I ended up paying 25 bucks for 25 min.'s of racing. Deffintly worth it!

I go to F1 Race Factory fairly frequently. Is that where you went? They keep changing the left track so it's hard to compare times, but I have my time sheets from every time that I've been there.

 

[shoguy311]

I just went to F1 for the first time last week. It was pretty cool, the employees need to relax a little bit, but it was fun. We should get some more of those buy 1 get 1 coupons and have a AZSHO day at the go karts.

Sweet videos Eric. Firebird is pretty close to me and I would love to go watch some laps in person some time.

 

[DVJ38]

I go to F1 Race Factory fairly frequently. Is that where you went? They keep changing the left track so it's hard to compare times, but I have my time sheets from every time that I've been there.

No, I went to Speed Street out in Glendale. www.speedstreetindoorracetrack.com My lap times were in the 44-47 second range. Haha, I'm almost positive you're a better driver than me, but don't forget I have a better power to weight ratio!

I'd be up for some azshoclub go kart racing!