SCCA Sebring Double National

[David Pintaric]

Initial entries (as of 02Dec10) in the Sebring double National (January 7-9, 2011) in STO:

4 Henry Gilbert Black 2004 Chevrolet Corvette Sports Car Driving Experience/Hooked on Driving/Kumho
40 David Pintaric Red 2006 Dodge Viper Kryderacing/Hoosier/Carbotech/WRP Investments
45 George Corso Red 2003 Nissan 350Z murrayauto.com, HD Radio, Humane Society of Broward County
47 Bruce Grout Blue 1999 Chevrolet Corvette Nationwide, JL, HOD,Old Port Cove
84 William Haney White 2009 Ferrari 430 Challenge Competizione & Sports Cars
92 Stan Wilson Red/Black 2006 Dodge Viper SRT-10 NetEvidence -Lux Performance
93 Rodney Williamson Red 1994 Ford Mustang Titanium Motorsports

I have been asked to carry a DL1 in my car for this event (and I have agreed) and to ask others to volunteer as well. The CRB is trying diligently to equal the field in STO (although I would say our Run Offs performance was pretty equal).

 

[Boxer12]

Good luck. Hard to believe the new season is upon us already. Man, you would think Sebring would get a lot more entries. The economy must be kicking the crap out of the racing world. Any new mods to the car over the 'winter?'

 

[David Pintaric]

Good luck. Hard to believe the new season is upon us already. Man, you would think Sebring would get a lot more entries. The economy must be kicking the crap out of the racing world. Any new mods to the car over the 'winter?'

The entry list will grow, this was when the window first opened up. I expect a pretty good field (12-15) of STO cars. Jerry Onks' Z06, Koenig's BMW, plus another Ferrari or two, and maybe a Gen 4 ACRx...maybe.

 

[3SRTsandGTS]

What are expected lap times for Sebring?

 

[David Pintaric]

What are expected lap times for Sebring?

Last year I ran 2:16.5 with my old T1 Viper (with weight taken out). With the new car that has more HP, I expect 2:14s, maybe faster.

 

[Boxer12]

What are expected lap times for Sebring?

In your ACRX? I think Kuno did a 2:09 last year in the test mule...something to shoot for, eh?

 

[3SRTsandGTS]

Correct, Kuno ran a 2:08.7 (I just happened to be at PRI and saw the times listed on an ACRX for sale). The Dodge Viper Cup's first event this year is at Sebring so it will be interesting to see how times compare.

 

[David Pintaric]

In your ACRX? I think Kuno did a 2:09 last year in the test mule...something to shoot for, eh?

My car isn't an ACRx. I make 530 at the rear wheels and run Hoosier DOT A compound tire versus 560ish and race slicks.

Plus, he's a pro...

 

[Boxer12]

My car isn't an ACRx. I make 530 at the rear wheels and run Hoosier DOT A compound tire versus 560ish and race slicks.

Plus, he's a pro...

I know David, I was referring to 3SRT, who has ACRX #7 according to his sig. They said the Michelin radials were worth 3 sec. at Sebring. You aren't that far off-- maybe. Do you have to run DOT tires in your class? Can't you run the Michelin? We can run them in NASA, but I don't due to the price and they don't participate in our contingencies program.

 

[David Pintaric]

I know David, I was referring to 3SRT, who has ACRX #7 according to his sig. They said the Michelin radials were worth 3 sec. at Sebring. You aren't that far off-- maybe. Do you have to run DOT tires in your class? Can't you run the Michelin? We can run them in NASA, but I don't due to the price and they don't participate in our contingencies program.

Yes, DOT tires are required in SCCA's STO class.

As I reflect back on things, maybe my laps times will be better this year than what I wrote initially. Last year I ran with a T1 setup and the motor only made 465 RWHP. This January I will be going with 65 more HP, an aero package (ACRx-like), better suspension, and better gearing. Plus I know the track better this time out.

Who knows? Maybe I am being too conservative. But we will see.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Good luck Dave.

