Woot!!! Road racing with KSR. Kevin, as an old road race (and Bonneville) guy, I just love it when you cover Trans Am. The in-car from Mid-O was a hoot too. Took me back. Thanks for sharing your life with us.
You're one of my favorite channels Kevin. So much talent, and down to earth guy. Really wanted to meet you at Mid-Ohio, but my daughter got sick. It's so cool you hang out with Clay too. You guys are awesome 😁
Watching the cars roll out onto pit lane the viper is an outlier in terms of fiberglass, areo,widebody, amazing how competitive Lee is with what looks like a lower budget or at least different priorities. Speaks to Kevin's setup and Lee's driving!
Awesome and exciting final lap. Lee piloting, and the team doing awesome prep you guys almost got 'em! One more lap would have made a big difference. Congrats to Pops,, great win.
Hey Kevin, real enjoyable clip mate, nice mix. I'm an old Diesel Fitter that did about 20 years of amature dirt speedway and backyard mechanical while raising 5 kids & about 10 years of supporting my 2 youngest boys in go-karts. So this kind of mix had me interested in watching the car that you bought out of cobwebs, and the trackside care that you have to do on race-day. Then race cam in-car gets me on the edge of my seat & Lee did not let the show down there- very smooth. Hanging out with friends at the track was & obviously still is very cool too. YOU.. don't need any special production to create great content Kevin, you just need a camera on in your life. Cheers from sunny Queensland mate.
Kevin your videos are always great. Its fun to see and hear the tech side of stuff along with the in depth info you take the time to go through. It really does help to understand all the stuff you guys are doing. I really loved the footage from the viper during the race. I felt like i was right there in the car with him. Thanks for all you do and be safe buddy.
Please keep making these types of videos! I love how much you are able to show and share. I have learned so much and plan to start some HPDE events myself!
Awesome on board footage! Hard to understand how fast it was but watching Grant drive that Porsche was incredible. Seeing Lee fighting for the lead ties it all together. Congratulations!!
Kevin is the dude! Let’s not forget about Drew! I wish I had 1/4 of their knowledge as far as cars are concerned…. Especially in the fine tuning expertise
Kevin the camera on the roof of Lee's car is great. I really felt like i was in the race. You and Drew did yeoman like work in the lead up to the race. P2 is wonderful considering it was the first time out.
Love seeing you guys back out with a viper at the track again. Tyre pressures wise, we used to do a similar thing with the pressures on a saloon car cup championship entry at castle combe in the UK. One day I'd suggested we try running the tire pressures so that the they were all even half way through the race, instead of at the end (so psi at the start and end is exactly either side of the same midpoint on all 4 corners). Car ran quicker than ever and we won not only our class that we normally ran, but the class in front as well. Maybe enough to help Lee catch those Porsches next time!
goodness, ive said it before, ill say it again..... WHY DIDNT I EVER JUMP TO YOUR CHANNEL!!! years of watching you make cleetus' cars fast.... always assumed you were a straight liner... then when yu gave kurt busch the beans cleet made a comment about you being a road racer... and youve made many comments on chassis components that "you use in road racing" but my gosh never in a million years would have guessed a sgt viper lmao. i really love seeing this series. really wish trans am was bigger than nascar... and i love my roundy rounds. thank you so much for the content.
That Viper was definitely reeling the Porche in the straights but looked like he wasn't quite there in corners. Definetly would have been nice to catch Clay in the finals.
Mid Ohio looks like a great circuit for the viper and 2nd a good result for Lee, Kevin and Drew always enjoy the road racing. Kevin would there any possibility of a Q&A with Lee at some point.
I was half shouting at the screen for you guys in the last lap to get around Carey after that restart! Lee got some good camera time during the race too which always makes me proud for you guys! Edit: Milton - wrong Grant family member :D Congrats on P2!
Started watchin on TA channel Yeah Saw lee in second in class when i bailed to go ride my 76 kawasaki 2stroke i just dug out of a corner after 27yrs in hibernation Im watchin your vid now !
Thanks for the Days of Thunder quote. I mentioned it in one of your other racing videos and you said you used it all the time and now we have video proof. LOL
Great job, Kevin. I really enjoy your channel and the expertise and technical knowhow that you bring to whatever you do. Being a Chrysler/Dodge dealership tech for 40+ years, I enjoyed this video with the Viper.
this looked a great drivers track. fast flowing corners, some technical stuff elevation and camber change (which never looks much on camera) and some technical stuff. really great to see especially being from Australia growing up all we ever seen from America was drag racing and speedway.
