TX Region SCCA Autocross #8 - Sunday, October 19, 2014 - TMS Bus Lot

8th autocross of the year: TX Region SCCA Solo #8 - Sunday, October 19, 2014

Where? TMS Bus Lot in Fort Worth, TX.

Event #8 Schedule:

•Registration & Tech Inspection: 7:30am - 8:30am (PLEASE DON’T BE LATE)
(If you are new to TX Region SCCA events, please be AT THE SITE by 7:30am)

•Course opens: 8:00am (approx.)

•Novice Walkthru: 8:30am (approx.)

•MANDATORY Drivers Meeting: 9:00am (approx.)

•First Runs Start 9:30am (Approx.)

•Trophies (and BEER ) approx. 30 minutes after conclusion of runs. (approx. 3:30 PM)

Online Registration closes Friday night, October 17th at 11:59pm.

**Walk up registrations ARE allowed on site but will be charged an additional $5.

**CREDIT CARDS CAN NOT BE ACCEPTED ONSITE!!

Online Registration Link:
http://www.motorsportreg.com/events/...ca-solo-578778

All this information and MORE is available on the Texas Region SCCA Solo webpage:
http://texasscca.org/soloautocross

Sunday's course:

http://texasscca.org/images/2014_cou..._E8_buslot.jpg

::Whisp:: Folks at NEOKLA do lots better courses.... Just sayin ;-)

In!! ::Banana::

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Originally Posted by POS Racing

::Whisp:: Folks at NEOKLA do lots better courses.... Just sayin ;-)

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A tornado will clean off a nice parking lot, that will make for nice courses……apparently.
http://xpda.com/mooretornado/Img06.jpg
Tanger Outlet Mall Stroud, Oklahoma 1999

It is a sad way to get a venue.... From what I was told NEOKLA just started to use it again most of their events happen at the Tulsa Fairgrounds.

I'll be at this one!

I am in need of someone to flour (outline) the course for a morning work assignment. You will need to start at 7:45. It will be your assignment for the day. Let me know if you're interested.

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Originally Posted by jrj512

I am in need of someone to flour (outline) the course for a morning work assignment. You will need to start at 7:45. It will be your assignment for the day. Let me know if you're interested.

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Job filled.

In!

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Preliminary Run/Work order:
Run 1 / Work 3
CS, ES, GS, BSR, FSR, ASP, BSP, XP, EP, SMF, CM, FSAE, JA, JB, JC, X
Run 2 / Work 4
SS, DS, HS, CSR, GSR, FSP, STR, BP, FP, SSM, DM, KM, W, CAM, MAM
Run 3 / Work 1
AS, DSR, HSR, CSP, ESP, STF, STX, CP, GP, AM, EM, T
Run 4/ Work 2
BS, FS, SSR, ASR, ESR, SSP, DSP, STC, STS, STU, DP, SM, BM, FM

Another fun day. Great weather and a good course. Thanks to everyone that works hard to put on the show. Good times! See ya'll next month.

Damn mean cats in sts..

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Originally Posted by Steve E

Damn mean cats in sts..

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+1 .... Tough crowd to play with. Kudos to the winners.

Challenging course for the fat M3. Reviewing the data showed the car was almost always in turn.

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Originally Posted by sammm

+1 .... Tough crowd to play with. Kudos to the winners.

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Shore is a fun class... even with the spankins i take.

Not my fastest, managed to shave .5 off this one. Ignore wind noise and jazz hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oDWUB-7jd8

Official results are posted for event #8 on Sunday, October 19, 2014 -

Final Results:
http://texasscca.org/2014_solo_results/tr14_8_final.htm

PAX Results:
http://texasscca.org/2014_solo_results/tr14_8_pax.htm

Points Report has been updated for the 2014 TX Region Solo Championship Series:
http://texasscca.org/2014_solo_resul...4_points_8.htm

Our next regional event in the 2014 TX Region Championship Solo Series is Sunday, November 16th at Texas Motor Speedway Bus Lot!
Thanks!

http://texasscca.org/soloautocross

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I have never been so happy to drive an understeering pig of a car as I was Sunday. Since I got the Corvette I have been battling trying to get the rear to hook up, nothing I did seemed to work for very long, from huge front sway bars to a ton of rear tow in. It turns out that it had bad control arm bushings, they looked fine but I replaced them and it’s now a different car. I just need to work out the set-up now.

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Originally Posted by Robert

I have never been so happy to drive an understeering pig of a car as I was Sunday. Since I got the Corvette I have been battling trying to get the rear to hook up, nothing I did seemed to work for very long, from huge front sway bars to a ton of rear tow in. It turns out that it had bad control arm bushings, they looked fine but I replaced them and it’s now a different car. I just need to work out the set-up now.

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Hooray! I was worried you were going to give up.

Good to hear. I thought it seemed like that car wasn't letting you drive like you used to.

Pics from Jim Bunch:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/766094...7648452609787/

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Originally Posted by sammm

+1 .... Tough crowd to play with. Kudos to the winners.

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4 STS cars in top 10 on PAX recognizing we were 4th heat.

Yep jrj512, I was pretty much ready to give up on the car. Changing the control arms was pretty much a desperation move sense they looked OK.

That's great to hear Robert! Educate me...what exactly happens when the control arm bushings go bad (outside of no rear grip)?

BMcCann, I am not sure I can explain it, I don’t even know which ones were bad, I just changed all of them. Under normal driving the car felt like it had bump steer in the back if I went over small bumps in a turn. Being the only Corvette I had driven I through it was just the way they were. The last NTAXS event the car had wicked throttle lift over steer. It went down the highway fine.

The only real symptoms I noticed was the bump steer felling in turns under normal driving. I guess that they were still good enough that it didn’t have many symptoms until it was pushed hard then the back would not stick in the corners and if I spun the wheels too hard on the start it would wheel hop some times. I am guessing that the back tires were going into tow out or positive camber under high loads.