Chike's official 2007 AutoX Blog thread (D-Stock)

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by newsvx

BTW, are you traveling north on Interstate 81 in going tto the Challenge this year? If so, would you like to hook up here in Winchester Sat morning?

Hi Harry,

I will actually be travelling up 29N, to I66 to 95N. I'll be heading out at 4:30am, and should arrive by 7:30am. So we'll probably be taking different routes. I'll be sure to catch up with you there...

-Chike

[newsvx]

Why don't we meet for breakfast at that McDonald's that we met at before? About 7:30 AM?

Harry

[Chiketkd]

Thanks for the offer Harry. I'm planning to arrive at Ripken by 7:30am inorder to change tires with my co-driver and have time to check-in and walk the course several times. I definitely will be eating a FULL breakfast at home this time though, prior to my departure at 4:30am.

Let's plan on sitting down together at lunch...

[newsvx]

good ideas, Chike. I will be changing tires also, and several walks of the course can't be bad!!

Yes, please do eat something this time. Lunch for sure!!

Harry

[subi-crosser]

Originally Posted by Chiketkd

Thanks for the offer Harry. I'm planning to arrive at Ripken by 7:30am inorder to change tires with my co-driver and have time to check-in and walk the course several times. I definitely will be eating a FULL breakfast at home this time though, prior to my departure at 4:30am.

Let's plan on sitting down together at lunch...

I'm trying to convince Tom to follow me down fri night so I don't have to run the Outback through tec. My daughter lives in Bel-air, so I want to be there LONG before the action starts.

At the last auto-x here, at the end of the 2nd heat, I still didn't have a 'ride'. I was ready to throw the junk out of the Outback and pull it out when Tom got there.

I might have to trade cars with Tom fri night. I can drive the SVX and he can haul the tires, toolbox and jack in the Outback.
That way, I will KNOW that the racehorse is there, even if if he gets stuck in traffic.

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by newsvx

good ideas, Chike. I will be changing tires also, and several walks of the course can't be bad!!

Yes, please do eat something this time. Lunch for sure!!

Harry

Thanks for understanding Harry!

Looking forward to catching up with you on Saturday...

[Chiketkd]

Competed in the 2007 Mid-Atlantic Subaru Challenge over the weekend. Had a blast as I got the chance to meet up with a bunch of my SVX friends! Not my best driving, but I had a great time on a very challenging course.

'D Stock' - Total Entries: 10 Trophies: 4 Times Total Diff.
1T 90 Leece, Andy 2003 Subaru WRX 51.885 51.347 57.411+2 59.058+dnf
2T 83 Arispe, Eduardo 2006 Subaru WRX 51.869+1 51.952+3 51.676 52.310+2
3T 91 Roberts, Shawn 2006 Subaru WRX 52.643+5 52.538 52.188 52.213+1
4T 89 Dellimore, Chike 2006 Subaru WRX 53.916+1 53.451 53.608 52.667
5 130 Redington, Alex 2002 WRX 55.326+1 56.708 56.122 56.036
6 87 Cuevas, Art 2002 Subaru WRX 58.786 58.257 56.746 56.917
7 88 Dees, Stephen 2006 Subaru WRX 58.654 58.311 62.339 88.231
8 92 Wolf, Jonathan 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX TR 67.305 64.225 62.108 59.911
9 86 Callahan, Michael 2002 Subaru WRX 63.027 61.666 58.956+dnf 60.091
10 84 Bixler, Ryan 2005 Subaru Legacy GT Ltd 62.087 61.879 61.540 60.726

Complete Subaru Challenge Class Results
Complete Subaru Challenge PAX Results

Summary
4th of out 10 in DS
23rd out of 120 in PAX

My co-driver was able to datalog our runs on his Max Q data GPS. The following are graphs of my fastest run (52.6) in competition and Shawn's fastest run in the Challenge Round (51.6):

Chike - 52.6


Shawn - 51.6


I'm hitting a max speed on course of over 2.5mph faster than my co-driver but went 1.0 second slower. This definitely bears out the fact that I need to work on my driving in the slower/tighter sections on an autocross course.

