This past Sunday was the members-only T&T event with the WDCR. BS ran in the afternoon which had a sunny and dry course, while the morning run groups had to contend with very soggy conditions. The DC region was there in their new-for-2009 solo trailer which they purchased from the national SCCA office:
The course was a repeat of the design used at the really bad rain event in 2008 (Event #1):
I found driving this course was an excerise in patience. There were many fast sections, but several "finesse" sections that required slow & steady hands and gentle throttle input. My first run (on cold tires) had a decent amount of sliding and was a 60.0 +1. My second run was almost 2 seconds faster, but again dirty with cones (58.4 +2). My co-driver Shawn was already down to a clean 57.6 by his 2nd run! I cleaned things up on my third run (58.8) and dropped the time slightly to a clean 58.5 on my 4th and final run. Shawn had gotten his time down some more to a clean 57.4 by his last run.
Summary:
2nd of 8 in class
10th out of 172 in PAX
Results:
'B Stock'
Pos. # Driver Car Run1 Run2 Run3 Run4 Total Diff
1T 190 Roberts, Shawn 2006 Mazda Rx-8 Grey 58.996 57.622 58.317 57.492 57.492 0
2T 90 Dellimore, Chike 2006 Mazda Rx-8 Grey 60.073+1 58.497+2 58.893 58.543 58.543 1.051
3T 98 Barber, Steve 2004 Mazda Rx-8 Green 61.719 60.232+1 60.011 60.586+1 60.011 1.468
4 99 Weichold, Frank 2005 Mazda Rx8 Grey 61.266+dnf 69.585+3 60.718 59.883+1 60.718 0.707
5 88 Wade, Dave 2004 Mazda Rx-8 Gray 74.068 66.897 64.324 63.938 63.938 3.220
6 13 Orlov, Dmitriy 2009 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Black 69.76 67.494 69.314 68.194+dnf 67.494 3.556
7 17 Kayser, John 2003 Nissan 350Z Ss 82.717 79.223 74.37 74.087 74.087 6.593
8 22 Derenzis, Alfred 1989 Porsche 911 Cabriolet Grand Prix White 78.402+dnf 86.328 71.538+dnf 65.137+dnf 86.328 12.241
MaxQ data plots:
These are the MaxQ data plots of my 4th run against Shawn's 4th run
Chike
Shawn
I've come across no pics from the afternoon session. This is a pic from the morning run groups of my friend Josh competing in STU. He had FTD in the morning session with a 59.5!!!
P.S. We have no video from this event as the battery died in Shawn camera.
