Cumberland AutoX Pics

[SVXphile]

Ben's "incident" with the Honda gave me some time to watch the action, especially Bill's SVX upholding the honor of the Subie-lovers out there. (I won't mention that %$@# quick RS Impreza!)

The SVT, Ben's door and I arrived safely back home just before 8PM.

First a recliner and now an SVX door.....I might just go into the moving business with that Focus.

Anyway, I am now reading a copy of "Mr. Wizard's Guide to Glass Removal".

Thanks again Ben!

Don

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by green_eyed_lady

And a good time was had by all.......

Beauiful pic Di!

-Chike

[benebob]

Originally Posted by SVXphile

Ben's "incident" with the Honda gave me some time to watch the action, especially Bill's SVX upholding the honor of the Subie-lovers out there. (I won't mention that %$@# quick RS Impreza!)

The SVT, Ben's door and I arrived safely back home just before 8PM.

First a recliner and now an SVX door.....I might just go into the moving business with that Focus.

Anyway, I am now reading a copy of "Mr. Wizard's Guide to Glass Removal".

Thanks again Ben!

Don

You're more than welcome. It was a pleasure to meet ya and glad Bill had a cheering section. That RS beat me by 2 secs today I think. VERY GOOD DRIVER (plus his GF or F has excellent taste as she's got an SVX herself if I remember correctly.

As for the incident he's describing. The trailer stopped a Civic whose idiot driver decided that big thing in front of him not moving was an illussion. Not a scratch on the trailer. 1500 or so in damages to the Honda.

Thanks again Di and Tom for going out of your way to host a shin dig!

[Hocrest]

Originally Posted by Chiketkd

Beauiful pic Di!

-Chike

It was even more beautiful in person Disney is always there, how often is there a gathering like this in Wiley Ford, WV???

I don't even remember how many svx's were there, but I think there were somehow more svx's than there were licensed drivers

Some things I learned;
- Tom and Dianna are wonderfully gracious hosts... <Tom - "You're going to the store? Which SVX do you want to drive?">
- We need to somehow get a dealer license for PA so we can drive the racecar on the streets of Lancaster
- The recipe for plastic explosives
- Braking too much while transitioning through a chicane at too high of a speed will send your ass spinning into the grass

- You need to wear pants to shop at the convenient stores in WV
- The switch is behind the cover above the jaccuzi

All in all, even with the 150* weather it was a great weekend. It was great to see some of you guys again, and great to meet some new folks.

[Ron Mummert]

Thanks to Di, Tom & Franzia for a hospitable time. John & I made it home one piece. Get some sleep my friends!!!

Ron.

[SVXRide]

The Cumberland National Road Autocross folks haven't posted the official results yet, but I'm sure Ben, Dave and I did a good job "representing" the SVX community!
It was fun to drive the "racecar", even if it was just up and down the street next to the runway (okay, so one of the autoX officials wasn't so happy about my "blast" down the street ) -- Thanks Ben, thanks Dave!! -- Can't wait for September and the Subaru event - I'll use the time to do extra curls so I can overpower the racecar's "un-power steering"
Thanks to Tom and Diana for all their hospitality!! Can't wait to try this again! (oh, yeah....he's still got my car )
-Bill
p.s. note that all four wheels are actually on the ground in this picture and the "illegal" passenger
p.p.s Dave - you didn't have to purchase a runway light, did you?

[Hocrest]

Originally Posted by SVXRide

p.p.s Dave - you didn't have to purchase a runway light, did you?

Nope, but I did watch one rapidly aproaching the passenger side door while I was sliding and spinning with all four locked up
I think I even got a time on that run <although it was a ~78> so I guess I kept close enough to being on course to avoid the DNF???

[SUBBYRU89]

Tom & Di,
Thanks for your hospitallity! You made us feel more than welcome in your home and treating us as family. Yous Rock!!!

I took 5 rolls of PICs and Kimmi got some black & whites so as soon as the boys get them exposed they should be up.

To everyone else I met... [~]3 it was nice...we should all do it again soon

[Chiketkd]

Originally Posted by Hocrest

It was even more beautiful in person Disney is always there, how often is there a gathering like this in Wiley Ford, WV???

Hey, if I had the choice I'd have been there! But spending quality time with the wife and kids is definitely PRICELESS!!!

