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Art of Ferrari

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Bruce
on September 7, 2009
in Sixth Gear
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What a hugely fun-filled three days we had in Corning, NY.   The weather was beyond description, the people fun and the track was fast.

Leon Bourdage had worked tirelessly all summer to line up a fantastic off track schedule to compliment Bob & Karen Coates usual track flair.   Dinners and parties were planned on all nights keeping all of us on a tight, but thoroghly entertaining schedule.

I knew it was catching up with us and even caught myself giggling when on day #2, I had drivers coming into the classroom and nodding off.  There was one guy that was almost drooling, better in class than out on the back straight was my figure.

Day 1 brought the usual scramble to create our ode to Burning Man by erecting our makeshift township and Continue reading ‘Art of Ferrari’

We finished!!!

Published
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Bruce
on January 25, 2009
in Guardian Angel Motorsports and Sixth Gear
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24 hours. 572 laps. New radiator, engine mount, water pump and half-shaft. Lots of tires. Not much sleep. We wouldn’t have it any other way.

We finished

We finished

Thanks to everyone for their support!

How fast does your Guardian Angel fly?

Published
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Bruce
on January 5, 2009
in Guardian Angel Motorsports and Sixth Gear
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We can’t go fast.

This is a really big downer. To make it worse, we’re ****RIPPING**** thru tires. The tires should be doing 45-55 laps a set before the adhesion drops to the point where driving the pace becomes a very startling affair. We’ve burned TWICE the tires budgeted for this practice…at $2200 a set, that’s not cool. We need to have a car Continue reading ‘How fast does your Guardian Angel fly?’

Video Evidence: 256 Laps Complete - 744 to go!

Published
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Bruce
on November 2, 2008
in Guardian Angel Motorsports and Sixth Gear
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Well….our test chariot, “Toby” has a black box recorder in it that records pretty much everything.

Ledoux & Lally comparing notes on guitar hero

Ledoux & Lally comparing notes on guitar hero

Here is what the data shows on our efforts so far:

  1. We’ve completed 256 laps (approx. half of the real race) which equates to 911.36 miles.
  2. Our BRAND NEW motor has run 18 hours….or just about 1/3rd of its life span (60hrs).
  3. Our BRAND NEW transmission has run just over 1/2 of its life span (30hrs).
  4. We used 5 sets of tires (4 new and 1 ’scrub’).
  5. We averaged 3.4 liters of 100 octane, unleaded fuel per lap (.898 gallons)…or 3.96 mpg….eeek
  6. Our fastest speed was 171 mph
  7. Our biggest G turn was 1.71Gs
  8. Our biggest G stop was 1.38Gs
  9. Our biggest G vertical (banked turns) was .88G
In a place they spent WAY too much time for their liking

In a place they spent WAY too much time for their liking

Dan Watkins, Guardian Angel Motorsports Co-pilot - Day Time Video

Dave Quinlan, Guardian Angel Motorsports Co-pilot - Day Time Video

Bruce Ledoux, Guardian Angel Motorsports Co-pilot - Night Time Video

Andy Lally, Guardian Angel Motorsports Co-pilot - Day Time Video