My co-driver and I competed in Event #4 with the WDCR this past Sunday. Temps were in the upper 80's/low 90's and it was scorching out there!
We competed on the A Lot which has a flatter surface than the E/F but isn't as favorable to spectators as the entire course cannot be viewed from one vantage point. Course deisgn was by S. Salisbury and G. Olsen:
I drove okay on Sunday. On my first run I collected 4 cones, but I was able to steadily whittle my time down on my next 2 runs. On my 4th run, I gave up to much speed during the first 25% of the course, and even though I drove the next 75% even faster than my 3rd run, I ended up with a similar 58.7 second time. Shawn took the win with a 58.1 while I finished 3rd in class.
Summary:
3rd of 8 in class
36th of 236 in PAX
'B Stock'
Pos. # Driver Car Run1 Run2 Run3 Run4 Total Diff
1T 170 Roberts, Shawn 2006 Mazda Rx-8 Grey 59.333+1 58.197 58.509 58.482 58.197 0
2T 88 Wade, Dave 2004 Mazda Rx-8 Gray 58.715 59.005 58.402 58.464 58.402 0.205
3T 70 Dellimore, Chike 2006 Mazda Rx-8 Galaxy Grey 59.768+4 59.058 58.733 58.785 58.733 0.331
4 99 Weichold, Frank 2005 Mazda Rx8 Grey 60.206+1 58.844 72.089+DNF 58.990 58.844 0.111
5 98 Barber, Steve 2004 Mazda Rx-8 Green 59.605+1 60.133 59.209 59.580 59.209 0.365
6 11 Correa, Aaron 2003 Nissan 350Z Silver 68.592 65.776 64.174+1 63.065 63.065 3.856
7 77 Wise, John 2004 Mazda RX-8 67.176 65.355 63.663 63.788 63.663 0.598
8 111 Correa, Mike 2003 Nissan 350Z Silver 68.096 67.112 65.198 63.848 63.848 0.185
No Team WTF?! have been posted yet (unsure if they'll be very many on account of the high temps). However, another photographer took pics of some of the other classes in action -- pics of some top drivers are shown below:
John V.
Greg O.
Jason B.
Brian B.
My next event will be the two-day 2008 Coventry CommonWealth Games to be held at the Danville Regional Airport this coming weekend.
