Guns and Hoses Benefit autocross August 4th

Equipe Rapide is a 501c4 charity. We donate a significant amount of our proceeds to good causes in the local area. Last year and this year we have teamed up with Guns and Hoses Foundation of North Texas. They prodvide assistance to the families of firemen and policemen who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. This year we will have a similar event as last year. A four man team of policemen coached by Phil Osborne will be competing against a four man team of firemen coached by Damon Bottorff. This year Young Cheverolet has been kind enough to provide cars for the teams to use. Todd Eaddy at Discount Tire will be providing the trophies for the teams. We will be offering cone forgiveness again. You can buy back downed cones for $5 each with the understanding that your Rapide Pax or tire payout winnings will be donated to Guns and Hoses. Last year 100% of the PAX and Tire money was donated by our gracious participants. If you want to support Guns and Hoses but are unable to attend then please visit our website at www.autocross.com/er and hit the donate button for paypal.

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Did this last year. Good cause & lots of fun.

Hey guys,

This event is coming up in a couple of weeks and we need to have an exceptional turnout so that we can have an exceptional donation for Guns and Hoses. If you can't make it then please drop a few bucks in the donation box on our website. The course will be designed by Mark Wortham. I hope to see you all there.

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A Mark Wortham designed course?!? Wow, I can't believe ER isn't charging double. Mark must be offering his services for free:D With such a worthy cause, all area AutoXers should be there.

C'mon AX'ers, sign up for this event! It benefits a great cause and it is a Mark Wortham course. Sign up now and bring your friends!

This is a reminder to bring lots of $5 bills for cone buy back. Last night at the board meeting we decided that you don't have to donate your pax winnings however it is encouraged.

Is the track map ready yet? Need to see which cones will have to die and bring the right amount of $.

You aren't 007 with a license to kill (cones). Shenanigans will be scored a DNF so do your best to avoid cones.

IN! Like a phoenix rising form the ashes, the team STD car is back with a vengeance! I'm ready to dominate SMF.

Well, only if no one else registers for that class...

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IN! Like a phoenix rising form the ashes, the team STD car is back with a vengeance! I'm ready to dominate SMF.

Well, only if no one else registers for that class...

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Online registration closes at midnight tonight. We have capped entries at 150 for this event so you might want to register ASAP.

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Online registration closes at midnight tonight. We have capped entries at 150 for this event so you might want to register ASAP.

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I barely made it in.

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Online registration closes at midnight tonight. We have capped entries at 150 for this event so you might want to register ASAP.

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But for those of you who miss that deadline, you CAN register on site.

Not going to be able to make this one.

That's OK, you PayPal a donation, no problem!;)

Online registration is now closed but you can still register on site Sunday morning at 8.

Wonderful event today! Someone said that this was Mark Wortham's first course...could have fooled me! I really enjoyed that stretch along the side-street. Awesome job Robert nipping me at the end, insane run you put together.

Thanks Brad. It was my first course, but I have driven quite a few of them. ;-) I did also get a lot of help and input from Piper, McShane, and JJ. That certainly helped it to suck a lot less than if I had done it all on my own.

I'd love feedback on the course. Anything you liked, or didn't like in particular? I thought the back section was fun too. I felt like the slalom into the finish was a bit too tight, and the turn before it was a bit too slow personally.

Thanks to everyone who came out!

Good job, Mark! I liked the creative use of visuals along the back stretch, though they might have verged on "sea of cones" for some newbies. Good to have fresh ideas and looks. Agree about the finish, but it wasn't too painful. If the final slalom had entered on the left instead of right, think it would have solved the pinch. Still, a fun, challenging day!

+1, Great course (not a fan of the surface), and a great event. A little hot, but still worth it.

Overall I thought the course was good, my least favorite part was the tight-ish 180 before the final slalom. Maybe it was the gravel, but I just couldn't make it through that part and feel like I was fast. I was a big fan of the offset right after the lane change.

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I'll echo what McShane and Monheim said. Loved it all except for the last 180. It was pretty off-camber there which made it a tad difficult. But regardless, a WONDERFUL first course!

No one likes tight 180s and most course designers do not start on the course thinking that a tight 180 is just what the doctor ordered, but sometimes they are requires simply because there is no other choice without compromising the rest of the course layout. You only have so much space and you are trying to utilize the entire lot.

I enjoyed the course. Yes, the 180 was tight, but that's how autocross go.

Thanks Brad, it was very close.

Good job on the course Mark I really enjoyed it.

The part along the back stretch was very fun, but like OZMDD said, it was kind of a sea of cones, difficult to see where the course was as you were coming out of the 90deg turn. At the same time, I think all the cones kind of gave it a sense of speed.

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I enjoyed the course. Yes, the 180 was tight, but that's how autocross go.

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I also liked the course. There probably wasn't enough space to open that last 180 up, so it was a necessary evil.

Great job Mark!

Great Job Mark. I would also like to thank all the Pax winners who donated their winnings to the Guns and Hoses Foundation. That, along with the ER donation has allowed us to make a $1200.00 donation to Guns and Hoses and help support the families of downed Cops and Firefighters. It was a great event and all of you should feel good about it.

And go buy a bunch of Chevys from Young Chevrolet. It would be nice if some of you would drop them a thank you note. http://www.youngchevrolet.com/ContactUsForm

We raised $130 in cone buy-backs, most of which came from Mike McShane.

Lol. I did my share, but JimH was the buyback king!

Event Pictures by Scott Wilson