"Aveo at Buttonwillow catching BMW's? Godda be cheatin' hard core." (Page 1 of 3)

Nothing to see here... except possibly the best Lemons driving video of all time.

Thanks for sharing. Great camera setup allows us to see the right foot of the driver and I can use this as an example to some of my drivers who want to understand how they can go faster in our little FWD econoboxes.

It validates a lot for me-- including that I lack a bunch of balls and waste my momentum A LOT. There were several instances of encountering other cars in that video where I would have braked and ended up in the situation like the video's driver encountered around 7 min in, braking before the final turn with no momentum and no ability to out-throttle the big 'Mericun car on the long straight.

Again, thanks for posting.

Wow...  Thank you all!  Godda fit the head back in my helmet...so I will not gloat for sure!

We are, once again, hoping to keep a car under us a Thunder Hill in a few weeks.  I'm usually the "hot-shoe" at the end of the days, so I put on my big-boy pants and go play with two balls!

Hey, I really really want to get video of our little $hit box flying over Phil Hill at Buttonwillow if anyone has some.  The early apex BMW bicycle was hysterical (and to extreme), but I was doing the controlled two wheel thing almost every time Saturday evening during out Global Warming two hour stint...and I never touched the dirt!  Depending on the race car I'm driving, putting 100% of the load on the left really increased the bite when cresting the top.  Unfortunately, the camera was not rolling (my bad), and I wasn't around anyone in particular that I remember.  So...the call goes out!  Two wheel Aveo anyone???

FYI...we are building two more Lemons cars for the future.  I keep saying it, "Lemons is the most amount of fun with your clothes on!"  This comes from a pro & several spec drivers...and most of us have memberships at Spring Mountain where we can play endlessly!  So much fun!!!

Some Sears footage where we really really lack the horse power, and it shows.  Plus, tighter track, less chances to pass, more potential black flags...you get the idea.  Still fun to watch.  Be sure to check out the rear view mirror up high for the camera.  You can see everyone braking early and not carrying the momentum:

https://youtu.be/QsrNpQ_Ww5Y

This was a random snippet of the race early this year.  "Donuts" hit us and took us out of the running.  )-:

Great driving!!

I have had the same issue with wheel bearings in our focus. 8 sets in 7 race's.  The last race at Buttonwillow we disassembled the sealed bearings and repacked with hight temp grease rated at 600 deg.  They all survived the weekend and only one of them started pushing the grease out.  We also ran ducting to blow on the hubs,that made a huge difference. We are using stuff from aero space technologies. I think alot of guys run red line or other synthetic.

What cheaty driving! Using all the track at entry, apex and out. Using all the grip in the tires (making noise but not screaming). Smooth hands and shifts. Planning passes in advance. Just unfair.

But very inspiring.

A question - how are you getting both the radio and the ambient sound into the video?

Cool vid.

I have 12 radios from our "real" race team that don't get used enough unfortunately.  So, this is a good way to keep all the gear up to par!

Thanks again for that!  I do shuffle steer because I have pretty crappy shoulders and this car has very light steering.  In the big cars, I don't get lazy and shuffle steer...but I am not doing 3 hours stints in those either!

Still hoping to get SOME sort of footage of our little AVEO on track Saturday night...especially flying on Phil Hill!

If I adapt, then I adapt everything in the rear...brakes, etc.  It is a big job, but it might be the solution.

No kidding!  I will look into that.  Thanks for the tip!!!

I'm actually going to try cryogenicly freezing the stub axles to see if that helps!

I think this will show the new paradox of Lemons.  Modern econobox crap that no one wants is as fast or faster than a lot of cars that were performance cars 20 years ago.  However I think a lot of the modern equipment and sensors and addition of limp modes and the cars protecalls for its own self preservation are going to cause a lot more frustrating off track time trying to figure out why the car is doing some random thing, where the old slower cars will keep running until it shoots a cylinder out its block.