A long awaited update Part 1

Hello everyone, it's been a busy past few months. in the time between posts a lot has happened. After going up to Mohegan Sun Arena for the NEPA Region and scoring a second behind Robbie Campbell we went to the Next Philly Region Event at the Warminster Community Park. After a great team effort we brought home the win against Robbie in second, winning by the small margin of twelve thousandths of a second. Click here to see the fastest run of the Day. Warranting a shocked reaction from Robbie's dad! this win was dedicated to Grandma Grau who passed before the start of the season.While it was a win, its felt bitter sweet in more ways than one. Not just the Death of Grandma Grau but the death of a Side cover gasket. It couldn't handle the speed.

The season carried on, but then we ran into a problem. After the second Mohegan Sun event, some side pain turned out to be an unbearable amount of pain and pee that looked like root bear. After a restless night and a trip to the emergency room, I was diagnosed with a bruised kidney. One thing we wanted to do at that event was let Robbie drive. His lower weight would mean he would get a better time than me.Better Acceleration means better positions, and that's what plagued us all season. so at the next event we let Robbie run at Wells Fargo. He did fantastic, 1st place in class, 1st in PAX and 2nd in Raw time behind Christos in his shifter kart. He event got a cone kill for style!

The valve guides in the World Formula are worn out. We took the head to Craw's Racing. The place was spotless. You could eat off the floors. We'll be looking at the data once the head is back on. We'll be having some tune time at Mohegan Sun next Saturday. A huge thanks to Fred Craw. https://crawsracing.com/

I'll have to take some photos of all the cool stuff there.

The 2019 season started. Ronnie is about 22% over weight for the FJA class. His driving is great, but being 377 in a 310 pound class makes it tough. He put himself on a diet program after his first event. Taking 4th at event #1 opened his eyes. Event #2 he took 3rd in class, and 8th fastest out of 104 drivers. As he drops the pounds, he'll pick up places.

This was his best run from event #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLHEWnPUZkU

This was his best run from event #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkKQ4nW2cX0

Ronnie had another great season with the SCCA, winning the Philly & NEPA (Northeastern PA) championships. He had the 3 FTD's (Fastest Time of the Day) @ Mohegan Sun 5/12/2018 & the same at Pocono Raceway 7/12/2018. It was great seeing him beating Z06 Corvettes all season long with a 12.5 cubic inch motor. Chasing the kart's over steer all season was a handful for him, but he did a fantastic job. This was his wildest drive of the season, @ Mohegan Sun. Look at all the counter steering.
Click here to watch the video He's a happy camper

Philly 2018 event # 10 @ Wells Fargo. Great day of racing. There were 140 drivers at the event. Ronnie went off course on his first 2 runs, so I didn't look at the RPM data. I did look at the EGT, it was perfect 1,344°. I should have made a gear change, but didn't. Robbie took first place over Ronnie by .288 seconds. Robbie's second time beating Ronnie in 2 years. Great driving Robbie!!!

This was Ronnie's fastest & last run of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6IsRzB88lk&t=106s

Pocono Raceway September 15th & 16th. Ronnie had a stellar weekend. No one was in his class at this event so he got 2 wins, locking up his second championship with the NEPA region. This is his best run of the weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol3hhxm9U4k&t=18s

Last weekend was The Al Holbert Memorial event with the Philly SCCA.  It's a 2 day annual event. Ronnie got the win both days, winning the Holbert for the 5th year in a row in class.

This was his best run on Saturday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITKWMx7oXWw

This is his last run fron Sunday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmm_IcbZpac&t=2s

The Mohegan Sun event was tough. Tricky course & bumpy. First time this year out of the top 10.

http://nepascca.org/soloresults2018/Event08-Mohegan_raw.htm

This was Ronnie's fastest time of the day 54.803
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GblYllwUsTY

He was in the air over some of the bumps. His left foot is above the brake pedal.

