2007 Run and Gun is in the record books. I met Ryan and Chuck who are building an RCR here on the forum. They were there in their Cobra which Ryan piloted to a Rookie of the Year win. I was parked next to Ray with the beautiful Gulf GT40 from RCR. We were in the vendor area hanging out under the RCR banner. Hersh was there with his RF40. He has been a great friend to this event for years. He had some crazy engine trouble but in true R&G fashion, everyone pitched and offered unsolicited advice while two guys fixed the car! boomsmile I wish I had some pictures but I was just to busy to get the camera out. I did race RCR33 and I was able to edge out Randy Schrantz (Pikes peak champion) for first place in the small block Pro class. The car handled amazingly. I took second overall for the closed wheel classes on the road course. I needed to beat Randy on the drag strip to win the top dog award but he ran a 10.02 in the 1/4 mile. I just loaded up and tipped my hat to him. Save the trans axle to run another day. I will tell you that I absolutlutly abused this car this weekend. I had a great spin, I ran to 7500 rpms almost everylap, and I pounded the bvrakes as hard as humanly possible. I did have to part failures. I broke a 2psi pressure valve and lost my front front brakes. I just drilled it out and turned it into a coupling! I tore the bushings out of my front swaybar pillow blocks but I had a buddy get the put back. The finally faileure was a fuel pump. That has been the problem all along with the webers. It really wasn't the carbs, it was a fuel pump. It is a good thing that we have 2 tanks. All in all for a car that had less than 20 miles on the street when I got to the track, it held up very well.
Brian Smith was there from Kit Car Mag and shot a lot of pictures. I think just about everyone there will be in the magazine. Brian shot some great pictures of Ray's Gulf car and RCR33 on the track together and then a ton of detailed chassis shots. We MIGHT have a cover coming your way way soon!
epper:
I know Chuck took a ton of pictures so hopefully he will post later today. We had a great time. There were almost 60 racers and 300 -400 spectators. We had two diving instructors giving free seminars and Keith Craft did an engine seminar. We had a great banquit and over the course of the week we probably drank 15 gallons of margarita's! It just doesn't get any better.
Dean
Brian Smith was there from Kit Car Mag and shot a lot of pictures. I think just about everyone there will be in the magazine. Brian shot some great pictures of Ray's Gulf car and RCR33 on the track together and then a ton of detailed chassis shots. We MIGHT have a cover coming your way way soon!
epper:I know Chuck took a ton of pictures so hopefully he will post later today. We had a great time. There were almost 60 racers and 300 -400 spectators. We had two diving instructors giving free seminars and Keith Craft did an engine seminar. We had a great banquit and over the course of the week we probably drank 15 gallons of margarita's! It just doesn't get any better.
Dean
