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©hris
06-25-2009, 01:49 PM
looking to find someone in atlanta that sells ballast/lead for race cars.... anyone?
Elbow
06-25-2009, 02:41 PM
For the Z4?
matthewAPM
06-25-2009, 02:45 PM
Just make a weight box and put lead inside it. Or bolt weights to the floor. It should be legal.

Pegasus racing I believe has some
Elbow
06-25-2009, 02:46 PM
Yeah i've seen weights bolted to the floor.
SiRed94
06-25-2009, 05:27 PM
Yeah, weights bolted to the floor should be legal. I've seen a lot of people with them and never seen anybody not allowed to compete. Most rulebooks don't really specify what type of weight it has to be, they just state that it has to be securely fastened.
slostang
06-25-2009, 05:32 PM
summit does i believe.

we just used weight boxes when we had a race car.
©hris
06-25-2009, 05:38 PM
cool thanks guys.... not for my car simon :) another NASA guy that is going through comp school at RA in August.
Elbow
06-25-2009, 06:30 PM
Ohhhh cool gotcha.
dazn
06-25-2009, 09:13 PM
call OPM Autosports.
They will sell you the weights they use. square steel plates weighing 25 or 17 pounds each.

OPM Autosports • 2420 Oak Street West • Cumming, GA 30041 • (770) 886-8199
matthewAPM
06-30-2009, 12:22 PM
chris is that your car in the sig? If so, more picsss
Elbow
06-30-2009, 01:00 PM
It is, he was out at the last NASA event, I was flagging while he was having fun. :(
©hris
06-30-2009, 01:49 PM
all the pics can be found on my myspace page... have not gotten around to putting them all in a photobucket account or anything...

Myspace.com/Chrissmith84

also the gopro video.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn3kcfCNxsU
©hris
06-30-2009, 01:51 PM
It is, he was out at the last NASA event, I was flagging while he was having fun. :(

soon :) its funny because we have been at the track many times together and yet I still don't think we have met. Chuck and I went searching for you at the Ferrari Challenge but couldn't find ya.

Prob seen you walk right by me or even said hello and didnt know it was you. Next event stop by the Fandango Racing trailer and say whats up... Its green and has Drew's silver M3, mine and Chucks BMWs parked out front.
matthewAPM
07-01-2009, 09:04 AM
start jumping on those curbs boy! lol. As dumb as it sounds, using the curbs at road atlanta is worth a few seconds.
©hris
07-01-2009, 12:53 PM
hehe yeah in August that is one thing i will mainly work on is using the whole track. In that video i had DSC on so i basicly just was balls out through the turns with no worries on losing it. I was too fast for turnins forcing DSC to kick in on exit. In August though the DSC is gonna be off and I will focus harder on getting in tight on turn in and smooth exit to far end of the track. With the DSC, as i was hitting the apex the DSC would kick in and slow me down forcing the car to the middle of the track.... sucked because i would be on the throttle and the car would hesitate a few seconds coming out of the apex.