2012 TORA Wheldon 500

Unfortunately, I won't be able to do this race, because I don't have an Acura anymore for the race.

I can send you one if you need one. I've got a few just lying around

here's alittle something i whipped up for the Safety Car i'm to be pilotting



..closer look at logo on hood:

you missed the h in Wheldon mate

....so i did. guess a fix is in order.


disregard the vinyl groups i sent you then, Conner & Louis.

bummed out i cant participate in this one due to a work conflict but i think would be best, i may be a huge cry baby the whole time lol

Really? Thanks so much, because when I got to choose a level 50 car, I chose the Muscle Milk Aston. Also, my TORA number number is 134 and my GT is cobrajetmustang, which means that you have to make a change on the entry list because it says mcqueen917k #99.

Updated. Just a few slots left!

Here's my livery for the Wheldon 500.

As the winner of the first tribute race, I look forward to this

What an epic race we had last time too.

Okay, I've been practicing and polishing the gear settings. And I wanted to try and convert some laptimes in speed!

Did a three lap run, with a slight gear adjustment as I crossed the line to start lap 3. And you can tell that it worked!

216.51270 mph (41.568s)
216.63257 mph (41.545s)
217.00623 mph (41.473s)

To convert a lap time into speed, punch '2.5/(*time*/60/60)' into a calculator. You need to convert your lap time into hours, so you divide it by 60 twice, and to get the average speed, just do a simple Dist/Time division, which in this case is 2.5 Miles divided by your time in hours.

Anybody up for some practice tonight? I think with the right gearing and a good tow, 225+ is achievable.

Also, I would advise everybody to set 5th gear up as your top gear, and have 6th as the gear you use in the draft. You have to squeeze as much speed as possible out of the car, so if you are running on your own, you want to have your top gear as short as possible without the car hitting the rev limiter, so you'll need to use 6th gear for when you are in the draft and the speed increases.

I need to do some online practice to work out where 6th has to go.

Revised and now fully completed livery for the Wheldon 500:

Has anyone managed to break the 218 barrier yet (on their own of course)?

It's a lap time of 41.284s

I just realised I have been running with restrictors on.

So, me and Dan got some drafting practice in, and learned lots of good stuff for the race.

We both managed to break 225 while drafting. My quickest lap was 226.8259 mph.

Top speed on your own will be around 226-227 on the straights, and in the draft it will range between 230 and 240 depending on how far back you are before you enter the draft and hammer the throttle.

I'd expect qualifying pace to be between 220 and 223 mph.

and i fixed my typo'ed Corvette. im sure i'll get some time on the track saturday.

What do you guys think should be the pace speed? 100mph?

i might be able to run this now

100mph sounds good Mark.

i'm in, what do i need to do?

Paint and tune the car

Oh cock, I just realized that VM Classics start at the same time as this event. I might not be able to do it unless you move to next week, but people don't want that.

yay ok, what specifics are you looking for on the car again via looks? and th car, the acura 2b made into x, correct?

Just to have your TORA number on the hood and on the wing endplates (if possible). The paint itself is completely open to your artistic creativity

It's the Acura ARX-02a, and tuning is completely open. Fast as you can possibly make it.

sweeeeeeeeeeeet

I might not be able to make this race now.


Since I have gone through all of the trouble of painting a Greg Moore tribute car, would anybody like to use the livery?

There are still a few locked vinyls (Magnetti Marelli & Firestone), so, unless someone can gift me those vinyls asap, whoever wants to use this livery will have to get them off of the storefront.

Duke of Bruno wrote:I might not be able to make this race now.


Since I have gone through all of the trouble of painting a Greg Moore tribute car, would anybody like to use the livery?

There are still a few locked vinyls (Magnetti Marelli & Firestone), so, unless someone can gift me those vinyls asap, whoever wants to use this livery will have to get them off of the storefront.

absolutely stunning, can i please have it for the race? i promise to represent it well and i'll pick the locked ones from the storefront