Superformance MKII, Riverside Racer 289 FIA vintage race car

[Mark IV]

Our "hero driver" on Sunday at our display. Thanks Jim for a good showing and helping to promote vintage racing/

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by Mark IV

Our "hero driver" on Sunday at our display. Thanks Jim for a good showing and helping to promote vintage racing/

And this is the guy who with his wife Brenda, served dinner of homemade sauce and pasta for over 30 people on Saturday night. The Watkins garage was filled with Jim's friends, fellow racers and the entire Olthoff Racing crew (yes, Allison go a night off from catering!) all enjoying a delicious meal and some serious bench racing! There was perhaps a bit of wine drunk with the meal but is was well more than 8 hours bottle to throttle so all was well.


A successful weekend and a great time. More pictures to come.

[1795]

I have two videos from the time trials. I wish that I had a rear facing camera, because a lot of the video at times shows an empty field in front of me and it looks like I am running by myself. What it does not show are the Mustangs and Corvettes that I am holding off. Had a lot of tight competition with a 66 Mustang, a GT350 and some early 70's corvettes.

In both videos, the sessions ended with a black flag all and we had to return to the paddocks. In the first video it is because a corvette started dropping oil on the track. Also, my line in the first video on the back straight prior to the bus stop is a little off as in a prior race someone dropped a lot of oil on the outside edge of the track and it was covered in speedi dry (you will see white powder on the outside edge) and it was quite slippery on it, so I had to alter my line.

In the second video the session ended due to a crash coming out of the toe of the boot. One of the participants was in the garage bay next to me, he was driving a corvette. According to him another corvette, that you will see on the right, broke his shifter linkage and pulled over onto the grass. The guy next to me was chasing down a Mustang and right about where the corvette was parked the Mustang's rear broke loose and he got sideways. The Corvette tried to avoid him and then realized that he would hit the parked corvette and turned towards the opposite side of the track heading towards the wall so that he would not hit the parked car. At that time, an E type Jag decided to make a move and pass all of them on the left. The Corvette and the Jag collided and you can see the aftermath on the track.

So, for both videos, once you see me slow down and go by the wreckage, you might as well stop watching, pretty boring views of me heading back to the garage. Looking forward to comment and suggestions. Do wish that I had video of the Enduro.

by the way, trying to decide if I go to Virginia International Raceway for the race next Wednesday. North Carolina and Virginia are going to be hit by a hurricane soon and I am not sure if the race will be on or not. Dennis Olthoff thinks that the worst of it will be done by the endow Saturday. He will let me know if it looks good. Byron is checking for me as well.

https://youtu.be/VmcEpoliP68

https://youtu.be/Yhe-zLEIDwo

Jim

[Mark IV]

Jim,

While some will say "gee, he got passed a lot!" they don't realize you are running a very mild motor compared to the "hand grenades" the big budget vintage guys are using. All in all, a very good weekend. All races finished with the car intact for the next race and lap times falling with every session.

[1795]

Rick,

I know. Pretty happy with the results. Hopefully VIR does not get cancelled with the Hurricane coming in. Dennis thinks that it will be fine, so I am still preparing to leave next Wednesday. Thursday is test day and I have never ben to VIR before. Races Friday-Sunday morning and then back home. Times will start out slow while I get to know the track and then should pick up by the end of the race weekend.

Jim

[Blas]

Does your trailer have floatation devices on it.

[1795]

I am going to tie a bunch of life jackets to it. Latest forecast has the hurricane heading more south and west than VIR, hopefully for my race that happens. Sucks for everybody in its path.