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By Greg G.
Published: October 3, 2006
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The Official TT results for the 2006 NASA Championships are now posted on the NASA Time Trial website http://nasa-tt.com/Results
Congratulations to the inaugural NASA TT National Champions and the other podium finishers.
2006 Champions
TTR Edward Hessel Oh/In
TTU Jon Krolewicz S.E.
TTA Patrick Lindsey S.Cal
TTB David Spencer Oh/In
TTC Greg Greenbaum S.Cal
TTD Allen Skillicorn M.W.
TTE William Brees Oh/In
TTF Dan Gardner S.Cal
It was a definitely the best NASA TT event ever, with many of the Championship wins coming down to less than two-tenths of a second difference. As you can see, the SoCal and Ohio/Indiana regions each had three winners, with one each for the Southeast and Midwest regions. There was no car-car contact, and nobody was injured. There were a few single vehicle incidents (spins, 4-offs, wall contact) that are shown as "DQ's" on the results page. Nobody was DQ'd for non-compliance with the TT classing rules, although we did find some extra points during early inspections that resulted in some cars getting a few last minute de-modifications. We used continuous GPS monitoring of the AWD cars, as well as dyno testing of some FWD and RWD vehicles, to help ensure compliance.
All Championship winners will receive a set of Nitto NT01's for their car http://www.nittotire.com/, and all podium finishers were given certificates ($100, $50, $25) from Porterfield Brakes http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/. Also, thanks go out to Ed Lansinger of MaxQData for providing us with the GPS units and his time during the event to monitor them and collate the data. http://www.maxqdata.com/
By Greg G.
Published: September 3, 2006
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RICHMOND, CA, July 21, 2006- The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) is pleased to announce that Nitto Tire North America will provide a total of 32 Nitto NT01 tires, valued at up to $9000, to the top finishers in NASA Time Trial competition at the inaugural NASA Championship event at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sept 14
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Nitto Staff Engineer and promoter of this prize sponsorship, John Wu said, “We are excited to offer our newest D.O.T-Approved Competition Radial tires, the NT01, to the Inaugural NASA National Time Trial Champions. We have been following the regional NASA TT events, and have seen some amazing driving and lap times. We realized that the winners of the Championship event will be some of the finest drivers in the country, and we are confident that they will be pleased with the performance of the NT01’s they receive as prizes.”
The award program will apply to all Time Trial classes (TTR, TTU, TTA, TTB, TTC, TTD, TTE, TTF). The program will award the first place finishers in each class one set of four Nitto NTO1 tires sized for their winning vehicle.
Greg Greenbaum, NASA National Time Trial Director said, “We are very pleased that Nitto Tire North America has stepped up with this generous prize offering. Our best regional competitors are coming from all over the United States to compete for the title of National Champion, and we appreciate that Nitto has chosen to acknowledge and support them in their efforts. This is a great prize package for the Time Trial Champions that I know they will all appreciate.”
Nitto Tire is committed to engineering its tires to outperform while maintaining the highest levels of safety. Nitto specializes in the design and manufacture of Competition, Ultra-High Performance, and Truck and SUV tires. For more information on Nitto tires, or to find a dealer, please visit www.nittotire.com.
By Greg G.
Published: September 2, 2006
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RICHMOND, CA, August 21, 2006 - The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) is pleased to announce that Porterfield Enterprises LTD will provide a total of $1,400 in certificates toward purchases of brake pads to the top finishers in NASA Time Trial competition at the inaugural NASA Championship event at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sept 14th-17th, 2006.
Porterfield’s sales manager, Tim Gray, said, “We are proud to have been a sponsor of NASA TT in the Southern California region since the program began in 2004, and we are pleased to be one of the first sponsors of the inaugural NASA National Time Trial Championships.”
The award program will apply to all Time Trial classes (TTR, TTU, TTA, TTB, TTC, TTD, TTE, TTF). The program will award certificates to the top finishers in each class as follows:
1st Place: $100
2nd Place: $50
3rd Place: $25
Greg Greenbaum, NASA National Time Trial Director said, “We are very pleased that Porterfield has joined us to support the Time Trial drivers on a National basis. They have been very supportive since we began our TT program in Southern California, and continue to offer NASA members nationwide great discount pricing on brake pads.”
Since 1986 Porterfield Enterprises has earned a reputation for manufacturing quality competition brake pads and brake products to the performance racing industry. A close working relationship with leading professional motorsport teams has led to the development of the one of the finest racing brake pads ever produced. NASA members receive a 20% discount off the retail price of Porterfield and Hawk brake pads, and a 10% discount off the retail price of Raybestos and Performance Friction brake pads. Please visit our Website: www.porterfield-brakes.com.
By Greg G.
Published: July 21, 2006
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The Rule regarding caster adjustment has been revised. Please review the changes here
http://nasa-tt.com/Rules/p2005_articleid/30
By Greg G.
Published: May 1, 2006
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RULES and CLASSIFICATION FORMS REVISED AND INCORPORATED
We have released the latest version of the 2006 NASA TT Rules (v. 3.9.6, April 17, 2006) and an updated version of the TT Car Classification Form to match them. They has been substituted for the prior versions, and use the same download links http://www.nasaproracing.com/rules/Time-Trial-Rules.pdf and http://www.nasaproracing.com/rules/Time-Trial-Classification-form.pdf. The primary reason for the new release was to incorporate all rules revisions and addendums as well as Provisional car classifications and approved engine swaps that have occurred since the original release of the rules. This will make it much easier for both competitors and officials to have a single document to refer to. Hopefully, there will not be a need for any further addendums, rules revisions, or base class changes in 2006 (although we will undoubtedly continue to have new Provisional Car Classifications and Approved Engine Swaps as the season progresses and NASA TT continues to grow). All changes to the rules have been written in red to make it easy to distinguish any changes from the prior version. There have been a few additional changes to clean up some minor issues that you should be aware of:
1) The rules emphasize that TT will only be run in "advanced level, open-passing sessions".
