FFR Invitational at MidOhio Aug 23-25, 2013

[johngeorge]

Hi all,

FFR Challenge series competitors want to send a warm invite to all FFR owners in and around MidOhio Sports Car Course (Mansfield/Lexington, OH) to spectate, and even participate in the National Auto Sport Association's Great Lakes region event at MidOhio August 23-25, 2013.

After a long days racing at VIR in March, we got to talking over dinner about how great it would be to have a bunch of FFR cars (Coups, Roadsters, GTM, Hotrods, 818R, Challenge cars spec legal and non-spec legal) on track, all racing for fun! Then we got to thinking why not make a bigger event and invite fellow street FFR's to come join in the fun and experience the great atmosphere and camaraderie we all enjoy at each race event.

So here are the official invites to the first ever FFR Invitational:

To all racers, we cordially invite you to come to MidOhio Aug 23-25 for some fun races with us Saturday and Sunday Aug 24-25, (optional test day Fri Aug 23). Racers must hold a competition license and their cars must be able to pass NASA race tech. We would love to see all makes of FFR's on track racing wheel-to-wheel with the fastest FFR overall winning a very fancy and unique plastic trophy :)

To all spectators, come watch FFR's driving flat out on a world famous and very scenic racetrack, MidOhio, Saturday and Sunday Aug 24-25, 2013, experience the pits where racers fine-tune their machinery, eat some great track food, and listen to competitors race stories.

Please RSVP so we know how many people to expect, you can come for the day or stay the whole weekend as camping is allowed. Looking forward to seeing everyone in August.

Links to more info:
NASA Great Lakes MidOhio Event Page and link to register for event - http://nasagreatlakes.com/season/?page=EventInfo&eventid=25725
MidOhio Racetrack - http://www.midohio.com
NASA Pro Racing - http://nasaproracing.com/

[mhoward1]

Plan on being there

[Someday I Suppose]

John, this looks like a fun time for sure. Any chance of setting up parade laps for the non race guys?

[Tuck60]

I plan on being there

[johngeorge]

5 racers already registered! who else is in?

[flickery8]

GTM #72, which is almost done :), will be there for hpde 1.

Gary



Hi all,

FFR Challenge series competitors want to send a warm invite to all FFR owners in and around MidOhio Sports Car Course (Mansfield/Lexington, OH) to spectate, and even participate in the National Auto Sport Association's Great Lakes region event at MidOhio August 23-25, 2013.

After a long days racing at VIR in March, we got to talking over dinner about how great it would be to have a bunch of FFR cars (Coups, Roadsters, GTM, Hotrods, 818R, Challenge cars spec legal and non-spec legal) on track, all racing for fun! Then we got to thinking why not make a bigger event and invite fellow street FFR's to come join in the fun and experience the great atmosphere and camaraderie we all enjoy at each race event.

So here are the official invites to the first ever FFR Invitational:

To all racers, we cordially invite you to come to MidOhio Aug 23-25 for some fun races with us Saturday and Sunday Aug 24-25, (optional test day Fri Aug 23). Racers must hold a competition license and their cars must be able to pass NASA race tech. We would love to see all makes of FFR's on track racing wheel-to-wheel with the fastest FFR overall winning a very fancy and unique plastic trophy :)

To all spectators, come watch FFR's driving flat out on a world famous and very scenic racetrack, MidOhio, Saturday and Sunday Aug 24-25, 2013, experience the pits where racers fine-tune their machinery, eat some great track food, and listen to competitors race stories.

Please RSVP so we know how many people to expect, you can come for the day or stay the whole weekend as camping is allowed. Looking forward to seeing everyone in August.

Links to more info:
NASA Great Lakes MidOhio Event Page and link to register for event - http://nasagreatlakes.com/season/?page=EventInfo&eventid=25725
MidOhio Racetrack - http://www.midohio.com
NASA Pro Racing - http://nasaproracing.com/

[flickery8]

John, this looks like a fun time for sure. Any chance of setting up parade laps for the non race guys?
Here here. GTM #72 will be there for hpde 1 runs friday-sunday,

[johngeorge]

excellent! there will be 10 FFR cars racing in the Thunder race group :)

[mhoward1]

Sorry I am now going to miss this. Sounds like fun for all.

[johngeorge]

Sorry I am now going to miss this. Sounds like fun for all.

still lame Marty :)

[mhoward1]

:p

and yes it is.

;)

[avgjoe]

Can't wait to hear all the nitty gritty and see some video.

[Mark Dougherty]

oh man
What a good time in Ohio this last weekend.
The cars were fast. The crew Brendan and myself worked long hours.
There was an incredible GTM there but I am not sure he ran. something about tech.
You guys should have been there.
I will let John do his write up.

[johngeorge]

Great time had by all! Ill work on the race report this week.

But for now, here is my Saturday's incar race https://vimeo.com/73188026
(new Gopro Hero3, 1080p, laptop not good anymore for doing video editing, takes 3hrs vs 30min on my pc!)

[FFRSpec72]

laptop not good anymore for doing video editing, takes 3hrs vs 30min on my pc!

John, time to move up past the 8088 processor of the 80's, it's like running a the Ford Pinto 1.3L engine in the cobra

[johngeorge]

Ive reached my upload video limit on vimeo, 5GB is not enough when you are doing multiple 30-40min of 1080p videos!

In anycase, here is friday test/tune front upper control arm braking while braking for turn 2 https://vimeo.com/73260903

[FFRSpec72]

Close call with that Porsche in front of you, strange that the mount broke and right then when there was not as much stress as through the corner, did you figure out why? Was this at the frame or ball joint?

[avgjoe]

2 upper control arms in one weekend? Any common cause?

Thanks for posting the videos. Hope you post the Matrix Race on the short course.

[johngeorge]

Nothing broke per say, the two lock clips at the end of the bar were missing, and it did happen under heavy braking..
http://www.johngeorgeracing.com/gallery/albums/midohioaug13/IMG_6285.sized.jpg

[johngeorge]

Rafe's failure is this:

http://www.johngeorgeracing.com/gallery/albums/midohioaug13/IMG_6373.sized.jpg

[Mark Dougherty]

Don't forget Wayne also bent a upper arm during this weekends racing.
a lot of work for all involved.

[johngeorge]

Mark, you are correct, but Wayne got hit by another car.. Rafe and my failure happened all by themselves without outside forces at work.

More incar videos from Saturday!
Matrix race #1 https://vimeo.com/73344483 (MidOhio Short Course!)
Matrix race #2 https://vimeo.com/73346084 (MidOhio Short Course!)

[Mark Dougherty]

You know john
If you slowed down you probably wouldn't break so many parts.
;)

[avgjoe]

Good stuff! Thanks John.

I agree w/ Mark. Slow down.

[johngeorge]

Sunday race video: https://vimeo.com/73688315

Report to come soon :)

[Tuck60]

I check mine and they are secured with nuts; how old are those?


Nothing broke per say, the two lock clips at the end of the bar were missing, and it did happen under heavy braking..
http://www.johngeorgeracing.com/gallery/albums/midohioaug13/IMG_6285.sized.jpg

[johngeorge]

Finally got finished writing the race report, read all about it here:
http://www.johngeorgeracing.com/wordpress/2013/08/25/race-report-midohio-aug-2013/