The elevation is even more pronounced in real life, it's a super technical track and I love to drive it in sim and watch in real life, in headed up there next weekend for Indycar
Kevin your friend LEE is a superb Driver to be able to jump into your car and take second place when it's been setting there for almost 2 years with your great help. Then you and went to see CLAY parts Plus dragster which is another one of my favorite TH-cam channel you're right about friendship and I think of it just to see your KRS sticker on that Dragster at that one moment was pretty cool
I learned that quick. The best part of being at the racetrack is the socializing (assuming your vehicle leaves under its own power). Doesnt matter whats going on.
If you are budget minded, and just want to have some fun, SCCA-Solo2 is the way to go! I used to do Solo2, and for several years! It was a hoot, and became friends with like minded petrol heads! So much fun!
I'll have to admit I prefer the roof-top camera to the in-car camera we've seen in the past. The higher angle gives a better look at the surrounding cars and the track. I was hoping to see the team at Road America this weekend, but with Lee's limited schedule this year, he may not plan to make two races on consecutive weekends. One other thing, I don't think you've ever mentioned why the red car was parked in favor of the black car. Anything you can share on that?
I think the road course videos are becoming my favorite. Great job on the P2 finish! Might have got him if you didn't get pinched off on that corner. Smart driving to back out of it on Lee's part. He could have easily spun him out.
I gotta convince my friend to let me take his Viper out. It's just a stock 95 but still cool. When I worked at Dodge I was lucky enough to get to drive them because everyone was afraid to damage them
Congratulations guys. Definitely a lot going on in the area this weekend. Couldn't make up my mind so wrenching on the car it was. Mid Ohio one of these day's.
And you can thank a guy named George Simon for pioneering the concept of Money Making advertising on Motor Sports vehicles. He first put his company name, "U.S. Equipment Company" on his Unlimited Hydroplane "Miss U.S." in 1955 and fought the IRS when they would not allow him to deduct the cost of racing as an advertising expense. Finally, in 1963 Simon won his case with the IRS, that Unlimited racing was a legitimate business expense (within specified guidelines) and therefore tax deductible. On the strength of this ruling, Anheuser-Busch entered the sport in a big way in 1964 with the first in a long line of Miss Budweiser hydroplanes. In 1962 George Simon's Rolls-Royce Merlin-powered Hydro with Roy Duby at the wheel, set a mile straightaway record for propeller-driven boats at 200.419 miles per hour. The record stood for 38 years.
I wish I was there this weekend to see the Viper and to meet you Kevin, but I had other commitments for the weekend. I miss seeing the Viper program in IMSA but if it wasn't for Fiat owning Ferrari as well, I think the Viper's would still be dominating IMSA and being made. I'm glad Lee is one of the few keeping Viper alive in motorsports along with Dean in Formula Drift. I'm a big Viper fan.
Kevin thank u so much for showing up the gator nationals what is my favorite driver clay Milliken and you of course too bring in the inside to the outside means all the world to me thank you so much for what you do you put in the hard work just to get where you’re going can you bring so much content to your friends y’all are so awesome I wish all y’all good luck this weekend take care my friend.
Man the way you work and make it a team effort I love that I have faith you guys will do great in the race series seems to me a well built car knowing the history on that except gen car should do well overall most definitely I wish ya nothing but the best ether way it’s the effort that counts
Well done for a car that was in storage for 2 years. That rooftop camera had me leaning into the turns sitting here in my office chair.
Definitely a pretty intense track! The viper was flying! Some of those corners at speed looked very scary. Clay's an awesome guy as well. 🤙
Mid-Ohio is a beautiful road course, and behind Road America, it's probably the top road courses in the country.
Great job on 2nd Lee, Kevin, and Drew!!! Thanks for sharing the experience!
Woot!!! Road racing with KSR. Kevin, as an old road race (and Bonneville) guy, I just love it when you cover Trans Am. The in-car from Mid-O was a hoot too. Took me back. Thanks for sharing your life with us.
Kevin.I hold you in very high regards. You work your ass off for your kids and family to have something and man,I respect what you do 100
what family lol
@@gearbanginentertainment7476 somebody jealous?
@@smjhobbies4527 of?
@@gearbanginentertainment7476 family? I don't understand what your saying, and or,to whom you're saying to
@@smjhobbies4527 jealous of his family? he is divorced son...
Love the check engine light when Kevin was driving it to the starting area.
I love the road race videos. My favorite type of racing all classes. Trans Am needs to be televised more, it's truly great racing.
I love it when I can talk with the racers chat with the spectators, it makes it so much more fun!
It's always amazing to see a shop as "big" as KSR pulls off podium finishes so often.
I love how Kevin is so down to earth!
😎
11:55, Check engine light is on.
Kevin: *I know my car!*
Great race Lee, and great job Kevin on slapping that car together so quick.
You're one of my favorite channels Kevin. So much talent, and down to earth guy. Really wanted to meet you at Mid-Ohio, but my daughter got sick. It's so cool you hang out with Clay too. You guys are awesome 😁
That V10 Viper, Man the sheer torque!
Makes it a real threat to the Euro thoroughbreds !
Awesome to see Clays smiling face too :-)
So cool hearing Lee's speech and faith.
Man, and sooo tantalizingly close to getting 1st!
Always a treat Kevin!
Really appreciate Lee and his faith.
We were just in Ohio and logistics didn't work out to come spectate.
Watching the cars roll out onto pit lane the viper is an outlier in terms of fiberglass, areo,widebody, amazing how competitive Lee is with what looks like a lower budget or at least different priorities. Speaks to Kevin's setup and Lee's driving!
Love the track racing Kevin the black viper did awesome, great to catch up with Clay
Pretty amazing how good y’all did with the viper for it having set for so long. Great Job !!! Was Really Great See Y’all Too !!!
Great finish at MidOhio
race started 2nd finished
2nd. Clay is such a good
down to earth guy. I would
like to see him win a NHRA
Championship.
Awesome and exciting final lap. Lee piloting, and the team doing awesome prep you guys almost got 'em! One more lap would have made a big difference. Congrats to Pops,, great win.
Hey Kevin, real enjoyable clip mate, nice mix.
I'm an old Diesel Fitter that did about 20 years of amature dirt speedway and backyard mechanical while raising 5 kids & about 10 years of supporting my 2 youngest boys in go-karts. So this kind of mix had me interested in watching the car that you bought out of cobwebs, and the trackside care that you have to do on race-day. Then race cam in-car gets me on the edge of my seat & Lee did not let the show down there- very smooth. Hanging out with friends at the track was & obviously still is very cool too.
YOU.. don't need any special production to create great content Kevin, you just need a camera on in your life.
Cheers from sunny Queensland mate.
Kevin your videos are always great. Its fun to see and hear the tech side of stuff along with the in depth info you take the time to go through. It really does help to understand all the stuff you guys are doing. I really loved the footage from the viper during the race. I felt like i was right there in the car with him. Thanks for all you do and be safe buddy.
Good job Kevin and crew! We love the road racing videos!!!!
Kevin idk about your other followers, but I'm eating all these track racing videos up. Makes me wish race weekends happened more often
Please keep making these types of videos! I love how much you are able to show and share. I have learned so much and plan to start some HPDE events myself!
Great video. I enjoyed the interview with the dragster. Really nice and humble fellow.
Was down there Friday with my cobra. The viper was moving well it seemed. Wish I would've put two & two together and realized it was yours.
You are definitely one busy guy Kevin. Great work Great videos
Awesome on board footage! Hard to understand how fast it was but watching Grant drive that Porsche was incredible. Seeing Lee fighting for the lead ties it all together. Congratulations!!
Kevin is the dude! Let’s not forget about Drew! I wish I had 1/4 of their knowledge as far as cars are concerned…. Especially in the fine tuning expertise
Kevin the camera on the roof of Lee's car is great. I really felt like i was in the race. You and Drew did yeoman like work in the lead up to the race. P2 is wonderful considering it was the first time out.
Dude you work with some pretty calm and cool racers... as good as they are they still only really care about friends and family
Love seeing you guys back out with a viper at the track again. Tyre pressures wise, we used to do a similar thing with the pressures on a saloon car cup championship entry at castle combe in the UK. One day I'd suggested we try running the tire pressures so that the they were all even half way through the race, instead of at the end (so psi at the start and end is exactly either side of the same midpoint on all 4 corners). Car ran quicker than ever and we won not only our class that we normally ran, but the class in front as well. Maybe enough to help Lee catch those Porsches next time!
