philstireservice Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 (edited) On November 1st 2008, Phil from PhilsTireService, will be driving a German car in 13 Hours of VIR. Phil and his 2 other teammates Kirk Knestis, and the infamous Greg Amy will be competing in the ITB SCCA class in a 94 VW Golf A3. Yes you heard it here first boys and girls....Phil in a GERMAN CAR...none of this rice rocket stuff......but truly a real race car ...lol Now who loves ya baby ???? Edited November 4, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric W. Posted October 1, 2008 Members Share Posted October 1, 2008 HAHAH.. awesome Phil. Best of luck out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianacole Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 A VW?!!! Who in their right mind.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstireservice Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 A VW?!!! Who in their right mind.... right mind ...racing...that was our first mistake....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcwest Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Best of luck Phil - Pablo should treat you well!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstireservice Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Final results for the 13 hour race. We finished 2nd in class, 44.5 seconds behind the class leading car in ITB. Just in case that hasn't hit home.........after 13 hours we missed first place in class by 44.5 seconds!! We were up as many as 9 laps during the race but at about 6:40pm (9.5 hours into the race) we had a front axle fail and we were stranded on the track until the EV came and got us. It took 34 minutes from the time we passed the start finish, pulled off the track at turn 6 (VIR), got picked up by the tow truck, brought back to our paddock space, the crew changed the left front axle and 3 tires, we had to go to tech and then returned to the track. We were 9 laps up when we broke and came out 2 laps down. But what really killed us was, shortly after we went back out, we went about another 1.5 hours then decided to change drivers for the last stint. Just before we finished our pit stop....a full course yellow....damn !!!, we lost another lap. Our final driver, Greg Amy, with about an hour and 45 minutes to go, was running 12-13 seconds per lap faster than the first place car................we came up short by 44.5 seconds !!!. We all had at least one 3 hour stint a piece during the race...grueling, tough on the mind and the body, but a ton of fun !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan325 Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Sounds like it was quite the race. Congrats on the near win! I bet you all have had more than one "if only" moments. 34 minutes probably felt like an eternity at the time but thats a lot of work to get done. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstireservice Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Thanks... here's the official results: http://www.vir13hour.com/registrar/2008/2008_13hr_official_results.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianacole Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Thanks... here's the official results: http://www.vir13hour.com/registrar/2008/2008_13hr_official_results.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Awesome!! VW's 1 and 2, as it should be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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