2010 6 Hours of Pacific Raceway Enduro 3/28/10 We Entered!

Scott Norton

As some of you may know the last several years Cam and Ashis and I have crewed for my friends Eric, Steve, Mike in Enduro racing. We even won the overall in 2008.

They have a new Limited Class, no fancy refueling equipment. You get two standard 5 gallon jugs with 1" diameter hoses, 10 gallons max fill per stop, and you start the race with ten gallons. Your allowed one tire change per stop. You can do want you want with tires (rains) behind pit wall but are not allowed to refuel behind pit wall. The guys who we usually run with cars are not enduro ready this year. So as a Team we are running my car in the under 2.5L class L2.

Our driver line up is stacked with proven winners and podium finishers:
Eric Krause (had his 968 Turbo at Spokane last year) top 5 Enduro car ever time out. You met him.
Steve Adams (did not race is plastic fantastic E36 M3 last year but we used his car in our enduro win in 2008 and he won the BMW Only Race in 2008)
Mike McAleenan (Had his E46M3 at Spokane last year) you all met him and Emett.

To this line up we are adding my friend and fellow E36 racer from Canada Jim McAide who has some Canadian 1.5 hr Enduro race experance.

And then me Enduro driving Rookie!

Of course we expect to be very competitive in our class.

Actually our goal to spend the least time in the pits, run every damn lap we can and have fun doing it. Anything else will be a bonus.

Ashis, Cam and I will begin car prep beginning of Feb.

If any of you guys can or want to come over you welcome to stay at my place. I can probably hold 5-6 of you, more if you want to share a bed...never mind

Seriously if you want to come your more then welcome to crash here.
We have plenty of crew already but we can find something for you all to do or you can just spectate if you want.

If you have not watched an endurance race live it is really the shit.
Would be good practice for your Chumpcar team to watch and learn from the best Endurance racing teams in the Northwest.

BRAGGING...

But out of last 6 Enduros our team has run we have been on the podium 5 times in a row for overall. We have our shit together on this stuff.

My car is not that fast but it finished every lap it started last year. (touch wood)

Hope I didn't jinx us.

Anyways I am so freakin stoked...come watch and have some fun with us.
Practice is Saturday March 27th during the IRDC Track Day.
Race is Sunday from 11:00 am to 5:00pm.

I know that makes it tough for you guys to get back so your welcome to crash at my place Sunday night also.
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Scott (Badass) Norton BMW E36 3.2L GTR Race Car
Thanks to: My Wife, Superior Marine Service, nwBMWClub.com, GPDA
Crew Chief-Cam, Engineer/Mad Scientist-Ashis, Crew - James & Chris
blog/website-http://www.nortonracingteam.net
2010 6 Hrs of Pacific Raceways 2nd Class, 7th overall
2010 BMW Special Race Overall Win
2000 E46 323ci, 1998 740iL, 1990 Ford F-350, 16 ft Open Trailer
*SOLUTION = EMP*

Daniel · Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:56 pm Post subject:

Sounds awesome, good luck come end of march!

jrhaile · Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject:

I know what I'm doing that weekend...
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tommyridgeway · Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:04 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a lot of fun! I'll definatly come out and support the team!
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Jake D · Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:39 am Post subject:

That's GREAT news!! I know how much you enjoyed doing it last year! It will be cool to see "the little Alpine that could" out there scrapping it out.
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Scott Norton · Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:34 am Post subject: 18" Wheels?

Guys we need some help. We need a set of 18" x 7"-9" ET35-41 wheels to borrow (buy if really cheap) to put our rain tires on for the Enduro. If any damage happened we would pay for it of course.

Our budget is low as I have to buy a new harness, mine is expired.

If you all could put the WORD out and keep your eyes and ears open we would appreciate it.

Thanks bros
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Scott (Badass) Norton BMW E36 3.2L GTR Race Car
Thanks to: My Wife, Superior Marine Service, nwBMWClub.com, GPDA
Crew Chief-Cam, Engineer/Mad Scientist-Ashis, Crew - James & Chris
blog/website-http://www.nortonracingteam.net
2010 6 Hrs of Pacific Raceways 2nd Class, 7th overall
2010 BMW Special Race Overall Win
2000 E46 323ci, 1998 740iL, 1990 Ford F-350, 16 ft Open Trailer
*SOLUTION = EMP*

jrhaile · Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:06 am Post subject:

hmmm we may have a set here you can use... I need to check the ETs but I think we can help you out, Scott.
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jrhaile · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:52 pm Post subject:

Scott have you found any yet? I kind of spaced it this last week but I will talk to some people tomorrow. I may be able come up with a set for you.
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Iceman · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:58 pm Post subject:

Good Luck!

Scott Norton · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:42 pm Post subject:

James sorry for the late reply, I can usually do this through my cell but sprint was being a POS last night and today. God of love 2 year plans from hell.

