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04/03/08
Jimmie Johnson SAC#54
sends this link to a very well written article on Jim Clark
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Max "The Naz" Mosley
in hot water! If you haven't been keeping up with the latest here's a
brief of what he's been up to...
And this today ....
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SAC President
Courtesy of Jimmy McGlade
#308
Official SACographer |
Just to make it official - your new SAC Prez is indeed Peter Taws. There
was a vote of assembled SAC members at the Rockcliffe this past winter
and Peter was unanimously voted as your SAC president. Welcome Peter to
the SAC and congratulations on your presidency - long may you reign!
03/04/08
Rodney Schmelter ,
S/\C#303, Wraps up the Last Weekend of Ice Racing
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01/28/08
The First
Weekend Of the Magnum Fine Printing Ice Racing A Complete Success!
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12/06/07
SAC# 70
Glenn McKay reports from Minden that there is tons of snow but he is
afraid that there may not be much frost in the ground
I was talking to
Jimmy Feeney today and he said they had 16" of snow last night!
11/17/07
MOSPORT HISTORIC CAN-AM JUNE 20-22, 2008
- from Mike Jennings...
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11/04/07
Reid Milburn,
S/\C#50, Relates Road Trip Tale
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10/28/07
New member Lisa Shaw
- SACEWE! SAC#316. Your membership has been noted and added to the
growing membership list of the SAC
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Ice
Race Schedule for 2008. DAC weekend is Feb 02/03 ...
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09/04/07
Please give
a big SACEWE welcome to newest SACmember Mark Lovell SAC#170 (I think).
His email has been added to the membership page. Email:
jelovell@sympatico.ca
08/27/07
Waterworld
of Mosport 2007 (S/\C #1)
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Courtesy of S/\Cnews |
Whoa! I
survived!!! I made it through four days of the American LeMans Series
weekend at Mosport! In what's looking like typical weather now for this
race series when it visits here we saw lots and lots of water. I arrived
around 10:15 am Thursday at gate #6 - bottom of hill east of exit of
turn #1 tunnel - just as the clouds had cleared up leaving behind what
looked like the aftermath of a monsoon. With a river of water still
flowing 3" deep through the entry gates I pulled up to the attendant
with weekend pass in hand. He proudly showed me the high watermark of 15
minutes prior on the calf of his pant leg - he was soaked! There were
pieces of asphalt and various debris that had washed down into the ditch
alongside the pavement - they had been flushed through the tunnel from
the infield! This was just the beginning of what some (possibly
fortunate) people who stayed home missed. Personally, I loved every
minute. Thursday night we received another thunderous ovation and
accompanying deluge that kept most awake.
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Downpour on Fri. Click for Video |
On Friday
the heavy rains returned in the morning, red flagging track activities,
and an actual waterfall appeared just west of the track to the side of
the tunnel under turn one. I have never seen it rain that hard at
Mosport. Every morning the fog lay so thick that the race schedule had
to be delayed as no one could see from one marshal to the next.
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Place was packed
Courtesy of S/\Cnews |
The number of race
participant trailers and equipment, crew etc. seemed to be huge this
year even overflowing into the family camping and go-kart track
facilities to the west of turn 8. No wonder with all the series
represented. Spectator numbers were down significantly Saturday but
rebounded to sport record levels on race day. All the hills were covered
and stands packed - it was shoulder to shoulder at Corner 2.
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Lynda Fellows
Courtesy of S/\Cnews |
Not all was dull like
the weather - there were some redeeming moments to the weekend.
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Mosport Grid
Courtesy of S/\Cnews |
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The #7 Penske Porche
Courtesy of S/\Cnews |
Biggest news of the
day was Porche beat the Audi! That's right Alan McNish finished SACond
19.5 seconds behind Timo Bernhard's LMP2 Penske Porche. Having regained
the lead up to 20 minutes from the end after having gearbox troubles
towards the final few laps. He struggled through turn 5 with it stuck in
4th - how that's even possible I don't know - but as Alex Bartels puts
it "torque baby, I keep telling you - torque!".
Ron Fellows, flashing
his new white Corvette and racing for the last time with the Corvette
Racing team, finished 3rd in a class of three cars much to the disappointment
of Ronnie "B" Fellows who felt he could have done much better as the
replacement (B) driver given only half the chance.
A
good friend of mine, Dan Stott (Ronnie "B" Fellows), finally made it to
Corner 2 and enjoyed his inaugural Mosport experience. He also is the
newest member of the SAC at #233.
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New SACmember
Ronnie "B" Fellows |
The real Ron
Fellows
Courtesy Jimmy McGlade
SAC#308 |
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For the video outtakes of Ronnie "B" Fellows ...