Some pictures:

Yours truly-




Shawn-


Katie-


Other pics:

TomsSVX-


Subi-crosser

[Chiketkd]

2 weeks ago, I hit a pothole with my passenger-side front wheel, which blew out my RE070 tire and bent the inside lip of the wheel slightly. I switched back to my new all-season RE92's which were sitting in my shed but didn't get a chance to have the car re-aligned before the Subaru Challenge.

Took her in this am, and everything was as I left it last time, except for the passenger side front wheel which had gone from -1.5 degrees of camber to just -0.7!! There was also a 1/2" of toe out!!!

I emailed Per Schroeder of Grass Roots Motorsports, and used his advice in setting up the alignment of my car this time around. New specs are as follows:

LEFT ------------------------ RIGHT
Front
Camber: -1.5 deg ---------- -1.5 deg
Caster: 3.4 deg ------------ 3.4 deg
Toe: 1/8" out --------------- 1/8" out

Rear
Camber: -1.2 deg ---------- -1.2 deg
Toe: 0.00" ------------------ 0.00"

[Chiketkd]

Some of you might remember the PAX shootout I did against Justin Rest at the BRR Super Regional (post #146):

Originally Posted by Chiketkd

Btw, after the Saturday event, the top 16 drivers in PAX had a shootout. I made it all the way to the final and ran against Justin Rest in the STS neon. I ran a time that would have won, however, I hit 2 cones which cost me the win!

Justin is a good friend of mine and a fellow member of my Blue Ridge SCCA region (he's in the Va Tech cap).



Well at this year's Pro Finale in Topeka, Justin drove sensationally and won the D-stock class in his black '06 WRX.

http://www.scca.com/documents/result...P%20FINALS.pdf

The guy we're talking to in the yellow shirt (Eric) finished 7th in STS2 at Solo Nationals in his first trip to Topeka!

[benebob]

So what you're saying that he had an off day? Congrats!

Originally Posted by Chiketkd

Some of you might remember the PAX shootout I did against Justin Rest at the BRR Super Regional (post #146):

Justin is a good friend of mine and a fellow member of my Blue Ridge SCCA region (he's in the Va Tech cap).



Well at this year's Pro Finale in Topeka, Justin drove sensationally and won the D-stock class in his black '06 WRX.

http://www.scca.com/documents/result...P%20FINALS.pdf

The guy we're talking to in the yellow shirt (Eric) finished 7th in STS2 at Solo Nationals in his first trip to Topeka!

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by benebob

So what you're saying that he had an off day? Congrats!

Ha ha! LOL! Actually, after that showdown he came up to me and said he was suprised at how well I drove. He said he drove well and was impressed to see that I could go toe-to-toe with him.

At the Pro Finale, Justin was able to step up his game to a whole new level. He was in 5th position, just outside of the last trophy spot after Day 1, and then took his driving to a whole new level on Day 2.

[Chiketkd]

Attended the BRR event #10 yesterday. D-stock ran in the first heat on a course that had quite a few sections covered in loose gravel. I drove solidly, and really focused on driving the tighter sections of the course well. Left about 1+ seconds out there, but I was able to take FTP for all the drivers in my heat - which included the nationally known corvette driver Roger Garrett (drove his ASP Z06 at yesterday's event).

New alignment feels great! Rear-end rotates easily and in a very predictable manner. Temp was in the mid 80's, sunny with low humidity - it was the perfect day for an autocross!

D Stock Pax: 0.804 Time Diff PAX
1t CHIKE DELLIMORE 06 SUBARU WRX STEEL GRAY 58.089 - 46.704
2 JUSTIN THOMAS 01 ACURA ITR YELLOW 59.239 1.150 47.628
Full Results

Summary:
1st out of 2 in DS
13th out of 74 in PAX

Pictures:

Yours truly






Justin's DS ITR


Garrett's ASP C6 Z06




ASP BMW M Coupe (lifting the inside tire)


ASP Lotus Exige S

[Chiketkd]

Well the 2007 WDCR season is in the books! I competed in event #7 yesterday and almost decided not to attend when I saw the course map that was posted on Saturday evening:



Talk about a slalom fest which favors light-weight cars like the Integra Type R!

