I attended an auto-X yesterday at the Ice palace in Charleston, SC.

The site was super small, not to mention lots if islands with curbs. and a giant wall that stretched the whole length of the course on one side..

I had a good time and all, but the fastest lap for me was 25.3,, too short of a course i think.

Evo ran a 24.8 and stripped hatch in EP ran 24.5 Karl in his Accord ran 25.5 too bad he was too loud,, well they kept saying "dont take out the gear" be more quiet

I guess its better to have a small rinky dink site then NO site

Chad was there so we'll se what he has to say...

 

A 24 second course is very small. Around here the small ones are around 35 seconds for most cars.

We also have to deal with hard obstacles like light posts and fences.

 

Maybe I'm missing something here...but with times under 30 seconds that crazy unless were just talking lap times.

So was it just one lap? and if so why?

If you only had say 30 people you could have gone two or three laps.

 

here is the far end of the course





Grid next to skate park
http://www.imagestation.com/pi...e.jpg


And the Fastest Honda of the Day PAX!


I was given a $50.00 Gift certificate to the Honda Dealership
Here is some of the results
TOP 10 PAX
1. 45 DS Don Bruner, Jr Nissan SE-R Spec V 20.563
2. 19 AS David Jordan Mitsubishi Evo VIII 20.587
3. 81 FSP Shane Lovely Honda Civic DX 20.650
4. 22 BS Ryan Norgart Porsche Boxster 20.698
5. 40 BS Bryan Hayes Honda S2000 20.830
6. 57 CS Robert Balliet, Jr. Mazda Miata 20.941
7. 18 DS Jay Weathersby BMW 325is 21.005
8. 37 GS Scott Holden MINI Cooper S 21.094
9. 54 GS Greg Lipscomb MINI Cooper S 21.227
10. 51 BS Garrett Molzer Honda S2000 21.239


TOP 10 RAW
1. 99 EP CT Feary Honda Civic 24.796
2. 19 AS David Jordan Mitsubishi Evo VIII 24.863
3. 22 BS Ryan Norgart Porsche Boxster 25.088
4. 2 EP John Reamer Honda Civic 25.137
5. 40 BS Bryan Hayes Honda S2000 25.249
6. 81 FSP Shane Lovely Honda Civic DX 25.338
7. 313 EP Karl Kondor Honda Accord 25.513
8. 31 SS Jim Orr Chevy Corvette C5 25.536
9. 57 CS Robert Balliet, Jr Mazda Miata 25.726
10. 51 BS Garrett Molzer Honda S2000 25.744


Winners of the Rick Hendrick/Trident United Way Autocross Gift Certificates for Honda, BMW, MINI, and Chevrolet Corvette

These Gift Certificates are for $50.00 worth of parts, accessories, or services redeemable at the respective Rick Hendrick Dealer.

HONDA
Raw - CT Feary Honda Civic 24.796
Pax - Shane Lovely Honda Civic DX 20.650

BMW
Raw - Jay Weathersby BMW 325is 26.422
PAX - Jay Weathersby BMW 325is 21.005

MINI
Raw - Scott Holden MINI Cooper S 26.975
PAX - Scott Holden MINI Cooper S 21.094

CORVETTE
Raw - Jim Orr Chevy Corvette C5 25.536
PAX - Jim Orr Chevy Corvette C5 21.374

 

i have seen events much smaller, consider yourself lucky!

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now that is cool!

 

yeah it was definatly a small lot, I probably would have used 1st gear in the accord if they had not asked me too keep it quiet. And I never use 1st gear.
Top speed for me was probably around 45mph, and all but two or three of the turns were under 30mph.
Nice work Shane but you wont be so lucky next weekend

 

damn i had no idea they were having one. they are always that small around this area. that's probably one of the reasons i never got too much into auto x'n...

 

Karl dont talk trash yet, you might get me in raw time MAYBE,, but for sure not pax Im gonna break in the garage and take the ACCORD out for a few laps

Whitey is gonna come out strong

ITR764) : Roebling would be worth the drive down to savannah. we always have a nice long, fast course setup there.

We do have an event in savannah this weekend at a highscholl lot that isnt too shabby

 

when the DC region SCCA used to run at the Harry Grove Stadium lot in Frederick, we would use some parts of the course two or even three times to get a 40 second run. The course map looked like a plate of spaghetti. A good memory was an asset.

 

we've had smaller here in Vegas.

Try 19secs for the shifter karts, 23secs FTD for normal cars?

Casino parking lot. the lot was free, that was the only reason why we had them there.

 

for some reason or another, an extra loop through the course was unsafe