powderbrake
10-15-2006, 09:39 PM
Report on the Se7ens at Run N Gun 2006
Run n Gun was held Oct 11 to the 14th, in Madison Illinois ( across the river from St. Louis) at Gateway International Raceway, and there were about 40 cars in the event.
The cars ran in many classes, based on tires ( Street, Prepared ( sticky tires) or Slicks), as well as on engine size, (Big Block, Small Block, and 4-6 Cylinder) and Naturally Aspirated or Power added ( blown, turbo or nitrous) Most all the cars there were Cobras, Cobra Daytona Coupes, or Se7ens.
There were 9 Se7ens there. 3 Ultralites, 4 Super Stalkers, 1 Viking, and a Stalker belonging to Cliff Flath, who was working the event and did not compete. The owners are:
Chuck Spera Michigan, Ultralite
Loren Edwards Texas Ultralite
Jerry Eddens Missouri Ultralte
John Meyers Illinois Super Stalker
Dennis Brunton Florida Super Stalker
Paul Whittle Georgia Super Stalker
David Seybold New Mexico Super Stalker
Cliff Flath Illinois Stalker
Jerry Fink Pennsylvania Viking
Gateway has a 1.6 mile road course which uses half of the oval , and is a great track. We got to run between 150 to 180 laps over two days of lapping sessions. The use of transponders in each car gave us our best times for each session.
Wednesday the 11th was an added event, where for $100 we attended a nearly 3 hour session on car set up, including suspension design and theory, spring setup, car weighting and all aspects of getting a car to handle correctly, put on by an expert, Morris Clement. After the session, we all got a chance to put our cars on the corner scales, and had Morris help us with corner weight and ride height adjustment. Then we all got to run the road course for several sessions.
Thursday was cloudy and cool, and while the Novice and Street classes ran the course for 3 hours, the Prepared and Unlimited classes ran a great autocross which was set up by the local SCCA team. After lunch, the groups switched locations and Novice and Street ran the autocross, while Prep and Unlimited ran the road course.
Friday was a little warmer, and sunny, and all 4 groups ran the road course from 8 am to 5 pm. I ran so often I skipped a session or two because I was so tired. James Yates had a new Daytona Coupe with a big block Ford that produced 485 horsepower, and he ran in street class. We were the two fastest cars in street class, and as a result, he and I diced back and forth all day. When he was in front, he could pull me by about a half to one second per lap, but when I was in front I could stay there, based on the distance I could pick up in the twisty parts of the track.
That evening we had a great dinner at the track, and watched a video of one of the Cobras that raced up Pikes Peak. There are no safety barriers there, and going off the road means going off the side of the mountain.
Saturday was a little warmer and bright sunshine. It was drags all day. You got to run the strip as many times as you wanted to, to establish your best time, and to set a bracket time. They then ran head to head for each class champion, then the quick 8, and then the bracket drags. The quick 8 was the Daytona Coupe, wh
Run n Gun was held Oct 11 to the 14th, in Madison Illinois ( across the river from St. Louis) at Gateway International Raceway, and there were about 40 cars in the event.
The cars ran in many classes, based on tires ( Street, Prepared ( sticky tires) or Slicks), as well as on engine size, (Big Block, Small Block, and 4-6 Cylinder) and Naturally Aspirated or Power added ( blown, turbo or nitrous) Most all the cars there were Cobras, Cobra Daytona Coupes, or Se7ens.
There were 9 Se7ens there. 3 Ultralites, 4 Super Stalkers, 1 Viking, and a Stalker belonging to Cliff Flath, who was working the event and did not compete. The owners are:
Chuck Spera Michigan, Ultralite
Loren Edwards Texas Ultralite
Jerry Eddens Missouri Ultralte
John Meyers Illinois Super Stalker
Dennis Brunton Florida Super Stalker
Paul Whittle Georgia Super Stalker
David Seybold New Mexico Super Stalker
Cliff Flath Illinois Stalker
Jerry Fink Pennsylvania Viking
Gateway has a 1.6 mile road course which uses half of the oval , and is a great track. We got to run between 150 to 180 laps over two days of lapping sessions. The use of transponders in each car gave us our best times for each session.
Wednesday the 11th was an added event, where for $100 we attended a nearly 3 hour session on car set up, including suspension design and theory, spring setup, car weighting and all aspects of getting a car to handle correctly, put on by an expert, Morris Clement. After the session, we all got a chance to put our cars on the corner scales, and had Morris help us with corner weight and ride height adjustment. Then we all got to run the road course for several sessions.
Thursday was cloudy and cool, and while the Novice and Street classes ran the course for 3 hours, the Prepared and Unlimited classes ran a great autocross which was set up by the local SCCA team. After lunch, the groups switched locations and Novice and Street ran the autocross, while Prep and Unlimited ran the road course.
Friday was a little warmer, and sunny, and all 4 groups ran the road course from 8 am to 5 pm. I ran so often I skipped a session or two because I was so tired. James Yates had a new Daytona Coupe with a big block Ford that produced 485 horsepower, and he ran in street class. We were the two fastest cars in street class, and as a result, he and I diced back and forth all day. When he was in front, he could pull me by about a half to one second per lap, but when I was in front I could stay there, based on the distance I could pick up in the twisty parts of the track.
That evening we had a great dinner at the track, and watched a video of one of the Cobras that raced up Pikes Peak. There are no safety barriers there, and going off the road means going off the side of the mountain.
Saturday was a little warmer and bright sunshine. It was drags all day. You got to run the strip as many times as you wanted to, to establish your best time, and to set a bracket time. They then ran head to head for each class champion, then the quick 8, and then the bracket drags. The quick 8 was the Daytona Coupe, wh