49th annual SCCA Runoffs

[gpdatsun]

Hey roadster fans,

It's that time of the season and again I'll be running up at Road America in FP with my 1600 at the 49th annual SCCA Runoffs.

The schedule for the runoffs is found here. http://scca.cdn.racersites.com/prod/ass ... .27.12.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'll be racing at 1:30pm on Sunday, Sept. 23rd.

There will be live timing on the SCCA.com site and the races will be tap
ed for streaming video on Speedcast TV.com, the links just have not yet been set up yet.

So thanks for your support and "enjoy the ride"!

For those of you close to RA and want to watch the race, the ticket price goes up after Sept 12th. Here's the link, https://www.roadamerica.com/store/produ ... x?catid=30" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks,

Bill

[SLOroadster]

Good luck Bill. Here is to placing a roadster on the podium again I hope things fall into place, everything works and you bring home a National Championship.

Will

[NISSTECH]

Allright Im ready to hear the story of how it feels to be on the podium at the runoffs.Congrats to Bill on his third place finish.

[SLOroadster]

Yes, well done Bill! Its awesome hearing that a roadster is once again on the podium at the Runoffs. That is what; 2 thirds in 3 years?

Did Al Gast race?

Will

[notoptoy]

Congratulations on a GREAT run!

[gpdatsun]

Hey roadster race fans, yesterday we put Datsun 1600 pushrods back up on the podium third step for the second time in as many years.

We had an issue in qualifying with a new engine that popped the head gasket in the second session, so we changed back to last years engine for the race missing the third qualifying. Hence, we started 13th but knew that engine was strong and quickly made up ground.

Ran laps in the race faster than ever and unfortunately ran the tires off the rear. I could not re-pass Henry and was in 4th but Prill locked up and spun off turn 12 with a lap to go and that made it third!

Gotta thank Scotty and Dan at Taylor Racing for fixing an issue in the trans while I swapped the engine. Thanks also to Mark at TriMark and JP at JP Metalfab who help me locally with the car. Thanks to Nissan and Goodyear for their continued support!

You can see the race on the Speedcast TV website http://www.speedcasttv.com/scca/#/races/316" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Bill

[notoptoy]

Another great story Bill - again, congratulations!

[Garm]

congrats, that is really great to watch!

[Datsun.David]

Way to go Bill! That was a great race to watch. I can only imagine how surprised those guys would have been to see you if qualifying had gone according to plan...

Great work keeping the Datsun spirit alive!

[kenw]

Congratulations Bill!

[Steve49841]

Hey Bill, great effort at the run offs. I was kind of introduced to you at the Loooong Race at Blackhawk by Steve Jacobson last weekend. I was driving the blue and white 68 roadster #103. I was so overwhelmed with everything that was going on I guess I didn't know I was in (as Jacobson says) the presence of Roadster Greatness.

[Linda]

Hi Bill
What was the tranny issue that got fixed?
I'm always amazed how race teams fix things in an afternoon that takes everyone else days (or weeks!) to fix.LOL

Linda

[gpdatsun]

Hi Steve,

Hey, it was great to meet you and see you pedal Dave's old car around so well. I was impressed at the way you were lapping in a new car and track. We're fortunate to have a pretty close group of roadster enthusiasts here in WI. And if you ever have an issue, I'm only an hour from BFR.

Hi Linda,

The issue I was having was that the shifter was notchy on the 3 to 2 downshift and I was losing time. So I talked to Dan and Scotty at Taylor in the morning, pulled the engine and trans and got the trans to them. And while I prepped the replacement engine, they "massaged" the linkage and cleared the issue. Got it all back and into the car and fired by the end of the afternoon. We raced the next day. Race cars are a bit easier to wrench on than the street version and I've changed engines so many times...

Bill