The PCHALL 2012 Memorial foytility thread

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It began with this post http://www.offcamber.net/forums/showthread.php?t=17604

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fhonda engines go bang:


“The bottom line is that we did have some engine failures,” Honda Performance Development Technical Director Roger Griffiths explained to SPEED.com. “They were completely unexpected. Of course, you never go to the track expecting an engine failure…and it was of a hardware specification we’d run many times before. So we’re a little perplexed as to why things went wrong like they did.”
In addition to his teammate Charlie Kimball in the No. 83, Ganassi's Graham Rahal was also forced to curtail his testing activities at Sebring. (Photo: Phil Abbott/LAT)

With its anchor team Ganassi Racing and partner teams A.J. Foyt Racing and Dale Coyne Racing present for the test, Honda had to heavily curtail the activities of most of its cars once the failures began.

Ganassi’s Graham Rahal and Charlie Kimball, Foyt’s Mike Conway and Coyne’s Justin Wilson turned very few laps before their cars were parked for good.

[cameraman]

Looks like they kept the crew that designed the RA806E.

[Gnam]

Who is Charlie Kimball?

[cameraman]

An Indy Lights driver who drove for Ganassi last year. Reliably found in the back 1/3 of the field.

[Methanolandbrats]

An Indy Lights driver who drove for Ganassi last year. Reliably found in the back 1/3 of the field.

Name sounds familier, is he a barefoot, cousin banging dirt track hiro?

[cameraman]

He is from the US. He father was an engineer for Patrick Racing, McLaren, Ferrari & Benetton among others. He's just another open-wheeler ****ed over by the advent of the irl.


2002–2005
Kimball's single-seater career started in 2002 when he took part in the American Formula Dodge national championship, finishing the season in 10th place overall. He also won three races in the SCCA Formula Ford series. For 2003 he moved up to Formula Ford U.S., finishing third overall with two race wins and seven podium finishes. He also contested the UK Formula Ford winter series, taking one race win to finish third overall.
In 2004, he competed in the full UK Formula Ford championship for Team JLR, taking two race wins and eleven podiums on his way to fourth in the championship. In the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch he finished in eighth place. His performances earned him a drive with front runners Carlin Motorsport in the 2005 British Formula Three Championship, where he took five race wins to finish an impressive second behind team-mate Álvaro Parente. He also finished 12th in the Marlboro Masters at Zandvoort, but failed to finish the season-ending Macau Grand Prix.

2006–2008
For 2006 Kimball stayed in Formula Three, but moved up to the Formula Three Euroseries with the French Signature-Plus team. He took one race win and three podiums to finish the season in eleventh place. Once again, he took part in the Masters Formula 3 race at Zandvoort and the Macau Grand Prix, finishing in 9th and 21st places respectively.

In 2007 he competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the Italian Victory Engineering team, alongside Dutchman Giedo van der Garde. He competed in 12 races (leaving the series with 2 race weekends remaining) and finished 24th in points with a best finish of 8th in the Monza and Nurburgring sprint races. His departed the team due to the onset of Type 1 Diabetes which required hospitalization. As part of his ongoing treatment he wears a wireless blood sugar monitor and carries sugar water on board the car while racing. In 2008 he returned to F3 EuroSeries for 6 races with Prema Powerteam. Late in 2008 he competed in the first round of the A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA.

Firestone Indy Lights (2009–2010)
For 2009 Kimball signed to drive in Firestone Indy Lights for the new Team PBIR outfit. He stated that an influencing factor in his return to the U.S. is to increase Diabetes awareness in his home country. Kimball finished 10th in points with a best finish of 4th at Watkins Glen International.
He returned to in Indy Lights in 2010 and signed with AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport. Despite not winning a race or pole, Kimball had four second place finishes on the season and captured 4th in points, one spot behind his teammate Martin Plowman.

IndyCar Series (2011–present)
It was announced on December 16, 2010 that Kimball will move up to the IZOD IndyCar Series in 2011, in which he will drive the #83 entry for Chip Ganassi Racing.

[TKGAngel]

Name sounds familier, is he a barefoot, cousin banging dirt track hiro?

If you saw any of the races last year, he's the driver that was in the commercials for the diabeetus medication.

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Kimball was a top steerer in Formula 3 despite not having the best teams

[Methanolandbrats]

If you saw any of the races last year, he's the driver that was in the commercials for the diabeetus medication.

Can't say that I tuned in except for highlights like the rain restart. Must have herd of this guy from my trusted news sources, OC and SMACK. :rofl:

[High Sided]

sebring practice video...
http://www.speedtv.com/video/auto-racing/indycar-preseason-practice-session-1430108375001/1#_vtop

[Methanolandbrats]

sebring practice video...
http://www.speedtv.com/video/auto-racing/indycar-preseason-practice-session-1430108375001/1#_vtop

Holy ****, those things are SLOW. What's up with the 80s porno soundtrack?

[High Sided]

^^^^
:rofl::laugh::rofl:

[Rogue Leader]

Holy ****, those things are SLOW. What's up with the 80s porno soundtrack?

Wow... they really do look slow, like GT2 cars...

[Methanolandbrats]

Wow... they really do look slow, like GT2 cars...

GT2........****, they look like Kia minivans going to soccer practice.

[Rex Karz]

Who is Charlie Kimball?

Isn't that Richard Kimball's kid. You know, Richard Kimball, The Fugitive, the one that killed a one-armed guy or his wife or something like that?

[DagoFast]

GT2........****, they look like Kia minivans going to soccer practice.

I think you owe Kia minivans an appology.

[Methanolandbrats]

I think you owe Kia minivans an appology.

You are correct, bad example, I kinda shot from the hip. Damn those things are slow.

This is an excellent article http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-engine-manufacturers-racing-to-homologation-deadline and I love this picture :rofl: http://assets.speedtv.com/images/article_assets/109/1098995/1098995_article_img_large1.jpg

[High Sided]

^^^^
Doc Browns work bench?

http://matthom.com/images/1515.jpg