T1 Corvette champion coming to practice 11/28.

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T1 Corvette champion coming to practice 11/28.

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The newly crowned T1 Corvette champion is coming to our practice 11/28. The last time a T1 Corvette driver showed up we embarrassed him so bad he never came back. :( Let's show those road racers again. Anyone what to take a guess how bad were going to beat him. My prediction is 2 seconds from myself and much more from our other regulars.

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Steve Abbott wrote:The newly crowned T1 Corvette champion is coming to our practice 11/28. The last time a T1 Corvette driver showed up we embarrassed him so bad he never came back. :( Let's show those road racers again. Anyone what to take a guess how bad were going to beat him. My prediction is 2 seconds from myself and much more from our other regulars.

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No one trash talks like Mr. Abbott... must be why Marshall likes running against him so much.
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He did write a very nice and complementary article in the Cal Club paper about running with us ... so lets not beat him by more then 2 seconds!

He might need a bit more camber!!! :o

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Aaron Goldsmith wrote:No one trash talks like Mr. Abbott... must be why Marshall likes running against him so much.
That's because Mr. Abbott "walks the walk" in addition to "talking the talk".
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Odd line for a Road Racer:

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Steve Abbott wrote:The newly crowned T1 Corvette champion is coming to our practice 11/28. The last time a T1 Corvette driver showed up we embarrassed him so bad he never came back. :( Let's show those road racers again. Anyone what to take a guess how bad were going to beat him. My prediction is 2 seconds from myself and much more from our other regulars.

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If you only beat him by two you should quit. :oops:
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Mako Koiwai wrote:He did write a very nice and complementary article in the Cal Club paper about running with us ... so lets not beat him by more then 2 seconds!

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That was a nice article from Oli. But it's not Oli who's showing up. Craig Dale is the T1 Champ this year.

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Is that the T1 regional champ ? or T1 national champ ?
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Tom Berry wrote:Is that the T1 regional champ ? or T1 national champ ?
Edward Zabinski won T1 at the Runoffs in a 360.

And I gotta say looking up Club Racing results on SCCA.com SOOOOO MUCH EASIER than solo results.

Cal Club points show Dale, Craig as beating Oli by 2 points for the year localy in T1.
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Steve Abbott wrote:
Mako Koiwai wrote:He did write a very nice and complementary article in the Cal Club paper about running with us ... so lets not beat him by more then 2 seconds!

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That was a nice article from Oli. But it's not Oli who's showing up. Craig Dale is the T1 Champ this year.

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I too also knew it wasn't Oli as Oli has come back out since his first time event (a PSCC event in El Toro, I think 2yrs ago). Beverlee instructed him and beat him by I believe 10 seconds. He was amazed at how quickly the cones come up on you. :D
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Tom Berry wrote:Is that the T1 regional champ ? or T1 national champ ?
Should be Divisional.
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Craig Dale gave Oli a run for his money and it will certainly be exciting to see him at a Solo 2. He is an AWESOME driver - in fact, I took a ride with him at Buttonwillow and it was definitely an E-Ticket Ride.
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I just looked at the practice list and Oli is signed up too. :D This is going to be exciting.
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Steve Abbott wrote:I just looked at the practice list and Oli is signed up too. :D This is going to be exciting.
That dude needs some low speed practice.... He tried to run over an RX-8 getting on the freeway tonight. :shock: Figures, T1 guys don't look in the mirror. :lol:
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Steve Abbott wrote:I just looked at the practice list and Oli is signed up too. :D This is going to be exciting.
'Course a wimpy little 4 cylinder Miata could show up and rain on all your parades. :lol: :lol:
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Jason Isley BS RX8 wrote:That dude needs some low speed practice.... He tried to run over an RX-8 getting on the freeway tonight. :shock: Figures, T1 guys don't look in the mirror. :lol:


I was wondering who that was!

Hey Jason, in road racing that is called a block. Nice heel and toe work by-the-way....
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Jason Isley BS RX8 wrote:
Steve Abbott wrote:I just looked at the practice list and Oli is signed up too. :D This is going to be exciting.
That dude needs some low speed practice.... He tried to run over an RX-8 getting on the freeway tonight. :shock: Figures, T1 guys don't look in the mirror. :lol:

PS. With me driving that big truck if I was "trying" your RX8 would be a 2500 pound RX paperw8t.
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Hey Abbott:

Keep up the smack talk dude. Beverlee is only going to get me by 5 seconds this time!

Can we make this a hybrid event and link up the exit gate of the AX course to pit entry of the ROval. I think I might have a better chance then.... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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We could just skip all the turning altogether and I could bring out my Super Stocker to the drag strip. :lol:
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Oli Thordarson wrote:
PS. With me driving that big truck if I was "trying" your RX8 would be a 2500 pound RX paperw8t.
Naw... I have seen you drive, I knew you would wuss out and brake early. :lol:
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Bill Schenker wrote:
Steve Abbott wrote:I just looked at the practice list and Oli is signed up too. :D This is going to be exciting.
'Course a wimpy little 4 cylinder Miata could show up and rain on all your parades. :lol: :lol:
It's going to be raining, so it's your gay pride parade that will be rained out. :lol:
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Oli holding up another Mazda, 6:35 in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0yfSdlMz8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Then about 10secs later there are cones on the track, and the T1 guys are clearly confused. :lol:

"I was surprised I had to slow down for the vettes in that turn", Philip tells me. :lol: This is from a mid-pack ITA car.

Glad to see these guys are coming out, I have no doubt they will find some benefit from it, particularly when it comes to those slow turns.
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I had a chance to drive Craig's C6 T1 Corvette yesterday and the SV autocross. I had a 39.0 in my car. I turned a 39.8 in his. But the car has the potential to go much faster. I couldn't move the race seat back and was about one foot from the steering wheel. The Hoosiers A6's were about 10psi to low. In the 22 range. I'm sure after a few more laps and the right tire pressure I would be real close to my car's time. Not sure about the C5 T1 for autocross, it was being repaired from a mishap on the Roval. Craig was not driving it at the time. It should be repaired in time for our race on Friday. Hope it doesn't rain.

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Is it too early for me to start talking smack about how I am going to lap Abbot, Dale and Isley this Friday?
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