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From Petit Le Mans last weekend

Thursday afternoon this happened...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXfVXKCkeYo&NR=1

Friday they did this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oe7clab2P0&feature=related

and Saturday morning its race ready...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjgP9u_y4Mg&feature=related

Those guys are heros and kept our man Brabs in the title hunt



Below is a summary list of the work done on the Patrón Highcroft Racing Acura ARX-02a since Scott Sharp’s horrific crash Thursday at Road Atlanta in practice for Petit Le Mans powered by MAZDA6. Thanks to Paul Ryan with Patrón Highcroft Racing.

Prep Statistics:
Pre-Petit work list items: 190

Acura ARX-02a Statistics:
Chassis mechanical parts: 4000
Chassis electrical parts: 250
Engine parts: 100 (excluding internals of engine)
Gearbox parts: 350
Parts with tracked life: 1000 (excluding internals of engine)
Custom hardware (fasteners, o-rings, bearings): 450

Rebuild Statistics:
Parts reused: about 10%

Rebuild Timeline (times are when tasks were completed, unless otherwise noted)
Thursday
3:43 PM - Accident
4:15 PM – Damaged assessment finished
4:45 PM – Spare part serial numbers allocated for car build
5:00 PM – Finalized arrangements to ship spare tub
6:00 PM – Spare tub picked up by freight service in California
6:45 PM – Damaged car stripped, reusable parts identified
11:00 PM – Replacement parts prepared and arranged for assembly
12:00 AM – Team back to hotel

Friday
7:10 AM – Spare tub arrives at Atlanta airport, met by team members
7:30 AM – Breakfast
8:00 AM – Begin preparation for car build, organize and layout assemblies
9:30 AM – Spare, bare tub arrives at track
11:00 AM – Tub preparation finished
12:00 PM - Lunch
11:30 PM - Fresh engine fitted
1:30 PM - Fresh gearbox fitted
6:00 PM - Dinner
8:00 PM – Four corners fitted on car
9:00 PM – Race spare preparation begins
11:45 PM – Hydraulic/fuel/electronic systems tested
1:00 AM – Engine fired
4:30 AM – Car on ground
5:45 AM – Setup finished
6:45 AM – Race strategy meeting
9:45 AM – Warmup / Practice Session

Crash Statistics:
Just before impact:
Speed: 225 kph (140 mph)
Throttle: 100% (Full)
Lateral acceleration: 1.5g
Gear: 6th (Top gear)
Location: Before turn 2

During collision:
Car did a full rotation every 1.3 seconds
Peak acceleration > 15g
From impact to stop: 6.2 seconds

Holy $hit, there wasn't a straight corner left on the car (or much left of the car), that was one hell of a big off!

Awesome work by the Patron/Highcroft team to get it back on the track in time.

Shame I missed the race, I was at a wedding, although I'm sure Motors TV will show it again.

Andy B":2axy6lre said:

Holy $hit, there wasn't a straight corner left on the car (or much left of the car), that was one hell of a big off!

Awesome work by the Patron/Highcroft team to get it back on the track in time.

Shame I missed the race, I was at a wedding, although I'm sure Motors TV will show it again.

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You can download the podcast at Radio Le Mans. Unfortunately it was red flagged after 4hrs 50 mins due to the rain. They waited another 4 hours for it to stop and eventually waved the chequer whilst all the cars sat under sheets in the pit lane.

Just Laguna Secca to go, its been a great season for endurance racing. Just booked my plane tickets for Sebring 12hrs

Laguna Seca is an awesome track

You lucky bugger going off to Sebring, betcha gonna do Le Mans as well next year

I really need to get a passport...

...mind you living close to Cadwell Park has it's good points, no endurance racing though.

Andy B":2sv4kp4v said:

Laguna Seca is an awesome track

You lucky bugger going off to Sebring, betcha gonna do Le Mans as well next year

I really need to get a passport...

...mind you living close to Cadwell Park has it's good points, no endurance racing though.

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Doing Le Mans and the Classic Le Mans next year with a trip to Milan and the Italian Lakes in between for Alfa's centenary. Taking the old Guilia down. Going to be a 5,500mile round trip but really looking forward to it. Must get the Alfa put back together and the new motor run in before though. :?

Hoping the ban on racing at Spa is sorted too as I'm planning on taking it to the historic race and nipping over the border for a few laps of the Nurburgring later in the year.

Get that passport sorted and we'll see you at Le sarthe??

Si

Super job, I am surprised though ...dont know the rules and regs but surprised you can use a new tub in race weekend? :?