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To view all photo images for the event
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Mobil 1 presents Grand Prix of
Mosport
Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Sunday's results
1. (2) Romain Dumas, France; Timo Bernhard,
Germany; Porsche RS Spyder (1, P2), 125.
2. (1) Rinaldo Capello, Italy; Allan McNish, Scotland; Audi AG/R10/TDI
(2, P1), 125.
3. (4) Sascha Maassen, Germany; Ryan Briscoe, Australia; Porsche RS
Spyder (3, P2), 125.
4. (3) Emanuele Pirro, Italy; Marco Werner, Germany; Audi AG/R10/TDI (4,
P1), 125.
5. (5) Marino Franchitti, Scotland; Bryan Herta, Valencia, CA;
Acura/ARX-01a (5, P2), 125.
6. (10) Jamie Bach, Saukville, WI; Ben Devlin, England;
Lola/B07-40/Mazda (6, P2), 124.
7. (9) Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, NY; Guy Smith, England; Porsche RS
Spyder (7, P2), 124.
8. (7) Luis Diaz, Mexico; Adrian Fernandez, Mexico; Lola/B06-43/Acura
(8, P2), 124.
9. (8) Andy Wallace, England; Butch Leitzinger, State College, PA;
Porsche RS Spyder (9, P2), 124.
10. (16) Johnny O'Connell, Flowery Branch, GA; Jan Magnussen, Denmark;
Corvette C6.R (10, GT1), 116.
11. (14) Oliver Gavin, England; Olivier Beretta, Monaco; Corvette C6.R
(11, GT1), 116.
12. (15) Ron Fellows, Canada; Andy Pilgrim, Del Ray Beach, FL; Corvette
C6.R (12, GT1), 116.
13. (17) Mika Salo, Finland; Jaime Melo, Brazil; Ferrari 430GT
Berlinetta (13, GT2), 112.
14. (18) Eric Helary, France; Gianmaria Bruni, Italy; Ferrari 430GT
Berlinetta (14, GT2), 111.
15. (12) Chris McMurry, Phoenix, AZ; Tony Burgess, Canada; Creation
CA06H-Judd (15, P1), 111.
16. (22) Tom Milner, Leesburg, VA; Ralf Kelleners, Germany; Porsche 911
GT3 RSR (16, GT2), 111.
17. (19) Dirk Mueller, Germany; Peter Dumbreck, Scotland; Ferrari 430GT
(17, GT2), 110.
18. (21) Jorg Bergmeister, Germany; Johannes van Overbeek, San
Francisco, CA; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (18, GT2), 110.
19. (20) Wolf Henzler, Germany; Robin Liddell, Scotland; Porsche 911 GT3
RSR (19, GT2), 109.
20. (25) Seth Neiman, Burlingame, CA; Lonnie Pechnik, Pacific Grove, CA;
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (20, GT2), 109.
21. (24) Dominik Farnbacher, Germany; Jim Tafel, Alpharetta, GA; Porsche
911 GT3 RSR (21, GT2), 94.
22. (13) Jon Field, Dublin, OH; Clint Field, Dublin, OH; Richard Berry,
Evergreen, CO; Creation/CA06H/Judd (22, P1), 86, Gearbox.
23. (23) Bill Auberlen, Hermosa Beach, CA; Bryan Sellers, Centerville,
OH; Joey Hand, Sacramento, CA; Panoz Esperante GTLM (23, GT2), 54,
Extenuating Circ..
24. (6) Stefan Johansson, Sweden; David Brabham, Australia;
Acura/ARX-01a (24, P2), 48, Gearbox.
25. (11) Adam Pecorari, Aston, PA; Gunnar van der Steur, Chesapeake
City, MD; Radical SR9/AER (25, P2), 6, Accident.
8/12/07
From Terry
Dalton SAC#60 ...
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Photos courtesy
Terry Dalton |
Mark Swain took a hell of a ride Friday night at
Oshweken. The car is basically a write off, he is OK, not
even a
bruise.
It was a wild ride, he hit the top of the catch fence.
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08/09/07
If you're not already totally
exSACtic about the upcoming American Le Mans Series circus coming to
Mosport this August 24 through 26th - YOU SHOULD BE !!! This is
probably the biggest race ticket of the entire season - in Canada! Check
the points standings for the series and it reads like a who's who of
motor sport: Alan McNish, David Brabham, Stefan Johansson, Bryan Herta,
Dario Franchitti, Didier Theys,
Tony Kanaan, Helio
Castroneves, Adrian
Fernandez, Jan Magnussen,
Ron Fellows, Max Papis, Miko Salo, Tomas Enge, Graham Rahal, Scott
Maxwell, Jörg Bergmeister.
To help wet your
appetite just visit the home page for the ALMS series at
www.americanlemans.com where you will find an enormous amount of
information regarding the series'
circuits, the cars, drivers, teams and
manufacturers that will be racing not to mention all the support
races. Have a look at the
race schedule from the
www.mosport.com website and check out the additional race series
that will be represented ...
