Big Race This Weekend

[crash]

The 25 Hours of Thunderhill is this weekend.

Unfortunately the event is now a pay for access event. It used to be free for spectators.

Anyway, we will be there this weekend running the FFR PDG GTM.

[tucker298]

Good luck with the race! Thanks for representing our community so well!

[David Hodgkins]

Best of luck PDG!

So crash, hoping for top 5? Care to share how the car is testing? Prediction?

:)

[beeman]

Good luck! Looking forward to a great post-race report!

[crash]

Best of luck PDG!

So crash, hoping for top 5? Care to share how the car is testing? Prediction?

:)

If we didn't think we could win this race we wouldn't show up. It costs roughly $50,000 for us to run this race. JUST this one race.

We have been running two series all year and our focus is always on making the FFR PDG GTM faster and more reliable for the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. The car is now doing 150 MPH down the front straight and cornering speeds have increased significantly. 761 laps is the most ever covered by anyone at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill and was achieved by a GT3 Cup Porsche in 2009. We have the potential, with our current strategy, to run 765 laps. This race has a big luck factor involved, but with our strategy and a bit of luck, we are hoping to do very well this year. Rain is usually very good for us as the FFR PDG GTM is so well balanced, and there is a 50% chance of rain for the start of this race.

[johngeorge]

Best of luck guys and gals!!

[crash]

Thanks JG. I really miss you and Karen being out at this event. Those were the days...

[Jazzman]

We will all look forward to reading the full review of your race experience. We all hope the GTM will run flawlessly. Most importantly, be safe!

[johngeorge]

Check out this link which you can follow the action live all weekend. This year they have video livestreams, live timing, and updates posted often, and you can also watch the 2016 NASA 25hour recap 45min show.

https://nasaspeed.news/race-coverage/25-hours-of-thunderhill/follow-all-the-racing-action-live-from-the-2017-nasa-25-hours-of-thunderhill/

[beeman]

Thanks for the link, I'll try to catch some of the race!
Coldcock Whiskey... I'll have to look that one up!

[Fraser D]

Good luck this weekend team PDG.
Lets see you on the podium.
I will be trying to catch some of the race on the link.

[Taz Rules]

Good luck Crash. Don't live up to your name!

I'll check out that link. Go get 'em!

[Martin]

I spend way too much time following this race every year.


Solid race by a lot of teams this year by the look of it.
Martin

[beeman]

Been following along as well while I build my door bars. Looking great!

[johngeorge]

Outstanding job team PDG!! P3 in ES class is insane! And 5th overall!!!!

[Jim Haar]

Great Job Team PDG ! WAY TO CONSISTENTLY HANG IN THERE !!

[crash]

Thanks everybody!

The video production this year was WAY better than in the past. They tried to tell the entire story instead of just from a couple teams perspective. What you all didn't know, and I didn't either until I showed up at the track, was that we had our own live feed from inside the car going the entire 25 hours. Unfortunately the link info was not available before the race and I was too busy to do anything Friday when we found out we would carry the equipment on board. There might be a replay or maybe highlights available, I don't know, but it would be on https://live.racecast.me/. I think the one that pops up there is last years and they haven't put this years up for replay yet, but if it gets posted, it will be there.

We had a major break through this weekend as I have been trying to get this car over 150 MPH and under 1:50.00 lap times since pretty much when I started with PDG. While we had broken the 150 MPH marker quite a while ago, we just this weekend broke the 1:50 laptime barrier in qualifying with a 1:49.223. That was a huge milestone for us.

More later...work is calling. :)