Great racing guys, Milton parking that Porsche on racing line last lap! So so close to a win!
We love you Kevin!!!! Amazing content as always! Much love from Monroe NC!!!!
Great video Kevin. The behind-the-scenes footage is great.
That was good racing, pretty intense in the final lap. Great job lee , Kevin and crew
Really like you sharing your knowledge and insite with us. Serious but fun at the he same time thanks for sharing
Thanks for the ride along Lee
As always
Smooth drivin' hand
I rode that track back in 1988
On a brand new gsxr1000
Beautiful course
Great video.. the footage with Clay was awesome.. he is such a great guy.
goodness, ive said it before, ill say it again..... WHY DIDNT I EVER JUMP TO YOUR CHANNEL!!! years of watching you make cleetus' cars fast.... always assumed you were a straight liner... then when yu gave kurt busch the beans cleet made a comment about you being a road racer... and youve made many comments on chassis components that "you use in road racing" but my gosh never in a million years would have guessed a sgt viper lmao. i really love seeing this series. really wish trans am was bigger than nascar... and i love my roundy rounds. thank you so much for the content.
That Viper was definitely reeling the Porche in the straights but looked like he wasn't quite there in corners. Definetly would have been nice to catch Clay in the finals.
Mid Ohio looks like a great circuit for the viper and 2nd a good result for Lee, Kevin and Drew always enjoy the road racing. Kevin would there any possibility of a Q&A with Lee at some point.
I was half shouting at the screen for you guys in the last lap to get around Carey after that restart! Lee got some good camera time during the race too which always makes me proud for you guys! Edit: Milton - wrong Grant family member :D Congrats on P2!
That's really awesome you explained the tire pressures! It was always tuff to explain to people when I worked on a Busch Grandnational north team
Lol check engine lights on.
Impressive how much time was gained with the addition of the stickers
Everybody is carrying a big wing. That is sooo Viper. :D
Good Stuff. I like this more than the drag racing!!!
Started watchin on TA channel
Yeah
Saw lee in second in class when i bailed to go ride my 76 kawasaki 2stroke i just dug out of a corner after 27yrs in hibernation
Im watchin your vid now !
KEVIN Thank You for taking us racing... Great to see Clay as well.
Gotta love that easy 150hp. looks like fun.
Awesome race. Great job. Viper did awesome.
Thanks for sharing man,very cool
Awesome job guys!
Thanks for taking us along. Lots of fun.
WOW!!! Great work Kev for you & your team, Loved it. Billy J.... Queensland, Australia.
Thanks for the Days of Thunder quote. I mentioned it in one of your other racing videos and you said you used it all the time and now we have video proof. LOL
P2 is still a win considering how long the car set around. Great job!!!
12:00 the CEL and lack of Tac signal makes this very relatable 💯
Great job, Kevin. I really enjoy your channel and the expertise and technical knowhow that you bring to whatever you do. Being a Chrysler/Dodge dealership tech for 40+ years, I enjoyed this video with the Viper.
This video is dope as hell keep this stuff coming
this looked a great drivers track. fast flowing corners, some technical stuff elevation and camber change (which never looks much on camera) and some technical stuff. really great to see especially being from Australia growing up all we ever seen from America was drag racing and speedway.
The elevation is even more pronounced in real life, it's a super technical track and I love to drive it in sim and watch in real life, in headed up there next weekend for Indycar
Kevin your friend LEE is a superb Driver to be able to jump into your car and take second place when it's been setting there for almost 2 years with your great help. Then you and went to see CLAY parts Plus dragster which is another one of my favorite TH-cam channel you're right about friendship and I think of it just to see your KRS sticker on that Dragster at that one moment was pretty cool
I learned that quick. The best part of being at the racetrack is the socializing (assuming your vehicle leaves under its own power). Doesnt matter whats going on.
Win with KSR !,,love this Viper !
LOL check engine light is on
Oh no!
If you are budget minded, and just want to have some fun, SCCA-Solo2 is the way to go! I used to do Solo2, and for several years! It was a hoot, and became friends with like minded petrol heads! So much fun!
