autox 4/6 giants stadium sunday MSNE
 

is anyone going?
I am.

50/50 chance of shyty weather

we got damn lucky with the weather today. I was so close to turning around this morning. I'll post up some pics later today.

hector was there in the afternoon sessions and took these:

http://heck.zenfolio.com/p619447452/

here are some that I took but only of my car, red rx7, turbo exige, chris' formula, echomirage.

http://209.177.55.37/ax04062008.htm

http://209.177.55.37/images/rx7/ax04062008/DSC_0053.JPG

http://209.177.55.37/images/rx7/ax04062008/DSC_0002.JPG

http://209.177.55.37/images/rx7/ax04062008/DSC_0016.JPG

more pics here:

http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/registry/2315/63591

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/6...e/pict0552.jpg

is this ben wagman?

dont think so. i think he was in a white S2000 yesterday

doesn't sound like him, that doesn't look like his wrx anyway..
last i heard he had that and a viper, but that was 2 years ago

chris travis drove the white s2000.
ben wagman drove his green miata (he barely takes out the viper, and he sold his STI last year).

poorly made video of my car from this event - right click and save target as:

http://209.177.55.37/video/ax040608.wmv

The pics look good, the video is a little rough, but video is always cool. I don't even want to see the results. There is a real good possibility I was DFL in class. Just could not get through the first couple hundred feet without the rear end of the car wanting to step out in a big way. My best run, I think, was my first run...pathetic.

Where on course were people pulling second gear? I tried various spots. Short shifting and pulling it right away, pulling second on after the hard left, but actually did best holding first almost all the way to the entry point of the optional slalom.

Was anyone else getting air-borne coming out of the skidpad and crossing that hump in the paving or when crossing the finish line and getting on the brakes?

My seventh run would have been my money run with 50.02, but I decided I was hungry and ate a cone one gate from the finish line. So on the eight run I figure do the same thing, but don't eat the cone at the end. Well, one the eigth run I ate the cone with the license plate and gave it a ride to the finish line.....so bad. Now I have to clean the cone carnage marks off the front of the chicken.

I remember one run in the morning session where I looped it heading into the optional entry slalom. I had short shifted and pulled second gear real early so I was carrying good speed throught the short sweeper up to the optional entry slalom and the car came around quick, and I remember daydreaming mid spin, thinking what the F! So I throw the clutch in, and the car is about to go around again, then I stop daydreaming and get hard on the brakes....:rofl::rofl::rofl: It was sooo bad. It was still fun. I haven't looped the car in a while, which is probably a good indication that I am not pressing hard enough.

Chris
(aka 1SLOWBIRD)...at least on this day.

http://heck.zenfolio.com/p619447452/...D79#1047735673

http://heck.zenfolio.com/p619447452/...7F01#819756801

http://heck.zenfolio.com/p619447452/...5E52#629694034

http://heck.zenfolio.com/p619447452/...3786#601896838

http://heck.zenfolio.com/p619447452/...892#1053493394

i pulled for 2nd gear about at the second gate. i let chris travis drive my car (he's very good) and he pulled it right at the first gate.
i feel we (high hp rwd) leaves a lot of time at the start because he just spin on aggressive launch. i instructed a guy in his STi and damn, 5000 rpm launch awd = the thing leaves hard.

results

i was 2nd in class and 4th overall out of 111. i think i should have been faster but oh well. car is setup good. Gotta work on the loose nut behind the wheel.

Man I want to get out there sooooooo badly. I got a few goodies in, so as soon as I can find hte time to get those things in, Im coming up. I promised myself if I dont make it into the top 10 in my class this year, im quiting racing.

God echo, im looking at your photo, and your front bumper is about to say hello to the ground. Is your suspension stock under there?

never saw it at full brake before. no, its been lowered with konis and stranos since last year.