Printable View
Well, I made it into Topeka about nine last night. Today we'll walk the course, and check out some of the Tuesday/Wednesday action.
Suprise result so far? Our own David Smart is sitting in third in a very tough and very large (69 drivers) Super Stock field!
More later!
Thanks for the update, Iain. Please keep us posted!
Interviews with drivers and human interest stories would be nice, too. ;)
Sweet, post some pics if you can snag some too, preferrably with a mountain of trophies from the N. TX area ;)
Have a good time, and good luck!
Good luck, keep us posted! ::Banana::
Bite me, jrj512! :rant:
I'll try and post some pics later today, but bear with me - I'm still trying to figure out how to do that from this phone.
Good luck Sparky! Drive fast! :cat:
Update - Smart dropped back a little today, but ended up with a trophy in 7th. Stuart Maxcy finished in 13th. I only got to see Super Stock run, because i was busy most of the morning putting the car together and getting through tech.
No pics today. Sorry! I'll update more tomorrow after we run!
Wow! A national competitor who will actually talk to us! Who knew?
Congrats to Lotus Boy! Good luck to all former Miata owners!
Swiped this off the SCCA E-mail List
Congratulations to all! Nice job guys! ::Banana::
Quote:
SS
T 5 194 David Smart 2005 Lotus Elise Hoosier
T13 188 Stuart F. Maxcy 2006 Viper Coupe Hoosier
38 94 Greg Stirneman 2005 Lotus Elise Hoosier
57 88 Doug Maxcy 2006 Viper Coupe Hoosier
58 23 Jeff Larson 2006 Porsche Cayman S Kumho
ES
T 6 194 Gerry Terranova Jr 1994 Mazda Miata Kumho
11 167 Matt Lucas 1991 Toyota MR-2 Kumho
24 67 Jimmie L Stewart 1991 Toyota MR-2 Kumho
BM
T 2 199 Tommy Saunders 2006 Dragon FartFire Hoosier
T 3 99 Bruce Dickey 2006 Dragon FartFire Hoosier
10 96 Keith Starr 1982 Tiga DSR Hoosier
12 167 John Garcia 1983 ralt/mazda RT5 Hoosier
BML
T 2 94 Janis Hernandez 2002 Pocket Rocket DSR Hoosier
3 99 Marilynn Moseley 1997 LeGrand Mk25 Drago Hoosier
STS2
T 9 93 Neal Bellamy 1992 Mazda Miata Bridgeston
22 99 Phillip S Osborne 1988 Honda CRX Si Bridgestone
CP
T11 82 Kurt A. Janish 1995 Pontiac Trans Am Hoosier
AM
T 2 111 Stuart Lee Lumpkin 2002 Bowland Boys Racing Hoosier
FSAE
T 1 107 Eric J Leichtle 2007 UTA FSAE Hoosier
T 2 7 Alejandro Moreno 2006 UTA FSAE Hoosier
T 3 5 Robert L Woods 2005 UTA FSAE Hoosier
T 4 105 Kenneth Hassler 1995 UTA Formula SAE Hoosier
Are those finals? Some nice placings -- really nice for David and Janice (sorry, I don't know the FSAE folks) -- but the big surprise to me is the "lowly" 2nd place for Mr Saunders. I gotta go look at all the results now...
So y'know how the running joke is that my car is bass boat green? Well, I left Jeremy alone with the car for awhile yesterday, and he had a little suprise for me when I got back…
Damn, I can't attach pics from the phone. I'll try texting it to TC and see if he can post it somehow.
http://forums.dfwmiata.com/attachmen...1&d=1190908771
That's just wrong....
So what did he do it looks the same to me?? :confused:
;)
BUWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by tailchaser
NICE!!!
Good luck guys!
