Mustangs At Mosport

[Sleeper_08]

On Monday it was Mustangs At Mosport. Entries were limited to Fords or Ford powered cars. The weather was great except for a few sprinkles during one session. The event was organized into three run groups, Novice, Intermediate and Fast and the sessions were 20 minutes each. The first two groups could pass only on the back straight and the Fast ones on the front and back straights.

I was in the Intermediate group but it seems most of the others were as well so at times it became a bit of a train. I then got checked out by an instructor and moved to the Fast group for the last two sessions. There must have been less than 15 cars in the group and with 2.5 miles of track it was lonely. Then I saw a friend and the chase was on

http://www.youtube.com/user/frederickmith#p/a/u/0/EEdhtu1-Vow

During this chase I got down to a 1:44.5 which was a significant improvement over my previous best the first time out on the R-comps of 1:51.4.

Sorry about the video quality. Gotta get this fixed before my next event.

 

[SoundGuyDave]

And right there, you have the value of a "rabbit" to try to catch. The real trick to the game is to remember just how hard you pushed the car trying to catch the other guy, and then do it by yourself!

Great job, man, that looked like fun!

 

[Pumpkinfish]

Stupid question, but how do you make the videos with telemetry and track layout?

 

[Sleeper_08]

I did it by buying the complete system from MaxQData and it includes the hardware and software. The video and data are collected separately during the run and then the software allows you to merge them into a single wmv file. Here is their web site

http://www.maxqdata.com/VeQtr.htm

For me the the system was the best investment I made towards going faster.

 

[Cookiemonster]

I think you should invest in a better camera but really I know cellphones that would work better!!

 

[Sleeper_08]

I think you should invest in a better camera but really I know cellphones that would work better!!

The camera worked great last year. It is only since I flashed the Netbook BIOS and upgraded the software that it has been bad. I've been through all of the settings but so far can't figure it out.

 

[Sleeper_08]

A local news story about this event

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOe8Zm71h14