How did I know that you would be familiar with Izzard? :mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
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How did I know that you would be familiar with Izzard? :mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
Cake... definately...Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
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Originally Posted by Titus
Did you know there was talk about Izzard being the new Dr. Who! They cast someone else though... he would have been fantastic!
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Drift aside, I'm going to let the cake thing slide... but if anyone, and I repeat anyone pokes a badger with a spoon, there's going to be trouble.
Yeah... watch out for that... that would be an original sin! :albino:Quote:
Originally Posted by tailchaser
<unreal moment on>
So people in Texas are Eddie Izzard fans... and know about Doctor Who?
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I've saved and bought new tires! Hankook Z212's... drove to Dinosaur Valley and back to hopefully take off the mould release, and I'm amazed at how much quieter and more comfortable they are than the Sumitomo rocks - let alone that they grip much, much better!
Watch out people! I might only be 2 seconds behind the slowest driver tomorrow! :shock:
Wow yet another great event! The S2K guys sure do a nice job!! :thumrigh:
Absolutely... had a great time.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
To be honest, the heat wasn't that bad... ;)
That was a lot of fun. The course was a real treat to drive, and quite challenging. Plus, we had two Miatas (and no S2000s) in the top 3 overall! :mrgreen:
IIRC all three top spots were cars built by Mazda! :sunny:Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Awesome event! :thumrigh:
It was a lot of fun running street tires again, but I had a hard time keeping the Azenis cool.
BIG THANKS to Clovis for letting me in at the last minute:cheers:
I had a blast Saturday.....the most fun course I have driven so far this year, aside from the road course at TMS. Gotta love the sound of the car bumping the rev limiter.
Thanks Miatamoto for letting me use the sprayer to keep my tires cool. :thumleft:
AWESOME course (as in: awe, some of them cones were in the wrong place) :confused:
I am not complaining about course design, having to turn right, or even the heat, but I never got it. I take full responsibility for my lack of skill. It seemed to be the most challenging course I can remember ever driving. 8-) OTOH, that's what's wrong with America according to some :dwarf:
Hey guys, thanks for all of the kind words. The Miata's were rocking out there for sure. I think there was only 1 S2000 on R-compounds that was faster than the top street tired Miata. Nice job! BTW, the fastest "car" out there had less than 35 horses...
I am calling for an experienced autocrosser to be Chief of Workers. I would like this person to come from the Miata crew. Tasks would include worker assignments at registration, saying a few words at the driver meeting, and checking workers in. This would be your assignment for the day. Please email me at dsmart at s2000 dot org with your interest.
Yeah... I'm in the same boat... I got pieces of the course, but could never put it all together in the same run. I guess we learn a lot on these types of courses (I did).Quote:
Originally Posted by onething
Would have really liked to have found a nice way to take that last hard right coming in to the finish line...
That's what kicked my ass on everyone run! :scratch: Regardless, another great event hosted by the fine folks at NTS2K!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave04
I found using the brakes worked great! I think Majik and altiain took a similar approach. Coming in hot and pushing the front tires toward the timing tent didn't look like it worked out too well for you guys...Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
Awesome event! The course was great!
I was having so much fun yesterday. Looking forward to the next event. ;)
Wow, that was a fun fun course. Good event. I think there were some issues in grid. It seemed like everyone was being impatient. I like having 5-6 cars all running at a time, and we started like that. After the first wave of cars would run two or three times all of the rest of the cars would come up. It was a line of 15 or more cars. Plus it seemed like people didnt want to let you into line if you got out and changed tire pressure. It seemed more like a parking lot after a baseball game than the usual friendly S2k grid. Just something you guys might want to keep an eye on, great event as usual though.
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Originally Posted by tailchaser
I was using the handbrake, is that not the right way around? :sunny:
I had a great time too. :thumrigh: Kudos to Clovis and the gang.
Despite my reputation, I actually learned something on every run and managed to improve substantially by the end of the day. Much better than my last S2K event.
Well, at least you can claim to have improved... my last two runs were actually the worst times of the day! I found the course hard, there wasn't one run where I finished with that feeling of "that went just right", and this was entirely down to poor driving (although the last two runs may also have been helped by running lower pressures and not cooling the tires). I think now that I actually pushed the car way too hard, uner the impression that I had new tires and could therefore take any corner at any speed :-o hence almost losing it several times and scattering cones all over the place!
All in all, it was a very good course. It's the sort of thing it's be nice to try again, having had the opportunity to go away and think...
Just a quick note to say the Cheif or Workers has been named. He's a licensed SCCA Safety Steward, an instructor, and a ham radio operator. Thanks to Hal Collins for quickly stepping up to fill this very important role. :cheers:
Way to step up HalThing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Clovis
Congrats onething!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Clovis
Congrats, Hal! You'll do a great job!
Hal sent me a PM, he was wondering if he had to eat a stale cheese sandwich to be workers cheif? Anyone got an answer for him? :elephant:
Good job Halthing!
Results are up!
http://www.s2000.org/nts2koc/autox/2005_0827.htm
Zoom Zoom! :cool:
http://www.harrisonindustrial.com/im...%20(SMALL).JPG
The large version has already been downloaded to my computer. The miatas were really kicking a$$ out there. Especially you R-comp guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Wow I am happy. .010 off of the fastest Rcompound s2000. For anyone who says you need power to autoX BS, especially on a course like that, it needed perfection for all of the elements to get it right. The back section was tough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miatamoto
Nicely done! :burnrubr: You got, what we call in the binness, 'madd skilz'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majik
Geez and lets remind the kids in the cheap seats Majik is doing this on street tires....... :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
... and open rear diff! :burnrubr: (pretend there's only one black strip of rubber)Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing