Congratulations Damian & Andrew on a successful One Lap!
 

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Good showing guys!!

David

Congrats guys!

Kick Ass!! Way to represent the FD guys!
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Congrats guys, that's great!

Congrats you guys, I have really enjoyed watching your progress. Keep up the incredible work.

Congratulation. Is that grass in your ducting?

Well done!

It's his birthday.

Awesome!

Thats a beautiful car in every way. Congrats

Congrats pimpin!!!

I've been following the OneLap for a long time. It is nice to see an FD, or even a rotary, do well; it is about time.
Leave it up to Damian to succeed.
Great work Damian, it must feel good to be ranked in that prestigious group.

its been done before... henning and regan finishing first in gt2 in their first OLOA...
done on a mostly stock cym too... there was dale black as well in 02..
congrats on the recognition damian and andrew..

Congrats guys!

sounds like a lot of fun!! Congrats

Congratulations indeed! That is no small feat, not with any car let alone a capricious FD!
And the time it takes, as well as the cost.....wow! Good job...no, GREAT JOB, guys! :icon_tup:
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congrats :)

congratulations, its allways good to see a fd do so well, good job. :smiley309

Just finishing that event is a big accomplishment. I takes a lot of fortitude... both of the car and drivers! They're probably STILL catching up on sleep.

I am not going to dismiss Damian and Andrew's accomplishment - they did a fantaastic job! It was great to meet them both when they came through VIR.

But from a quick look at the OLOA site:

In 1993 Ken Juran and John Schiefele ran an FD in the race, finishing 36th overall.

In 1995, John Ames and Lindsey Wilson placed 9th overall in their '93 FD.

1996 - 14th overall - Jeff Littrell and Kevin Wyum
1997 - 9th overall - Cameron Worth and Motozo Fujikawa
1998 - 27th - Rick Potter and Steve Cole
1999 - 6th overall - Potter and Cole
2000 - 8th overall - Potter and George Samuels (1st in class - SSGT2)
2000 - 13th overall - Gregory Stasiowski and Dale Black
2001 - 4th overall - Potter and Samuels (1st in SSGT2)
2001 - 10th overall - Mark O'Dell and Bill Gratton (4th in SSGT2)
2001 - 28th overall - Stasiowski and Black
2002 - 6th overall - Stasiowski and Black (2nd in SSGT2)

There are several others that I missed.

So the RX-7 has a long history in OLOA. It's been missing from the lineup the past couple of years, but has done really well overall with more than half a dozen top ten finishes.

-bill

Congratulations guys! :)

Of course one has to remember that the FD was a more competitive car 10 years ago. The competition has gotten a LOT faster since then.

My thoughts exactly. Which makes what Damian and Andrew accomplished all the more impressive. :bigthumb:

Ahhh, you missed Dave and Chris SSGT2 SB class winners 2005. 1993 CYM.

already mentioned in my previous post...
as far as the comment on much better competition and cars.. dave and hris won their class last year..
they scored higher in points in as well.. of course not to take away anything from this years team..

Yes, but just posting a reply to the later comment from Bill who missed your previous post ... ;-)

And of course, not to take anything away from this years competitors, they did a great job.

Bravo!

2nd in class, excellent.

Damian, we are waiting for a comment. We are all very proud. The commitment that you guys made to do this, the money, the time............You guys kicked butt. I witnessed firsthand what you were up against at the Autobahn. Your competitors probably thought you were outmatched. You guys proved that a pair of worthy opponents, in a no longer thought of contemporary car, were worthy of respect. Hurry up and post a Vid.

thanks for all the support guys!!!!
i have been crammed with work and the NASA racing season since the one-lap so I have not had a chance to do a summary video yet, but its coming :-)

BRAVO!!!! Great job!!!

I feel bad for them having such rotten luck with weather. They had a lot of wet tracks to contend with. In 96 only MIS was run in the wet and that was an infield section and part of the oval with no big scary walls at every turn. Oddly enough MIS in the wet was our best non drag racing finish of the event : ).

Anyone that's run the One Lap can also tell you that your first time out is quite the learning experience. Having a respectable finish on your first time out is impressive and these two had some pretty awesome finishes. The overall score was hurt by the wet tracks etc. and really doesn't do their results justice.

Great job guys. Better luck on weather next time.

Also keep in mind the level of competition changes quite a bit from year to year. Some years have some pretty heavy hitters while others are somewhat relaxed so it's really not fair to compare overall finishing position from year to year.

Can't wait to see the vid :)

congratulations. I never saw what your car was running power-wise after the turbo swap. looking foward to the video

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Full size pic here

:D

A belated congratulations. (I don't usually look at the 3rd gen forum.) I know you had a good time...even when you were having a bad time. ;)