Reply With QuoteCan't really complain about the weather since it is January.
Plus, POS Racing, we had pancakes in the shape of cupcakes with maple icing and real bacon bits.
We had a great time.
Hmmm, bacon ... on a muffin? Should I stuff this in Ken O's tailpipe?
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IMG_1146 by Michael Schaefer, on Flickr[/IMG]
NTAXS Winter Autocross, 1/26/2013, Dallas Raceway
Can't really complain about the weather since it is January.
Plus, POS Racing, we had pancakes in the shape of cupcakes with maple icing and real bacon bits.
We had a great time.
Originally Posted by jrj512
Looks best in 1080p:
Good shots, strathound. Let me know if you have anything else of the silver S2000 with orange numbers (apparently I had 75 on one side and 57 on the other most if the day...)
That was a fun event! The weather added a challenge, the courses were great - I loved the afternoon course - and plenty of good, fast competition! Good times.
A few of us were talking yesterday - would there be any.interest in forming an STR/X Pro sub-class for the regular season? Most of us STR regulars are already comparing to each other anyway. We could make some exceptions for cars that aren't technically STR legal, but are in the same spirit (gernby, miatamoto). What do you guys think?
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
It was deff a blast... I wish I could have been in my car but stuff happens sometimes�� but I always enjoy driving armstorngs s2000.. I just wish he did not have to work yesterday so we could have stayed for the afternoon runs... I actually liked not having a chance to walk the course at all and just race it by looking at the map. It added a little more excitement on what's at the next corner!!! Wow that was fun
NTAXS Winter Autocross, 1/26/2013, Dallas Raceway
One of the beauties of our classing is that there is no arguing over mods, so I do not want to create a class only for STR-legal(ish) cars because then you have bickering. However, I do not mind creating a Pro class where anything is legal. Maybe make Pro and RPro (R-comps). You can then just compare yourselves to the pertinent cars in the class.
I'm sure you saw these two already:
IMG_0931 by Michael Schaefer, on Flickr
IMG_0937 by Michael Schaefer, on Flickr
I have a couple other decent shots. I'll process them and upload here in a bit.
What's the difference between STR and STR/X Pro? I'm thinking of building out my car for STR over the course of this year. Won't be competitive for a few years. But that's the direction I'm headed with mine.
Michael
Here are three more I found:
IMG_1145 by Michael Schaefer, on Flickr
IMG_0942 by Michael Schaefer, on Flickr
IMG_0939 by Michael Schaefer, on Flickr
Do you have any pictures of the white s2000 (1 or 199)?
Here are my best runs for the day.
Here are the external views from Ken's GoPro and datalogger.
Sorry, I was working during your group.
Thanks for the pics strathond!
Congrats to slowchildmiata for getting FTD.Enjoy your addiction to the purple crack!
Kudos to JJ for the killer courses and the great competition. Everybody has really stepped it up in the Miata crowd. Hopefully I'll make the next event.
Thomas
V-to-the-Dub
Fun event, afternoon in the mostly dry course was much more fun. The site is nice, plus it has indoor plumbing. Looking forward to the next event. Gotta love the class 1 competition.
Or maybe all of you could just play in Class 2 together.
I like the Pro and ProR idea. Folks can always do their own pax math, but I'd like to run head to head with the other hardcore drivers. Also, spreading out the drivers in more classes makes heat balancing easier.
Polished Turd Racing
Mick wrote: "I think Jerrett is the best autocrosser I have ever seen naked."
I would enjoy a class where the STR-ish cars could compete together, but I would hate what it might do to the s2000 class or overall s2000 participation.
I don't see why an S2K driver would decide not to attend based on this, or why it would hurt anything other than feelings if the S2K class was smaller. The club wins when NTAXS is successful. Attracting even more national-caliber drivers brings positive attention to the series. Of course, if out ain't broke, don't fix it...
Also, the mostly-stock S2Ks might enjoy being competitive if the highly nodded cars were playing in pro.
Polished Turd Racing
Mick wrote: "I think Jerrett is the best autocrosser I have ever seen naked."
I like the idea of Pro / Pro-R classes too, and would participate in one of them. I just wonder if that would eventually result in the S2000 class going away. It seems to me that many of the S2000 participants come for the social aspect of an S2000 gathering moreso than the competition. If several of the S2000's wind up moving to a Pro / Pro-R class, then there's a good chance that the S2000's would be split up into different run groups, which screws up the social aspect for some.
Again, I like the idea, and I realize that the S2000 class isn't as well attended as it used to be, but I think it's worth considering what the ripple effects could be.
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