Declan Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Thanks for the updates John/fellas. Hope to race with you all sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Here's a link to a video I made of Andy Sutak's car on YouTube- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pederb Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Bryan, Very cool Thxs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 The 2008 NASA Nationals have now come to a close and we've crowned our champions for the 2008 season. Sunday's race began in textbook fashion with the racers doing a fantastic job keeping the groups well separated and their thinking caps on heading into the first turn. The AIX start saw Chris Griswold get out front with Ernesto Roco, Paul Faessler, Andy Sutak, and Leo Capaldi in hot pursuit. As the AIX field charged into Thunder Valley, the AI field took a late green that put David Algozine out front with Dave Schotz, Robin Burnett, and Chris DeSalvo bringing some heat to the battle. As the AIX guys began to settle into a running order that looked like some serious strategy being played out, the AI field took the gloves off and fought hard on each lap for position. Robin Burnett was hungry and charged to the front sliding by Algozine and Schotz to establish a slight lead over the front pack. Schotz's tires seemed to be fading, possibly as a result of the double duty AI/PTB roster he pulled for the weekend, which allowed both DeSalvo and Algozine to move up into possible podium finsihed. The AIX game changed up when Griswold seemed to slow a bit which let Roco close up and eventually get by a whisker’s distance in Turn 1. Paul Faessler than began his game plan tickling the turbo down the straights to get out in front of both Roco and Griswold to begin working the traffic cutting through the AI pack. The race continued on with some great battles all through the AI pack including a mano-a-mano duel between Wade Gagich and Jimmy Bost that saw Gagich checking the inside of Turn 1 on nearly every lap and the two having their fast laps separated by thousandths of a second. Unfortunately, the race became shorter when Andy Sutak’s LS2 gained new crankcase ventilation options when it shot some rods through the block just before the bridge in Turn 1. The resulting oil fog and slick forced a full course yellow and the race was checkered under yellow as there was not enough time remaining to extract Sutak’s #111 and get the course clean enough to go green again. The final AIX podium saw Paul Faessler notch an impressive win with 2006 Champion Ernesto Roco in 2nd position and 2007 Champion Chris Griswold in 3rd. AI had Robin Burnett finally achieving the top spot in the nation with Chris DeSalvo in 2nd and David Algozine taking the 3rd spot with a solid drive. Notable events include the GM F-bodies of Tommy Schlender and Dave Schotz coming home in 4th and 5th and also the hard charge that Rusty Ferguson mounted to come from way back in the pack to finish in 7th. Top overall and AIX lap time in the race was the 1:29.729 put down by Ernesto Roco in Lap 13 and the best AI time was Robin Burnett’s 1:37.336 that he notched in Lap 3. Congratulations to our champions and to all the racers who made the effort to compete in the nation’s finest ponycar race. You guys did me proud and I look forward to seeing how the cards play out in Utah in 2009 as there is no way I would miss another chance to work with such a fine group of drivers (i.e. you’re stuck with me again). The video production of the race will be up soon at www.speedcasttv.com soon thanks to our sponsors Maximum Motorsports and Agent 47. -JWL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Bryan, Very cool Thxs I'll be working on one for Ernesto's car later. I'll post it up when it's done. BTW, do you still have that 4 banger Stang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pederb Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 No just a 4 banger Turbo T-Bird w/ 5 speed. For sale BTW w/o papers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 How long did the one we picked up in Ontario last you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pederb Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Forever I painted it and sold it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 BTW, do you still have that 4 banger Stang? If you are looking for a good body to build into an AI/X car? We have several. Two with cages (84 hatchback & 86 Coupe) done by Auto Power close to ready,one shell (87 GT) and one roller (86 LX hatchback). All are fox body chassis that are great starting points for an AI/X car. Let me know if you are interested for more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 BTW, do you still have that 4 banger Stang? If you are looking for a good body to build into an AI/X car? We have several. Two with cages (84 hatchback & 86 Coupe) done by Auto Power close to ready,one shell (87 GT) and one roller (86 LX hatchback). All are fox body chassis that are great starting points for an AI/X car. Let me know if you are interested for more info. Thanks, but I've got 2 Mustangs too many already that I try not to drive. I've put together a few AI cars for the BBK/Brothers Performance boys, and worked on a few more for Ernesto and Mike Armstrong. If I were going to build one for myself it would defintely have to be a 99-04 for the chassis rigidity and the aero. I went with Peder to pick up the car I was asking about a few years back. It had some electrical issue and I got it squared away before he could drive it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Thanks, but I've got 2 Mustangs too many already that I try not to drive. I've put together a few AI cars for the BBK/Brothers Performance boys, and worked on a few more for Ernesto and Mike Armstrong. If I were going to build one for myself it would defintely have to be a 99-04 for the chassis rigidity and the aero. I went with Peder to pick up the car I was asking about a few years back. It had some electrical issue and I got it squared away before he could drive it away. Brian, that's great. Great to see someone helping out others. What all do you do and where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pederb Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Bryan, any news about Tim? Will we ever see him on the track again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Thanks, but I've got 2 Mustangs too many already that I try not to drive. I've put together a few AI cars for the BBK/Brothers Performance boys, and worked on a few more for Ernesto and Mike Armstrong. If I were going to build one for myself it would defintely have to be a 99-04 for the chassis rigidity and the aero. I went with Peder to pick up the car I was asking about a few years back. It had some electrical issue and I got it squared away before he could drive it away. Brian, that's great. Great to see someone helping out others. What all do you do and where? I'm sort of a mobile Jack of all trades. I go where the work is. My speciatly seems to be taking weight out of the wiring harnesses and dash boards of the SN cars, but I do repairs/maintenance/lots of other stuff as well. I live near Temecula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Bryan, any news about Tim? Will we ever see him on the track again? Better ask Tim's wife about that ..... I'd love to get my hands on that car of his though and do some track days. I put alot of effort into the build up and subsequent rebuild of that car....seems fitting that I should be able to race it dontcha think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 (edited) Here's Ernesto's video- Edited September 27, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadracetransam Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Here's Ernesto's video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcfkhlKs8H4# Nice video! Much better than the plain ole in-car stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tornado Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 That was great. The dog day dream piece was priceless!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pederb Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Brian, can't you take your Boss AI car out? He still has it right? Tell him it's to promote BBK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Not since I did this to it- http://www.bbkperformance.com/news_item.php?nak=22 Now it's a trailer queen promoting BBK in a less expensive way.... Here's my gallery of pics of the engine bay mods on it over on Corral http://forums.corral.net/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=717 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pederb Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Oh no, it's ruined. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Some things look better dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy55 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 You know a GM car might need to be the next BBK AI car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rogers Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 You know a GM car might need to be the next BBK AI car. Interesting concept...... We have a few disposable Stang's around but the only GM we have is the boss '08 Vette. I'lll be sure to ask him about that today They don't want to spend a cent on racing anymore. Not even to run the cars we have built and ready to run already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy55 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Look at lap times on Saturdays qualifying. .01 seconds off of Burnett in the qualifying race. Should of had a GM podium if Sunday's race wasn't shortened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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