See you at Corner 2!
8/08/07
Ferrari-McLaren Spy Plot Thickens - Peter McMurtrie (S/\C#27)
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Seen here at a hastily
arranged meeting of
the F1 World Motor Sport Coucil, McLaren
and Ferrari pledge a new dawn of
mutual respect, trust and integrity
- regarding Intellectual Property Rights.
Courtesy Peter McMurtrie |
Unfortunately, I think we
could all see this coming:
The scheduled High Court
session in the Ferrari and Mike Coughlan case was cancelled after
the suspended McLaren designer agreed to supply an affidavit
detailing his involvement in the affair.
Ferrari's lawyers had
requested that Coughlan and his wife Trudy – who are accused of
possessing nearly 800 pages of confidential Ferrari data – produce
the sworn statement during the initial court meeting.
Coughlan's lawyers wanted
clarification on any implications this might have on the related
case in Italy involving ex-Ferrari employee Nigel Stepney.
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Robbie The Wrench took
the stolen Ferrari
papers and has constructed a new race
car for next year. Seen here testing
at a secret racetrack. Mr. Ed |
Ferrari has named Stepney
as the source of the documents received by Coughlan, who was
suspended by McLaren last Tuesday when the data was discovered
during a Ferrari-instigated search of his home.
It was later revealed that
Stepney and Coughlan had made a joint approach to Robbie The Wrench
in the hope of joining Phil Strudwick Racing's technical staff - which
is exactly where they may end up.
(not that there's anything wrong with that)
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Photo courtesy
Bruce Brownscombe |
1952
Norton Manx 500
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Photo courtesy
Bruce Brownscombe |
Mr Ed
Moody - hangin' out.
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$5 fuel pump
So, yesterday I
was going to meet up with Terry (not Terry Dalton), the guy who sold me
a Volvo because he had a bunch of tires that were "forgotten" when he
dropped the car off. First, it's freaking hot. I get on the 403 to the
401 going East, all is well until I hit the wall of traffic. So I take
the Eglington exit, and I'll take Royal York North. I need to get on
Weston between Sheppard and Finch. As soon as I get onto Weston where
Albion separates, the Police are there and the road is blocked. I have
to turn around and head back to Wilson and get over to Jane. It's been
about an hour now with no movement because Traffic is really sucking.
As I'm heading east, the in-line electric fuel pump I'm using takes a
dump. It overheated and keeps tripping out. I manage to coast off into
a parking lot, check under the hood. I had a 1 Liter container of
water, so I dump it on the fuel pump and wait until it's cool to the
touch. Car starts up, and I head out, get to Jane get north and make it
to Terry's work. Get the tires, and head out. This time I decide to go
north to Finch and then get on the 400, hopefully the airflow will cool
off the pump. As I get close to the ramp, I hit the gas and it bogs
down (not enough fuel) so I stay on finch to Jane and I'll just snake it
through Toronto. Toronto SUCKS, it's hot and I'm moving at 1 kph due to
traffic. Back on Wilson heading west now and the pump gives up for
good. It warned me, but I kept pushing it. I'm now stuck in a Speedy
Parking lot. There are a few repair shops, I walk around and ask if
they have a 12 V fuel pump. Nope, tomorrow they say. Screw you guys,
your not touching my POS, I'm going to get rid of it within days. I
don't want to be paying for repairs on it. So I figure I'll just call
the tow truck and get home. After 30 min of waiting, it's hot out, I
say screw this. I pull out the Swiss army knife I have in the glove
box. Open the hood. Cut the windshield washer squirter supply line and
shove it in the fuel tank. Siphon off .5L into my water container that
I used to cool off the pump with. I run the wiper fluid tank dry, out
the side of the car. Then connect the shortened squirter fluid line to
the carburetor. It takes me about 5 min to learn how to operate the
wipers to keep the car running. It works surprisingly well, and I end
up flooding the engine more than running out of fuel. So I bug out and
head home, filling the carb bowl from the wipers every 5 or 7 min. Get
home, have a shower.
Rodney B. Schmelter,
S/\C #303
03/12/07
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The J24 in Mexico Worlds |
Ryan
Clumpus SAC#317 sends this pic
03/09/07
Fantastic
In-Car Footage from Nick Majors' SAC#301 (aka darthviper2006) IceRace Stud car
in Mindenhammer
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2002
Saturn SC2 Car For Sale - See the Buy/Sell SACtion
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03/06/07
S/\C Ice Race
Report for BARC weekend of March 3rd and 4th, 2007-click "Icerace Report" link at left or
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03/05/07
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Bugatti Veyron |
Alex Bartels
S/\C67 - Video Of The Bugatti Veyron At Top Speed 407KMH
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