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LOL. I actually had the Yaris first, tried autox and got hooked, bought the NA for my "autox" car, decided it was a hassle/expense having that many cars, sold it and built-up the Yaris for autox, and finally realized that I didn't actually need a back seat, but I DO need a real sports car, not a dressed-up econobox!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark52
The other theory is that I'm trying to become Ken-O II: how many cars can I own in a year...
The course was a lot of fun! I have video of my last 4 runs that I'll post soon. The video definitely showed me a few places I could improve.
I hope to make it to more autocrosses soon because I had a blast.
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Originally Posted by LePapirrikY
I apologize for not explaining this to the OP at the event. The two cones in question were part of a wall. Walls are used on courses to generally represent a course boundary and/or may indicate to a driver a mandatory change of direction is needed. With LSC BMW, going through or knocking down a portion of a wall is a DNF, whether it is before after the timer lights. In this particular case, that wall was there to ensure safety in the area of the van. Awesome run, great time, but you overcooked the brakes (in a fairly major way actually) and hit a wall. Did it really take away your best time? EDIT: Doh! looks like it was your best run... But even if time were added at one second per cone, then that's still an additional two seconds and easily not your best run.
Is that per the SCCA? I was actually checking out the NTAXS thread while I was on here....Quote:
Originally Posted by ken o
So.. on this course... at the 37 second mark,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyiSP...ayer_embedded#!
had you not made the turn, and, say... knocked down two of the four standing cones, it would not be a DNF per SCCA?
I guess I certainly would not agree with that...
Per SCCA if you enter the course where you left the course it does not count as a DNF. If I went thru the wall and backed up thru the same spot in the wall it would not be a DNF or if I went thru and hooked a U turn back thru the same spot it would not be a DNF. Now to get even more detailed. If there is a wall and I hit the end cone plus others it would not be a DNF and I could keep going because I hit the cone on the end of the wall.
gotcha... wow. Well that's certainly interesting! The U turn scenario was exactly what I was thinking of.. ... and of course the end cone on the
wall... I guess that makes sense in SCCA -land because of some of the way they have their elements... Well I'm all for simpllicity..
Just for info to all.. Here's how LSC rolls..
Three or more cones lined up together (laying down or vertical) =wall.... hitting wall = DNF.
The committee had already been discussing putting rules on the back of the course maps again...it sounds liike it would help to have an easy guide.
+1 Nice!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
I did like the course, but unfortunately didnt put together a real solid run... kinda disappointed in my driving...
Thanks for the nice pix Doug! Now take care of the ticker and get back behind the wheel soon :burnrubr:Quote:
Originally Posted by cone-cerned
Here are just some more random pics from the event. Thanks Matt for giving me a shot in the CR. So awesome.
http://picasaweb.google.com/11370739...CCAAutocross3#
Thanks for taking some nice pics out there. To you as well as doug, I appreciate it! :clap:
Thanks for the explanation, i knew it wasnt going to be my best on the results but on the timer it was, it felt good getting the second off on my Rio but yeah that brakes lock up and couldnt do anything but still had fun while doing it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by M3 Adjuster
i'll be on the next event for sure.
Ohh and thanks Doug for showing some Kia luv :)
That was slippery and fun out there! Great times! I finally stopped getting lost in the sea of cones, "looked ahead," and made a couple of decent (for me) runs at the end of the day.
One comment made was that the speed at this event was higher than other event at TMS. So due to the speed increasing the level of grip decreased. Thoughts?
The surface was slick as owl sh*t in the AM for group 1. It was like driving in the rain. I though it felt pretty good during the PM runs. Top speed for the Exige was 76.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken o
Results?
Posted video of Stephen and my best runs. We really had a blast out there. Great course!
Lotus Exige S was gorgeous :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Clovis
almost always see them with black wheels, but those wheels looked really nice on it.
good point on the higher speeds ken.. im gonna need some wider rims so i can put down more rubber..these stock 17x7's just aren't really doing it for me...
Yeah I may have been the one to bring that up with you. I think it's not that the surface was less grippy, but more of that a driver would want to carry more speed and break later then the surface allowed. I don't know if this was the same for the lighter cars, but I know my car always hates braking on that surface, so that combined with me over driving and not just easing off to get on the throttle more smoothly cost me way to much time.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken o
Even on the straights I was having to lift just a little bit because I was always trying to carry more entry speed then I could, which would make my exits pretty bad.
::Teacher: Slow in, Fast out.Quote:
Originally Posted by 762
Yeah, that is the truth. That tms surface is just difficult to me sometimes. The gti's brakes are pretty potent, but the pedal gives very little feel so it's hard to kind of just brush off speed. On surfaces with grip like pennington or mineral wells you can just get on the brakes hard but at tms if your not very smooth it just makes the car skid.
I always had issues with grip at TMS in the Yaris, even w/ coilovers, major camber and new XS's. I had no issues with the NC (comparatively), so I kinda suspect that the TMS surface favors RWD. Since the fronts have to do double-duty on FWD, the smooth tarmac might just not be enough to hold them.
The Evo terminally understeers if you don't plan ahead at TMS.
The one time I felt really good at TMS I was actually turning what felt like eons before the turn and felt kinda like I was in a controlled slide the entire time.
Is there an ETA on the results being put up? I've got to get something in to Mazda before the end of the month.
Chris
Congrats Mike! :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by ken o
Absolutely... If you are at Mineral Wells and you encounter a lot of debris/clag/gravel the same thing. I think that drivers tend to overdrive the surface a bit at TMS... it looks like it should be REALLY grippy, but it just never has been, so slow in, being precise when turning in for and exiting corners is key.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm