GHIT 0349: Dave Carpenter from the Three Pedal Mafias Cheaties Car

Published: June 30, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

GHIT 0349: \xa0Dave Carpenter from the Three Pedal Mafia\u2019s Cheaties Car

At long last, we have secured Dave Carpenter for the podcast.\xa0 Dave drives in the orange Cheaties themed Cressida with the Three Pedal Mafia team.\xa0 In addition, Bill drove in the Cressida at the last race in NJMP where it finished 6th overall in spite of Bill driving.\xa0 With so much to talk about, we tried to limit it to the Lemons race at NJMP\u2019s Thunderbolt track, all about the Cressida, and how Dave manages the team and maintains a pretty strict budget and still routinely finishes in the top ten overall despite being out paced by a large fraction of the field.\xa0 Hopefully, we will have Dave on again to talk more about his racing past and iRacing. PS\xa0 Vicki is in full post race hangover/zombie mode for this episode.

A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/UncleDaveFrom3PM

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Highlights for this episode include:

1)\xa0 Why Bill is scared of Aaron and what it was like to drive with a black flag \u201cbonus\u201d \u201cprint\u201d on the windshield of the Cheaties car during most of his stint.

2)\xa0 How Vicki came to get her \u201csecret\u201d black flag early Saturday and the impact to performance and handling that a 40-pound cookie on the roof of an EG Honda Civic

3)\xa0 Several variables that need to taken into account when looking at potential upgrades to a car and the unintended implications to other aspects of the car in endurance racing.

4)\xa0 A quick summary of some of the other cars/carnage in the Three Pedal Mafia fleet at NJMP 2022.

5)\xa0 How 3PM was able to finish their collection of all 24 Hours of Lemons awards at NJMP this year and secure the missing \u201cHalloween Meet Gasoline\u201d award to complete the trophy case.\xa0 In addition, they we somehow able to manage a \u201cBlazing Saddles\u201d related theme and not be arrested, lol.

6)\xa0 Various ways that Dave has been able to successfully race while maintaining a budget and having a car that performs well and reliably.

7)\xa0 How to prioritize performance changes for endurance racing.