Hi Everybody

[drivendriver]

I will soon be the proud owner of a Spec Race Atom. I am counting the days to delivery, and to the start of the racing series.

[Norm]

Welcome. I look forward to your review of the new car

[Gage]

Alright!!! Congratulations! As Norm said, most of us are looking forward to hearing your impressions about the car. Thanks for joining us here.

[bolus]

welcome! what are you going to do with the car after the season? Try to make it street legal?

[drivendriver]

I promise you a flood of impressions, pictures and videos soon after the first race

No, I have no plan to make the car street legal. Hopefully the racing series will flourish, the field will grow, and I'll keep racing. VIR is a fantastic place, and the TMI crew are very nice people, so I can see myself doing that for a while.

[Steve]

That's awesome! I can't wait to see pics (and maybe some in-car video of the races? I've been checking out the GoPro cams).

[drivendriver]

All the SRA cars are required to have a Video VBox Lite. That's the only required (and allowed) addition. So I'm sure there will be plenty of videos from the races.

[Steve]

The VBox system is SWEET, especially if you datalog and overlay some cool graphics:



But WOW it's spendy!

[drivendriver]

Yes, the VBox is pricey. Had it not been required, I would have waited. But then again, the SRA is a relative bargain, and I really like the overlays, so I don't mind.

I've used a GoPro (SD) and a Hoyt Tech MSR-200 (HD) with pretty good results. The only thing I don't like about the GoPro is the very wide viewing angle, which reduces the impression of speed in the videos. The Hoyt is a little better in that respect.

A friend of mine uses Harry's Lap Timer (which also has nice overlays) on his iPhone, and that works pretty well.

[DarthChicken]

I personally think having the vbox with all of its video capability is one of the smartest things TMI has done with this whole series. Instant marketing material for the series!