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Originally Posted by sammm
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You buying?? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
It was a fun day!
Cheers: JRJ512's course design (extra gravely in spots for everyone's enjoyment)
Cheers: NTS2K (10 runs on a ~90 second course) and getting the event off with a serious lack of help (thanks no shows! ::Rant::)
Cheers: Everyone who showed up.
Jeers: Wind
Extra Jeers: All the :cat:'s who registered and didn't show up.
Outside of the gravel, how did you all like the course? Is there something you want to see more or less of in future courses? Are there course elements that you would have liked to have seen? Was it too fast or slow? Was it intuitive, or did you often wonder where to go?
How many showed up?Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
It flowed well and I never felt lost. Some of the turns/transitions were pivot-esque IMO. I think some drivers were even downshifting back to 1st in at least one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
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Originally Posted by Mark52
Nothing says fun like blowing up your co-driver's car, and then getting to stop on the side of the highway on the way home and fix it! :wink: Special thanks to POS for lending his wit while we stood on the side of 180 and patched up the Evo.
Overall I though the course was fun. We experimented with going back to first in the two "pivot" sections, but found that staying in 2nd was actually faster, both in the Evo and the torque-challenged RX-8. Woulda had FTD in the RX-8, if not for General Default and his B Mod car. ::Bleh::
Good job on course design to jrj512 once the gravel cleaned up and tires were warm it ran well. Very technical and fun. The slow people were slow and the fast people were flying, it was also nice to be done by 3.
Finally got that excuse generator working right?Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Sounds like you guys had more fun than I did - 15 hours of hanging ceiling fans, fixing ceiling lights, and making a friend's home more homey :D
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Originally Posted by onething
Don't tell us... wait... let me guess...
You fell off a ::Ladder::?
::Banana::
We should've come out and watched. We were camping at the state park out there.
I thought it was very well run event. I'm more likely to run with the club again. I'll just be sure to bring a set of RA-1's. And some extra coolant! Thank again to Iain and Mick for the help! Car made it home with no problems. Coolant flush went fine. Sourcing a thermostat has been an issue so far though.
Jarrett, the course was top notch. It's very rare that you have both a fast yet technical course. And yours had a little of everything. The start left something to be desired, and the entry into the final piece of the course after the 7 cone slalom was akin to blue balls. But other than that, I found the course a blast.
Good job!
Since you asked...Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
Overall, a very good course. :clap: Good mix of elements, good use of the whole lot, good mix of speeds, and plenty safe.
Significant improvement could have been made by moving the entire uphill section that was about 2/3rds of the way through the course, over to the west about 20 yards to the cleaner/less abrasive part of the lot. There was plenty of room to then move the following slalom over before getting close to the timing tent.
As you know, there is one stretch of bad asphalt at MW that runs the length of the lot, and is about 30-40 yards wide. Any significant g-loading over said section tears up tires, and its also where the gravel accumulates.
I took my Toyos off and put the Bridgestones back on for the afternoon 'cuz I was worried about shredding the softer tires. Which, of course, is the only reason that Iain went faster than me ::EvilBana
Great event organization, especially with the lower turnout. I always enjoy the S2K events.
--Andy
PS: what was that white stuff on the ground in the shady areas? Never seen that in Austin...
I'm curious if anyone else noticed the huge bump going down the back section.
I'm flying down those offsets just teetering on spinning out the car is all loaded up, and WHAM, there is a huge bump right where the apex is, which causes me to slightly lift, brake, pray to the auto-x gods and then get back on the gas.
Anyone else expierence something like that?
I didn't notice anything, must be those konis cranked up to full stiff on the bass boat :D I did notice both you and altian were really hanging the car out on the edge hauling ass through the offsets. It seemed like you both had to slightly lift and just barely squeeze through the last gate before heading down to the box and maybe could have shifted to 3rd since you were riding the rev limiter a lot?Quote:
Originally Posted by ratt_finkel
FYI, on my last run I ran a 90 WITH a huge spin. Just wanted to point that out to some of the other drivers ;)
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Originally Posted by onething
What can I say - I learned from one of the best. ::Bleh::Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy Hollis
Thanks for all of the feedback, everyone. I appreciate it.
Now that the bass boat is no longer a dedicated SCCA competition car, the rear Konis have been cranked way down. It seems to work pretty well, and the car no longer rides like a cement mixer on the street. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower
I noticed that bump as well. All it did to the Evo was make the damn thing plow a little more. In the RX-8 I modified my line a little bit so I came across that section a little straighter to keep the car from getting unsettled.
I was definitely riding the limiter down to the pivot, but I'm not sure it was worth an upshift. Getting shut down for the pivot and back on the gas again early was crucial, and I think trying to squeeze in a downshift right there would have potentially cost me more time than it saved.
What point is that, you forgot you were no longer in the AWD rally car when you dove head first into the gravel pit at 60 mph? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ratt_finkel
haha, yes! Exactly! Were you guys running for your life?Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower
I forgot to mention. On 2 seperate occasions, I came across downed cones near the finish. I'm not protesting the results, because I was just out there for fun. Both times I just blew by them, but I'm wondering why with such a low turnout these guys aren't picking them up in time.
You just answered your own question. When cars were on course, everyone was basically running hot laps. 2 guys covering corner-1 (me being 1 of them), which included the 70-mph 19-cone slalom and that fun finish. :rolleyes: (Not to mention yay-hoo's like JRJ who was purposely knocking down slalom cones)Quote:
Originally Posted by ratt_finkel
Gee I wonder who was working that corner ;) j/k. They had a lot to coverQuote:
Originally Posted by ratt_finkel
Who's brilliant plan was it to put the AARP gang on that Slalom! ::OldMan::Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower
My feet, knees, and scapula still hurts this morning, ya darn kids! ::hal::
;)
Quiet, pops, or we'll put you in one of those nasty "retirement homes" from the latest news expose.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Third gear for me in the Miata. 2nd is rev-limited to around 56. According to the data logger, I topped out at 66 MPH before braking/turning/shifting (in that order).Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
--Andy
I did notice you went into 3rd pretty early on the offsets. Is that due to different final drive, tire diameter or were you just carrying that much more speed into it? I did notice you were incredibly smooth at high speed even with a shift into 3rd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy Hollis
Combination of carrying lots of speed early, and finding a convenient place to shift. The optimal shift point for acceleration would have been in the middle of a steering movement. I'd rather shift when I can do one thing at a time. Stuff happens quickly when you are going that fast and us old guys are lucky to be able to keep up with it all. ::hal::Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower
--Andy
BTW, I printed out my aerial photo of MR that I use to design my courses and I have noticed that you can see a definite line across the portion where everyone was complaining about the gravel and the different texture. I will make it a point to void it other than crossing over it.
How updated are those photos? Seems like MW is always changing, this time there was a huge pile of gravel in one corner, a bumper laying in the middle of the back offsets and last year it developed a huge sink hole. The place has a mind of it's own.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
I think it is the basis for the island on Lost.Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower
I really like the course, good job jrj512!
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