Final FedEx AutoX of 2006

[SVXRide]

Chike,
Here's the course map WDCA just posted (ignore the September date...it is the 7th event...)
-Bill (wishing he'd bled the brakes like he wanted to.....)

[Chiketkd]

Thanks Bill. Hopefully, we'll be able to meet up tomorrow. I run in the am and I think you're in the pm run group...

-Chike

[Chiketkd]

Bill,

It was cool chatting with you today as well as seeing Shawn and Austin again. Nice to see a support crew out there backing-up the ol' SVX!

Let's post the results for DS and ESP in this thread when they're available as well as any photos of our cars in action at the event.

Chike

[SVXRide]

Originally Posted by Chiketkd

Bill,

It was cool chatting with you today as well as seeing Shawn and Austin again. Nice to see a support crew out there backing-up the ol' SVX!

Let's post the results for DS and ESP in this thread when they're available as well as any photos of our cars in action at the event.

Chike

Chike,

Same back at you! Talked with "Dougie" while working the course -- he's the guy who drove the GTWorx subaru at the Challenge (had FTD until some other car got him on its last run). Turns out he knows Ben (of Ben and Dave), so we got to talk about the adventures of the RaceCar While he's been driving an STi this year, he's switching to an Evo IX next season (based on having driven an IX competitively twice this season). He gave me several good pointers re: setting up the car that I'm going to try out next season
A extremely wicked BMW with a massive wing turned a 35 second time right before I left
-Bill

[Chiketkd]

Bill,

You were speaking with Dave McDougal..aka Scoobydougie..aka Dougie! He's an all round great guy and passionate about autoX! I'm glad he was able to impart some good tips to you - he's definitely one of the best drivers out there.

I'm looking forward to next season as well. I'm going to do the Stage 1&2 autoX class that Brian Garfield teaches and hopefully his Stage 3 as well. I'm also hoping to finally ctach Larry Spector in DS!

Are you up to do the Cumberland autoX around the end of October? I'm thinking of going up for at least one day...

-Chike

[Chiketkd]

E Street Prepared
Total Entries: 4 Trophies: 2 Times Total Diff.
1T 87 Stewart, Tyler 1982 Chevy Camaro Z28 Purple 48.395 108.502+DNF 48.260 48.765 48.260 -
2T 68 Knowles, Phil 2002 Chevy Camaro Ss Victory Red 49.760 50.115 49.124 48.873 48.873 0.613
3 19 Cutlip, William 1992 Subaru Svx Black 57.776+3 57.599 56.579 56.330 56.330 7.457
4 22 Randolph, Bevon 2005 Dodge Magmum Rt Black 74.588+DNF 58.626 58.876 58.091 58.091 1.761


D-Stock
1T 37 Spector, Larry 2000 Acura Integra Type-R Black 51.279 50.246 49.858 51.342+1 49.858 -
2T 70 Roberts, Shawn 2006 Subaru Wrx Grey 52.680 51.494 51.651 51.295 51.295 1.437
3T 71 Staples, Curtis 2002 Bmw 330Ci Blue 53.084 52.193 52.637 53.075 52.193 0.898
4 80 Radford, Tommy 1994 Bmw 325Is Black 52.594+2 52.284 52.126+1 53.543+1 52.284 0.091
5 170 Dellimore, Chike 2006 Subaru Wrx Grey 52.788 54.719+DNF 52.474 52.617 52.474 0.190
6 12 Hoyer, Mike 2006 Subaru Wrx Black 55.431 53.487 53.318 58.209+8 53.318 0.844
7 77 Vega, Chuck 2006 Subaru Wrx Blue 55.222 55.448+1 54.667 54.743 54.667 1.349
8 180 Radford, William 1994 Bmw 325Is Black 57.390 56.333 54.908 54.832 54.832 0.165
9 46 Redington, Alex 2001 Audi S4 Black 55.949 56.873 55.715 55.637+1 55.715 0.883
10 48 Williams, Phil 2001 Bmw 330I Dark Blue 57.859 57.528+1 56.608 58.683 56.608 0.893


Pax ranking (out of 235 competitors):
97th Chike Dellimore
208th William Cutlip

Bill, I'm looking forward to next season and racing with you on the regular!

