Most liked posts in thread: R56 JCW sets new MINI Track Record @ Streets of Willow (SOW)!!!

Camber plates. It was all in the camber plates.

Great job!

 

this might explain part of it.......

Eric Emmerson in the E&A Motorsports Acura Integra suffered an engine failure on his built turbo motor just prior to the event, but showed up with a stock engine and took home 2nd place with a 2:48.809.

was this the Alta/Cobb tuned car that you got the access port for??




what happened to Dez in the 800 @ the crank turbo R53?

Super Modified - FWD
1 69 BALLARD, DEZ 02:52.785

congrats on the track record

 

Nice to see a R56 setting records. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Good news seeing a R56 do this Mynes

 

maybe you should read your own website...........it says 800@ the crank..........

I see the days of fireball still linger........ some things are just hard to get rid of........

heck, I can't drive worth a darn......... but still the fastest NON pro driver around SOW with 6 track days....... maybe you want to race me around Sow?

 

Hey Jan, can we get back on topic? Not everything has to be a pissing contest between two PROFESSIONALS does it?

Or is that asking too much?

 

sorry Joe........

Mike wondered where I got the info..........directly off their ABF site.......

I'll let them go back to their own hype now..........

sorry to offend everyone.....

 

Thanks to one person this has all gone to hell.

Need some time to think of how to deal with all this. Only on 1st cup of coffee...

Thread closed till I can calm down and deal with it in a proper manner

 

Trash talk between racers is fine, however there are boundaries.

To use the racing analogy, lets keep it on the paved bits please.

Better yet....Opens Can of Worms(tm)

How about we try and figure out how we can get the same class of MINI on the same track at the same event from the various folks racing MINIs out there.

 

Tuner shootout! Find a suitable track, get a disinterested, third party driver, and let all the tuners bring whatever they want. Divide it into classes ... pure street, street/de, auto-x, track, etc. (Like what GRM does.)

 

This is a total rehash of "the sewing site" from last year.
Like most things internet based, nothing actually came of it.

Except chest thumping, pot shots, etc.

We won't even talk about the influence from the other side of the pond (drag race vs road race) etc. etc.

It's enough to make your head spin.

 

One day it may happen...

There are some things going on behind the curtains using back-channels...

Stay tuned

 

These things never settle anything. My younger brother and I used to have these arguments all the time to no avail. You can argue and test and race all you want, but until both parties are willing to accept the other may be better, a "winner" will never be declared. There are always excuses to be made, rematches under slightly more favorable conditions, and claims of unfair advantage. And besides, who wants to win this sort of thing? Then you're just stuck with a target on your back and the responsibility to "defend" your crown against all challengers, with no discernible spoils.

Frankly, the more tongue wagging I see, the more turned off I am. Go ahead and have your fun, but don't expect any sort of resolution to this useless trash talking.

 

Agree to a point Ben but isn't it just human nature for us in a competitive environment to talk a little smack, pound our chest a little and proclaim that we're the biggest Cock in the barn yard... Also isn't it natural that folks take sides, choose a team, root for a champion and do a little trash talk along the way? You see it everyday in the sporting world, I mean where would Ali have been if it wasn't for Frazier or Dallas if there weren't a Washington or heck close to home here, where would UNC be without Duke? I'm a Tarheel fan and I just love to hate Duke and thusly wish them never to go away...surely I didn't just say that, my father would disown me if he new. A problem arises though when it is taken to the extreme, made personal, like the time while attending a UNC/Duke game at Cameron indoor stadium and some over zealous Duke fans in the excitement of showing their support took it upon themselves to spit on the UNC fans.....way to personal for me and I shall never cast a shadow on that place again. But I can assure you that at the next game between them at the Smith center I will not spit on anyone...shout a few obscenities if we're behind but spit on anyone? No.

So I say carry on, the competition can be fun and productive in developing new stuff that makes our little cars go faster......but with less saliva please.......

Just me....
LOL

 

Thread was headed south. I've cleaned a few things out of it that really had no bearings and moved it back to being live.

 

Mark, the difference is that Ali actually fought Frazier.

Ali fought a lot of guys and won most of the time. It was his style of fighting that made people pay attention to his poetry, not the other way around. I'd love to see a little M/A Challenge Series, but if the trash talking is the main event, you can count me out.

 

Agree!