 

[David Pintaric]

Updated (12/14) entries:

STO
4 Henry Gilbert Black 2004 Chevrolet Corvette Sports Car Driving Experience/Hooked on Driving/Kumho
5 Scott Tucker Black 2006 Ferrari 430
40 David Pintaric Red 2006 Dodge Viper Kryderacing/Hoosier/Carbotech/WRP Investments
45 George Corso Red 2003 Nissan 350Z murrayauto.com, HD Radio, Humane Society of Broward County
46 Gary Kachadurian blue/white 2005 BMW E46 Grey Fox Racing
47 Bruce Grout Blue 1999 Chevrolet Corvette Nationwide, JL, HOD,Old Port Cove
84 William Haney White 2009 Ferrari 430 Challenge Competizione & Sports Cars
92 Stan Wilson Red/Black 2006 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Goodyear-NetEvidence-Stilo-Lux Performance
93 Rodney Williamson Red 1994 Ford Mustang Titanium Motorsports
96 Jerry Onks Blk/white 2007 Chevy Corvette Z06 VetteSport,Wilwood Brakes,VanSteel,Hoosier Tire

 

[David Pintaric]

As of 12/15:

STO
4 Henry Gilbert Black 2004 Chevrolet Corvette Sports Car Driving Experience/Hooked on Driving/Kumho
5 Scott Tucker Black 2006 Ferrari 430
31 Eric Galerne Green 2010 Dodge Viper ACRX IUC Group
40 David Pintaric Red 2006 Dodge Viper Kryderacing/Hoosier/Carbotech/WRP Investments
45 George Corso Red 2003 Nissan 350Z murrayauto.com, HD Radio, Humane Society of Broward County
46 Gary Kachadurian blue/white 2005 BMW E46 Grey Fox Racing
47 Bruce Grout Blue 1999 Chevrolet Corvette Nationwide, JL, HOD,Old Port Cove
84 William Haney White 2009 Ferrari 430 Challenge Competizione & Sports Cars
92 Stan Wilson Red/Black 2006 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Goodyear-NetEvidence-Stilo-Lux Performance
93 Rodney Williamson Red 1994 Ford Mustang Titanium Motorsports
96 Jerry Onks Blk/white 2007 Chevy Corvette Z06 VetteSport,Wilwood Brakes,VanSteel,Hoosier Tire

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Three Vipers in the top ten. Good job!

 

[David Pintaric]

Three Vipers in the top ten. Good job!

The race is in January of 2011; this is the entry list as of 12/15. Sorry for not being clear.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

The race is in January of 2011; this is the entry list as of 12/15. Sorry for not being clear.

My bad. It was 7am. I'm blaming the early hour.

 

[Bill Pemberton Woodhouse]

Wow , looks like a killer race already. We know you are quick, but so is Stan Wilson and Scott Tucker. Believe Onks has done some quick times over the years too. Should be a ton of fun and definitely keep us posted --- qualifying, results ,etc.

Good luck to all you Snakecharmers!

Pretty cool Galerne is bringing his ACR-X out too!!

 

[David Pintaric]

Wow , looks like a killer race already. We know you are quick, but so is Stan Wilson and Scott Tucker. Believe Onks has done some quick times over the years too. Should be a ton of fun and definitely keep us posted --- qualifying, results ,etc.

Good luck to all you Snakecharmers!

Pretty cool Galerne is bringing his ACR-X out too!!

I have an edge...(yeah, right)...extra seat time. I am bought a Spec Miata to get extra seat time.

So, on one hand you have Scott Tucker getting lots and lots of seat time in his LMP2, and on the other you have David Pintaric getting lots and lots of seat time in his SM.

 

[Bill Pemberton Woodhouse]

Heh, don't knock it, Verges , Stan Wilson, & myself, we have all done plenty of Spec Miata ---- I think you have the edge , since the straight line speed gives you plenty of time to relax , write down notes for the turns, shift points ,etc. Scott will be too busy soiling his undies to take notes , hence you are way ahead on strategy!

 

[David Pintaric]

Heh, don't knock it, Verges , Stan Wilson, & myself, we have all done plenty of Spec Miata ---- I think you have the edge , since the straight line speed gives you plenty of time to relax , write down notes for the turns, shift points ,etc. Scott will be too busy soiling his undies to take notes , hence you are way ahead on strategy!

All joking aside, I actually think getting a SM is a very good idea. The additional seat alone time each weekend will help me hone my skills; add to that racing against 40+ other almost-exact cars will really push me to get better. I am truly expecting to get my butt kicked out there. But that's OK; it's all done to improve my abilities.

Another part of the equation is that I am renting a seat in a Continental Challenge RX8 ST car, so more seat time is enroute.

2011 is my year to improve.

