Watkins Glen This Past Week Many PICS

[hayze24]

This is my first thread in this section. To start with, The Glen this past weekend was my fathers first outing in the Newman-Sharp Oldsmobile. I had never been to the track before. This weekend featured all vintage motorsports cars, Domestics and Foreign. I have never seen so many Shelby 350 Mustangs in my life. Older vette were also popular. There were a couple vintage Jags that were imaculate. GTP1 thru 3 cars which were awsome as well.
I was up their helping with odds and ends and for support. My fathers runs a Oldsmobile bodied Trans Am series car built by Peerless racing for Paul Newman back in the early 90's. The car features a chevy small block engine.
My fathers transponder failed and so he never got a qualifying time. In his first competitive road race at 57 years old, starting at the back of the pack; after getting clipped in the pits by an old BMW M1 , and after loosing 1st thru 3 gears, my father was able to take 4th in class all in the same race.
The vintage racing atmosphere seems to breakdown into racers that just like to get out on the track, racer that like to get out on the track with absurdly nice cars, and racers that like to get out on the track with their absurdly nice cars and win. Their were a lot of competitive people. The past few days were a lot of fun.
The best part of all however, our somewhat of a racing partner agreed to lend me his toter home and 39 foot stacker trailer. I'm not missing the vegas meet this year baby.
Enjoy my pics, feel free to comment.
-Mark Hay







An original Ford GT 40:




I'm tired from the trip back , I'll post the rest tomorrow.

[sleeknsilver]

wow those are the tires that i have been talking about! do you know what size rims those tires are on the FORD GT-40? it looks AWESOME!!!!!!

more pics of the ford gt?!?! thanks!~

[Nick 95 6sp]

Very cool, Mark. I didn't know your dad was so into it ...like father like son



me edit: "Mark" not "Mike" ...sorry, I corrected it.

[hayze24]

More PICS.

[adversary]

You reposted the same pic 4 times and another pic 3 times.

[hayze24]

fixed them.

[hayze24]

[hayze24]

A shot of the JAger cars Turboed Engine. This car sounded so distinctive when it ripped by on the front straight.

[Drifter]

HOT!!!! But why the blurry photo of the PTG M3?!?!?!?! Those things are so dreamy

[MadMaxx]

GT40..mmmmmmmm.........

[hayze24]

HOT!!!! But why the blurry photo of the PTG M3?!?!?!?! Those things are so dreamy

Sorry, the original pic. was from further away. I zoomed in and edited it, but lost quality. Kinda of the same thing with all the cars in the turn one pic.

[sleeknsilver]

sweet pics!

anymore pics of the ford GT40??? do you know if the rear rims were 16" or 17" probably 28.5 tall x 14.5 wide x ??? the fronts look 18's?

[lehman]

cool pics.....


what were some of the lap times from the weekend... of the faster cars.. and ur Dads... i was there last weekend and would like to compair....

thanks.... if u can get the Jager 962 times also.. that would be great!

[hayze24]

Given that it was my fathers first outting in the Oldsmobile, he took it easy getting use to the car. He put down consistent 2.08's for the most part. The thing about these vintage groups is that some of the guys are running cars that really aren't within the vintage spec's, some of the different series are just more strict than others.
The Legendary Motorsports Vette pretty much destoyed everyone in its group. most said this was an example of a car that wasn't "completly legal." Again it is this was much less stringent with rules (HSR) and several cars couldn't run with their setups in SVRA.
That big block vette was running 1.45's I believe. I'm not sure what the GTP cars ran. I'll try to find out.
-Mark

[lehman]

1:45 is blazing fast...... faster the grand-am rolex daytona prototypes........... do u have pics of this car?

[hayze24]

The really Fast Legendary motorsports Vette

[hayze24]

Very cool, Mark. I didn't know your dad was so into it ...like father like son



me edit: "Mark" not "Mike" ...sorry, I corrected it.

It is not just my dad . . . I just scheduled myself into Skip Barber . . . and I am looking at a Vintage Porsche 911 to buy. I was so impressed by those cars last weekend. The big block vette may have won, but like I said before, these classifications or grouping are suppose to be "production" based cars. That vette may look like its from the 70's, but I can assure you its engine setup and suspenion setup were not.

Anyway, it could be setup to have the best of both worlds because, our somewhat of a racing partner happens to rent space to Jon Grooms Porsche team that currently runs in the Speed Channel World Challenge Series. One of the mechanics for this team, was one of the original mechanics for my fathers car. So, we've got a guy that knows what could be both of our cars. As far racing, I'm 25 and joining the game very late. I'll keep you guys posted. We are going to Road America next month.

[Silver Supra]

...... As far racing, I'm 25 and joining the game very late. ........

That made me and Nick laugh.

[Nick 95 6sp]

why, my daughter is 25 and she hasn't started racing yet?

[Supra GTR]

Gotta love Historics/Vintage racing. Sweet cars out there.

Thanks for sharing those!

Regards,
James R

[lehman]

wait... the blue and white vette was the one doing 45s?


theres no way that car was doing 45s.. maby on the short corse.

[hayze24]

Leh,
I am probably wrong then. I thought that's what it was doing. The course distance was over three miles. That vette had a ~ 800hp big block and also had completely modern suspension setup.

[lehman]

well... the IRL cars were doing 1:34

the daytona prototypes 1:48

the GT3 porsche cup cars.. 1:57


so odds are..... it didnt go 1:45....



thats prob what a gt1 ALMS car would do.. like a C6R.!!!!

haha


all good tho

[hayze24]

Correction: The Fastest Trans Am cars were doing 1.58's tp 1.63's. That vette would have been slower than that. Everyone was running the long track.

[lehman]

ahhh... yea that sounds about rite.....



cause i know aint no old corvette go faster then me iin the RS......