Elams Racing at Carolina Motorsports Park (Kershaw)

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It was full bore with the eVisory Spec Cobra at Kershaw's Carolina Motorsports Park.  The Lewis' had their new Miata and Harry and Dan were getting better with the car.  This weekend was Harry's turn to race and he delivered with THREE third places finishes and an impressive fourth overall in the difficult enduro!  He finished third in the first race despite having to come in for electrical problems (see the pit repairs in the pictures!)  As usual, Kershaw chewed up brakes, but it turned into a great learning track to help us get a better feel for the car.  At the end of it all, Bobbie played trophy girl!

 

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The weekend almost didn't happen though:  on Thursday Dan gets to the trailer only to find that thieves had taken bolt cutters and broken into the trailer.  Stolen were lots of tools, helmets, radios, racing gloves, and more.   Friday turned into a mad scramble to get things together.

One thing new this time was an in-car digital camera.   Ever wondered what it was like inside a race car on a road course?  Want to see guys throwing their cars around at the start?  You'll find it in these videos!   You can click on the links below for the videos, but be warned:  each file is a HUGE 64 megabytes.  It can take hours to download.  Due to bandwidth issues, THEY WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK.  Afterwards, send Dan an e-mail to make arrangements for him to get them to you.  For best results, use your right mouse button to SaveAs or SaveTargetAs to get the file to your local hard drive.

Dan's Advanced Session was the Advanced Group/Instructors from Saturday.  The first lap, like all of these, is the warm up lap.  You can see Dan come in to the pits and change the steering wheel position.  The lines were MUCH better on Sunday, but you still get a good feel for what it is like.  Look closely and you can see the drivers wave each other to pass.  Just for the record:  the black Porsche was the only one that Dan couldn't chase down!  Watch Dan blow some of the turns and wiggle to keep it straight!

Harry's Enduro start was one of the most entertaining races to watch.  Watch them line up on the grid and fly from this standing start!  Great fun as he throws the car around in wheel to wheel racing.   Watch Steve Marcus blow an engine right in front of him and cover the camera.

Sam Lewis earns his first spin in the Miata.  Coming through Kershaw's Turn 4, Sam manages to collect an enormous amount of dirt!  Well on his way to learning how to race!

Dave Lewis shows us all the proper lines with the new Miata.  He cruises around the course with the instructor and shows everyone how it is done!