No we have not found a set yet. We have feelers out but no responses yet.
We have a till March to get this figured out so don't bust yourself over it.
That said it would be nice to know we have some and we just have to get to them.

Thanks for the support guys will be a kick in the pants
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Scott (Badass) Norton BMW E36 3.2L GTR Race Car
Thanks to: My Wife, Superior Marine Service, nwBMWClub.com, GPDA
Crew Chief-Cam, Engineer/Mad Scientist-Ashis, Crew - James & Chris
blog/website-http://www.nortonracingteam.net
2010 6 Hrs of Pacific Raceways 2nd Class, 7th overall
2010 BMW Special Race Overall Win
2000 E46 323ci, 1998 740iL, 1990 Ford F-350, 16 ft Open Trailer
*SOLUTION = EMP*

nocrider84 · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:25 am Post subject:

How long will you have the wheels?
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Scott Norton · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:43 pm Post subject:

Scott Norton · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:28 pm Post subject:

Still looking
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Scott (Badass) Norton BMW E36 3.2L GTR Race Car
Thanks to: My Wife, Superior Marine Service, nwBMWClub.com, GPDA
Crew Chief-Cam, Engineer/Mad Scientist-Ashis, Crew - James & Chris
blog/website-http://www.nortonracingteam.net
2010 6 Hrs of Pacific Raceways 2nd Class, 7th overall
2010 BMW Special Race Overall Win
2000 E46 323ci, 1998 740iL, 1990 Ford F-350, 16 ft Open Trailer
*SOLUTION = EMP*

Scott Norton · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:36 pm Post subject:

Still looking
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Scott (Badass) Norton BMW E36 3.2L GTR Race Car
Thanks to: My Wife, Superior Marine Service, nwBMWClub.com, GPDA
Crew Chief-Cam, Engineer/Mad Scientist-Ashis, Crew - James & Chris
blog/website-http://www.nortonracingteam.net
2010 6 Hrs of Pacific Raceways 2nd Class, 7th overall
2010 BMW Special Race Overall Win
2000 E46 323ci, 1998 740iL, 1990 Ford F-350, 16 ft Open Trailer
*SOLUTION = EMP*

jrhaile · Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:10 pm Post subject:

I think Chris said you could borrow his Racing Hart's but I will double check...
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Scott Norton · Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:46 pm Post subject: we have wheels I think

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roadsterx · Where is reverse? Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 30

Scott,
What is the estimated cost of running the six hour in Limited ? It would be interesting to see your estimate and then the actual cost. We were discussing
the cost of running the Chumpcar 24 Hour.

Mike

jrhaile · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:24 am Post subject:

Awesome weekend! Scott and crew finished 2nd in class and 7th overall.

Some of the highlights was a lightning fast full pit stop which included tires, gas, and a driver change. I actually think someone recorded it too. Chris and I were able to help and I want to thank Scott for letting us in on the action.

Mike was driving like a madman (E46 M3 from the Spokane Grand Prix) in Scott's car. He set the fastest times out of the 4 drivers.

The weather got REAL nasty, massive winds and buckets of rain and Scott went off into an embankment destroying his front bumper. He ran 2-3 laps before they black flagged him to come in. The team ripped the bumper off and got him back on his way in no time. Really an incredible job by Ashis and the other crew men as the time was ticking and the 3rd place car was gaining on them in a hurry.

The Grass Roots E30 team got really hosed. With 15 minutes left, they were basically the only car out there going balls to the wall and were making up precious time and with the math, would have won the whole event beating out a Prototype car and a completely built up E36 M3 Widebody (that was beautiful). They went with a crazy strategy. 2 drivers, 40 gallons of fuel and 1 stop for the whole 6 hours and it nearly paid off if the officials didn't call the race with 15 minutes left

I felt really bad for those guys as they were devastated. Those drivers worked their asses off and I think most agreed it should not have been called. It's called Endurance racing for a reason.

As far as the overall winner, I don't know if the Widebody E36 M3 won or the Prototype car running a Chevy small block. All day long they were switching positions.

Great job to everyone involved

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BigMac · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:57 am Post subject:

Glad to hear the team did well. I was sitting at work watching to weather turn to crap outside and wondered about the conditions at the track.
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jrhaile · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:58 am Post subject:

Conditions were horrible but it should not have been called...
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flood · 2nd Gear Member Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 249

Some pictures here.

Excellent race guys!

Chris, can you post your pictures and the video of the pit stop?
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jrhaile · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:57 pm Post subject:

I was about to post that link... I will work with Chris to get the pics and video up today or tomorrow.
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jrhaile · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:10 pm Post subject:

nocrider84 · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:21 am Post subject:

here is a link to the pictures. I am sending those and videos to james so he can edit them and post,.
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h290/nocrider84/pacific%20raceway%202010/
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