Arrived on site a little late (7:30am) and had to hustle to register, change tires, go through tech and then walk the course (only got 2 course walks). :whew:

On my first two runs, I was feeling out the course. Figuring out where I could carry speed, and which sections I had to be patient with. The leaders Arnold and Spector were both in the 74's, while I was back in the 77's. On my third run, I pushed it harder but gave up time in 2 really fast sections, and finished with a 76.2 -- I now knew that I could drop another second out there if not more.

On my 4th run, I went out with the goal of pushing my car hard in each slalom. The first 1/2 of the course felt solid, however, at the 7 cone slalom that runs between poles '45' and '22' on the map, my back-end got really loose around the middle and I had to countersteer quickly to prevent a spin. I didn't lose too much momentum, but it did cost me some precious time. I did the rest of the course fairly well (didn't late apex an important cone enough), and carried some serious speed into the finish. My time was a 74.392 -- which put me ahead of Spector and solidly into 2nd place!!! The sad part is, I left 0.5+ seconds seconds on the table and could have been in the 73's with Arnold!!!

'D Stock' Pos. # Driver Car Run1 Run2 Run3 Run4 Total Diff
1 57 Arnold, Matthew 2003 Bmw 330I Blue 82.511+DNF 75.327 74.318 73.795 73.795 0
2 70 Dellimore, Chike 2006 Subaru Wrx Grey 77.807 77.317 76.294 74.392 74.392 0.597
3 37 Spector, Larry 2000 Acura Integra Type-R Black 76.574 74.899 74.150+2 75.578+DNF 74.899 0.507
4 80 Radford, Tommy 1994 Bmw 325Is Black 75.932 76.492 73.910+1 73.099+2 75.910 1.011
5 13 Hogenkamp, Harry 2006 Subaru Wrx Wagon Black 81.825 80.627 80.645 79.174 79.174 3.264
6 180 Radford, William 1994 Bmw 325Is Black 82.597 80.170 79.786 79.477 79.477 0.303
7 17 Walker, Don 2004 Volkswagen R32 Black 85.766 84.559+DNF 83.525+DNF 82.724 82.724 3.247
8 24 Danneman, Randy 2005 Dodge Neon Srt-4 Acr White 96.420+DNF 105.793+DNF 86.361 83.300 83.300 0.576
9 124 Danneman, Dorinda 2005 Dodge Neon Srt-4 Acr White 114.430+DNF 102.220 91.604 90.287 90.287 6.987
10 186 Bair, Matt 2004 Subaru Impreza Wrx White 103.357+DNF 92.944+DNF 92.094 91.021 91.021 0.734
Complete Results

Summary:
2nd out of 10 in DS
44th out of 204 in PAX

This is my highest class and PAX finish with the WDCR all season!

P.S. I finished 7th out of 33 drivers in the D-stock season standings with the WDCR! Link to season standings by class

[Chiketkd]

Some pics from D-stock action at the last WDCR event:

Yours truly






Matt's 330i




Larry's ITR




Tom's 325is




Harry's WRX wagon

[Chiketkd]

I'll be at the BRR-SCCA event #11 in Verona, VA this Sunday where I'll be the Event Chairman. I should have an interesting match-up in DS where I'll be up against Justin and his co-driver Pete.

As you would remember from my earlier post...

Originally Posted by Chiketkd

Justin is a good friend of mine and a fellow member of my Blue Ridge SCCA region (he's in the Va Tech cap).


Well at this year's Pro Finale in Topeka, Justin drove sensationally and won the D-stock class in his black '06 WRX.

Justin won the Pro Finale in DS this year. His co-driver Pete is also a solid driver who trophied at the Dixie National Tour in '07 in an STS neon.

Here's the course we'll be driving:



The last time Justin and I met in DS, he got me by 0.3 seconds...