Ronnie's next event will be August 12th @ Mohegan Sun with the NEPA region.
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/nepa-scca-solo-series-event-8-mohegan-sun-arena-northeastern-penna-097303

Ronnie had a great day @ Pocono Raceway with the NEPA region SCCA on Thursday. He had the 3 fastest times of the event. This was his best run of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4wJejzOuq8

This Thursday Ronnie will be racing with the NEPA region @ Pocono Raceway. Sunday with the Philly region @ Warminster, PA.

The Wells Fargo event was cancelled. The lot was resealed last week, and the traction would've sucked.

Pocono July 12th. I hope the weather is good.

The gears are on, the carb is re jetted, and valves adjusted. All we need to do is get there, and set the tire pressures.

Philly Region event #5 @ Wells Fargo

Sunday July 1st will be the Philly region event #5 @ Wells Fargo Center.

We had a great time at the NEPA Pocono regional event. Ronnie getting the win both days in FJA class. I was helping Rob with Robbie's kart with the over steer issues. It turned out that the new rear rims had a bigger offset then his old set.

Ronnie hit a cone on his 4th run on Sunday with the left front that came out the right rear. It took out the clutch breaking a snap ring. After the clutch & gear change he went his fastest time of the day 68.927. That beat his 68.955 from earlier.

This was his 68.927 run on top vs his 68.955 on the bottom
https://youtu.be/p3yRXV6uX2o

Ronnie, Jake, Nick, and Robbie

Ronnie got the win in FJA class, 7th in raw time, and 14th in PAX @ the Philly Region SCCA Solo event #4
http://www.phillyscca.net/results/2018/event4.htm

He spun the kart on his first run in each session, but his 3 clean runs were within .71% of each other.

His best run of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-NEp1NHda0

This pic is him going backwards at 59 MPH through 2 cones on his 3rd run.

Philly Region SCCA Solo event #4 at Warminster Sunday June 3rd

Philly Region SCCA Solo event #3 Wells Fargo Center.
Ronnie got the win in FJA class with a 42.260 over Matt who did some super driving getting a 42.550. Robbie was just behind Matt by .015 of a second.

The jetting was perfect, but I fell short on picking the right gears. We left a lot of time out there. He got 9th fastest time of the day out of 109 drivers.

We're still fighting the oversteer issue, but we're getting it dialed in.

This is Ronnie's best run of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrW9n_dMVjk

Sunday's Junior Karters

Ronnie had a great day @ Mohegan Sun. It was wet in the morning, and he had the fastest time in that session. In the afternoon session he was bumped back to 7th place, but he was running last on the track. He needed to pick up more then 2.814 seconds to beat the 55.900 time. It was dry at that point so we put the slicks on. He laid down 3 fantastic runs 55.537, 55.208, then his last run 54.916 for the 3 fastest times of the day.

This was his best run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfxmbFKkw3E&t=95s

All times
http://nepascca.org/soloresults2018/event03-mohegan_fin.htm

Fast times
http://nepascca.org/soloresults2018/event03-mohegan_raw.htm

PAX
http://nepascca.org/soloresults2018/event03-mohegan_pax.htm

Next event will be with NEPA
May 12, 2018
Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
255 Highland Park Blvd
Wilkes-Barre Township, PA 18702

The chassis change worked great. Ronnie got the win at the Philly SCCA Solo event #2 in FJA class, getting 4th in raw time & 5th in PAX out of 94 drivers.

