Jefferson 500, Summit Point, WV. May 16-19

Mike Unger · Post by **Mike Unger** » Mon May 13, 2013 7:34 am

I will be racing the roadster at the Jefferson 500 vintage races later this week at Summit Point. If you attend the races please stop by the pits and say hi.

Mike

SLOroadster · Post by **SLOroadster** » Mon May 13, 2013 9:52 am

Good luck and have fun.

Will

Gregs672000 · Post by **Gregs672000** » Mon May 13, 2013 10:39 am

Go get em! Sunny side up!!!

Mike Unger · Post by **Mike Unger** » Wed May 15, 2013 8:47 am

Thanks guys. We'll do our best but I'm sure we'll have fun regardless.

Mike

Post by **notoptoy** » Wed May 15, 2013 8:43 pm

Best of luck!

Post by **Linda** » Wed May 15, 2013 8:47 pm

Will there be a helmet cam??

Linda

Mike Unger · Post by **Mike Unger** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:25 pm

It turned out to be a fun weekend. It threatened to rain at times but it stayed mostly dry.

We finished 1st in class and 2nd overall in our races Friday and Saturday. Sunday afternoon's race was an "All Comers" race and mixed 3 run groups including small bore and big bore Production cars. We finished 3rd OA in that race. Unfortunately, I had camera issues so didn't get video of our close races with a Lotus Elan and a 240Z on Friday and Saturday. I do have video from Friday's qualifying and Sunday's race.

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Here's a picture of the car in turn 10 taken by Ron Freudenheim.

JohnnyMac · Post by **JohnnyMac** » Wed May 22, 2013 12:26 am

Congratulations! And thanks for the ride-a-long.

mraitch · Post by **mraitch** » Wed May 22, 2013 6:19 pm

fun to watch - congrats and thanks
BTW - watching gear shifts it seemed like you had 6 speeds - or is the gear box rearranged??

fj20spl311 · Post by **fj20spl311** » Wed May 22, 2013 6:53 pm

mraitch wrote:fun to watch - congrats and thanks
BTW - watching gear shifts it seemed like you had 6 speeds - or is the gear box rearranged??

Some knid of close ratio 4 speed box....maybe a 5 speed with 5th locked out?.......looks like you tried for 5th one time and it did not catch.......

mraitch · Post by **mraitch** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:01 pm

noticed the same thing on Ron's videos

Mike Unger · Post by **Mike Unger** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:31 pm

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the videos. Yes, I tried for an extra gear that wasn't there when I was drafting the Mustang

It's a goofy shift pattern 5 spd.

mraitch · Post by **mraitch** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:37 pm

and you and ron share the same number - any significance??

what 5-speed box?? - just for my info!

Mike Unger · Post by **Mike Unger** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:44 pm

This is the original livery and number for my car as raced in 1967. The 5 spd is a close ratio race box and wouldn't be useable on the street.

Gregs672000 · Post by **Gregs672000** » Wed May 22, 2013 8:00 pm

Woo hoo, well done!, fly the flag! Bet that was just a small pucker moment on the first video at the very end with the Z car coming over.

The other cars looked like they were standing still, and once past the mustang it was smooth sailing...

Thanks for the run!

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