 

[David Pintaric]

Looks like the first rac of 2011 is going to be a Viper-Ferrari-Vette-BMW shoot out. 3 Vipers (1 Gen 4 & 2 Gen 3), 4 430 Challenge Ferraris, 3 Corvettes, and 2 wild BMW M3s (one I know that is very fast, the other I don't know anything about). This should be fun, and what a cool grouping of cars.

 

[CCBrian]

In our region (NorPac), you can run a Comp Coupe in STO (with inlet restrictors)- is that true out that way? We can also run GT-1 on slicks and without the restrictor.

 

[David Pintaric]

In our region (NorPac), you can run a Comp Coupe in STO (with inlet restrictors)- is that true out that way? We can also run GT-1 on slicks and without the restrictor.

This is SCCA National, so if it can be done in California, it can be done in Florida. Although I believe the Comp Coupes need to run in WCGT trim (but I may be wrong on this).

 

[Tomball Dodge]

I have joined the STO SCCA and had my my Comp Coupe tech'd two weeks ago and will be joining you guys sometime this year. I was going to drive with Eric Galerne at Sebring but to much time awake form work and had to pick my venues. NARRA is weekend after the SCCA races. guys have fun and be safe times to shoot for are below. lap times from January's race below:

Results of Winterfest 2010 - Winterfest Races 2010 - Friday Race

PBOCDate Jan 14, 2010 7:55:00 PM
Track Sebring International Raceway (3.7 miles)
Event Winterfest 2010
Group Winterfest Races 2010
Best Lap Tm 2:04.833
In Lap 5
Best Speed 106.703
by Anthony Nicolosi

Classification Show results by class Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed
1 18 Richard Granofsky 29 2:07.10
2 661 Frankie Montecalvo 29 2:06.49
3 29 Ritchie Holt 29 2:11.937
4 33 Ben Keating 29 2:13.287
5 416 Michael Mills 29 2:15.99
6 166 Christian Zugel 28 Lap 2:13.364
7 4 Larry Lambert 29 2:10.793
8 006 Mike Iapaluccio 28 2:18.319
9 321 Peter Carroll 28 2:20.553
10 91 Bernie Katz 28 2:17.120
11 O2 Adel Elsayed 28 2:20.436
12 98 Russ Oasis 28 2:16.118
13 560 Flavio Quesada 28 2:16.470
14 3 Wayne Ducote 28 2:07.033
15 221 Vern Chevalier 28 2:20.718
16 17 Gary Tinker 28 2:28.639
17 42 Bob Turnage 28 2:20.956
18 49 Nathan Stokey 28 2:21.7
19 74 Tom Kerr 28 2:21.992
20 39 Rafael Betances 28 2:28.908
21 216 Kevin Rosenberger 28 2:08.884
DQ 661 Georg Nolte 28 2:20.187
23 251 Allan Lewis 27 Laps 2:23.233
24 114 Chris Burson 27 2:23.527
25 299 John Dimoff 27 2:22.692
26 28 Ira Rosner 27 2:31.706
27 908 Scott McKay 27 2:31.775
28 71 Rick Fergusson 27 2:31.009
29 22 Ben Madey 27 2:18.260
30 58 Dick Hunter 27 2:28.943
31 511 Isidore Papadopoulos 27 2:31.177
32 66 Tom Clarke 27 2:31.382
33 73 Lloyd Federle 27 2:32.009 34 19
Tim Vito 27 2:33.465
35 196 Chad Knoerr 27 2:24.356
36 12 Warren Cooper Alan alesi 27 2:37.447 37 222
Paul Janusauskas Jean Luc Bergeron 27 2:37.104
38 125 Christian Engle 27 2:37.485
39 881 Andrew Zimmermann 27 2:39.930
40 24 Michael Mathes 27 2:39.123
41 501 Richard Golinello 27 2:29.473