Junior Kart A
1	2	JA	Maunz, Ronnie	37.189	41.219	36.266	40.813
pax: 5 (-0.673)			2013 Sodi Kart Clest	36.034
2	11	JA	Fiorani, Nicholas	41.403	39.275	38.468	37.872
pax: 11 (-1.657)				37.184
3	12	JA	Campbell, Robbie	38.361	42.972	37.406+1	37.760+2
pax: 14 (-2.028)			1999 CRG Kart kalifo	37.618
4	72	JA	Bangs, Matt	42.980+1	38.293	47.365+2	38.358+1
pax: 17 (-2.294)			-- Karts bandit	37.930
5	5	JA	Bangs, Kate	43.980	40.818	40.483	43.357
pax: 47 (-4.477)			Birel Kart	43.436
6	41	JA	Gallucci, Vincent	54.277	50.980	46.862	45.566+1
pax: 73 (-7.650)			2010 Birel Kart	44.194
7	36	JA	Sirota, Ben	52.362	50.183	46.367	45.605
pax: 77 (-8.322)			2008 CRG Kart	44.980
Junior Kart B
1	27	JB	Houliaras, Nicholas	43.490+X	42.475	45.835+2	39.998
pax: 23 (-2.863)			CRG Kart Forza	44.423
2	17	JB	Richter, Madelyn	58.937+X	53.156+X	53.267+X	54.528+X
pax: 97 (-968.864)			2001 -- Karts Coyote	54.454+X
Junior Kart C
1	7	JC	Houliaras, Jacob	52.277	51.186	56.622	57.458
pax: 69 (-6.616)			2006 Coyote Kid Kart	175.900

Raw Results (May-06 02:37:27)
	#	Cls	Driver	Raw	PAX	Diff.	To First
1	2	FM	Schaible, Pete	34.064	30.794	0.000	0.000
2	11	KM	Azzara, Ethan	35.591	33.028	1.527	1.527
3	37	KM	Houliaras, Christos	35.741	33.168	0.150	1.677
4	2	JA	Maunz, Ronnie	36.034	30.809	0.293	1.970
5	1	KM	Azzara, Alex	36.246	33.636	0.212	2.182
6	111	FM	Rosenberg, Steven	36.669	33.149	0.423	2.605
7	23	STR	Borkey, Bryan	37.097	30.531	0.428	3.033
8	11	JA	Fiorani, Nicholas	37.184	31.792	0.087	3.120
9	12	JA	Campbell, Robbie	37.618	32.163	0.434	3.554
10	72	JA	Bangs, Matt	37.930	32.430	0.312	3.866

Sunday Warminster PA event #2 Philly region SCCA Solo

Moved the rear track in 1/2 inch, 1/4 per side. Rear torsion at 12:00
That should give him more rear grip.

Philly SCCA Solo event #1 Warminster, PA April, 22nd, 2018

Ronnie had a good day getting the win in the Formula Junior A class, 7th in raw time, and 18 in PAX out of 139 drivers at the event. Great way to start the 2018 season.

We still have some chassis tuning to do, the rear of the kart is loose as a goose. He did some amazing drivin

His best run of the day was 38.709
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPD9WbZvWE4

We went to the Rust Off to break-in the new slicks. It was way to wet for slicks, it was a rain event. The temp was about 40°. There was no sense changing the jet in the carb & putting the rain tires on. We may go to NJMP this week before the first Philly SCCA points event.

Getting the sticker & stripes on the new bodywork for the 2018 racing season. Thanks to our friend Niv @ http://www.advantagegraphicdesign.com/

Philly Region 2018 SOLO Summer Series Rust-Off

SCCA - Philadelphia Region

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Warminster Community Park, Warminster, PA

Registration ends in 3 days on April 13, 2018 7:00 PM EDT

Due to the forecast, we are moving the Rust Off to Sunday, April 15. Hopefully by next Sunday the weather will realize it's spring.

Got the new sneakers for the kart. They are the new HZi tires.