I'll have to admit I prefer the roof-top camera to the in-car camera we've seen in the past. The higher angle gives a better look at the surrounding cars and the track. I was hoping to see the team at Road America this weekend, but with Lee's limited schedule this year, he may not plan to make two races on consecutive weekends. One other thing, I don't think you've ever mentioned why the red car was parked in favor of the black car. Anything you can share on that?
The red car hurt the engine at Road Atlanta. We had planned to make Road America, but Lee had something come up that is preventing the trip.
What a great vid! Little bit of something for everyone.
My neck of the woods. Wish I could have gotten out there to see ya run!!
I think the road course videos are becoming my favorite. Great job on the P2 finish! Might have got him if you didn't get pinched off on that corner. Smart driving to back out of it on Lee's part. He could have easily spun him out.
Dang
1 more lap mighta got em
Awsom job !
I need to get out more
Besides racing is to work out the bugs to make it run better and faster along with the fun!!
Great as always. KSR FTW, well 2nd in this case
Excellent Driving and Awareness by Lee and good job on P2. Thanks once again for another great video KSR.
Great Race.
Thanks for sharing time with Top Tier. You da BOSS on content!!!
Win with KSR!
I gotta convince my friend to let me take his Viper out. It's just a stock 95 but still cool. When I worked at Dodge I was lucky enough to get to drive them because everyone was afraid to damage them
Kevin you rock! Love the channel and content! Clay rocks too! I'm here for the algorithm! Peace
Congratulations guys. Definitely a lot going on in the area this weekend. Couldn't make up my mind so wrenching on the car it was. Mid Ohio one of these day's.
Love the balance of expertise that KSR brings to the table! Is there any type of 4 wheel racing that they don’t excel at supporting? 😎💪🏻
That is one bad ass viper love the sound mid Ohio nothing wrong with that Tad's dad said that
And you can thank a guy named George Simon for pioneering the concept of Money Making advertising on Motor Sports vehicles. He first put his company name, "U.S. Equipment Company" on his Unlimited Hydroplane "Miss U.S." in 1955 and fought the IRS when they would not allow him to deduct the cost of racing as an advertising expense. Finally, in 1963 Simon won his case with the IRS, that Unlimited racing was a legitimate business expense (within specified guidelines) and therefore tax deductible. On the strength of this ruling, Anheuser-Busch entered the sport in a big way in 1964 with the first in a long line of Miss Budweiser hydroplanes.
In 1962 George Simon's Rolls-Royce Merlin-powered Hydro with Roy Duby at the wheel, set a mile straightaway record for propeller-driven boats at 200.419 miles per hour. The record stood for 38 years.
I really enjoy these racing videos!
Very cool stuff. Hope you went and got a couple stickers for the rail car!
Not bad for how quick ypu guys thrashed the Viper together.
Next time just put your sticker over Brent's (PFI). 😆
As always, enjoyed the video. Thank you.
I wish I was there this weekend to see the Viper and to meet you Kevin, but I had other commitments for the weekend. I miss seeing the Viper program in IMSA but if it wasn't for Fiat owning Ferrari as well, I think the Viper's would still be dominating IMSA and being made. I'm glad Lee is one of the few keeping Viper alive in motorsports along with Dean in Formula Drift. I'm a big Viper fan.
Kevin thank u so much for showing up the gator nationals what is my favorite driver clay Milliken and you of course too bring in the inside to the outside means all the world to me thank you so much for what you do you put in the hard work just to get where you’re going can you bring so much content to your friends y’all are so awesome I wish all y’all good luck this weekend take care my friend.
Very cool! I am a big fan of the Trans Am Series, so it is awesome to see you guys involved! I will have to look for the Viper in future races.
That Flat Bed Ram next to you, is Awesome. Amen to the Drivers safety
That's a very 3 dimensional race track. It's awesome
@KSR I got confused, I saw the official results listed Lee's car as 94, so I thought the red Viper raced, not the black 44.
Love that footage! Awesome job guys!
Nice wheelin' Lee, widest Porsche on the planet for that last lap.
Congratulations 👏
Man the way you work and make it a team effort I love that I have faith you guys will do great in the race series seems to me a well built car knowing the history on that except gen car should do well overall most definitely I wish ya nothing but the best ether way it’s the effort that counts
That thing out of love been with you on this one
Both tracks are couple hours from me. Looked like a fun weekend. Well done
Thanks for sharing❣️ congratulations to you all❣️