i recently participated in my first autox session along with a few HT members here, ryan (airbag club), khoa (snoozin ef8), brandon (ef yo 89), and edwin. suprisingly i placed 3rd in novice class. on the result it shows that i get a trophie but i left early that day not thinking i was gonna get anything. so im wondering how do i pick up my trophie? its my first time with this autox thingy so i dont know what to do. i have emailed the members there and it seems like they dont reply. so im just asking what you guys think i should do.

another question is on the result sheet under "Best", what is that? is that an average of all 3 of my runs? or how is that classify? 1st place in novice group had all 3 slower run time than i did and how is he placed 1st?

here is the link to the result: http://www.solo2.com/EventData...R.pdf

under Novice, im Sonny Gip.

here are some pix from the event


before they open the gate


ryan (airbag club)


khoa's 240sx (spoolin ef8)


at the gas station 5:30am in the morning


edwin with the green eg, brandon (ef yo 89) with the black ef



buttcrack dawn in the morning when we thought gate would open earlier than the event would start..which is 6am.. also the same thing you're suppose to change your clock an hr ahead.. so we were just hanging out in front of the gate.

mr. khoa dogg (spoolin' ef8)





saw this badboy there..owner of the car was real cool. i beat his best time by 2 sec and it was my first time too!




once again...mr. khoa dogg goofing around



i have more pix, too lazy to post em all...

 

Looks like you guys completed the number one goal in autocross.

Having fun!

 

to answer your question about trophies:
My SCCA chapter mails them out a few weeks later, or hands them out at the next event. I dunno if they do that everywhere or not.

 

oh ok. ill just wait and see..or ill goto the next event.

 

anybody else know?

 

You pick up your trophy at the next event. The best time is (your best run * pax index). So it is 62.967 * .838 = 52.766. PAX index is like a handicap given so it creates a standard comparison for eveyone from different classes. Since you are in street modified, you have a high pax. A car in a stock class would have a low pax. So even if you beat a car in the stock class by raw time, you could still be slower after PAX. If there wasn't PAX, then it obviously wouldn't be fair if a Corvette on R compounds was paired up with a civic on street tires. That's also the reason why the person who got first in novice beat you.


Modified by Andrew 825SM at 5:09 PM 4/12/2004

 

ahh i get it now. thanks.

 

did anybody else go?

 

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i went
i did poorly though..didn't have any traction at all, yet i am suppossed to be gripping hard

 

i gripped harder than you did

 

SoLo2....some good times. cant wait for this weekend so we can run again.

 

I tried to go. But it was daylight savings so when i woke up, i was already an hour late. Went back to sleep of course.

i'll be at the next one though.

 

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i'll be at the next one though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

this coming weekend? 24th and 25th.

 

May 16th championship

 

ahh i c. maybe ill look into that one also.

 

i was there, i drove a green del sol...its in the back of one of your pictures with the white cviic hatch. BTW, that civic hatch in stx has a stock motor and is probbaly not pushing anything over 110whp.

ill be going to the event in may, hope to see you guys there

just did the practuce this sunday the 25, and it was freaking hot...but we got so many runs

 

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ill be going to the event in may, hope to see you guys there

just did the practuce this sunday the 25, and it was freaking hot...but we got so many runs</TD></TR></TABLE>


oh yea the green sol..i remember..yea that white hatch is stock..i was talking to the owner..he was real cool.

HEY me and my friend went to the practice work day on sat..they said you had to sign up for it..freaking drove out there for nothing..so we didnt wanna go pay on sunday..we're going may 16 also..at cal speedway right? im going..hope to see you there too! come on up and say wassup!

 

makes me wanna go out again

 

you should come out again.

 

oh yes, ill be there...unless something comes up. i cant wait.

yeah usually practices fill up even at prereg...its rare you can sign up at the spot and make it in, but it happens.

 

damn u getting into the autoX seen now. just wondering if u gonna be at the streets of willow HPDE coming up in May 22nd sponsored by speedtrials. hope to see u there and how ur driving improved.