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Thx guys! Glad I decided not to sell her!
Fun day today. Wish I could convince the SCCA to hold Nats at the Bus Lot; the car is dialed there. :D
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Well done Ozmdd. :1Place:
Man I got schooled today. Congrats Mike - great driving!
Wish I could have been there.
In other news...I heard there was an announcement about the location of the next event today?
6th of 6 in STR today, but it's still fun, even with a knife in the gun fight. Congratulations to all the drivers that ran today, not just the winners.
Congrats to OZMDD for achieving "Alien" status. Now the rest of have to worry about that whole anal probing stuff. Actually, it's always kinda been a concern with Mike around, just now moreso. Nice job!
Nice driving OZMDD!
Definitely a very fun event. Congrats to Mike. Sucks the course conditions changed so much. Looks like last heat will now be the best heat for TMS.
It has been since the construction started. Look at the results from previous events. Top pax position are usually from the last heat. At the PCA event I was 2 seconds quicker from AM to PM sessions.Quote:
Originally Posted by ratt_finkel
Thanks again y'all.
There was an announcement that the Aug 19th event is going to be held at Dallas Raceway instead of PMS. Big concrete playground.
The TMS conditions seem to be all about cleaning off the dust that washes under the retaining wall when it rains. Maybe TMS could be asked about requesting that TXDOT install some of those "catch socks" along the base of the wall to keep the soil on the other side. They are pretty standard stuff in urban construction sites.
In defense of the set-up grunts, that dust is very fine and gets embedded in any crack/opening/fissure in the pavement. The blower will not get 99.9% of it. We would have to pressure wash prior to every event to clean it any better.Quote:
Originally Posted by OZMDD
+1 for the socks.
Quit your whining, slowpoke. At SCCA event #4, at least 6 of the top 9 (STR and STX drivers) ran in Heat 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken o
Heat 1 sucks, but you can't use course conditions to justify being slow in Heat 2.
I will say this - the surface at TMS does tend to favor street tires. I imagine this will be reversed at the new site, which is concrete.
Anyone take any pictures yesterday?
Yep. See them at facebook.com/dfwautocross.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Because I feel guilty about making everyone wait for my last run, I thought I'd share the video of the sideways action so you could all have a laugh at my expense. Mikey - this is more tire porn...
http://youtu.be/_GQStwqAzEE
Overall the current condition of TMS does favor street tires. I think it related to the small amount of dirt that builds up on the Hoosiers until the grip lets go. With the street tires you have a void that channels the dirt out, almost like water. In some of the turns the front end washes out like it does when the car on standing water.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Look at how low the grip (Gs) are on the back section of the course ":38"
http://youtu.be/mSUGXhfuLtA
BTW, I thought the S2000 was the car for STR. I guess it is more driver dependent.
Man, that's good stuff. I love that angle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Solo RX-7
I may be slow, but I'm still out-PAXing you! ::Bleh::Quote:
Originally Posted by ken o
The S2000 is more course dependent than anything else. Below VTEC it is basically an overweight, wide Miata. Since the driveline on my "STR" car is still 100% stock, my car doesn't hit VTEC until 6k rpm - basically the only place I was in VTEC Sunday was down the showcase slalom in the middle of the course.
The S2000 excels on higher speed courses where it can stay in the powerband. Any course with lots of low speed, high offset/slalom elements or where there are lots of low speed corners followed by short acceleration zones, the MX-5 has the advantage, IMHO. It's an inch narrower, 250 pounds lighter, and makes roughly the same mid-range torque.