Sorry for being uninformed, but I'm not having any luck finding out what happened to Strega.
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What happened to Strega?
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Re: What happened to Strega?
During their qualifying laps for Gold, the canopy came apart and left the aircraft. (The Team fabricated a replacement one over in the Sport Hangers.)That placed them in the Silver field instead of the Gold. This means they had to race their way back up into the Gold class. In the Silver heat, Matt got DQ'ed for going past a border, which kept him where he was. He raced his way back to his finally Gold finish after starting down in the roster for the Gold.
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huh? Strega did not get DQ'ed on saturday. If he had he would not have been racing only Sunday gold, he would have had to win sunday silver and then bump to gold
Last edited by flyingjibus; 09-18-2013, 11:20 AM.
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Re: What happened to Strega?
Due to the canopy failure described above Strega started the Heat race on Friday in last place and finished first, but was DQ'd for cutting the showline (I believe it was on the west side). As a result, Strega started in the last position in Saturday's Heat race and finished first. Strega started Sunday's Gold race in the 7th position and raced to a 2nd place finish.
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Originally posted by grampi View PostSounds like a lot of things went wrong...what was their fastest speed this year?
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Originally posted by Pete View Post(I'd like to see the individual lap speeds.)
Also, How did the average lap times hold up to previous years? Or can you really tell since there have been changes in the course?
Thanks
Jeffe
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Originally posted by Pete View PostTHey looked just as fast as Voodoo, maybe catching up a little bit. By my eyeball and wristwatch, I had about 9 seconds between them on lap 2 or 3, and that dropped maybe 2 seconds by the end. Perhaps Strega was slighty faster, (I'd like to see the individual lap speeds.) But not fast enough to makeup for Voodoo's pole position from near the back of the pack.
The individual lap speeds are not published or generated from what I know.
Michael
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Originally posted by grampi View PostHasn't Strega been considerably faster than Voodoo over the last few years? Is it something different with the plane, or is Stevo just that much better of a pilot?
Michael
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Originally posted by Mluvara View PostThe airplanes have different engine philosophies. Voodoo out accelerates Strega on the start whereas Strega takes a bit to get spooled up.
Michael
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Originally posted by Mluvara View PostStrega was no closer than on the first lap (about 3-4 seconds). After that, it was 8-10 seconds the entire race. He was nowhere near 2 seconds behind at the end.
The individual lap speeds are not published or generated from what I know.
Michael
My point was that from Section E, it looked like the Witch was gaining a little bit. Might have been a better race if not for the canopy and the DQ.
Cheers to team Voodoo.
Pete
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