another weekend another autocross. this weekends event was the only one in the area since 2 others in the tri-stae area got canceled. so it was pritty packed. it was def. a rear wheel drive course. my suspissions were confermed later in the day when i took a mustang out and the course felt good. yea throttle steer. never drove a rwd car before tho, so it was interesting to say the least. good to see some HTers there. rodney, good to see u again. too bad that darn porsche got by u. hey at least now they won't think about bumping u. dave bowlin aka hot shoe- always a pleasure. way to show up and whip the csp-preped cars in ur class your azenis! u rule. guy in silver lude (sorry, i can't remember ur user name) i'm sorry i couldn't help u with ur pressures. hope u got them figured out. next event i'll try to help u out. all in all, good event, tough course, darn vw's are giving me a run for my money.

 

this was my first autoX event ever. i had a blast. everyone there was so helpfull especially rodney. Just want to give a shout out to rodney for havin a great day at the track and that damn porshe just got lucky. thanks for all your help. NASA's intructors were also a big help when they went with me for ride alongs. I was pretty happy with my times. I think i'm hooked and it seems that i have to dig further into my wallet to get a sway bar and some good tires. i ended up being 11th outta 28 in my class and i thought that was pretty good considering my experience and my mods. hope to see everyone there on july 21st cuz i'll def. be there!

 

I'm the dude with the silver prelude. Name is Rico by the way. As for the tire pressure, I just ran 38f and 36r and it seemed pretty good. I still don't know if I'm suppose to be in D class. I only have 15 points...how the hell do I compete with Porche Boxsters and Honda S2ks? Now if I was in E class, I would have finished in 8th place and that would have made me real happy. Now I'm just going to mod my car but still remain in D class, I suppose. Hope to see you guys soon.

 

and you forgot that little red civic..... on the NASA site it says that if your car "exceeds 15 points, it will be bumped up one class" 15 points does not exceed 15, 16 does.....so i think you should not be bumped.

 

oops, i forgot about you altezza mike......you did an awesome job, very impressive. see you at the next one, i'm gonna kick that porche's *** this time.....

 

15pts + Bumps you up a class...

The website now states that unambiqously (sp?)

FYI...


Matt....spinning in a miata....hanging with Boxster S'es and crazy civic hybrids

 

we have been discussing this on the nasa msg board. once u HIT 15 POINTS, u get bumped.
rico-why don't u take off something and go down to E. if u have xdrilled rotors, dump those. there a couple of points thats not worth it in autocorss.

 

thanks alot chris. Rico, i was the one with the red gsr trying to hit 54's with you. i can't beleive you got 53!!!! congrats, thats awesome. Definitaly try and get back down to the E class and you'll do really well i think. actually, stay in the D class so i don't have to compete against ya! haha. I'm a little ticked off right now cuz this morning pre-registration was open so i thought i'd check to see if was doin anything july 21st and as soon as i found out i had nothing to do..i tried to register and it closed!!!!!!!!! guys please help me with what to do to give me a chance to get in. I can't beleive it was only a couple hours. i'm kickin myself in the azz for not just doin it right there and then. ughhhhhhhh


[Modified by kahlua2323, 1:34 AM 7/10/2002]

 

just show up early and get on the waiting list.

 

finally got your *** in gear eh? congrats. i guess their can be no confusion now.

 

kahlua, thanks. Actually I think I could hit 52 if I had just ONE more run...ahhaha...everyone says ONE more run.

Soloef, I don't have cross drilled rotors. What I have on the car is a biatch to take off. It's ok, at least I didn't finish last in D class. I will get a rear sway bar and learn to play with the big boys.

I won't be back for the next autox but maybe the one after that. It's a lot of fun runing with NASA but ****, $40 is a lot. Anyway, you guys need to give me some tips...I want to get better.

 

i really liked everyone at the NASA event and the way it went. Since pre-reg. is closed, should I just try for SCCA's event on that day? Are they ran pretty much the same? What are the differences? Please let me know so i don't miss this pre-reg. too!

 

yea, u can try the scca event. i can tell u now that its less money, i think 30 for non-members, but u will get less runs. i was gonna go because its my home reigon ad thats the lot i first autocrossed in, but i'm points chasing in NAS and i have 1st locked down in nyrscca (because no one runs my class.)

 

sup guys. this is pete, the dude that drove the black civic. just want to say i really enjoyed the NASA event and meeting all u guys. hopefully next time i'll do better than 60.3 sec....

 

the black 4dr in H? i worked with you

 

yeah, of course i remembered. standing in the heat for 90 minutes....