Congrats to the OLC Team

[Tom.A]

I am sure many have been following on the other board but just in case you missed it, James & Dave finished in first place in the vintage class :thumbsup:

http://www.onelapcamaro.com/main2010.html

http://www.onelapofamerica.com/history/2010/results/showResults.shtml?y=2010&res=VINTAMER

Congrats guy's

[camcojb]

yep, been checking it out several times a day. That is awesome. It's incredible to even finish, much less win your class............... :thumbsup:

Jody

[tones2SS]

Very cool. Congrats to those guys!:cheers: :cheers:

[ccracin]

Congrats James and David! Outstanding job!:woot: :lateral:

[Matt@BOS]

Congrats guys! I'll have to break out my my t-shirt in your honor :lol: I can only begin to imagine the work you've put in over the last year and change. David, I remember meeting in San Diego last summer when you were running around frantically, and I'm guessing you haven't stopped since then. I'm really glad to see you guys finish, let alone win your class. Both are major accomplishments.

Matt

[buickfunnycar.com]

It's incredible to even finish, much less win your class............... :thumbsup:

Unfrickingbelievable...:wow: :thumbsup: :hail: :willy: :bow: :faint: :cheers: :woot:

[buickfunnycar.com]

Congrats guys! I've have to break out my my t-shirt in your honor :lol:

Wore mine tonight at dinner in their honor,Mary says you missed out Dave...:yes:

[Steve1968LS2]

Congrats to team OLC.. it was a tough haul but you made it to the end.. winning your class was simply icing on the cake.

[Spiffav8]

James doesn't mess around. He built one hell of a car and team. It's well deserved. It was a good setup from start to finish and I am glad I've been able to watch it all come together. It's been a lot of fun.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[XcYZ]

I didn't know that. Congrats you guys.

[Rybar]

Congrats to James and David, I know you guys have worked extremely hard on this. :thumbsup:

[itsals1]

:hail: :hail: :bow: :bow: :cheers: :cheers:

Travis

[tobenk]

Congrats James and David. Im sure yal enjoyed every mile.

[Blake Foster]

nice work
after a couple years of planning testing and practice it is nice to see a plan come together glad we could be a very small part of it.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Not bad for a Camaro...:D Good job guys!!

[Stuart Adams]

Great job guys. That's awesome.

[BBC71Nova]

Congrats on bringing it home!

John

[98ssnova]

very cool I was watching over on PT very cool to see one of guys win the class.:lateral: :cheers: :woot:

[David Pozzi]

I'm just getting my sanity back after an exhausting week!
A few thoughts are:

1. Without the support and help of many people, we could not have done this event, or would surely not done as well.

2. This was something I knew would be tough, but rewarding, something I could look back on and be glad I did it.

3. This was an "easy" year, "only" 3500 miles, other years have been up to 6000 miles, with 900 mile days instead of "only" 500 mile days. Also we didn't have to drive on track in the rain, where we have zero experience.

4. James built an awesome car and I helped him refine it and test it. We made a good team. James did an outstanding job driving OLC on new tracks against veteran drivers.

5. All the competitors were super nice, and hanging out with Mr Angry and his buds was pure fun! I'm sure they think I'm the dullest guy around because I didn't have much to say, - I was so tired most of the time that I didn't initiate much conversation.

6. Wednesday afternoon I got dehydrated bad, I nearly passed out, and was pretty wiped out all day Thursday from it. I was not drinking enough water when on the road so we wouldn't have to stop along the highway for any extra bathroom breaks, - not a good plan. By Friday I got back to a more normal kind of just-tired state. Those that saw me Thursday probably wondered if I was going to make it to the end! Once we got tired and behind schedule, we didn't eat regular meals, and just bought finger food at the gas station, and burgers at the track for lunch. You can do this for a day or two, but do it for a week, and it will catch up to you. I have a new-found respect for anyone who completes this event!
David

[ElkyZO6]

Congrats to both of you on completing it in one piece. I had a blast talking to you guys and watching you run around Hallett. If anyone gets a chance to see the car and talk to them you have to they are two down to earth guys and super nice. Hope I can see you two at another event someday.:lateral:

[James OLC]

I’ve edited and downloaded a bunch of the videos from the One Lap of America and am trying to sort through a bunch of the pictures that we took from the event. Unfortunately, (or in this case – for me – fortunately) “real life” is taking a priority over other things for a couple of days. Until things sort them selves out you’ll have to enjoy the videos for now…

For what it’s worth…

The structure of the One Lap events is 1 recon lap which originates in the pits after which you stop at the start/finish line on track. Once all of the cars have stopped on track you are given 3 timed laps - the combined time of all three laps is your time for the event. Following the timed lap you get one cool down lap. One of the most difficult things about this format is Turn 1 - you never get an opportunity to experience Turn 1 at speed until your second lap... you miss it on your warm up lap and you are still accelerating on your first lap. The other thing that is difficult is that if you don't know the track (and David and I didn't know any of them except from second hand sources) you have to be aggressive on your recon lap to get a feel for braking and shifting zones... enjoy...

Event #1 Wet Skid Pad at Tire Rack
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Event #2 Road America Long Course (David Driving)
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Telemetry showed that David was doing 145 mph on the rev limiter at the end of the straights

Event #3 Road America Short Course (James Driving)
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Event #5 Mid America Motorplex (James Driving)
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(Event #4 and #5 were both at Mid America – David drove the first session and I drove the 2nd. This was the “fun” strategy as it didn’t allow either of to become comfortable on a circuit or use any of what we learned on the previous run to improve)

Event #5 Mid America Motorplex (James Driving)- splittervision
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Event #6 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit (David Driving)
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Hallett (Events #6 and #7) was one of our best road course outings – we were still reasonably fresh and the track was almost ideally suited to the gearing of the car. This run was good for 14th overall on the day which was an outstanding result.

Event #6 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit (David Driving) - SplitterVision
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Event #9 Tulsa Raceway Park
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Events #8 and #9 were held on the drag strip at Tulsa Raceway Park. #8 was a one shot low ET pass that I messed up completely (there is video but it’s not anything you want to see). #9 was a bracket race and I was fortunate to get a bye run and put down a spinning 12.34 at 119 mph. I was really worried about breaking the car on this one – hence the slower time. The car should easily run in the 11’s with a bit of work on the launch

Events #10 and #11 were on the roval at Gateway International – I’m still trying to see if we got any video that day but we had about a million other things on our mind that day so I’m not sure if we got anything useful.

Event #12 Mid Ohio Sports Car Course (David Driving)
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Events #12 and #13 were at Mid Ohio. David was starting to feel a little under weather after these runs.

Event #14 Lightning Course New Jersey Motorsports park (David Driving)
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Event #15 Lightning Course NJMP (James Driving) - this is the wrong way to do this course...
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Comparing the two videos I can see that I downshifted way to late and was turning while the back end was still too light. Lesson learned.

Event #16 - Nelson Ledges Road Course (David Driving)
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#16 and #17 were on the very unique circuit at Nelson Ledges- a huge change from New Jersey Motorsports Park the day before.

Event #18 "Dry" Skid Pad - Tire Rack Headquarters
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This was supposed to be a dry run but it had rained the day and night before and was about 37 degrees that morning. Not too bad but a big change from the awesome weather we had enjoyed for the week before.

[i]A side not about some of the other drivers in the event… the 1st place car in the 2010 One Lap of America was a Porsche GT2 driven by Leh Keen who is defending GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series GT co-champion and, as soon as the OLoA wrapped up was on a plane heading for Germany where he is running in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring… at last report – he was winning…[/i}

Gotta run…