Thursday Test Notes from Mid-Ohio

[dc]

Thursday Test Day Notes from Mid-Ohio

- No. 4 Hagar is running a car with Continental Motorsport Services this weekend. Hagar was unable to repair his regular car in time for Round 11 after it was determined it had a crack in the chassis.
- No. 20 Tesone, No. 27 Dick, No. 38 Rose, No. 45 Floyd and No. 91 Thomas are making their 2001 debut this weekend.
- No. 3 Bell was towed early in the session with an ignition failure. Bell rejoined late in the session.
- No. 19 Urlin was towed on his first lap in the session after a severe engine failure. The team was going to change engines and attempt to make it out for the afternoon test session.
- No. 77 Dismore suffered two gearbox failures in the session.
- No. 45 Floyd spun in the session, which caused the electrical coil to come loose.
- No. 54 Camirand had a hose come loose ending his session early.
- No. 11 Rubenzer pulled of exiting the esses after bearing failure. The car will be repaired for the secont test session.
- No. 69 Asaro had a rear upright break late in the session. The car will be ready for the afternoon session.


Top-10 Times from Morning Test Sesion

Gray 1:25.501
LaPoint 1:25.705
Kasemets 1:25.871
Bell 1:25.937
Rodarte 1:26.149
Potekhen 1:26.451
Dyer 1:26.486
Asaro 1:26.494
Luyendyk Jr. 1:26.541
Rojas 1:26.601

[Daniel]

I'm glad those guys have professionals prepping their cars.

[Purple Frog]

Geez Louise.

Sounds like the first day at a drivers school, not a pro event.

... and all these cars will be for sale to us at the end of the season.

[Tim Reed]

If Hagar is running with Continental Motorsports, who is Tesone running with? I thought Continental ran Tesones car?

TDR

[dc]

Oh man, I have been getting updates like this all season. I figured it was a good use of the new forum to post it for everyone to see.

I'd never buy one of those cars, either. They are beaten hard on a weekly basis.

[Daniel]

Thanks Doug, n-o-w you tell me! I bought my car from Primus after the '99 season (and after they used it for new parts testing for a few months). It was definately well used for a one year old car. However, I did get a really good price and it does a have a good history, so once I finish replacing everything that's beat up I'll have an average price car with a good history.

[continental]

Continental Motorsport Services ran both Billy Hagar and Joe Tesone.

[Jason Bach]

I've also got one of the Primus team cars from '99, and I've had no problems with it at all. Primus gave us a good deal on the price and threw in a good amount of spares to go with it. Which of the team cars did you get? We had first choice of the cars, and took the one Daniel Muniz drove. I figured it wasn't run quite as hard Dan Wheldon's so it would be in a little better shape, and Dismore had a bad habit of running into things, so I didn't want that one. Maybe that's the car you wound up with, and that's why it seemed a little beat. All I know is I've had a positive experience with them, and wouldn't have a problem buying another car from them.

[Daniel]

I got Dan Wheldon's car. I didn't mean to make it sound like the car was trashed or anything. Mechanically it was perfect. The bodywork, however, needed some work. Spider cracks here, a gouge there and there, bottom of the nose worn through, etc. All of this was explained to me before I ever saw the car. And I really should have mentioned how helpful John and Brad have been. VERY. I ran the car five times last year and they were at every race, always willing to give me a hand and answer questions. I got a good deal, have no regrets and would buy another car from them again, in fact, once the new engine deal works its way down to club racing I probably will. [img]smile.gif[/img]