LAGUNA SECA 2012 / GRAND AM ROLEX SERIES

John Stafford · Joined: 23 Jul 2001 Posts: 251 Location: Danville, Ca

Harry Marsh's Anderson is for sale....

Motor built by who???

Good luck to all you boys, wish I was there Sad

Sam Zavaglia · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:04 pm Post subject:

John Benson · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:27 pm Post subject:

John you work to much! Very Happy

And Sam, I was thinking the same thing, then again, those Englishmen like to drink abit, maybe they got started early! Monterey is a pretty cool place to do that. Razz

John Stafford · Joined: 23 Jul 2001 Posts: 251 Location: Danville, Ca

Look who's talking Mr. Benson!

Actually it isn't work that's keeping me home this time.
It's a badly broken engine from Buttonwillow that I couldn't
get back in one piece in time.

John Benson · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject:

Oh man , mine is sitting in a box ready to go, you could have used it! And dont, believe what you here about the '05's not being fast. Wink

Ian Harrison · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:45 pm Post subject:

Hi Guys

OK the free wi-fi has been discontinued and now we have to pay!!

Everything is looking good so far, we had 3 practice sessions in quick succession yesterday and have had one this morning.

2 more today at 1.30pm and 1st quali at around 4.45pm

I haven't seen any big disasters yet and everyone is enjoying the sunshine, although a bit breezy today.

Sam, Dean is using his det counter and your harness. It's all good and working well.

We have a bit of a problem with part throttle detonation, so have made a few changes that will help with this, Dean is also complaining of poor braking performance (and using the engine to supplement them). Consistant 12,800 on the downchange is a little excessive.

JR had a bad misfire this morning, so Ted has changed the full ignition system and we'll have to see what happens in the next session.

Looks like Karl Wilson is quickest so far, his Anderson/DEA sounding sweet and the boys are just getting it dialled in.

More later,

Best Regards

Ian Very Happy

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Ian Harrison · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:16 pm Post subject:

Hi Guys

Out for quali in 30 minutes.

Top 3 in the last practice were:

Karl Wilson in the 1:28's (Anderson/DEA FE)
Dean Martin in the 1:33s (Anderson/Viper Honda)
Anthony Williams in the 1:34s (Anderson/Rotax 257)

JR was still struggling with the Anderson GasGas, but it looks like he may now have it sorted. A change of carburettor and sorting out an "air-in-the-fuel" issue, should see him in good shape for quali.

Below you can see Ted Dale , with the white decal on his shirt acknowledging the fact that Hondas are indeed the No: 1 single Wink

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Dean will be starting quali with a new set of Hoosiers installed and running the same curve we ran in practice. The plan is to set a time on that setup, then try a couple of laps on an alternative ignition curve and perhaps a change to a larger main jet at the end of the session, if we get time.

We sorted the partial throttle detonation and are now just seeing a few dets at the end of the fastest straights.

More after quali

Best Regards

Ian Very Happy

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Ian Harrison · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject:

Hi Guys

Top 5 from quali:

1. J R Osborne (Anderson/GasGas): 1:27.387
2. Karl Wilson (Anderson/DEA): 1:28.108
3. Dean Martin: (Anderson/Viper Honda): 1:32.640
4. James Ingram: (Anderson/GasGas): 1:32.713
5. Anthony Williams (Anderson/Rotax 257): 1:33.519

Best Regards

Ian Very Happy

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alan speyrer · Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 1329

GO JR !

Ian Harrison · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:40 pm Post subject:

Hi Guys

What a boll**ks.

Karl and JR went good. We had problems with Dean's kart. 25 minutes on track with a massive and increasing missfire problem, them a full day working on the kart Confused

So race results for today were:

1. Karl Wilson
2. J R Osborne
3. Anthony Williams
4. Dean Martin
.
Best of luck to all drivers, tomorrow.

Morning warm-up at 09:30am
Main race at 16:30pm

Best Rgards

Ian Very Happy

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Ian Harrison · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:14 am Post subject:

Hi Guys

Morning warm-up is completed. Not everyone took to the track, but those that did were mainly scrubbing in tyres or checking alterations made since yesterday's race.

JR set the fastest time of the weekend so far in the 1:26's, so looking good for the main event.

Finishing order of race one was:

1st Karl Wilson
2nd J R Osborne (Jr was running in a new piston in the race and just gradually worked his way up to 2nd as his pace increased).
3rd Anthony Williams
4th Dean Martin (who suffered a worsening misfire attributed to a faulty quickshifter and confirmed as cured in the morning warm-up).
4th Jim Ingram

Best Regrds

Ian Very Happy

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Allan Litten · Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 53

Thanks for the Live informative reports Ian - How is Eddie doing?

Sam Zavaglia · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:47 pm Post subject:

Just got off the phone to Ted, I know their game plan for the race. Wink

Ted tells me his giving them Kiwi's heaps.....good on ya Ted.
Good luck everyone.

Allan,
I understand Eddie and Wayne went to Japan for a Yamaha thingy 5 days ago and couldn't make it to Laguna.
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Sam Zavaglia · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:43 pm Post subject:

Hot off the phone to Ted, JR and Karl Wilson were having a great race, JR was in front with 4 laps to go and put a hole in his piston.
JR did the fastest race laptime plus put his kart on Pole Position in Qual using a GAS GAS.
Karl Wilson from NZ won the race with his DEA, congratulations to Karl Wilson, my understanding his kart went like clockwork all weekend.

Dean Martin won the ICE class with his Viper Racing Honda CR250, congrats Dean.

That's all I know for now.
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Ian Harrison · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:23 pm Post subject:

Hi Guys

Overall
1. Karl Wilson (Anderson/DEA)
2. Dean Martin (Anderson/Viper Honda)
3. James Ingram (Anderson/GasGas)

FE
1. Karl Wilson
2. Luis Gularte

Super ICE
1. James Ingram
2. Herach Haroutunians
3. J R Osborne

ICE
1. Dean Martin
2. Ryen Miller
3. Eric Johnson

Fastest Laps

Overall and Super ICE: J R Osborne 1:28.006
FE: Karl Wilson: 1:28.142
ICE: Dean Martin: 1:31.027

Great racing with great friends. Happy to be a part of it all.

Best Regards

Ian Very Happy

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Viper Racing UK
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+44 161 343 2009
Championship winning Superkart race team 1997-2012