Saturday I qualified 12th out of 14 Spec E30s with a fast lap of 153.840. The race was a fun battle with Jim Robinson and Laura Patton... finishing 12.
Sunday I did not make the Great Pumpkin Run combined race.
While I don't have video of this weekend, I do have a 2007 highlight video:
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Roabling Rumble w/ IFU
22 Spec E30s took to the track for this weekend at Roebling. Qualified 4th on Saturday and finished the race.
Saturday afternoon was the inaugural Inverted Fun Unlimited (IFU) race. This one started with an inverted grid from qualifying and halfway through the race they stopped us and reinvented the field. While Damion won, the start was Mike Skeen who made it to the lead before the re-inversion and drove back through the field to a 2nd place finish... just ran out of time.
Sunday, I qualified 10th but had a mechanical issue during the race and did not finish.
Saturday afternoon was the inaugural Inverted Fun Unlimited (IFU) race. This one started with an inverted grid from qualifying and halfway through the race they stopped us and reinvented the field. While Damion won, the start was Mike Skeen who made it to the lead before the re-inversion and drove back through the field to a 2nd place finish... just ran out of time.
Sunday, I qualified 10th but had a mechanical issue during the race and did not finish.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Hotlanta Challenge @ Road Atlanta
After my first major mechanical failure at Roebling Road I ended up buying another car. After all, if you need a transmission doesn't it make sense to buy another car. You never know when you need an extra engine, body panels, etc. It seems everyone except my wife was less than thrilled witht he idea.
This race weekend included a record number of Spec E30's and NASA had enough racers to split into three race groups. The Blitz group consisted of 944 Cup, 944 Super cup, and Spec E30. Nineteen cars took the field on Saturday and I qualified mid-pack excited about the race. Unfortunately the accelerator petal came off after the start. After trying to drive around the issue (using my toes) I almost collected another racer when the accelerator would get stuck and decided to call it a day.
Sunday, with the accelerator problem taking care of I was able to put in a better qualifying session starting 5th out of 19 cars. It was a pretty exciting race up until it was stopped early (double yellow) due to an incident.
Unfortunately no photos or videos
This race weekend included a record number of Spec E30's and NASA had enough racers to split into three race groups. The Blitz group consisted of 944 Cup, 944 Super cup, and Spec E30. Nineteen cars took the field on Saturday and I qualified mid-pack excited about the race. Unfortunately the accelerator petal came off after the start. After trying to drive around the issue (using my toes) I almost collected another racer when the accelerator would get stuck and decided to call it a day.
Sunday, with the accelerator problem taking care of I was able to put in a better qualifying session starting 5th out of 19 cars. It was a pretty exciting race up until it was stopped early (double yellow) due to an incident.
Unfortunately no photos or videos
Friday, June 1, 2007
Sonsor: Gran Turismo East
Kieren at Gran Turismo East was the target of my next sponsorship pitch. It's hard to do well in any type of driving or racing without good wheel/tire and alignment support... These guys are top notch in Atlanta. Make sure you check them out
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Savannah Sizzler
No longer a rookie with NASA and the Spec E30 fields were growing steadily. There were twenty cars in class but I ended up qualifying mid-pack for Saturday's race. I don't have video and ended up driving a pretty uneventful race finishing approximately where I qualified.
I got my stuff together for Sunday's qualifying and ended up 5th on the grid. I was pretty excited about battling towards the front of the pack but unfortunately the car had other ideas. The 270,000 mile transmission decided to break at the start leaving the car stuck in 2nd gear. I have to give a lot of credit to everyone behind me for not trunking me as I turned into a rolling chicane. The video is pretty fun to watch.
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I got my stuff together for Sunday's qualifying and ended up 5th on the grid. I was pretty excited about battling towards the front of the pack but unfortunately the car had other ideas. The 270,000 mile transmission decided to break at the start leaving the car stuck in 2nd gear. I have to give a lot of credit to everyone behind me for not trunking me as I turned into a rolling chicane. The video is pretty fun to watch.
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Sunday, February 11, 2007
Winter Meltdown
The NASA Southeast schedule opened its 2007 season at Carolina Motorsport Park in Kirshaw, South Carolina. I had been to the track once during my driving schoold days and really like the high speed half of the course. Because of the open space it gives me the ability to practice my off road driving with out concrete getting in the way.
Saturday's race was pretty uneventful as I qualified poorly and the start was a little bit of a debacle but ended up having a good race with David Cullen.
Sunday's race was a little more exciting. Somehow I qualified 2nd behind Robert with a 1:56:544 out of eleven cars. The race was 60 minutes long and combined both the Lightning and Thunder race groups. My gameplan was to slot in behind Robert, hopefully learn some stuff, and with luck finish on the podium. The reality was much different as I successfully got the jump and tucked in behind Robert. Things were going fine until turn 4 when I carried a little too much speed and ended up loosing it on the outside of the carrousel watching the entire Spec E30 field drive by. Overall it was a good learning experience as I was able to drive back through the field and finish fifth overall.
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Saturday's race was pretty uneventful as I qualified poorly and the start was a little bit of a debacle but ended up having a good race with David Cullen.
2/10/2007 NASA Lightning Race at CMP from Kelly Childress on Vimeo.
Sunday's race was a little more exciting. Somehow I qualified 2nd behind Robert with a 1:56:544 out of eleven cars. The race was 60 minutes long and combined both the Lightning and Thunder race groups. My gameplan was to slot in behind Robert, hopefully learn some stuff, and with luck finish on the podium. The reality was much different as I successfully got the jump and tucked in behind Robert. Things were going fine until turn 4 when I carried a little too much speed and ended up loosing it on the outside of the carrousel watching the entire Spec E30 field drive by. Overall it was a good learning experience as I was able to drive back through the field and finish fifth overall.
INSERT VIDEO
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