Chike

[SVXRide]

Chike,
Thanks for posting the results! Yeah, next year should be very interesting, especially once I get these 275s dialed in!
-Bill

[$ gest24 $]

Not to hop in an muck up the post but... Thats pretty sweet you get a layout of the course ahead of time.

P.S. You guys should road trip out here over the winter so there is no "off season".

[SVXRide]

Looks like the 35 second announcement must have had some cones....


Top Times Of Day Time Class # Driver
Raw time 41.417 F125 194 Garfield, Brian
Pax 38.574 BSP 92 Piccione, Lee
Stock 46.534 SS 186 Conners, Brian
Street Prepared 45.759 BSP 92 Piccione, Lee
Prepared 49.274 CP 10 Edsinger, Dave
Modified 46.546 DM 12 Beaver, Norm
Touring 49.899 STU 122 Macdougall, David
Street Modified 45.812 SM 87 Vitamvas, John
Kart 41.417 F125 194 Garfield, Brian
Junior Kart 47.734 FJ-B 2 Garfield, Julian
Ladies 49.704 ASL 2 Salisbury, Evanthe


FYI (before Ben chimes in ) WDCA didn't post the summary of raw times (yet?), so the PAX times Chike posted is all we have right now at a summary level. Just eyeballing the results, it looks like my raw time was faster than ~25-30 other cars. The 275s never got warm due to the amount of time between runs (damn carts! ) and the fact that I still haven't figured out the right tire pressures (or how to drive the car in its new configuration!) -- this course should have been a 52-54 second course for me

-Bill

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by gest24

Not to hop in an muck up the post but... Thats pretty sweet you get a layout of the course ahead of time.

P.S. You guys should road trip out here over the winter so there is no "off season".

Thanks! Yes, that's one reason why I like the WDCR events so much - they are very organized and well-run like a National Tour and Nationals event! (at National level events you typically get a course map the day before as well)

California would be a serious road trip for an autoX. My car will need some down-time this Winter as a few more Stock-class legal mods will be installed...

[$ gest24 $]

I've only been to two events out here so far. So they might send out stuff like that during the summer or depending on which club is running things. The Local SCCA clubs do a good job as far as organization is concerned. It's def. a NOOB friendly enviroment.

[benebob]

Originally Posted by SVXRide

and the fact that I still haven't figured out the right tire pressures (or how to drive the car in its new configuration!) -- this course should have been a 52-54 second course for me

-Bill

Come on Bill I would've thought you'd put it in the NASA wind tunnel for tire pressure testing. We got our pressures down pat on the slicks. 20.5 up front 19.5 rear.

[SVXRide]

Originally Posted by benebob

Come on Bill I would've thought you'd put it in the NASA wind tunnel for tire pressure testing. We got our pressures down pat on the slicks. 20.5 up front 19.5 rear.

Ben,
Nice! Yeah, I've got a feeling I'm going to be down around 32 front and 30 rear when I'm all done. Started at 41 and 33 on my first run and ended up at 37 and 32 on my fourth run...and the back end was still coming around at the last right sweeper at the top of the course, the left sweeper going into the long slalom, and the left sweeper into the finish
-Bill

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by SVXRide

Ben,
Nice! Yeah, I've got a feeling I'm going to be down around 32 front and 30 rear when I'm all done. Started at 41 and 33 on my first run and ended up at 37 and 32 on my fourth run...and the back end was still coming around at the last right sweeper at the top of the course, the left sweeper going into the long slalom, and the left sweeper into the finish
-Bill

Bill,

Don't wait until next season to put Dougie's advice into practice. You should try to make it out for at least one day of the Cumberland autocross...

I'm going to try my best to make one day as well. However, last I checked no one was registered in D-stock...

[SVXRide]

Originally Posted by Chiketkd

Bill,

Don't wait until next season to put Dougie's advice into practice. You should try to make it out for at least one day of the Cumberland autocross...

I'm going to try my best to make one day as well. However, last I checked no one was registered in D-stock...

Chike,
So, instant trophy
-Bill