Media Release: New car built in 24 hours !
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001yyNfFoTwMHT6DO18FOlIN43m37LYA1YWqjgDKSEppUGRrXsG_WgIMTpmnDmwkp2nO9LOou8ytElAOxpANkholKGCMWC8N1qrUMSC0kE75eG-kaikKRvyRqdOM3jL1M_TpX5CgX8Sohc%3D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PATRÓN HIGHCROFT "WINS" RACE TO MAKE THE GRID ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rebuild [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102729776645&s=1707&e=001nZD4TRnlTw3ya4le3C1P494cMTpIcdEHANJcPCMmlnQjJh78LnwCCwdtg4QkUQYAXjW4oXMzbDVpAHGP7SrGlK4BtzfmADseJ32mp4EKi7g8ZfFGM2tBlg==]BRASELTON, GA, Saturday, September 26, 2009:Patrón Highcroft Racing's won their "race" to make the grid and maintain the team's championship assault after taking a bare tub into a complete racecar in less than 24 hours today. After a horrifying crash for Scott Sharp on Thursday, the tub of the team's Acura ARX-02a was badly damaged and Honda Performance Development flew out a replacement overnight from its headquarters in California. Beginning the build at 8:00am on Friday morning preparing parts, the Patrón Highcroft squad kicked off when the tub arrived at 9:20am and worked throughout the night to build up a new machine for today's 12th running of the annual Petit Le Mans endurance classic The car was ready to roll at 5:45am the following morning - in time for the team to take part in the morning warm-up. Heavy rain overnight actually pushed the warm-up back - allowing the team to take a breath before beginning race day. After starting from the pit lane, the #9 Acura has quickly moved through the field to be in 7th position after 45 minutes with David Brabham at the wheel. Brabham will be joined by Scott Sharp and Dario Franchitti for today's 10 hour, 1000 mile classic. The team needs to ensure it completes 70 percent of today's race to gain a points haul to add to its 17 point advantage in the LMP1 championship. DUNCAN DAYTON "I couldn't be more proud of the guys. They have just done an amazing job. We faced a similar task last season but this year's Acura is significantly more advanced and it a much more high-tech car. "The tremendous teamwork is just incredible. Everyone has just put their head down, worked together as a team and made it happen. After the crash on Thursday nobody else thought that this would be possible but our guys just never give up. "I am really thankful for all the offers of support from our fellow Acura teams, other rivals and local suppliers - we are incredibly grateful. "Our guys have their eye on the championship and they are not going to let a crash get in the way of that." BUILD RECAP Pre-petit work list items: 190 Acura ARX-02a Statistics: Chassis mechanical parts: 4000 Chassis electrical parts: 250 Engine parts: 100 (excluding internals of engine) Gearbox parts: 350 Parts with tracked life: 1000 (excluding internals of engine) Custom hardware (fasteners, o-rings, bearings): 450 Rebuild Statistics: Parts reused: about 10% Rebuild Timeline (times are when tasks were completed, unless otherwise noted) Thursday 3:43 PM - Accident 4:15 PM - Damaged assessment finished 4:45 PM - Spare part serial numbers allocated for car build 5:00 PM - Finalized arrangements to ship spare tub 6:00 PM - Spare tub picked up by freight service in California 6:45 PM - Damaged car stripped, reusable parts identified 11:00 PM - Replacement parts prepared and arranged for assembly 12:00 AM - Team back to hotel Friday 7:10 AM - Spare tub arrives at Atlanta airport, met by team members 7:30 AM - Breakfast 8:00 AM - Begin preparation for car build, organize and layout assemblies 9:30 AM - Spare, bare tub arrives at track 11:00 AM - Tub preparation finished 12:00 PM - Lunch 11:30 PM - Fresh engine fitted 1:30 PM - Fresh gearbox fitted 6:00 PM - Dinner 8:00 PM - Four corners fitted on car 9:00 PM - Race spare preparation begins 11:45 PM - Hydraulic/fuel/electronic systems tested Saturday 1:00 AM - Engine fired 4:30 AM - Car on ground 5:45 AM - Set up finished 6:45 AM - Race strategy meeting 8:15 AM - Warmup / Practice Session Crash Statistics: Just before impact: Speed: 225 kph (140 mph) Throttle: 100% (Full) Lateral acceleration: 1.5g Gear: 6th (Top gear) Location: Before turn 2 During collision: Car did a full rotation every 1.3 seconds Peak acceleration > 15g From impact to stop: 6.2 seconds CONTACT DETAILS Patrón Highcroft Racing Paul Ryan - PR Director Phone: 678-644-0404 Email: pr@highcroftracing.com [mailto:pr@highcroftracing.com] Join us at:http://www.milestoendmalaria.org [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102729776645&s=1707&e=001nZD4TRnlTw0mGINwQsvzs6Z_5a5oUNppi5miIi4xB-zRGEmdiJjB5mAO4ovnaKUSRzS1MZUlCQIYY2bGR3hKNAkPY_rjBu-dy6OQWVXYSpnjdAmMqeMQkLiPHE2nCsk6] Follow us on Twitter at:http://www.twitter.com/patronhighcroft [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102729776645&s=1707&e=001nZD4TRnlTw3Cdy4_UQfG8VzMVWp_SnE_l_1C6HiHnEWbRRH6XlRz-dwiOHXHO4DOlE97rT9gR4Dgpbbce-jNG3fcGNpBsrxomDYhdCQbEkI_ZhaAkDUpA6-253CqlNEXSegDgwzkHnU=] Visit us on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/HighcroftRacing [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102729776645&s=1707&e=001nZD4TRnlTw36yzilEsF4iunN079fFutm1y_J-nd80xHSTI1VKHidgc9Xgp6pEs7nko86tOrW4LKGuR2T6IxCw4WDqFOVLNusXXSjTQyS5wKj3gi5tOuKt7OAMNvMPLBARdMTpAC9Wr0=] Media images available from:http://www.phrmedia.com [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102729776645&s=1707&e=001nZD4TRnlTw04UWHMd2j425CzBc07Mj6L4nPkDUSZtZBjBJeBgRq1nbsBi6pecT7AOgCJ-XBZjMqVlYMXxu_UaGmDuGDpaPf68JGmZnBVeWs=] Username: patron Password: media ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forward email http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1101586170935&ea=submit@theautochannel.com&a=1102729776645 This email was sent to submit@theautochannel.com by pr@highcroftracing.com. 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