HPL Ecotec cars at Indy Raceway Park

[SubieRubyRoo]

Out tonight at IRP to support the @High Performance Lubricants teams. It was neat to see @HPL Plant Manager and David Ward intently focused on helping all the cars. Measuring tire diameters, reading data logs, and the excitement of all the drivers. Maybe David could provide a list of all the drivers and their car numbers…
Here’s some pics of the cars and their race! Enjoy!

 

[bdcardinal]

I saw that was on Flo, but I had Dirt Vision on. There is a guy who comes to our Friday BBQs that owns a Late Model that runs WoO sometimes so I try to watch and see if it is on. They have been having all sorts of engine issues this year from contaminated fuel.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

I saw that was on Flo, but I had Dirt Vision on. There is a guy who comes to our Friday BBQs that owns a Late Model that runs WoO sometimes so I try to watch and see if it is on. They have been having all sorts of engine issues this year from contaminated fuel.

Dang. This was my first midget race, and I was talking to a guy with the team, said the cars are going about 95+ in the corners of a 5/8 mile oval, so I’d guess 135 or so down the straights. 2.4 liter Ecotecs making a little over 260rwhp with individual runner intakes makes quite a symphony (cacophony?) of noise. 112dB when they were coming down the front straight!

 

[daves87rs]

Cool!

 

[bdcardinal]

Dang. This was my first midget race, and I was talking to a guy with the team, said the cars are going about 95+ in the corners of a 5/8 mile oval, so I’d guess 135 or so down the straights. 2.4 liter Ecotecs making a little over 260rwhp with individual runner intakes makes quite a symphony (cacophony?) of noise. 112dB when they were coming down the front straight!

We go to Ventura Raceway to see the USAC midgets race at the Turkey Night Grand Prix. It is a really fun night.

 

[High Performance Lubricants]

They had a radar gun out. Sammy was exiting the corner at 95 and running 119 down the straightaway in a production block engine..

 

[High Performance Lubricants]

 

[RDY4WAR]

Great pictures. I wanted to make this one but was scheduled for surgery the day before. Then the surgery got rescheduled which ticked me off. At races like this, as much as I enjoy the racing, I enjoy hanging around in the pits with like-minded people even more. Those cars are impressive.

 

[DirectRejection]

Out tonight at IRP to support the @High Performance Lubricants teams. It was neat to see @HPL Plant Manager and David Ward intently focused on helping all the cars. Measuring tire diameters, reading data logs, and the excitement of all the drivers. Maybe David could provide a list of all the drivers and their car numbers…
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Like the sign says :

High Performance Lubricants
"Formulated With Integrity."

You got that, doubters ?

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Like the sign says :

High Performance Lubricants
"Formulated With Integrity."

You got that, doubters ?

Don’t forget, “When Results Matter”

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

Out tonight at IRP to support the @High Performance Lubricants teams. It was neat to see @HPL Plant Manager and David Ward intently focused on helping all the cars. Measuring tire diameters, reading data logs, and the excitement of all the drivers. Maybe David could provide a list of all the drivers and their car numbers…
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Thanks for posting this. Looks like a really nice , maintained facility.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Thanks for posting this. Looks like a really nice , maintained facility.

I’d hope so, it’s literally less than 1/4 mile from where the largest and most famous NHRA race takes place every year; the US Nationals on Labor Day at IRP…

 

[DirectRejection]

Let's go racin' !!

 

[hrv]

Did the HPL car win the race???