42 89 Ron Checca 272:40.526 27
43 135 Brad Adams 27 2:37.292
44 60 Richard Watson 27 2:41.177
45 5 Scott Hughes Erik Wennsberg 27 1:45.083
46 150 Charlie Lowrance 27 2:42.401
47 61 Susan Krohn 27 2:41.787
48 51 Chris Nussbaum 27 2:42.822
49 121 Peter Stolz 27 2:42.651
50 83 John Peterson 27 2:43.874
51 199 Jimmy Brunelle 26 3 Laps 2:33.443
52 14 John Wechsler 26 2:43.714
53 21 Michael Mammano 26 2:29.547
54 69 Susan Krohn 26 2:45.000
55 198 Paul Troup 26 2:46.975
56 41 Carlos Kauffmann 25 1:29:46.549 4 Laps 2:16.274
57 157 Serge Tousignant 23 Laps 2:36.734
58 146 Jose Blanco 22 Laps 2:19.032
59 75 Pat Cox 21 8 Laps 2:25.246
60 96 Daniel Mancini9 Laps 2:11.728
61 2 David Ducote 10 Laps 2:08.303
62 420 Brian Goldburg 18 11 Laps 2:17.032
63 1 Jim Stout 12 Laps 2:15.121
64 11 Richard Picut 13 Laps 2:36.768
65 53 Michael Hartley 16 2:15.951
DNF O9 David Hubbard 15 42:56.234 14 Laps 2:11.690 11 101.147
DNF O50 Baron Jacobs 15 50:33.613 7:37.379 2:28.999 11 89.397
DNF 72 Alberto Bagdadi 15 51:58.236 9:02.002 2:31.208 13 88.091
DNF 13 Dennis Bize 14 49:14.424 15 Laps 2:41.978 14 82.233
DNF 762 Scott Collins 13 39:55.291 16 Laps 2:30.401 11 88.563
DNF 62 Herbert Shipp 13 46:46.951 6:51.660 2:40.001 4 83.249
DNF 43 Daniel Goldburg 13 55:04.427 15:09.136 2:16.920 12 97.283
DNF 189 Fred Roberts 12 39:16.311 17 Laps 2:16.882 5 97.310
DNF 10 Kuno Wittmer 12 1:28:51.222 49:34.911 2:09.786 11 102.630
DNF 84 Michael Coppola 11 34:06.158 18 Laps 2:15.038 5 98.639
DNF 123 Craig Reynolds 10 31:37.079 19 Laps 2:10.143 5 102.349
DNF 31 Sonny Whelen 7 19:55.246 22 Laps 2:14.456 4 99.066
DNF 7 Anthony Nicolosi 6 15:19.372 23 Laps 2:04.833 5 106.703
DNF 823 Brian Anderson 6 17:09.749 1:50.377 2:34.246 5 86.356
DNF 122 Alex Clamon 4 11:22.516 25 Laps 2:19.690 4 95.354
DNF 188 James Hanrahan 4 12:41.217 1:18.701 2:43.089 2 81.673
DNF 32 Rich Wesorick 3 12:08.057 26 Laps 2:34.745 1 86.077
Not classified
DNS 88 Jim Bushert 0 31.475 29 Laps --:--:--.--- 0 -
DNS 50 Bob Varela 0 --:--:--.--- --:--:--.--- 0 -
DNS 37 Dave Kanahele 0 --:--:--.--- --:--:--.--- 0 -
DQ 8 Max Deangelis 27 1:30:51.469 2:25.675 18 91.436
DQ 87 Aaron Nash 27 1:32:16.786 2:42.392 13 82.024
DQ 81 Juan Gonzalez 18 50:51.227 2:18.130 5 96.431

 

[David Pintaric]

Sorry for the delay in providing a report, but last weekend was a tough one for me.

Saturday's race I qualified 2nd in STO, took the lead going into the first turn. I ended up DNFing because of a broken transmission. Lucky I didn't sell both of my spares, as I used the second one on Sunday.

Here are in-car videos from Saturday's race:

Laps 1-3:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5oylM7HHA4[/media]

Laps 4-6:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-IVCl7VODU[/media]

Laps 7-8:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAHP4UDM7Sg[/media]

 

[F8L SNK]

You were looking great out there too bad about the transmission. How did you fare on Sunday?

 

[David Pintaric]

You were looking great out there too bad about the transmission. How did you fare on Sunday?

Tried a pass for second at the end of lap one, but had to go wide entering Turn 17. Picked up some rubber that got on the exhaust and started a small fire (kinda like being a "little pregnant!), so I baled on the day. 2 laps at speed, one during a Full Course Yellow...live to fight another day.

 

[Boxer12]

Tough way to start the season...hope your bad luck is behind you. What was your best lap time?

 

[David Pintaric]

I qualified at a 2:14.3, fourth best in class. There's work to be done on the suspension, jsut cannot get the rear to work right at this time.

 

[bluestreak]

How much hp can you run in STO?