Anyone ever hear of the Summit Point 12 hours?

Sile · 11 Jun 2003, 04:32 (Ref:627810)

I read a Porsche 996 won the event held last weekend at Summit Point West Virginia. Anyone ever been to this race or heard about it?

http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm...t2.cfm&fei=158

RobweenerPI · 11 Jun 2003, 04:45 (Ref:627815)

Hey I've been to it as a crew member on a SSC Neon team. Everybody hates that poorsh and it looks quite rediculous on track with a bunch of beat up SCCA enduro cars. It's just a bunch of rich guys that think they are hot **** for winning a club race with a car that is leagues ahead of most amateur equipment. The race has a majority of IT cars and SCCA National classes mixed in. It's alot of fun pretty much the height of amateur long distance road racing right now. The racing was very very competative when I was there last year.

Hammerwerfer · 11 Jun 2003, 09:55 (Ref:628018)

Do they still do the 24 hours of Nelson's Ledges?

I always enjoyed the 24 hours at Watkin's Glen back in the Firehawk days.

Jack Man · 13 Jun 2003, 11:16 (Ref:630428)

Ya i miss the 24 hr race at Mosport too.

RobweenerPI · 13 Jun 2003, 20:06 (Ref:630888)

Nelson Ledges is a pretty decrepit track now. So I doubt a car could even take running for 24 hours there. A few drivers have even admitted that the key to turning a fast lap there is to know where to dodge potholes. They may do an event like that there but I haven't heard of it. It's pretty much referred to as 'Stinky Ledges' now.

Lee Janotta · 14 Jun 2003, 07:17 (Ref:631114)

There's also the 24 hours down at Moroso in Florida...

cybersdorf · 14 Jun 2003, 15:26 (Ref:631318)

Heard of it - you bet, but it happened too close to the Le Mans build-up to actually mention it on DSC,we simply didn't have the time. Perhaps next year?

From what I know the Moroso 24 isn't run anymore - ?

Lee Janotta · 15 Jun 2003, 03:16 (Ref:631749)

Hmm... Yeah, actually, I think you're right... Hmm. No big announcement when that ended that I heard.

Fiorentina 1 · 15 Jun 2003, 05:50 (Ref:631769)

I've raced in both the Summit 12 hours and Moroso 24. They are both pretty cool events and let club racers have 'Le Mans' type fun for a very reasonable budget....

This year I did the 12 Hours of Summit Point again and had the pleasure (ya right) in driving during the 'severe thunder storm' that hit the area. That was pretty fun, until it got bad and I called in to the pits and asked for rain tires and found out that they DIDN'T have any?!? Well, they managed to fine some rains and it became driveable and fun again....We were leading our class until something stupid broke with 2 hours to go and we lost a lot of time. A Porsche 993 ex-cup car won the race over a 'tuned' Miata (ITS) and a Datsun 240Z.

Endurance races are a blast, and anybody who races cars should do one some day. Races like the Homestead 12 Hours (formerly Moroso 24), Summit Point 12 Hours and the newly formed Thunderhill 25 (yes 25) Hours allows the club racer a chance at it.

RobweenerPI · 16 Jun 2003, 00:18 (Ref:632446)

Gingerman raceway has a nice enduro as well do they not. I've heard nice things about that track. Roebling road would be another cool track to have an enduro on.

Muzza · 16 Jun 2003, 02:48 (Ref:632527)

Way to go Fiorentina 1, way to go.

And I - a Sampdoria supporter - am glad that you did not update your nickname.

cybersdorf · 16 Jun 2003, 06:48 (Ref:632577)

I can see why such races are a rare occurence, though; apart from the hassle of getting all permissions needed to run a race into the night (at least over here), it's just expensive. You can have almost (but only almost) the same experience driving indoor kart enduros.

RobweenerPI · 16 Jun 2003, 18:08 (Ref:633262)

I forgot to mention the VIR 8 hour enduro hosted by the NCR SCCA region at VIR. This was the first year for the event and not alot of cars were entered, but expect this one to grow in the future.

cybersdorf · 17 Jun 2003, 09:44 (Ref:633922)

Any others?

Sile · 30 Jun 2003, 02:31 (Ref:646713)

There is the Homestead 12 hours, Summit Point 12 hours, Gingerman 10 hours, Nelson Ledge 8 hours, Buttonwillow 6 hours and Thunderhill 12 & 25 hours. All are run by SCCA, but the thunderhill races which are run by NASA. Suppsedly the 12 hour race is run during the 25...

cybersdorf · 30 Jun 2003, 10:44 (Ref:647012)

What's the difference between SCCA and NASA (aside from the fact that they are separate organisations)?

Fiorentina 1 · 30 Jun 2003, 14:27 (Ref:647259)

Cybersoft: Nasa is geared towards modern cars and modern rules, SCCA is still stuck in the 60's.

cybersdorf · 30 Jun 2003, 17:44 (Ref:647450)

Thanks Flo, and I assume you are a member of NASA, right?

Fiorentina 1 · 30 Jun 2003, 18:38 (Ref:647514)

Both actually.

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