2) The following has been added to the wording of the +12 points for shocks/dampers modification to clear up the intent of the rule once more. "Also, any shocks/coil-overs with a retail price of greater than $750 each."
3) "Shims" has been added as a method of obtaining camber that costs +2.
4) Since off-the-shelf retail camber plates have slots that often allow for a slight amount of caster adjustment, some wording has been added to make them legal as long as caster remains within factory specs.
5) Retail camber plates that have a pillow-ball joint will not also incur a +3 assessment for metallic/mixed bushings.
6) There is added language to encourage drivers to obtain and use as much NASA CCR compliant safety equipment as possible.
Reminder: There were new rules put into place earlier this year regarding the classing of cars that were built originally with naturally aspirated motors, that subsequently have switched to forced induction. All of those cars, as well as all cars with engine swaps need to be individually classed by the National TT Director, and most will require chasis dynamometer testing to help in classing them. TT Rules Sections 6.3.2 and 6.3.3 have been added to the new TT Car Classification Form download as a reminder of those rules for aftermarket forced induction and ported rotary engine vehicles. Also, all competitors that are running under dyno hp restrictions are encouraged to leave a cushion when tuning the car, as the car needs to be compliant on each of the three major types of Dyno's available.
Please contact your Regional TT Director or the National TT Director with any questions about the new TT Rules release.
By Greg G.
Published: March 27, 2006
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All TTU competitors be advised that the rule regarding maximum horsepower allowed in the TTU class has been ammended. The intent is to maintain the 650 hp limit (at the flywheel), but for compliance purposes, the rule has been changed to describe limits of horsepower to the wheels based on chassis dynamometer testing. So, regardless of a vehicle's horsepower at the flywheel, it must now comply with the new wording.
In Section 6.2 Base Classifications in the first paragraph describing the TTR class, the wording, "or has greater than 650 horsepower" shall be substituted with the following wording:
"or has greater than 500 awhp for AWD vehicles, or 560 rwhp/ fwhp for non-AWD vehicles, based on chassis dynamometer testing (NASA may use a Mustang, Dynojet, or Dynopack dynamometer, depending on availability, to verify compliance. Competitors are forewarned to leave an appropriate "cushion" so that they will be in compliance regardless of which type of dyno is used.) 3-27-06
Also, all competitors should be aware of any addendums or changes that have been made to the rules since their original release. The most significant topics include dynamometer testing for naturally aspirated vehicles that have added forced induction and re-base classing, high points assessments for ported rotary engines, Watt's link assessment, and assignment of a points assessment for intake manifold modifications to rotary engine vehicles. http://nasa-tt.com/Rules/p2005_articleid/30
By Greg G.
Published: March 15, 2006
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Posted (02/15/2006) - Phoenix Promotions, the company responsible for TheRaceSite.com and TheRaceMarket.com, are planning on reopening their contingency program to all levels of competitors in sportscar racing for the 2006 race season. NASA TT competitors have been extended the opportunity to take part in this fine program. The 2006 contingency package has options for the three different divisions of the company, TheRaceMarket.com, TheRaceSite.com, and Phoenix Promotions website design. Click here for more details.
By symbolic
Published: February 15, 2006
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1-11-06 New Rules for 2006
You will immediately notice that the 2006 NASA TT rules are much longer than the previous rules (23 pages vs. 6 pages total), and that everything is covered in much greater detail, with definitions that would be more difficult to misinterpret. Many of the cars moved up in base class by an asterisk or more (especially the cars that were in G or H), and there are more modification points to be had (there are now over 100 different items to review to calculate mod points, but it still does not take more than 15 minutes to figure out a car’s competition class). Asterisk handicaps are now valued at +7 and +15 points (instead of +5 and +10). And it takes 20 modification points to jump up to the next class. TT licenses will be required after your first weekend of competition. Frequent TT drivers now have the option of using a car tech procedure very similar to that of the racers, with a logbook and annual inspection by NASA with spot checks for compliance. Any driver choosing to use this option must be very careful to fully comply with the procedures, or risk monetary fines (and worse). But, for those of you that are currently having to tow your car to a tech station a few days before an event, or those of you that seem to run out of time every Saturday morning trying to get your car tech'd, this will save you a lot of trouble.
We still have the same goals that we did when we started the program over two years ago--to have a fun, fair, exciting, competitive, time trial competition, in an advanced level driving arena, with no discrimination based on what make of car, or extent of modifications one has. We are just ready to accommodate many more drivers than we had back then, all across the country. So, if you are one of the competitors that is affected by these updates, I want you to know that we haven't changed our initial intent of any of these rules. We believe that we have written them so that our drivers will understand the intent more clearly, and avoid making classification errors.
We have revised the TT on-line calculator for the 2006 rules. Be careful that you add in the free mods that you are prompted for (cage, NASCAR door bars, etc.), or you may wind up with some extra points on replacement seats and other items that should be free.