And Rick Clark finished 17th in ES driving Terranova's car.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Well, B Stock is finished for the day… J-Fo was rockin' today, and he's currently in fifth. Kenny is in 15th, one spot behind his celebrity co-driver, Jason Saini. I had cone trouble on my first two runs (I wiggled one cone on my second run, which would have put me in the trophies), and ended up in 24th, 7 thousandths behind Jon W., who didn't even have a fast scratch time today.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day!
Get some rest and go faster tomorrow. Good luck!
Man, I wish I was there right now. :(
the BS guys are doing fine, it is a really tough field this year
and the surface is very difficult to figure out -- some decent grip on line, but put a wheel wrong by a few inches and you are gone spinning
and the courses are the best I've seen in several years, very difficult to get right and punish you if you are not spot on the line
I was lucky enough to trophy in STS2 in Andy's Miata
when they gave the trophys, I really hurt the average age of the trophy winners, and the average weight :D
damn kids are fast !
Yea nealb you are awesome! :clap:
Congratulations!!!! ::Banana::
You got a little ::turd:: on your nose.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
nealb is my hero! ::Banana::Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
He's never going to adopt you. Show some restraint! :cat:Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Congrats Neal!
BTW, for the guys that are there, people are saying that the A6's work much better on the surface there than the Kumhos. Any truth in those rumors???
Here's some vids of the courses for those of you that didn't get to go. These are my fastest runs on each one. I drove well on Wednesday, but not enough to make up for Tuesday's mental mistakes.
East Course - 45.613
West Course - 50.170
Miata content - the guy who won E Stock was in a '95 Sport, and he flat stomped us. His times on the east course were only 0.102 off the fastest B Stock times. We'll see how it compares after two days when the B stockers finish up this afternoon. C Stock was won by the 2005 E Stock champ, also in a Sport ('99), ending the speculation about the Soltice/Sky taking over and running off all the Miatas.
Congrats to Gerry Terranova for driving well both days and finishing in the 6th spot in his Miata.
Good luck to the B-Stock guys today! That West course is difficult nail perfectly.
For those wondering, grip was good at HPT this year...on par or better than LaGrave. The courses were a bit tricky but rewarding. East course was decent for the Elise. The West course had 1 really long power section which hurt us a little in the Elise. On day 2 I went from 3rd to 5th, Bollman from 4th to 11th, and surprisingly Stuart went from 6th to 13th in the Viper.
Ask me sometime about the protest-rape attempt your car will get in SS if you're an "unknown" at the top. ;)
Pshh just point to the giant Sector 111 graphic down the side and tell them you're a professionally sponsered F1 driver on vacation from Europe ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clovis
You gotta hate that! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Clovis
Thanks for the info on the surface.
Wow! 3peat for Isley in BS. Congrats to J-Fo for trophying!!!
Congrats! Drive safe guys, no tickets 30 miles out of town this time ;)
Thanks Tom! 5th would've been nice. But I'll take a trophy over none at all any day!Quote:
Originally Posted by Miatamoto
Twas a blast this year!
:burnrubr:
http://autocross.com/autoc/bassboat.jpg
Just think if it had rained. The bass boat might have won. :D
Meh. I improved on the second day (top ten time, I believe), but it wasn't enough to make up for my cone on the first day. 20th place sucks. :(
Lotsa Texas Region folk had some tough times this year. Congrats to Stan W., Madarash, Piper, Kramer, and the others who managed to bring home trophies this year - you earned it!
A couple videos of my best runs from both days.
Thursday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycXOrQZHqB8
Friday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxvgBMq-0o
It was another good year for me, I can't wait to go back! :burnrubr:
Can't wait to see the Bass Boat at the next event! Good job Jeremy!
::Shout:: I tried to watch but it hurt my good ear. ::Shout::Quote:
Originally Posted by SpinOutF500
How much faster do you think you'd be if the noise didn't make your eyes water to the point of not being able to see clearly?
Congratulations on the outstanding performance under the circumstances ::Good::
You could try watching it with your good eye. ;) And turning down the volume is another choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by onething
Maybe a few tenths! (It's quieter inside the car.)
Thank You. I think? :confused: