Chasing a Camero at VIR North with Tarheel SCC

Roger, our car owner and driver, is an instructor for driving events. Below is a little video of he and Ricky (passenger) driving Duffy in the green group (beginner group at Tarheel). Good lines and smooth driving.

NOTE: Before you comment on how slow or lame he is - this is not a race he is an instructor amid beginners. This is tame, safe, smooth driving, not race conditions that would scare the heck out of the green group.

VIR North with Taheel SCC

2015 Race Schedule

Hi All - Here's our planned 2015 schedule for the Duff Beer Civic. This includes races and track days. Join us out at the race and cheer us on, or bring your own car to the track and drive with us at club track day. Roger is an instructor now, so you might even get teaching from us and a ride along in the Duff Beer Civic. What could be better!

February 7-8 - LeMons Race - Barber Motorsports Park - 3rd in Class B
March 21-22 - NASA Mid Atlantic Track Day - VIR
April 4-5 - Tarheel Sports Car Club Track Day - VIR North
May 2-3 - LeMons Race - CMP
June 6-7 - Tarheel Sports Car Club Track Day - CMP
July 18-19 - NASA Mid Atlantic Track Day - VIR Full Course
August 8-9 - Chump 24 Hour Race - VIR Full Course
September 12-13 - Tarheel Sports Car Club Track Day - VIR Full Course
September 19-20 - LeMons Race - CMP

For more details to attend a race or sign-up for a track day;
Tarheel Sports Car Club: http://thscc.com/index.php/track/track-news
NASA Mid Atlantic: http://www.nasaracing.net/?page_id=13
LeMons (May): https://www.24hoursoflemons.com/events-results/article/145-southern-discomfort
LeMons (Sept): https://www.24hoursoflemons.com/events-results/article/154-lemons-south-fall
Chump (VIR 24 hour, Aug): http://chumpcar.com/register/supplementalrules/222.pdf

Barber 2015 - Third in Class

Duffy is running strong. Apparently having a real shop assemble your engine, as opposed to dragging a blown one out of a junk yard and patching it up, really works. We ran the whole race and finished 3rd in Class B and 16th overall out of 76 cars.

Barber is a great track and a fun race, and I did NOT burn up the brakes this time. A strategy of early throttle lift and a few quick pulses on the brakes, as opposed to sustained pressure and heat kept the brakes and tires looking like new. Ricky, fresh off a car accident, was not really in shape to be in a car. Much less racing. He earned a couple of black flags at the start of each if his stints for spinning in turn 1. Danny, after more than a year away from driving, again from a head injury, had a slow start, but dropped his pace a good chunk over his two stints. Roger was safe and consistent, and at a pretty good pace.

We finished 16 laps behind The Generar Ree, the class B winner. Basically, no black flags and a faster overall pace and we would be fighting for a win.

Hooniverse has a nice write-up:

http://hooniverse.com/2015/02/17/24-hours-of-lemons-shine-country-classic-recap/

Now for the important part, the beer! Here's the recipes for the two creations I brought;

Rosemary & Clove

• Steep a half pound each of biscuit and caramel malts (25mins)
• Boil and add 6lbs light DME
• Add 6-10 cloves and 2 tablespoons of dry rosemary
• Add 1oz of Mosaic hops and boil (30mins)
• Add 1oz Nelson Sauvin hops and boil (5mins)
• Cool and pour into a carboy. Fill the carboy to 5gals
• Add West Coast Ale yeast and ferment 1-2 weeks
• Boil and add sugar water for bottling.
• Add a handful of fresh Rosemary from the garden and stir into the bottling bucket
• Bottle and wait a week

 

Smoked Whiskey

• Steep a half pound each of smoked and rye malts (30mins)
• Boil and add 3lbs dark DME and 3lbs amber DME
• Add 1 packet (approx. 1oz) of whiskey barrel oak chips
• Add 1oz of Fuggle hops and boil (30mins)
• Add 1oz Hallertau hops and boil (5mins)
• Cool and pour into a carboy. Fill the carboy to 5gals
• Add 1oz of whole leaf Hallertau to the carboy for dry hopping
• Add English Ale yeast and ferment 1-2 weeks