Team Farfrumwinnin's Result.... (Page 1 of 2)

What an event! 

I have to say thanks to everyone, especially Jay, Nick, and all the other teams, and the officials for a great event.  We definitely had a blast and made some great new friends. 

Our performance in the event was better and worse than we expected.  Better cause wow the car was like way faster than we thought it would be.  Worse because with the removal of the nascar turn 4 chicane we totally didn't have enough brakes which ultimately parked us for 3 hours total, on top of that the penalties parked us for another hour or so.  The final nail is that we have to replace basically the whole brake system and we also think we cracked the left side front subframe. 

BUT we got the car back on track and were able to take the checkered flag and I think I did an admirable job getting out of the way of the people who were still really racing.  As well I think everyone appreciated my black flag victory lap hehehe.  My team said the roar of the crowd was as loud or louder for me than the winner!  And that drive through the pits with the crowd around was super exciting.  I know Jay and the officials enjoyed it.  Oh and I am sorry for the smokescreens for the first 30 or so laps of the race, we were a bit overfilled with oil because of a pan leak, so when we would hit 6 grand it would totally just cook the oil.  Made for some really funny shots, I know Nick got a good one I haven't seen yet.  I thought I tanked the motor, but it kept pulling LOL.

The reason for the black flag was the fact we probably got 20 of them in total, including one of our drivers getting 7 in a row and the flagger stopping the race to remove us from the track hehehe.  The problem was and that we dont agree with is that we were getting wheels off black flags for basically apexing the turns too tight.  I understand wheels off black flags but if this were a proper road course there would be curbs there and it wouldn't be wheels off.  We aren't asking for a change in the rules, but a little more leniency would make things a lot more fun and less frustrating.  The judges that dealt with us definitely know how frustrated we got and eventually lightened up.  I dare say we even may have even been able to get more life out of our brakes since we wouldn't have had to brake so hard for turn 1/2.  Many of the drivers on my team are experienced and fast roadracers so it is REALLY hard to change instinct.  I KNOW from the comments we got everyone enjoyed the fact our car lifted the inside rear tire around turns 1 and 2 every time and sometimes in other places as well.   jalopnik has a shot with about a foot of air underneath!

In the end it was a minor blemish in a fun weekend.  We want to thank Rob and the Schumacher Taxi service for installing our cage and being there for support.  The Pimpala team for being fun cool guys, we felt bad you got the curse, and worse that someone took the douche of the year award from the miata guys who ran from the curse by slicing your harnesses in half.  Also the Dentonators, we had a great time at the Japanese restaurant Saturday night, I mean you couldn't make that up with the owner bouncing around all drunk and stuff.  Great stuff!

We also must give a great big thank you to Fraulein Pam, my lovely girlfriend.  The outfit and everything was her idea and she played the part perfectly, and definitely kept us out of the penalty box for far longer since the officials loved her and the Warsteiners she served in custom Farfrumwinnin Beer steins.  You can become a fan of her on Facebook at :

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 … 176?ref=mf

Incidentally if you want to support the team and get any of your own Steins, Mugs, T-shirts, hats or even Thongs you can at http://www.cafepress.com/farfrumwinnin .  She definitely enjoyed all the compliments and everything from everyone.  Everybody was a complete gentleman to her which is really commendable at this event and shows the kind of friendship and respect that goes on at Lemons. 

I have to say that we will definitely be looking to bring the Farfrumwinnin Fox back for another event (and we would LOVE one at NJMP), however we may not have the time to fix everything and get something going this year, but next year we will definitely be back. 

Heres our event photos, obviously quite a bit biased towards us, but I think they are pretty good, we also added some we found on flickr and other places here as well to fill in holes we didn't have shots of.  If you see a photo you took and want it gone just send me a message and I will do it immediately.

Thanks again everyone!  Lookin forward to the next event!