Year 2 of the 24hr for us was quite a bit different from the first. We ended up frying a wiring harness, busting a swaybar bracket that took out a brake line, lost a bolt on a rocker arm that caused it to break...and an engine change around 5:30 am.
Sometime during the last 2 hours, the coil bracket snapped because the coil was hanging by wires when I loaded the car on the trailer.
I don't think we had any contact with other cars this year which was good.
The noon start/finish was nice because I was back at the house by 3:30. I only live 40 minutes away.
I enjoyed doing the race even though we had our share of problems. Next year I am thinking about doing an additional 12 hour race because the only part of the 24 that I don't like is the packing up immediately after the race without a chance to relax with the crew and drivers before they go their own ways.
We ran the same Hawk HT-10 brakes and stock rotors as we did last year. I mean the exact same pair. The rotors are now done but the pads are about 1/2 worn.
We ran through 4 old Avons and 5 new ones plus 1 tire that blew out on the inside edge for some reason. Last year (777 laps) we ran the Hoosier R3s04 tires and went through 8 hoosiers and ran a set of Avons for about 2 hours.
I am not sure how much actual track time (around 580 laps) we had on the parts though because of our problems.
If the Nissan/Datsun guys are on, send me a PM.
Jeremy Cesene
#13 ITB BMW 318i
Hillbilly Motorsports
