[edtrae03130]

Hello everyone. while some people are preparing to put their bullitts away for the winter we here in Florida are spending our time tracking our cars and cleaning off the dead love bugs, Today I went over to Historical Sebring raceway and spent the day in 3130. did a session and had a couple misses in the car and then a few laps later it was gone. the second session nothing everythng ran great and pushed the Bullitt a little harder. She responded well and had a great session. Found on the first lap my tire pressure got up to 39 lbs when i came in. lowered the pressure and second session much better. then we had lunch. coming back for the third session Rick's RTR had some issues and i got out my TimSpeed Scanner and we found that it threw 10 codes. speed sensor, cam sensor bank one and cam sensor bank 2. so he was done for the day... then the next session i jump in 3130 and the dreaded Service Engine Soon light comes on, so i my trusty scanner out, (thank you TIMSPEED) and scan3130 to find this.

So i message Brian Pearson and check online to see what is Coil H. found out it was number 8 and look in my bag of tricks and i have a spare Coil. thanks to the Serpent so changed out the Coil and cleared the code and all is good. during this time a Mach hits the wall at turn one so he is next to u fixing his car to go back out. he is in our group and already passed me in a sketchy spot. so i ended my day there and proudly drove my Bullitt home. By the way Bill Hurlbut i moved up to intermediate and they were passing with no point by.but only on the straight aways. well i am sure you know how that goes.. passing everywhere.... but i survived and had fun.
So Tim over at TimSpeed you saved my day thank you......

A bullitt in the dark ready to go..

 

[VIC-TIM]

Thanx, Ed, just glad it came in handy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like overall, a great day!! Congrats on moving up to intermediate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tossass4370]

Ed- Congratulations! You won 3130's trophy! And moving up to Intermediate, YEAH! You reached into distant crew chiefs, the spare pars bag and overcame! You made the correct, safe decision, PROUDLY driving 3139 home!

HPDE is gentleman enjoying speed together. Cooperation for safety. IT IS NOT RACING! IMHO, passing zones and point-by's are safety critical. The lead car has the right of way. Patience in controlled passing is safety. Aggressive Drivers who are ad hoc time trialing should be black flagged.

There are HPDE sponsors I will not run with anymore, due to lack of enforced passing and safety rules. It should not be a case of surviving the day or leaving early.

 

[bullit4404]

Any day you leave Sebring without broken shocks, suspension parts or crash damage is a good day.
I'm with Bill on the safety aspect. There used to be a guy up here who ran lapping days. His driver's meeting consisted of, "There are no rules. have fun." I never ran on those days but I witnessed some dumb assed driving and crashes as a crew member . Survival should not be the goal.
Congrats on moving up.

 

[edtrae03130]

https://www.facebook.com/edward.traenkner/videos/10209478451237736/

 

[VIC-TIM]

sorry, don't do farcebook. are those pictures?

 

[edtrae03130]

sorry, don't do farcebook. are those pictures?

Video but i will upload something on youtube..

 

[VIC-TIM]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[edtrae03130]

 

[VIC-TIM]

Nicely done sir!!! thanks for posting up the video!!!!

 

[edtrae03130]

Second Session

 

[VIC-TIM]

workin it Ed!!!! great!!!!

 

[greenbull4439]

Walls everywhere, that is scary! Good job moving up to intermediate! Can't comment about crazy drivers, I am one lol.

 

[edtrae03130]

Walls everywhere, that is scary! Good job moving up to intermediate! Can't comment about crazy drivers, I am one lol.

hoping to do either Barber Motorsports park in December or Atlanta Motorsports Park in late November..

 

[VIC-TIM]

Excellent!

 

[greenbull4439]

hoping to do either Barber Motorsports park in December or Atlanta Motorsports Park in late November..

That's what I'm talking about! Running MSR in two weeks with Paul and the crew. Really considering a track day at Circuit of the Americas in November, but they want $400 a day which could buy me 2 days at any other track....

 

[edtrae03130]

That's what I'm talking about! Running MSR in two weeks with Paul and the crew. Really considering a track day at Circuit of the Americas in November, but they want $400 a day which could buy me 2 days at any other track....

Not going to make MSR but signed up for Barber December 16th Both Rick and i will be there. its going to run about 400 had to get numbers for car and the track decal. track days here in Florida run about $370.00 except for Daytona which is $600 the cheapest i can find... so probably wont run there..their explanation is its Daytona. my response is id rather run Sebring.

 

[VIC-TIM]

great!!!!