2012 Thunderhill 25 hours - Team 949 Racing

[— kung fu jesus —]

http://www.facebook.com/Team949Racing
http://www.nasa25hour.com/
http://www.facebook.com/NASA25HrsofThunderhill


2012 NASA 25 Hours Of Thunderhill
December 8-9, 2012 Willows, CA


Once again we have assembled a great team for the Thunderhill 25 hours. We return as the defending E2 champions. This year we will field four cars.
E3 "Kitty" black NB2
E3 "Super" Silver NB1
E2 "Nemo" Orange/white NB2
E1 "Crusher" Orange NB2


The Team 949 Racing facebook page will be information central. The team will try to make twitter updates during the race that will post to our FB page.


Follow the race live with the racemonitor app for android and iPhone
Live timing http://www.nasa25hour.com/live-timing-feed.html


Crew
John Wing - Engineer (satisaii)
Andrew Kidd - Head Mechanic (savington)
Keith Tanner
Bryan Wood (bikeindirt)
Manny Hernandez (Neocataboi)
Grant Conley
Murat Guruz
Joe Perez
Abe Mara
Steven Krause (kung_fu_jesus)
Jessica Posa (XCLR8TN)
Jon Chan
Guillermo "G'mo" Contreras
Mei Xu
Madeleine Mohr
Michael Deron Hom (Ham)
Chris Clay
Alex Renderos
Tom Probert (EUNOS 96)
Zhong Cheung
Zi Yeung
Chris Safranski (cjsafski)
Alex LaJeunesse
Brian Kelley
Joel Anglade
Julian Woon
More coming


Drivers
Emilio Cervantes
William Chen (bellwilliam)
Mark Drennan
Nick Buchanan (crashncar)
Gordon Jennings (trackdayhookey)
Sonny Watanasirisuk (VagaXt)
Justin Neel
Theo Coetzee
3 drivers TBD


Shiny car parts
Federal 595 RS-R
Carbotech Brakes
Trackspeed Engineering
Weekend Racer
Keegan Engineering
Sampson Racing Communications
Lang Racing
OS Giken
DIY Autotune
Injector Dynamics
Subesports
Racepak
TC Design
Track HQ
The Parts Group
2nd Chance Roadster
Autokonexion
Boundary Engineering


Just 4 weeks away!

[VagaXt]

I am honored and previleged to be driving again for this awesome team. I will do my best at what I like to do.

[xjdesertfox]

Any reason you guys are running the 595RS-R's this time around instead of NT-01's? You guys running 205's? On 9's?

I have the tires on my miata, and like them a lot. But I remember when I got them a lot of people shit talked on them.

[— kung fu jesus —]

Sweeet.
http://www.snmagcurrent.com/publication/?i=132201&p=26

[VagaXt]

WINNING. Crusher wins E1 against 3-time defending champs, CJ Wilson Racing! Post race impound photo, no dents!

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Many lead changes, but CJ increased the gap to 2 laps after alternator/water belt tensioner problem. I got in the car at around 3am with fresh tires and brakes but had to conserve to save having to do an extra pit stop. This would allow us to be in striking range for Emilio to chase CJ Wilson Racing for the final stages of the race. Also, a dying transmission (dying 3rd gear sychro) had to be nursed, so only 4th and 5th gears were used most of the rest of the race. Despite this problem, I chased them down by cutting about 3 seconds per lap for the next 3 hours, and I retook the lead of less than half a lap when I driver swapped with Emilio for the last time in the race.

Then a shifter problem plus a fuel spill penalty set us back again and Emilio had to throw it down. The race was won by 1 lap with Emilio Cervantes driving the last 6 hours of the race, true ironman! The race was close from hour 19 on to the finish, with both cars on the same lap until Emilio lapped them on the final corner of the final lap of the race. Exclamation point!

Thanks to Team 949 Racing for the honor and previlege to drive with a distinguished, winning team for the past 2 years.

NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill press release here:

http://www.nasa25hour.com/2012/motor...underhill.html

[— Phatmiata —]

awesome stuff !!!


any youtube videos for the masses?

[VagaXt]

awesome stuff !!!


any youtube videos for the masses?

Yes, the start in Crusher is uploading. I drove the opening stint.

[Satisaii]

Thanks again to everyone that came out in support of Team 949 Racing. We could not have won without the support of everyone who showed up.

Steve, it was nice to see you again. Sorry I did not get a chance to say goodbye before you headed back into the uncivilized parts of the country.

Sonny did an awesome job of driving. His driving is a good part of the reason that there is not much work to do on Crusher in the off season. Now Super, on the other hand, needs a complete make-over.

John

[VagaXt]

Video of the start, me in Crusher:

[Joker]

Awesome driving guys!

[VagaXt]

Some night footage after a full course yellow start:

There will be more good battles posted once we can get more footage cut.

[XCLR8TN]

I am 100% happy I made the decision to join the crew and travel out to experience this. Truly amazing work by everyone!

[— kung fu jesus —]

Truly honored to be apart of this experience again!

I *had* to leave before the trailers were loaded. I had reached my limits physically and emotionally to finish, hence no goodbyes.

My hero of the event is Ham...this guy is like an ant; he carries things 5X his size and NEVER quits. I sequestered him from the Mechs and he was right there with me all night slinging tires, wheels, and parts. Soooo awesome!