This is me today... My stepmother clicked the camera at just the right (or wrong?) time!!! It was the only cone I hit all day too!!

All in all a great day of auto-xing though. This was my first race with the Falken Azenis (I was running Pirelli P-700) and OMG what a difference!!! I'm usually about 4 seconds behind the guy that normally wins my class, but today that difference was less than a second!!!! too bad some national big-shots showed up today in their Miatas to spank us all. They dropped me from 2nd to 5th (you only count the locals anyway, right?)

some more pics in case anybody cares:










Edit: added last shot taken by profesional that was on-site.


Modified by thumpu77 at 11:59 PM 8/29/2003

 

Anyone else see anything wrong with this picture?

Hint: think safety

 

Very cool pic -- I've never seen one like that before -- cone in mid-air and all. Usually, when I hit a cone, it doesn't happen like your pic, where you barely glance the thing and send it flying. Rather, the cones I hit usually end up stuck underneath my car somewhere, 'cause when I hit 'em, it's because I hit 'em big.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Todd00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Hint: think safety </TD></TR></TABLE>

you mean the fact that we're heading right for each other at full speed?

a lot of complaints were given to the officials about this setup.... the camaro is heading for the finish line here, through high speed slolom cones with very uneven pavement. a lot of people lost it there, yet the officials insisted on starting almost everyone in a way that they were going twards each other like that.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Neo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Usually, when I hit a cone, it doesn't happen like your pic, where you barely glance the thing and send it flying. Rather, the cones I hit usually end up stuck underneath my car somewhere, 'cause when I hit 'em, it's because I hit 'em big. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I know I hit that one hard too... i thought i hit it dead center with my right front tire.

 

lol, nice pic.

What kind of wheels are those? Silver SSR Comps?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Floyd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol, nice pic.

What kind of wheels are those? Silver SSR Comps?</TD></TR></TABLE>

NZO SSP's (cheap knock-offs)

 

Nice! Good driving man... I'll have to try my hand at cone crushing on of these days.

The car looks sweet.

 

If you think Falken Azenis are good, just wait until you try out some REAL race rubber. A minimum of Kumho V700s is mandatory for CSP, they should have come as the stock tire for all '88-91 Civics, hahaha . . .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thumpu77 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

the officials insisted on starting almost everyone in a way that they were going twards each other like that. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i would have waited 10 seconds before i left the line.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rodney &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

i would have waited 10 seconds before i left the line.....</TD></TR></TABLE>

believe it or not, that would've accually made it worse.

the way the track was designed, the only truely safe way to run was one car at a time. and if we did that, we would've been out there until midnight.

Hopefully the course designers learned from their mistakes and set up a better course for today's race.

 

cool pics man

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Todd00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Anyone else see anything wrong with this picture?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nothing other than two side-loaded cars loaded such that should "something bad" happen, they would hit each other.

Makes for neat photography though...

:shudder:

 

Yeah, sometimes pictures just happen to catch the darnest things.

I asked a buddy of mine to take some pictures of the run group I was in last month, and low and behold, he caught quite a doosie. This Mini lost its front left tire coming around the skidpad out at the Streets of Willow Springs.




It wasn't until we were at dinner reviewing pics that we noticed his perfect timing.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SlickShoes &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah, sometimes pictures just happen to catch the darnest things.

I asked a buddy of mine to take some pictures of the run group I was in last month, and low and behold, he caught quite a doosie. This Mini lost its front left tire coming around the skidpad out at the Streets of Willow Springs.




It wasn't until we were at dinner reviewing pics that we noticed his perfect timing. </TD></TR></TABLE>

ok...mental note...don't road race behind a mini

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SlickShoes &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I asked a buddy of mine to take some pictures of the run group I was in last month, and low and behold, he caught quite a doosie. This Mini lost its front left tire coming around the skidpad out at the Streets of Willow Springs. </TD></TR></TABLE>

We accually had a VW rabbit loose it's left front tire yesterday. sheered the studs right out of the hub. (aftermarket studs, stock hub, I'm guessing not torqued properly)

 

Results are in for Sunday.... 2nd place!!!!!! (thank you, thank you verry much)

Pics comming soon if there are any worth posting

4 car grid, beat out a Miata and an MR2, lost to an 85 CRX DX with Kumho Ecstas, a very good driver, and not much else.

 

WOW!!!!


did he loose the wheel as in lug nuts got loose and came off? or did something break off causing the wheel to come off w/ it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Todd00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Anyone else see anything wrong with this picture?

Hint: think safety </TD></TR></TABLE>

is it the fact that the camaros door is open?

 

:eek:

Wow.. if that's an illusion, it's a convincing one..

 

show's you were pushin it

anyway, you're down in corvallis OR huh? I see that in the second pic you're next to Ted Donahue's 1st gen Civic 1200 right?

Frito

ps. how'd he do?

 

How much distance did the cone get?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Frito &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">show's you were pushin it

anyway, you're down in corvallis OR huh? I see that in the second pic you're next to Ted Donahue's 1st gen Civic 1200 right?

Frito

ps. how'd he do?
</TD></TR></TABLE>

good eye there, you can barely see his front bumper.

I wasn't paying too much attention, but I do know that sunday he was down the ladder a bit.... not sure about saturday.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LANDYcolorLAB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How much distance did the cone get?</TD></TR></TABLE>

not too sure, i think that's the top of it's flight right there. it's home is in front of that pointer cone that's right below it in the pic

 

Here's my contribution...

 

we had a 240sx pull a wheel past the lugs at an event this year

-spenc