Optional request - can you flip your rear view so that it is like what you would see if you were looking in a mirror? To my brain it seems easier to tell what is happening. :)

Tom... we need this! I need to see speed, RPM and all the rest!

Perhaps a go fund me account to cover the expense!

https://lh4.ggpht.com/9k3BZ9aWN9vDOb...MFdTsTcEc=h900

Steve, good comment, especially since I superimpose the rear cam where the rear view mirror would normally be located.

Chuck, I have the data, I just need to learn to use the software to do the overlays.

Let me see what I can do!

For your entertainment...

Here is the start of today's race at the PCA Festival of Speed at AutoClub Speedway!

I qualified mid-pack in 7th of 13 Spec Boxster's. I got a great start and passed several cars thru Turns 1 and 2. A few laps later, a few drivers up front went off course and I was able to get by and move up to 2nd, then got passed by one car and held off a challenge to finish 3rd. Overall, a very strong race for me. Two more races tomorrow!

http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/...psg77xqykm.jpg

Nice Tom

Wish I wasn't missing CFOS

Very Good! Congrates.

Sorry that I haven't posted much in the past two weeks but as soon as I got back from Festival of Speed, I came down with a serious case of the flu and spent about 10 days in bed. Damn, that was one mean virus.

Here is a short video of the start of the 3rd race at Buttonwillow with a lot of first lap action! I got a good start and passed a few cars. Enjoy!

(I'll reverse the rear camera on the next video).

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**Weight Update**

I was weighed at the Festival of Speed with a total weight of 2,678 lbs with 1/2 tank of gas.

Subtracting 48 lbs for fuel (8 gallons x 6 lbs/gallon) means that the car and I weigh 2,630 lbs.

Thus, I need to keep just over 3 gallons (around 1/8 tank) of fuel in the car to meet the min weight of 2,650 lbs.

This is right where I want to be in terms of weight.

Are you using any ballast?

Does anybody know what wheels the 318 car is running? They are very visible at 43 seconds into the video.

No ballast. Once I got the weight to where I wanted it, I stopped removing stuff! :)

I just emailed him to find out...

Very cool. You can also say, nice recovery from that slide where the wheels were visible. :) I thought I knew all the 17" Boxster wheels but those look different - I am going to embarrassed if they turn out to be the regular Carrera twist wheels...

You should not be embarrassed only Tom should be. They are Sport Edition Cup 4 wheels from tire rack. They have a 52mm offset, I sent them to a machine shop to machine the offset to 48mm-50mm to comply to the rules.

https://www.tirerack.com/wheels/results.jsp?&autoMake=Porsche&autoModel=Boxster&au toYear=1999&autoModClar=

Here is the first video from the PCA Festival of Speed!

I got a good start and pass a lot of cars since the field was so strung out that I was going full tilt to catch up. I was running 5th when most of the leaders went off and was able to catch up and pass a couple more to finish 3rd.

Watch fullscreen in HD with sound!

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I thought that's what they might be, very cool, some more alternatives for wheels!

I'm assuming you mean they were 45 mm offset and they removed 5 mm from the mounting pad, making them 50mm offset? If they were 52, they would have to add 2 mm.

Great video Tom, thanks for posting.

Was that legal (within the rules) for the 140 car to drive that low on the track and pass the other cars?

LOVE these videos Tom! Keep them coming!