EXP4 NSX in One lap

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Here are some pics from the one lap. Courtesy of Mike F.

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saved the best for last...

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cheers,

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Jeez, I saw that truck in the final standings.. oof! 4th overall?! You all got beat by a pickemup truck? And it only ran a 15.8 in the quarter mile?

Well, it seems to be a fairly well prepared pickup truck. ;) Nice to see the NASA sticker on the back, too.
 
surely, you recognize a NASCAR spec full-race "truck". Tube-frame, 600+hp, no cargo capacity, 335/18 tires, etc... The 15.8 1/4 was after he stalled it on the launch, re-fired, and finished the run...
 
the nsxnut said:
surely, you recognize a NASCAR spec full-race "truck". Tube-frame, 600+hp, no cargo capacity, 335/18 tires, etc... The 15.8 1/4 was after he stalled it on the launch, re-fired, and finished the run...

Hehe, I figured as much on the 1/4 time. :)

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I was assuming this was NOT a nascar truck, since the sheetmetal (minus rear panels) and headlights seem to be original, there are lexan side windows, there's a front wiper, and the rear roll-bar/tube frame isn't in the right place.

Honestly I know zilch about NASCAR chrucks... either way this seems to be a fast bugger. I wonder what the towing capacity is?
 
NSX-Racer said:
Unbelievable what seems to be street legal in your country! :eek:

Indeed, many of the 'exotic' vehicles that show up for this unique competition would not actually meet the standards of a proper street registration inspection, and the owners have taken certain creative steps to ensure that it has a valid license plate on it... :cool: Let's just say they hope that, if stopped by authorities, that they don't try to match a VIN to the tag... or check for 5mph bumpers, or airbags, or emissions testing...
 
Street legal my arse,some or all of those cars would fail many state mandated regs.
 
docjohn said:
Street legal my arse,some or all of those cars would fail many state mandated regs.

THIS is how they should do it...all entrants should have to pass the tough California SMOG test in order to compete. And also, roll cages should be banned. In my book, if ya gotta cage, ya ain't got a street car. :biggrin:
 
Things have changed in One Lap since my 2002 run.

Apparently, the definition of "street legal" for One Lap is a current registration and current license plate(s), the fact that they may or may not belong to the car running is moot.

If all else fails, the simple out is to register the car as a "Kit Car", I have friends that drive track cars registered this way in Florida.

At any rate, since the "RADICAL" was allowed (even though it was not really competitive), I can't wait for next year..

.....why?

1. To watch in amusment as some of those Euro car club entrants shudder when they see the NSX's drive up for One Lap 2006 :biggrin: , Oh No! Not thoses guys again! ...we're back biatch's :cool:

2. To pound into Brock Yates head that the NSX does have "Heart" and Honda does posses "Racing Tradition".....(remember his negative comments a couple of months back at the televised car auction)?

3. To kick ass in multiple classes with a couple of secret NSX weapons running in SSGT1 Small Bore and SSGT1 Big Bore...

I plan on watching the NSX's battle from the seat of my F3000 and just to add insult to injury...I'm gonna put a HONDA logo on it :cool: All I have to do is cram another seat alongside the existing single seat ala the Radical.

I don't care what class they put me in, overall is all that matters to me..

That and the look on their face! :eek:

Jon "Honda's with attitude" York
 
Romeydidastinky said:
I plan on watching the NSX's battle from the seat of my F3000 and just to add insult to injury...I'm gonna put a HONDA logo on it :cool:
What about a 2005 BAR Honda F1 car? They have already Honda logos on it and if you solve the tiny problem with this little gas tank you may even get a licence plate... :biggrin:
 
Chris F said:
Jeez, I saw that truck in the final standings.. oof! 4th overall?! You all got beat by a pickemup truck? And it only ran a 15.8 in the quarter mile?

Well, it seems to be a fairly well prepared pickup truck. ;) Nice to see the NASA sticker on the back, too.
The truck was actually one of the fastest cars at the drags (Lower 11’s), but his posted time is a run when he stalled at the line. He won the most embarrassing award.

The radical never ran at a drag strip and started slowing after the 1/8th mile. At his awards speech he said he felt like the stupidest guy at the track… until Ron ran with the truck.

The truck and the AWD Porsche battled for first thru-out the entire event, but Ron’s mistake at the drag way and an off at Roebling killed his chances and took him to fourth.
 
The Ram 1500 would run circles around any NASCAR truck or car for that matter. I would guess its at least 7-800 pounds lighter making as much or more power, unrestricted. Its sits several inches lower, and he had no restictions on brakes, wheels etc. His front tires are the same as my rear. 295's.

Not that I am proud of it but I would say that I was running the least HP of anyone in the top ten. The only time I was able to run the Nsx over 7000rpm was my recon lap at VIR for the full course, NSX was running great(finally) unfortunately the trans didnt like it.
At Summit I raised the rev limit to 7500 but it was still breaking up and losing power each lap.
the first run at VIR on the south course, it was breaking up bad, I had to make a change, I went leaner, Wrong answer. Previosly I was able to get ~140mph out of my NSX NA at VIR on the front straight, so 160 should be in it, unfortunately my wrong choice in tuning changes kept me to less than 120mph, but I still turned in a ok time.

I am not going to make excuses, All in all we ended up doing fairly well, we played the cards we were dealt as well as they could have been played.
Next year I will have plenty of prep time and will have the car running in top shape for every event, instead of none.
I feel we would have had a very good chance of winning the overall with a little testing time to iron out th issues, 450-500hp, and a good trans.
Mike
 
NSX-Racer said:
What about a 2005 BAR Honda F1 car? They have already Honda logos on it and if you solve the tiny problem with this little gas tank you may even get a licence plate... :biggrin:

You get it here I will drive it.
Shoot I will even sit on a side pod for the road trips as long as I get to drive the track sessions. :biggrin:
 
Edgemts said:
Next year I will have plenty of prep time and will have the car running in top shape for every event, instead of none.
That's the same what I always expect before my events - and it nearly never comes true. I would bet your car will be ready in the last minute before the 1st event, if you're lucky. Ever heard of the mysterious god "Raceaflais" on Doug's site here ? :wink:

Regarding the F1 car: I'm pretty sure you will get a cheap used one after this season when Honda has kicked BAR's ass and started to build a car all by itself. :tongue:
 
NSX-Racer said:
That's the same what I always expect before my events - and it nearly never comes true. I would bet your car will be ready in the last minute before the 1st event, if you're lucky. Ever heard of the mysterious god "Raceaflais" on Doug's site here ? :wink:

Regarding the F1 car: I'm pretty sure you will get a cheap used one after this season when Honda has kicked BAR's ass and started to build a car all by itself. :tongue:

Agreed, a race car/bike whatever never seems to be complete or as ready as you want but it will def. be much further along than it was this year.

Let me know where to send the rubber check, I take take two.
 
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