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We won the race at Thunderhill Race in United States Touring Car Championship

Old Dec 2, 2017 | 07:18 PM
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Default We won the race at Thunderhill Race in United States Touring Car Championship

Our Z Car Garage 350z won the final two races at Thunderhill raceway in United States Touring Car Championship and we had a intense battle with a s2000 in our Day 1 race. Here is the full recap and video:

http://www.speedsf.com/ustcc-2017/
Old Dec 2, 2017 | 07:40 PM
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Congrats!

At 04:30 S2k got squirmy, was real entertaining seeing the dogfight between 2 great chassis.
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Old Dec 2, 2017 | 08:18 PM
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Congrats- how did you finish in the overall USTCC series standings?
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Wow great driving, results and video!!! Nice to see zs still taking the podium!
What are you using for the rear camera that feeds into ur cabin?
Also random question, are you on solid or polyurethane engine/trans mounts? I'm going to be swapping stock ones out, just not sure if the solid ones provide any additional benefit over polyurethane.
Keep up the good work!
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Originally Posted by BluestreamDE
Congrats!

At 04:30 S2k got squirmy, was real entertaining seeing the dogfight between 2 great chassis.
And almost exactly one minute later, I could feel my empathetic tail end slide out allowing the S2K around. Awesome.

Oh, and I couldn't help but notice that Rota is a key sponsor. That says something about "replica wheels". Oh, uh, yeah, I only notice that after last year's "test" - hardly a test - of rep wheels on my cars that led to nothing bad.... hence why both of my Datsuns wear them for exclusively street use. Laff...

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Originally Posted by MicVelo
And almost exactly one minute later, I could feel my empathetic tail end slide out allowing the S2K around. Awesome.

Oh, and I couldn't help but notice that Rota is a key sponsor. That says something about "replica wheels". Oh, uh, yeah, I only notice that after last year's "test" - hardly a test - of rep wheels on my cars that led to nothing bad.... hence why both of my Datsuns wear them for exclusively street use. Laff...
Was there contact there? Hard to tell in video.... S2k disappears from rear view and you go sideways. Initially looked like he may have love tapped you, but sounds like it may have been self inflicted?
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Old Dec 3, 2017 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by dkmura
Congrats- how did you finish in the overall USTCC series standings?
We finished 2nd overall this season. The s2000 in the video took season championship.
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Originally Posted by Dblock55
Wow great driving, results and video!!! Nice to see zs still taking the podium!
What are you using for the rear camera that feeds into ur cabin?
Also random question, are you on solid or polyurethane engine/trans mounts? I'm going to be swapping stock ones out, just not sure if the solid ones provide any additional benefit over polyurethane.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you.
I use video editing software to embed our rear camera into the video. The front camera is an old 720P Aim smartycam, sorry about the video quality.

I have full solid engine and tran mount, since it is a full race car. NVH doesnt bother me. Actually, it wasnt harsh at all with our smooth V6 engine.

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Originally Posted by MicVelo
And almost exactly one minute later, I could feel my empathetic tail end slide out allowing the S2K around. Awesome.

Oh, and I couldn't help but notice that Rota is a key sponsor. That says something about "replica wheels". Oh, uh, yeah, I only notice that after last year's "test" - hardly a test - of rep wheels on my cars that led to nothing bad.... hence why both of my Datsuns wear them for exclusively street use. Laff...
We have Rota on our 350z for the last three seasons, none of them bent or cracked and we rode the kerbs a lot! The only time we have wheel damage was from car contact. Rota is also kind enough to custom made a set of light weight wheels for my Z in USTCC spec. (18x10 +15)


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Old Dec 3, 2017 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Dblock55
Was there contact there? Hard to tell in video.... S2k disappears from rear view and you go sideways. Initially looked like he may have love tapped you, but sounds like it may have been self inflicted?
Yes. We did. Perhaps the race was so intense that we had 2-3 light taps during the race. The s2000 driver is a very good driver, he saw the gap and went for it. I couldn't do anything as I just recovered from sideway.
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Congrats! Great result.
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Congrats!
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awesome!
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Thanks for sharing. Well done.
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Congrats on the win!

Off topic: Details on the rear wing setup?
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