Gator '10 - Chart from MyLaps data

Very cool graph and I agree that it is enlightening to see how many places are lost on pit stops and penalties.  Thanks for posting it!

good stuff.  On that vien, can some one explain this to me?  It shows that we started out 5 laps behind the leader.  We were out running when the green flag droped, what gives?

us   leader
1       6        3:07.664       0.000     1:00.306   45.656
2       7        2:35.868   -31.796         28.510   54.970

if you could plot my team on that graph with: the top three cars, us (337 @40th place), and my  at friend (39th place), i would be thankfull.

Just for a reference, how about plotting our #0 Crewe Le Pew Le Car?  That should be an eye opener for how slow we really were! 

Crewe Le Pew
1982 Renault Le Car "Pepe le Pew"
2010 North Dallas Hooptie IOE WINNER!!!!!

Can anyone do a chart graphing my sodium level during the cooking competition?

I'm pretty sure that it looks like this

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The vertical part is when you walked off with a whole bowl of nudy chili

Cook Off was posted here on the forum and happened near the restroom and the Nudist Resort Pit area around 7:00 pm Saturday night.

You just had to follow the smell, crowd and lights.

Regarding Jonny's sodium level.  I'd suggest no salt again until No Problem at which time you will once again introduce toxic sodium levels to your body.

....or they had such a lead that they didn't lose a position when they pitted.  I think that's why the graph looks much smoother on the second day.  At the beginning all the cars are on the same lap, so any pit stop or flag will cost you many positions.  At the end of the second day half the cars are on jack stands and the few cars out running may have many laps between them.

I'd be interested in seeing the number of laps vs time charted.  I think it would more accurately show the effect of pit stops.

No. We did a fuel stop driver change at noon Sat, then a pad change/fuel top off stop around 2:30, and finally other fuel driver stop about 4:30.
Sunday it was just one fuel stop around 12:30. There were a buttload of caution laps Sunday morning with the rain. Got real good MPG's.

The plan was for me to drive first Sunday. Next was Martin and Jay would finish. Then about an hour in, the rain came. RWD cars were spinning out everywhere. The Saab 900 and another car wrecked on the back straight. Niether could be towed, they had to flat bed them, with only one truck. So that took a while to get both of them gone. Then a Mazda blew up in the same place pucking oil on the track. They towed him back thru the grass along side the track. Then the 2 Mustangs wrecked, one on it's roof. That took forever to clear up. Plus to right it, the tow truck had to use the pit road exit. So it was closed and all the ones in the pit had to wait while we did laps under full course caution. That was lucky for us. I had half a tank of gas, no need for fuel. I'm coasting and using 5th gear during the cautions. Plus we figured the Neon didn't hold too much gas and they would need to come in before us.

After driving some more but not really racing, trying to save gas, the engine sputters for fuel in a turn. Time to pit. My teammates in the pit did not want to drive on a wet track especially being in the lead. I get out to help fuel and check the front pads, they tell me they don't want to drive. OK. I stay out to the finish. More rain, the Neon was on the same lap with an hour to go but couldn't catch us. They needed gas with 30 minutes left. Then it was basically drive safe to the end. I think we had a 2 lap lead.

One of my teammates asked when I got out of the car, don't you have to pee? Not really, weird. I was expecting to be sore on Monday but nothing. With all the cautions and driving in the wet you're not pulling the G's you do on a dry track. Now it's more stressfull to keep the car under control, but that's more mental than physical.

The trip odometer read 797 miles at the end. Used 4 quarts of oil during the race plus another one to get home. It's the 3rd race for the car. 5th race for me. 4th for my teammates. It's taken us this long to work out all the details. Get the right radios, fuel jugs that empty fast, strategy, prepare the car etc etc.

very cool, but I have to admit I am not sure what it all means.  I can tell where our drivers change was and the one black flag. seems like we were making up time but just not a fast enough rate.