-Chike

[SVXelerator]

Are there more digital pictures of this most wonderful of events? I have heard tales of an abundance of race-worthy SVXi in attendance...

[Hocrest]

Originally Posted by SVXelerator

Are there more digital pictures of this most wonderful of events? I have heard tales of an abundance of race-worthy SVXi in attendance...

Two SVX's ran. Bill ran his on Sat, I'm not sure of the photo coverage? Me and Ben ran ours on Sunday, but all the shots of the racing were shot on film. Give us a few days to let the chemicals work...

[green_eyed_lady]

Originally Posted by SVXelerator

Are there more digital pictures of this most wonderful of events? I have heard tales of an abundance of race-worthy SVXi in attendance...

Svxfiles took some digital pix, you'll have to motivate him to upload them for your viewing enjoyment.

The ones I took are in my Yahoo Photos. They just show the SVXi that were parked here on Sunday afternoon.

Originally Posted by Hocrest

Two SVX's ran. Bill ran his on Sat, I'm not sure of the photo coverage? Me and Ben ran ours on Sunday, but all the shots of the racing were shot on film. Give us a few days to let the chemicals work...

I hijacked the wifes puter again, soobi-crosser here,

I got 2 of Bills runs on the camcorder, Made a tape for him, but he didn't come back up on sunday.
In the haste to get the XT up there, I forgot to grab the camcorder on sunday! WAAAAHHHHAAA!!

I HAD to try the Wonder Wedge, but after the first pass was wishing for one of the Legacys. I think part of the problem was the reluctance to get out of the throttle and let the tires and asphalt get aquainted, Ben TOLD me it would bind too much if I locked it in 4wd ( and he was RIGHT), and in 2wd it just lit the tires and started wheel hopping as soon as the turbo kicked in. The car is more suited to a road course than autocross. I might try drags once, or more if I like it! The engine and trans did what they were supposed to, but I had never Xed a stick, and did some dumb stuff that cost a lot of time.

all in all, The thing ran well for a $460. racer, and I learned a lot, and met some fine people, and got some good film,and got to see some fast subies, and even saw the worlds first subi TATTOO!

Did anyone get any pics of the rust and mouse houses blowing off the XT?

Jerry

[Matthewmongan]

well, other than the speeding ticket and having to drive back to salisbury to pick up the woman from the hospital id say it was a great time. i got to drive 2 insanely fast svx's and i shared a box o wine with ron. oh, ron when we were talking i was thinking of landshark and not you. hats off to tom a di for the great time. it was a much needed excape from the daily bs of salisbury, next time im leaving the cellphone off.

[SVXRide]

Okay,here's the PAX from Saturday (63 total runners) - I'm just listing the top 10 (note: Michael Moran was the "smooth" driver Ben referred to )
-Bill (aka "Will" - when in the state of WVA )

1 SS 414 Dennis Howard Porsche 996 2003 45.040 *0.837 37.698 0.000 0.000
Eldersburg MD Yellow
2 SM 208 Michael Moran Subaru Impreza 2000 45.411 *0.842 38.236 0.538 0.538
Sabillasville MD Blue
3 CSP 334 Rick Gould Mazda Miata 1994 45.680 *0.838 38.279 0.043 0.581
Falls Church VA Red
4 GS 401 Chris Humphries Audi RS6 2003 49.562 *0.782 38.757 0.478 1.059
Bridgeport WV Silver
5 GS 219 Will Cutlip Subaru SVX 1992 49.607 *0.782 38.792 0.035 1.094
Dunkirk MD Black
6 CSP 419 Mark Boggs Porsche 914 1975 47.191 *0.838 39.546 0.754 1.848
Keyser WV Gray
7 AS 205 Steve Hotchkiss Corvette 1989 48.056 *0.828 39.790 0.244 2.092
Frostburg MD Gray
8 STX 108 James Moran III Acura Intergra 1996 49.641 *0.802 39.812 0.022 2.114
Hagerstown MD White
9 BS 413 Tom Joyce Porsche Boxster 2000 48.502 *0.821 39.820 0.008 2.122
Eldersburg MD Black
10 SM 207 Shawn Miller Trans Am 1971 47.333 *0.842 39.854 0.034 2.156