Equipe Rapide Event #2, 4/3/11, Mineral Wells

[nomadtrash]

It's a busy spring. March has an event every weekend including BMW, PCA, NTAXS, Texas Time Trials, a national tour and a pro-solo. Equipe Rapide will be having our next event on April 3rd in Mineral Wells. I hope to see all of you out there. Paul Kurtz has volunteered to be the event master. I would love for some of you to step up and volunteer to be event master for a future event. You can see our schdule on our website and see the entire calendar on dfwautocross.

Thanks,

[cwemyss]

My first thought was "wow... Thursday AX. Sweet!"

[cwemyss]

{{Bump}}

So, what's the Mineral Wells equivalent to Pennington's Einstein's?

[jrj512]

So, what's the Mineral Wells equivalent to Pennington's Einstein's?

The McDonald's off exit 418 on I-20, west of Fort Worth and the I-20/I-30 merge.

I plan to attend this event.

[slowchildmiata]

The McDonald's off exit 418 on I-20, west of Fort Worth and the I-20/I-30 merge.

I plan to attend this event.

I am in.

[Bigsrturbo]

I might make it...might have to work

[nomadtrash]

Online registration is open. It will close at midnight Friday night. I have it on good authority that the weather will be perfect on Sunday. If you missed the Pro or want to validate your recent performances then come on out. This is an excellent event for you to get good practice for the upcoming events including the Natinal street tire challenge and the divisional. I hope to see you all out there and thanks for supporting Equipe Rapide.

[TxCoyote]

Unfortunately I will miss this one. Too bad for me.

[nomadtrash]

Five more days counting today. Busy week for me. Anybody else scrambling to get everything done this week?

[ratt_finkel]

We will be there.

[nomadtrash]

Online registration ends tonight at midnight.

We are also looking for a volunteer to tow the trailer from Pennington to Mineral Wells. If you are interested then please PM me or e-mail me at [email protected].

[cwemyss]

Looks like I'm out... sprained my ankle pretty badly on Wednesday, today I've got crutches and an air cast. Changing tires and standing around a parking lot don't sound great, and driving a stick shift isn't so easy either. Hope everyone has fun!!!

JRJ... you can hold onto my t-shirt from last time for a bit longer, or I can meet up with you sometime. Thanks!

[jrj512]

Looks like I'm out... sprained my ankle pretty badly on Wednesday, today I've got crutches and an air cast. Changing tires and standing around a parking lot don't sound great, and driving a stick shift isn't so easy either. Hope everyone has fun!!!

JRJ... you can hold onto my t-shirt from last time for a bit longer, or I can meet up with you sometime. Thanks!

No prob.

I cannot make McDonalds, anyway. I have to fill in for course setup.

[nomadtrash]

Online registration is now closed. We still offer on-site registration on Sunday morning at 8:00. The weather forcast looks to be for perfect weather. Kenny has gotten the live timing running at http://erlive.autocross.com/
Yu can check your results in real time using your smart phone. I hope to see you all there.

[general default]

Final Results

[POS Racing]

Wow the difference between and in ES was 0.094........

[altiain]

Wow the difference between and in ES was 0.094........

Meh - that's a lifetime.

Check out the STR results from the San Diego Tour last weekend - 2nd through 4th were all covered by less than a hundredth of a second!

• T 2 90 James Yom 2007 Honda S2000 BBlue Hankook 58.130(1) 62.493(3) 55.921 106.209
  [190] LA,CA my credit card South Texa 55.174(2) 52.560(1) 50.288 (1.661)
• T 3 80 Mark Baer 2008 Honda S2000 Black Hankook 61.372(2) 55.738 56.278 106.213
  [180] Loveland,CO SCR PERFORMANCE Colorado/R 53.582(1) 50.813 50.475 (0.004)
• T 4 180 Robert Thorne 2008 Honda S2000 CR Bla Hankook 58.841(1) 56.879 55.908 106.218
  [80] Littleton,CO SCR Performance, Autopar Colorado/R 51.879 50.400 50.310 (0.005)

[POS Racing]

Meh - that's a lifetime.

Yea but I was actually a participant in this battle, I wasn't just reading about it on the interweb.

[jrj512]

I enjoyed the event. It was great weather, a short day, and a fun course.

[ratt_finkel]

Without trying to sound harsh or ungrateful. The course had some interesting elements to it. And while it was certainly challenging. I didn't find it particularly rewarding. Nor did it seem to flow well. Also, can we please not have any slow heavy sweepers across the "cheese grater" sections of the site?

The good points?
Nice choice of line selection
High speed sections

I'm not about everyone else. But I think the course in reverse would have been much more enjoyable. No one wants the last 5 corners to be castration events, especially when they lead into a similar finish.