Saturday, September 25, 2010
We're done...
We blew up...................
We are very bummed. I had just finished my stint and we wnet from 14th to 8th before handing the car over to Steve. About 30 mins into his stint, we threw a rod and now the car is sitting in the hairpin, with a pool of oil under her. We had a good run going and were working our way up... We are currently looking for options to fix it and run the 4-hour tomorrow...
stay tuned
(having trouble posting pics, should have some up soon)
We are very bummed. I had just finished my stint and we wnet from 14th to 8th before handing the car over to Steve. About 30 mins into his stint, we threw a rod and now the car is sitting in the hairpin, with a pool of oil under her. We had a good run going and were working our way up... We are currently looking for options to fix it and run the 4-hour tomorrow...
stay tuned
(having trouble posting pics, should have some up soon)
GREEN GREEN GREEN!
The green flag has flown and we are about 2 hours into the race. JD just exited the car, Diane is in. We took on 4 gallons of fuel. Johnny gets in in about an hour. We are praying for rain as the Paseo is amazing in it...
more pics comin
more pics comin
Friday, September 24, 2010
Load-in and Tech...
We finished up some prep on the car this morning and loaded up the rig and headed down the road to Sebring International Raceway. Our little Paseo passed tech inspection with ease. We met up with Steve and Diane and registered the team and talked strategy. Race starts @ 9:29am tomorrow morning and ends @ 9:00pm. Driving order will be: JD, Diane, Johnny, Steve.
We added a few things to our car for the race......... (and a competitor brought "Animal")
We added a few things to our car for the race......... (and a competitor brought "Animal")
Team TraKnights takes on Chumpcar's 11-hours & 31 minutes of Sebring.
Team TraKnights takes on Chumpcar's 11-hours & 31 minutes of Sebring. Driver lineup is identical to the TraKnight's 24-Hours of Lemons/Houston effort earlier this year. This includes Diane Mould, Steve Molnar, John Dean II, and Johnny Kanavas. Josh Kuen joins the team as crew for the event. Very similar to the 24-Hours of Lemons type racing, the team will pilot their mighty Toyota Paseo through just short of 12 hours on Saturday (Sept. 25), with an additional 4-hour endurance race on Sunday (for what cars remain).
Follow the effort here.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Prepping for Sebring...
TraKnights will be running their little Toyota Paseo in this weekend's Chumpcar "11-hours & 31-minutes of Sebring". We have been very busy prepping the car for the event and are pretty worn out. The rules are a bit different from 24-hours of Lemons events, so we have added things like a window net, removed all the glass except the windshield, and replaced our tires with a stickier set of Yokahamas.
Follow our effort live from the track on this website. The Green flag flies Saturday morning...
Follow our effort live from the track on this website. The Green flag flies Saturday morning...
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