2018 NEPA season

2018 NEPASCCA Jack Williams Tire Company, INC. Solo Series Schedule: #01---04/14/18--Lycoming Mall, Pennsdale, PA (RegNotOpen!) #02---04/15/18--Lycoming Mall, Pennsdale, PA (RegNotOpen!) #03---05/12/18--Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre, PA (RegNotOpen!) NEPASCCA 2018 5th Annual Regional Solo @ Pocono Raceway (Garage Space Reg)------(RegNotOpen!) TNT---06/15/18--Pocono Infield NASCAR Turn1 Infield Course, Long Pond, PA #04---06/16/18--Pocono Infield East Course, Long Pond, PA #05---06/17/18--Pocono Infield East Course, Long Pond, PA #06---07/12/18--(Thurs)Pocono Infield East Course, Long Pond, PA (RegNotOpen!) #07---07/22/18--LCCC Public Safety Training Inst., Nanticoke, PA (RegNotOpen!) #08---08/12/18--Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre, PA (RegNotOpen!) #09---08/26/18--LCCC Public Safety Training Inst., Nanticoke, PA (RegNotOpen!) #10---09/15/18--Pocono Infield East Course, Long Pond, PA (RegNotOpen!) #11---09/16/18--Pocono Infield East Course, Long Pond, PA (RegNotOpen!) #12---10/13/18--Lycoming Mall, Pennsdale, PA (RegNotOpen!) #13---10/14/18--Lycoming Mall, Pennsdale, PA (RegNotOpen!)

The 2018 Philly season is set. The following are the dates for the Philly Region SCCA Solo events.

Here are our dates for events as of the date shown above. I'll update this post as dates firm up.

WCP April 8 Annual "Rust Off" (Test N Tune)
WCP April 22
WCP May 6
WFC May 20*
WCP June 2 (Novice School)
WCP June 3
WFC July 1*
WCP July 14 & 15
OVM August 12
WCP August 19
WFC August 25 &/or 26*
WCP September 16
WCP October 7

* tentative but on the site owner's calendar and reserved for Philly region.

WCP = Warminster Community Park
WFC = Wells Fargo Center
OVM = Oxford Valley Mall

Ronnie got some early birthday news. Acceleration Kart Racing wants him on board for the 2018 racing season.

http://www.accelerationkarting.com/

Ronnie made it into the Sports Car Magazine again this year.
http://www.sportscarmag-digital.com/sportscar/november_2017?pg=70#pg70

Northeast Muscle Car Club Halloween Show 10/22/2017

It was great seeing all the guy's, gal's & all the great cars today.

Photos from the show @ https://www.facebook.com/RonMaunz/media_set?set=a.10210671908221603.1073741899.1465252511&type=3

Ronnie got the class win at the last Philly SCCA event of 2017 with a 39.183. This is his 4th championship with the Philly region SCCA. With getting the 2017 NEPA SCCA Solo championship that makes it 5 regional championships.

It was a long season. We drove over 4,400 miles to the 19 events he raced. He finished his 2017 season with 12 in first, 6 in second, and forth place at Nationals in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Junior Kart A
1	2	JA	Maunz, Ronnie	40.772	39.828	39.876	40.100
pax: 18 (-2.302)			2013 Sodi Kart Celes	39.183
2	6	JA	Fiorani, Nicholas	50.133	42.795	53.023+1	41.966
pax: 43 (-4.637)				41.885
3	36	JA	Sirota, Ben	50.907	50.627	49.467	47.508
pax: 78 (-8.577)			2008 CRG Kart	46.445
4	5	JA	Bangs, Kate	53.868	48.650	47.190	47.193
pax: 86 (-9.221)			Birel Kart

This was his last run of the 2017 Philly season.

Click here for his last run of the season.

Season closer photos Philly 2017 event #12

Having 7 wins & 1 second place finish, Ronnie locked up his 1st Championship with the 

NEPA Region SCCA.

This is his 4th SCCA Solo Regional championship, 3 with Philly & 1 with NEPA.

Ronnie took the win Saturday & Sunday at Pocono Raceway. With the need to run the higher speeds at Pocono Raceway. I put the smallest gear we have on the rear (64 tooth). By doing so I had to move the motor over 4 inches forward. That took weight off the right rear tire making his kart loose as a goose. He took out some cones on a few runs, but got a handle on it & laid down some good times.

His best run from Saturday. https://youtu.be/PIF-8HvcChc

His best run from Sunday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoRZXy_OaWA

Photos from Pocono click here

A pic of Rob's Hyper VW 

Ronnie & Robbie

We stopped off for an ice cold beer on the way home.

This weekend Ronnie's racing @ Pocono Raceway with NEPA SCCA points event #10 & #11

http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae/frmEventDetail.Show?psevent_id=16471

NEPASCCA 2017 Points Event #10 -#11

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Hosting Organization(s)	NEPA Region SCCA
Event Type	Autocross
Event Date(s)	16-Sep-2017 to 17-Sep-2017
Event Description/ Schedule	This entry is for Points Event #10 and #11 for the Jack Williams NEPASCCA Solo Point Series. You can register here for both days or just 1 day.  Single day entries are available at a slightly higher price and will go on sale a few days before registration closes if spots are still available.   Event Schedule: Saturday 6:00am - Gate Opens 6:00am to 8:00am - Registration Check-In/Tech/Course Open for Walking/1st heat drivers to grid. 8:15am - Drivers Meeting 8:30am - Worker Check in/1st heat drivers to grid (if not yet) 8:45am to ??? - Competition Runs Award Presentations at the timing trailer immediately following competition runs. Sunday Course walking available 30 minutes after Saturday competition runs.  6:30pm - All participants and staff need to head for the gate. 7:00pm - Track is hard locked until 6:00am.  Track will consider any persons in the infield area after 7:00pm as trespassing Sunday 6:00am to 7:00am - Course open for walking 7:00am - Worker Check in/1st Heat drivers to grid 7:30am to ??? - Competition Runs Award Presentations at the timing trailer 30minutes after competition runs. 6:30pm - All participants and staff need to head for the gate. 7:00pm - Track is hard locked until 6:00am.  Track will consider any persons in the infield area after 7:00pm as trespassing.

We made it to the BIG SHOW. The 2017 SCCA Solo Nationals in Lincoln, Nebraska. There was 1,319 drivers at the event. 10 in Ronnie's class Formula Junior A.

Ronnie took 4th place, the last trophy spot of the 10 FJA drivers.

This was his best run of day 1
https://youtu.be/9FeziyFb_8Y

This was his best run of day 2
https://youtu.be/dM1-cXKhkk4

Photos from Lincoln click here

2017 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships

09/05/2017 - 09/08/2017

**** UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (INFORMATIONAL ONLY) ****

www.ProntoTimingSystem.com

Class standings for JA [10 Cars] (02:16:40 PM)  

T	1	89	Mason Herrick		2006 CRG Kart Santana		MG
			54.616	54.395	54.616		112.955
			62.675(1)	59.352	58.560
T	2	5	Tyler Cormier		1993 all kart all kart		MG
			56.827	54.896	55.079		113.791
			58.895	59.267	59.195		(0.836)
T	3	52	Kimsoo Gopnik		2014 CRG Kart		MG
			DNF	55.283	55.720		115.093
			60.069	60.353	59.810		(1.302)
T	4	2	Ronnie Maunz		2013 Sodi Kart Celesta		MG
			58.969	56.815	56.663		117.445
			DNF	61.521	60.782		(2.352)
	5	90	Robert Ekstrand		2013 Kosmic Mercury		MG
			67.166(1)	57.452	56.946		118.204
			62.681	61.258	DNF		(0.759)
	6	41	Erika McKee		2003 Emmick Kart		MG
			56.730	60.622	57.768		118.242
			70.109(1)	62.766	61.512		(0.038)
	7	98	Conner Herrick		1999 Tony Kart Nelson Special		MG
			59.249	57.906	58.041		119.563
			63.092	62.516	61.657		(1.321)
	8	6	Nicholas Fiorani		2012 Merlin Kart Kart		MG
			59.447	58.100	57.011		120.194
			69.434	DNF	63.183		(0.631)
	9	97	Jared Hyman		CRG Kart		MG
			67.362	62.863	63.193		128.657
			68.622	67.957	65.794		(8.463)
	10	69	Polina Tsurikova		CRG Kart		MG
			DNF	DNF	68.051		134.726
			67.467	66.675	67.089		(6.069)